week of 11/28

lots of salad this week!

s  costco chicken, bread, salad

m  chicken pesto pasta, salad

t  naan pizza, salad

w  pork + quinoa + green beans

th  lemongrass chicken + rice + asparagus

f  turkey meatballs and spaghetti

s  leftovers

week of 11/21

Since it's Thanksgiving week, I didn't expect to really have a plan as I thought all we'd be eating was leftovers (especially because we had our Thanksgiving on Tuesday). Turns out, leftovers got old real fast and I had to do something else with them. Also, there were a few things I didn't get to make last week, so they showed up in this week's meals.

s  mango chicken curry and rice, green beans (note: this was so so so so very tasty. will definitely be on the permanent rotation)

m  lentil soup with chicken sausage

t  thai coconut soup for lunch; thanksgiving dinner! turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, stuffing, cranberries.

w  leftovers

th  turkey tetrazzini 

f  salmon burgs, fries, salad (in looking back at previous posts I now realize how often we eat this. super quick and easy, though)

s  turkey shepherd's pie (will hopefully use up the last of the turkey and potatoes)

Week of 11/14

m halibut with lemon and spinach (wes at cycling meeting, so i'm having fish! thanks, jessica seinfeld [and gwyneth])  

t  chipotle with erick (kinect night)

w  veggie pesto pizza, salad

th  turkey burgers, fries

f  carne asada tacos, rice, beans

s  lentil soup with chicken sausage

s  out with friends

Dinners, Week of 11/8

m  teriyaki chicken, rice, broccoli
t  baked pasta with tomatoes and mozzarella (i'm adding ground turkey)
w enchilada casserole
th  salmon burgers, salad, fries
f  steak, green beans...
s  moroccan tagine + cous cous
s  fire roasted tomato chicken with rice and broccoli

Week of 11/1

m  pea bacon chicken risotto

t  flautas, beans

w  chicken stir fry, rice

th  sausage cous cous green beans

f  chili cornbread brussels sprouts

s  leftovers

s  fish, quinoa with red pepper cilantro salsa, edamame

Week of 10/25

m  chicken pot pies 

t  pork tenderloin + sweet potato dish w/ raisins, broccoli

w  turkey meatballs, pasta, salad

th bbq chicken pizza + salad

f  salmon burgs, fries

s  leftovers

s  chicken, rice, broccoli

Meal Plan for the Week (10-11 thru 10-17)

m  potato quiche (had leftovers for the night we were supposed to have this last week so it got postponed to this week!)

t  salmon burgs, fries

w  turkey meatballs and pasta 

th  moms night (last week's was cancelled)

f  leftovers from wednesday

s  spicy peanut chicken soba noodles

s  butternut squash and mushroom risotto with chicken  

Back from Orlando, Back to REAL Food

had a great trip, but we're so happy to be home and eating healthy food and VEGETABLES and fresh FRUIT! man, it's tough to be disney's food prisoner. expensive + unhealthy. blah! so here's what we've got going on this week:


m  lasagna rolls

t  jambalaya

w  crustless quiche

th  chicken pot pie pockets

f  stuffed pork tenderloin

s  shepherds pie

s  leftovers

Meal Plan 9/20-9/26

last week's standout dinner was the lentil soup with spicy italian sausage and bowtie pasta. welcome, fall!

we ended up having more leftovers than i thought from the spag/meatball dinner, so we didn't have salmon burgers + fries, therefore i'm stealing that menu item for this week!

this week i really look forward to thai chicken pizza! this time i won't use too much sauce :)

m  shrimp pesto quinoa (so good last week, need to repeat!)

t  ground turkey tamale pie

w moms' night (senoritas + margaritas!)  

th  thai chicken pizza, salad   

f  leftovers

s  salmon burgers, fries 

s  stir fry chicken and rice

Meal Planning

I'm taking a cue from a blog I follow by posting meal plans. Not until I started reading her blog did it really even occur to me to do such a thing, but once I got into a groove with Coops (after he was a few months old), I realized I didn't want to make multiple stops at the store throughout the week and figured I should plan everything Sunday night for the week and do my shopping Monday morning. It's totally flexible as we don't always have what is planned for each day. It has been working out for us for months now, so I thought I'd share by posting the plan weekly. 


Here's what's on the table this week:

m  naan pizza, salad   

t  lentil soup with chicken sausage + cornbread

w  spaghetti and turkey meatballs, spinach salad

th  shrimp pesto pasta (chicken for wes)

f  tortilla pie

s  leftovers

s  salmon burgers, fries

Country Breakfast Cont'd--Fourth Course

The fourth course was my favorite, yet I could only stomach a few bites. Not to fear, we took it home with us for breakfast tomorrow! This course included eggs of your choice (3, I believe), a biscuit, an apple sausage, a piece of ham, a slice of thick cut bacon and super yummy potatoes that appeared to be grated.

I'd say this is the most extravagant breakfast I've ever had and, while it was a fun experience, I probably wouldn't put my waistline through torture again. I think I'd go straight to the egg/potato/meat entree below.

Country Breakfast Cont'd--Third Course

I was the least impressed with this course, oatmeal with honey and brown sugar. As with the 'cakes it's more than likely because I prefer the way we cook our oatmeal at home...and beacuse I was starting to get realllllly full at this point. I only took about five bites or less. I thought it was super thick oatmeal, while my mom thought it was pretty thin. Go figure!


We had a window seat and enjoyed looking at the rainbow and the start of the falls. It's a shame the hotel isn't able to get a full view of the falls.

Country Breakfast Cont'd--Second Course

The second course was a double stack of buttermilk pancakes topped with a strawberry, powdered sugar and served with maple syrup.

Along with the pancake course came a bowl of fruit, Devonshire cream and strawberry yogurt. The pancakes looked perfect, and tasted just like you'd imagine they would. I still prefer Wes's gingerbread/barley pancakes ;)

Salish Lodge Country Breakfast--First Course

Mom, Cooper and I went to the Salish Lodge this morning for their fancy "Country Breakfast." It was quite the splurge, but we got a break with the Prime card.

The first course consisted of coffee, juice and a baker's bread basket. Coffee was served with cream, sugar, white/milk chocolate shavings and vanilla-infused whipped cream.

The baker's basket had three treats: a muffin, a scone and a cinnamon roll. We split the scone and cinnamon roll and took the muffin home. My only complaint with this course was that the selection of breads/pastries were not served warm. We both got grapefruit juice.

We liked the coffee cups--tall and thin, which is unconventional. Here's a pic of my decaf with chocolate shavings. 

So...it turned out to be 15 days of celebrating

Which is fine by me! Got too busy and realized I am not cut out for daily blogging. Yeow! That is hard stuff, man! It makes me realize even more so that my dear friend Marisa is a freaking rock star for not only doing a daily blog but a daily sewing project. Sheesh! I look forward to her posts daily!