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
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
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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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
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)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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! :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
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