Weekly Meal Plan #18

February 5 - February 11
 
Hello fellow mayhem-ers!  What a crazy week, huh?  Well, you know what I mean if you've got 2-3 feet of snow piled up in from of your dwelling.  We teachers scored 2 snow days this week.  Being that I took a personal day on Monday, I only had a 2 day work week!  haha.  It was nice, but also got me antsy and anxious.  See-we are still waiting to hear back from the sellers of the house we bought on how they are going to respond to our home inspection requests.  We have a few semi-serious issues that need to be addressed.  With the snow, though, the letter from our attorney didn't get sent until Thursday, so it was a long week in which my brain kept brewing and brewing.  What it was brewing was not very sweet or yummy either....it was brewing the worst case scenario.  But, we did finally hear "something" on Friday.  The sellers are beginning to work on the issues on their end (from afar-they are out of town looking for new housing themselves).  It will be a few more days before we hear anything more as to the extent they are willing to address the issues we found, but at least we heard something.  It makes for a much more relaxing, less brain-brewing, weekend. 

This morning I slept in late and immediately sat down with my breakfast and coffee to work on this week's meal plan.  There are a couple new, yummy looking ones included, and of course, a couple repeats.  I'm especially interested to see how the Black-eyed Pea and Chorizo Soup turns out.  I'm a big fan of chorizo.  Mmmmmm.  Enjoy!

Sunday - Creamy Burrito Casserole
Monday - Shrimp Fritters
Tuesday - Turkey and Tomato Panini
Wednesday - Butternut Squash Orzotta
Thursday - Black-Eyed Pea and Chorizo Soup
Friday - Tater Tot Casserole
Saturday - Meatball Subs w/Caramelized Onions (See note below)

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Meatball Subs w/Caramelized Onions

I will not be making the meatballs from scratch.  Aldi has a Fit & Active brand of frozen turkey meatballs that I've been wanting to try, so I'll be getting these this week.  Therefore, I have not included the "meatball" ingredients to the grocery list.  If you want to make them from scratch, see the recipe! :-)

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The Grocery List

1 large tomato
2 medium onions
2 large onions
1 medium shallot
1 bunch green onions
1 small butternut squash (3/4 cup pureed)
1 bunch of cilantro
1 large lime
Garlic
Romaine lettuce
Fresh Basil
2 lbs ground beef or turkey
1 lb peeled/deveined cooked shrimp
1 lb chorizo
8 oz thin sliced deli turkey
8 oz whole wheat orzo
Flour tortillas
Whole wheat bread
Tortilla chips
4 sandwich rolls
1 can refried beans
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can fire-roasted tomatoes
1 can chipotle chiles
3 15oz cans black-eyes peas
16 oz cheddar cheese
8 oz pepper jack cheese
8 oz gruyere cheese
Parmesan cheese
8 oz container sour cream
Eggs
Flour
Honey
Lemon juice
White wine
Milk
1 small container plain yogurt
Seafood seasoning blend
Mayonnaise or salad dressing
2 32 oz containers chicken broth
18 oz tater tots
1 bag frozen meatballs