April 10 - April 16
I'm officially 30! It's not as bad as I thought. I had a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends yesterday. In addition to officially being 30, I am officially a wino. People were asking my hubby what to get me for my birthday. He said that I (and we...as a semi-housewarming) didn't want any gifts, just their wonderful presence for the evening. Still, if they did really want to get something, anything wine related would be perfect. So, wine, wine and more wine is what I got! I got bottles of wine, wine stoppers, a wine stopper candleabra, Chocovine wine, a traveling wine cooler in the shape of a wine bottle (it's cool), a gift card to buy more wine, and...wait for it...my best friend and maid of honor from our wedding, she and her husband got us a wine refridgerator! It should be arriving in 4 days! Phew! That's a lot of wine. I officially have the reputation of being a wino.
After enjoying so much wine on my 30th birthday, it is now time to plan a recuperative meal plan for the week! It's nice being back in the meal planning business and I am starting to get used to my new kitchen. So...without further ado, this weeks meal plan.
Sunday - Tater Tot Casserole
1lb ground beef
1 can reduced fat cream of chicken soup
Skim Milk
Oregano
1lb tater tots
16oz shredded cheddar cheese
Monday - Chicken Shiitake and Wild Rice Soup
Butter
1 small onion
Flour
64oz chicken broth
2 carrots
3 cloves of garlic
2 celery stalks
4 skinless chicken thighs
Long grain rice and wild rice combo
Long grain white rice
1/2 shiitake mushrooms
Light Sour Cream
Tuesday - Pasta with Asparagus
1lb thin asparagus
6oz pasta
Olive Oil
3 cloves of garlic
1 large egg yolk
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Wednesday - BLAT Wraps
8 slices of bacon
4 flour tortillas
Ranch dressing
1 avocado
1 tomato
Lettuce
Thursday - Crockpot Chicken with Black Beans
4-5 boneless chicken breasts
1 large can black beans
1 large can corn
1 large jar of salsa
8oz cream cheese
Friday - Broiled Tilapia with Garlic
6 tilapia fillets
2 cloves of garlic
Olive Oil
Oregano
Parsley
1 lemon
Saturday - Barbequed Marinated Flank Steak
Soy Sauce
Honey
White Vinegar
Ginger
Garlic Powder
Olive Oil
1 1/2 lb Flank Steak
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Weekly Meal Plan #23 - And we're back!
April 3 - April 9
As I type, I'm enjoying a cup of coffee in our lovely kitchen in OUR NEW HOME! We did it! We are all cleaned and painted and packed and moved and unpacked and ready to Rock and Roll! I'm still in disbelief that we are here. It's been a week and every morning I wake up I get excited all over again our being in OUR house.
I did not meal plan last week because we had a little snafu with our refrigerator and ended up needing buy a new one. Our cold stuff only last so long in a cooler while waiting for the new fridge, which didn't get here until Thursday. It was one long week of eating like garbage. Ugh. I never want to do that again. I am so excited to finally cook in our kitchen this week! This week's plan is mainly made up of familiar favorites, with two new meals thrown into the mix. I thought I would keep it familiar for myself, since I'm still getting used to maneuvering around our kitchen. Don't need to make cooking this week more difficult then it needs to be! Oh, and shhhh...I'm most likely actually NOT making next Saturday's (4/9) meal myself because....::wimpers:: it's my 30th birthday. Eek!!! I don't know what we are doing yet, but I will be having a meal worthy of celebrating a 30th birthday...that's for sure!
I'm playing around with a new format. I'm going to list the meal with it's link to the recipe and directions, and directly below it I will list what you will need a the grocery store for that meal. You can still copy and paste to a word document and print out an entire grocery list in the end, but now you can better pick and choose which ones you will be doing!
It's good to be back! Have a great week, everyone!!
