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Last night- burgers out
Tonight- nachos
W- not sure
Th- pork tenderloin -
@Foodnerd81: no need to sear, in my opinion, someone with a better sense might disagree....but it tastes good to me!
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M: (Veggie) sliders and roasted asparagus
T: Kidney bean red curry and rice
W: Leftovers
Th: Cauliflower soup
F: Creamy French lentils with mushrooms and kale
Sat: Delivery or takeout or eat out -
@caterw: thanks, sounds delicious! We usually use fennel to make this Italian veggie and faro salad that's faro with roasted veggies (fennel, eggplant, onions, peppers - all diced after roasting), lots of fresh herbs (I do a mix of basil, parsley and mint) and liberal amounts of balsamic vinegar and olive oil. So good.
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Chinese mustard greens with noodles
Burritos with homemade Spanish rice and refried beans
Slow cooked teriyaki chicken
Take out pizzaAnd I need one more! Scouring this post for ideas.
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@yoursilverlining: Yum! That sounds a lot like the salad I made for my lunches this week, but I used bulgur wheat and lentils instead of farro so it's sort of like a bulked up tabbouleh.
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@Mrs Panda: can you share a link for the slow cooker teriyaki chicken please?
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@delight: it's from the Williams Sonoma slow cooker book...let me know if you can't find it online.
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Sunday: chicken wings and Sweet potato wedges
Monday: Stir fry and egg noodles
Tuesday: Baked Ziti
Wednesday: out to dinner
Thursday: Cheesy brocolli chicken and rice in crock pot
Friday: No idea?! -
@FaithFertility: Do you have a recipe link for the cheesy broccoli chicken and rice crock pot recipe?? Yum!
Monday: Rotisserie chicken (costco) with mashed potatoes and asparagus
Tuesday: Baked Tacos
Wednesday: Sausage and spinach pasta with salad and garlic bread
Thursday: Crockpot pulled chicken sandwiches with oven fries and corn
Friday: Orange chicken with rice and broccoli -
Ahhh! I need some jiajiang mein!!!! Now I must find myself a good jiajiang mein recipe!!!!!! Such a great idea!!
I am still trying to go low carb / low cal for myself while I want the remaining of my family to live "normal". I love the fact that DS (now 4) eats what we eat nowadays. So this is us this week:
Mon: Baked hamburger patties + baked sweet potato fries. I ate it with lettuce wrap while DS and DH ate them with buns.
Tues: Roasted cod and potatoes (1 pot meal), + salad
Wed: baked chicken for DS and steak for us. I am planning to roast or steam a big pot of broccoli. And salad. Some rice too for DS & DH.
Thurs: baked chicken for DS, for DH and I we'll probably eat frozen dumplings. Will make a side veggie and carb for DS.
Fri: Contemplating on eating out, haha. I have so much veggies at home but running out of protein! Or maybe I'll run to the store and get some pita bread, and make pita pizzas. I am craving pizza.Motherhood is such a weird thing. I hate and avoid cooking as much as I could when I didn't have children. Nowadays all I think about is cooking!
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@irene: this is the zha jiang mien recipe I use and we love it - even the kids!
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Sunday - grilled burgers with asparagus and watermelon
Monday - homemade turkey burgers with a side salad
Tuesday - homemade black bean burgers (I guess this is a theme this week) with sweet potato fries and a side salad
Wednesday - crock pot chicken tacos
Thursday - leftovers
Friday - no idea, we'll just pull something out of the freezer, probably fish
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-Bean Burritos (with crockpot refried beans!)
- Copycat AppleBees oriental chicken salad
-Guatamalan Black bean salad and rice
-WafflesI don't usually plan specific days, I just do what works with our schedule and what we have left. I try to have two options for leftovers, so I'll often cook two days and then take a day or two off.
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@Mrs Panda: I couldn't find it online but found lots of other chicken teryaki slow cooker recipes so I'm good thanks!!
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@Silva:
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@Mrs Panda: THANKS!!! YUM!!!!! But sooooo complicated! Do you guys really make this on the weekday???