Sunday - Simple Hamburger Stroganoff
1 package egg noodles
1lb ground beef
1 packet dry brown gravy mix
1 package cream cheese
1 (6oz) can of chopped mushroom
1 (8oz) container of sour cream
2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
Milk
Monday - Broccoli Sausage Pasta
Olive oil
Garlic
1 small onion
1 head of broccoli
1lb smoke sausage
8oz penne pasta
Parmesan cheese
Tuesday - Artichoke and Tomato Chicken
Olive oil
4 tomatoes
Fresh basil
Fresh oregano
2 red bell peppers
1 (8oz) package mozzarella cheese
6 chicken breasts
Marinara sauce
Wednesday - Creamy Burrito Casserole
1lb ground beef or turkey
1 small onion
1 package taco seasoning
6 flour tortillas
1 package of shredded cheddar
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream
Thursday - Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Shallots
Butter
4 pork loin chops
Shallots
Chicken stock
Baby bella mushrooms
Dijon mustard
Fresh parsley
Friday - Chicken Broccoli Casserole
2 chicken breasts
1lb broccoli
1 box of elbow noodles
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 package stuffing mix
1 package of cheddar cheese
Milk
Saturday - Cream Cheese Potato Soup
Chicken broth
4 medium potatoes
1 small onion
1 package cream cheese
As I type, I'm enjoying a cup of coffee in our lovely kitchen in OUR NEW HOME! We did it! We are all cleaned and painted and packed and moved and unpacked and ready to Rock and Roll! I'm still in disbelief that we are here. It's been a week and every morning I wake up I get excited all over again our being in OUR house.
I did not meal plan last week because we had a little snafu with our refrigerator and ended up needing buy a new one. Our cold stuff only last so long in a cooler while waiting for the new fridge, which didn't get here until Thursday. It was one long week of eating like garbage. Ugh. I never want to do that again. I am so excited to finally cook in our kitchen this week! This week's plan is mainly made up of familiar favorites, with two new meals thrown into the mix. I thought I would keep it familiar for myself, since I'm still getting used to maneuvering around our kitchen. Don't need to make cooking this week more difficult then it needs to be! Oh, and shhhh...I'm most likely actually NOT making next Saturday's (4/9) meal myself because....::wimpers:: it's my 30th birthday. Eek!!! I don't know what we are doing yet, but I will be having a meal worthy of celebrating a 30th birthday...that's for sure!
I'm playing around with a new format. I'm going to list the meal with it's link to the recipe and directions, and directly below it I will list what you will need a the grocery store for that meal. You can still copy and paste to a word document and print out an entire grocery list in the end, but now you can better pick and choose which ones you will be doing!
It's good to be back! Have a great week, everyone!!
1 package egg noodles
1lb ground beef
1 packet dry brown gravy mix
1 package cream cheese
1 (6oz) can of chopped mushroom
1 (8oz) container of sour cream
2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
Milk
Monday - Broccoli Sausage Pasta
Olive oil
Garlic
1 small onion
1 head of broccoli
1lb smoke sausage
8oz penne pasta
Parmesan cheese
Tuesday - Artichoke and Tomato Chicken
Olive oil
4 tomatoes
Fresh basil
Fresh oregano
2 red bell peppers
1 (8oz) package mozzarella cheese
6 chicken breasts
Marinara sauce
Wednesday - Creamy Burrito Casserole
1lb ground beef or turkey
1 small onion
1 package taco seasoning
6 flour tortillas
1 package of shredded cheddar
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream
Thursday - Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Shallots
Butter
4 pork loin chops
Shallots
Chicken stock
Baby bella mushrooms
Dijon mustard
Fresh parsley
Friday - Chicken Broccoli Casserole
2 chicken breasts
1lb broccoli
1 box of elbow noodles
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 package stuffing mix
1 package of cheddar cheese
Milk
Saturday - Cream Cheese Potato Soup
Chicken broth
4 medium potatoes
1 small onion
1 package cream cheese
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