I am craving zha jiang mien now, I'll just take LO this weekend and pay $6.5 to share a bowl. Let's see if he even eats it first before I go all out to make it... but man, it is really complicated.
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@irene: it's not too bad - maybe it sounds more complicated than it is! Give it a try!
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Since you guys are posting that coconut curry, I wanted to post another recipe. Its a peanutty red version. Its SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I use all coconut milk instead of the water/coconut milk mix called for in the recipe for extra richness and added a can of bamboo shoots and some sliced bell peppers towards the end for that Thai restaurant experience. A fistful of basil at the end wouldn't hurt either! I do it 4 hours on high.
http://www.jocooks.com/main-courses/poultry-main-courses/crockpot-thai-chicken-thighs/
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@gingerbebe: yum, I might make that next week- my husband would love it
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Another week, another menu plan!!
- Homemade pizza tonight (thanks for the craving @Raindrop!)
- Chicken sausage and zucchini pasta
- Creamy chicken and rice casserole
- Korean rice gnocchi stirfry (ddokboki)
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@gingerbebe: can you share the creamy chicken and rice casserole recipe? How is it?
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@Pumpkin Pie: So this is a "quick" version of one of those old school guilty pleasure casseroles. I make it "healthier" by making my own "cream of soup" base, but you can totally just use the canned stuff. Also, I don't know why but this HAS to have the canned mixed vegetables - the mushy veggies just make it. Also a bonus is that my toddler gobbles it up!
2 cups cooked rice
1.5 cups chopped cooked chicken (I use Costco rotisserie chicken meat)
1 can (10 3/4 ounce) Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can (10 3/4 ounce) Cream of Celery or Mushroom Soup
1 can of mixed vegetables**Broccoli cheese variation - replace mixed veggies with 2 cups of chopped frozen broccoli and add 1 cup of shredded cheddar.
Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Mix everything together and pour into a 9x13 pan that is well-greased or sprayed with Pam. Cover dish tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
Homemade Cream of Soup Base: (makes 2 can's worth)
4 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons flour
1.5 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of poultry seasoning or thyme or dried herbs
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powderDirections: Melt butter in pan, add flour and whisk until combined and the roux turns blonde/golden. Add the liquids and seasonings and whisk together and cook on low heat for about 5 minutes until thickened.
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Here's mine for the week:
Sunday- steak, couscous, parsley salad (sliced bell pepper for toddler)
Monday- Falafel pitas, cucumber salad
Tuesday- Salmon, miso smashed sweet potatoes, garlic kale
Wednesday- Spiced chicken thighs, couscous, asparagus
Thursday-Leftovers? Or something from the freezer
Friday-Spaghetti or maybe takeout pizza -
@gingerbebe: thanks! This is on our menu for this week. The kids love it!
Monday - chicken and rice
Tuesday - tacos with ground beefNeed more ideas though!
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Our week-
Sunday:Left over pot roast from yesterday
Monday: Weinerschnitzel and mashed sweet potatoes
Tuesday: Chicken fajitas
Wednesday: Pulled pork bites and salad
Thursday: Take out (pizza, since I've discovered Papa John's dairy free pizza!)
Friday: Beef short ribs and rice
Saturday: Out -
We've got a short week as Thursday both DH and I have to attend separate charity functions for our work over the dinner hour, and Friday LO and DH are traveling.
Saturday: bacon cheeseburgers topped with avocado, tomato, onion and jalapeno. Grilled sweet potato wedges on the side tossed in olive oil, dried cilantro, red pepper flakes, S&P (these were SUPER good!)
Sunday: fish tacos with spicy cabbage slaw and avocado. Maybe some pinto beans on the side
Monday: Whole roast chicken and salad with goat cheese and apples on the side
Tuesday: Burrito bowls: lettuce, black beans, roasted corn, bit of cheese, avocado, onion, black olives, tomato and topped with black beans and steak
Wed: out with MIL
Thurs and Friday: work functions and on our own
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Sunday: Homemade chicken salad sandwiches
Monday: A giant salad with grilled chicken and all types of toppings
Tuesday: Southwest Mexican Skillet
Wednesday: Ravioli with salad and garlic bread
Thursday: Our Anniversary (going out!). LO will eat a pulled pork quesadilla though and some sides
Friday: Black bean Enchiladas
Saturday: Chick-fil-a (we have a busy day that day!) -
This week:
Tonight: Hamburgers & Hotdogs for my sister's birthday
Monday: BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad
Tuesday: Avocado Caprese Skillet Chicken, French bread & salad
Weds: Baked honey garlic chicken, roasted potatoes & carrots
(can you tell chicken is on sale this week, lol!)
Thursday: BBQ Sausages
Friday: Homemade Pizza
Saturday : Steak, double stuffed potatoes, corn on the cob (my ILs are coming to town)
Sunday : Lobster (Mother's Day tradition for us) -
Saturday: ordered in
Sunday: BBQ sausages and baked potato. Oh and I think Brussel sprouts
Monday: possibly flat bread pizzas and salad
Tuesday: BBQ chicken and corn on the cob
Wednesday: spaghetti and meat balls
Thursday: homemade burgers and a veggie
Friday: probably out -
Tonight: Shrimp scampi
Mon: Kalua pork quesadillas
Tues:Salmon and broccoli
Wed: Ravioli and salad
Thurs: Tacos
Fri: Chicken broccoli cheesy cream of mushroom casserole
Sat: Shrimp stirfry -
I'm working on mine right now so keep them coming! I'll post when I'm done...
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This is actually 2 weeks worth for us plus I'm doubling a bunch of these for maternity leave.
Corn Dog casserole
Guatemalan Black Bean Salad and Rice
Homemade Pizza (probably pepperoni) and broccoli tater tots
One Pot Burrito Bowl
Stir fry with Kielbasa and rice
Black Bean and goat cheese enchilada bake
Zucchini Cornbread Quiche
crockpot Thai Chicken (thanks @gingerbebe:) -
M- sweet and sour chicken stir fry with cauliflower rice
Tu- Lemon pepper flounder, grilled veggies, maybe a potato?
We- grilled hamburgers and sweet potato for me and French fries for hubs and the kids
Th-stuffed red bell peppers and salad
Friday- fend for yourself!
Saturday- whatever is leftover -
Sunday: chicken cordon bleu
Monday: pasta with fresh tomato sauce
Tues/thurs: out
Wed: clean out the freezer, probably dumplings with soup
Fri: pizza -
Here is us this week! I love this thread!
M: Ribs (DH made them last night) + (TBD) veggies
T: Oven Poached Tilapia and Broccoli
W: Baked Salmon + some (TBD) veggies
T: Zesty Cajun Skirt Steak + some (TBD) veggies
F: Garlic Chicken BreastsHonestly I think somewhere along M-T there will be enough leftovers for Friday, so I put the skirt steak and chicken breasts in the freezer just in case we can't get to them
And may I brag again, I love the fact that DS (now 4) is eating the same thing with us nowadays! Last week there were two days I cooked chicken for him while we ate steak, and he was really upset as I was eating a different thing. So I'll make sure he will eat the exact same thing as we do from now on. Heaven!
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Monday- Frittata, probably some biscuits
Tuesday- out to dinner party
Wednesday- black bean tacos, slaw
Thursday- tuna melts, sweet potatoes
Friday- Thai crockpot chicken, broccoli rice
Saturday- burgers, oven fries
Sunday- chicken tikka masala, peas, rice -
@brownepiano: what is corn dog casserole?
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@jhd: it's from here http://www.livingthecountrylife.com/blogs/lisas-kitchen/2011/04/21/corn-dog-casserole/
Full disclosure my two year old hates it but I have no idea why! It's great comfort food when it is cold out. It takes 45 for me to cook, not the 30 min listed.
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@brownepiano: thanks for the recipe!
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