Last Week

My mom was here last week, so I didn't have much spare time to blog. And since we decided to do Thanksgiving in February, I knew we'd be eating lots of leftovers and didn't do much in the way of meal planning. One night we grabbed one order of our favorite Thai Yellow Curry from down the street and multiplied it into 5 servings (the three of us for dinner, then mom and I had leftovers for lunch the next day) by adding more chicken and carrots back home. Honestly, aside from that and Thanksgiving, I can't remember what else we did for dinner. And I think we only had leftovers one night? In any case, I used the remaining turkey in a soup tonight, which turned out pretty good. It was a turkey n' stars soup with carrots, onion, kale and star shaped pasta. I'm still working on the plan for this week...

1/31

being pretty unoriginal this week--wes has two late meetings, so on those days i'm going for simplicity. two nights with some sort of burger this week--oh well!

m  salmon burgers, broccoli

t  chicken enchiladas, rice, beans

w leftovers 

th naan pizza, salad

f  turkey burgers, fries

s  chicken sausage + veggie pasta, salad

s  leftovers

dinners for week of 1/24

m  wes at meeting. helen to have mexican chicken soup for leftovers.

t  turkey tamale pie

w  leftovers

th  veggie and bean pasta, salad

f  burgers + fries

s  salmon burgers, broccoli

s  pork, sweet potatoes, green beans

the tikka masala was a disaster. i don't want to talk about it ;) i made crackers; burned 'em and oversalted 'em. the highlights, however, were peanut butter chocolate chip banana cookies and all the other meals last week (except the tikka). really, though, the enchiladas were super tasty, the turkey burgers are always a hit, wes cooked the steak perfectly, the sweet potatoes melted in my mouth, and the veggie and white bean pasta turned out unexpectedly well. so, all was not lost! looking forward to the spicy peanut dish this week and figuring out a tasty dessert. 


m  wes at bike team meeting. helen will be having scampi.

t  pesto chicken gnocci, salad

w  spicy peanut chicken with soba noodles, edamame

th  leftovers

f  turkey meat loaf, roasted sweet potatoes, green beans

s  mexican chicken soup

s  leftovers

1/10-16

still haven't gotten around to making that tikka masala, so i am determined to make it tonight! last night's enchiladas were delish!

m  green chili and chicken enchiladas, beans

t  chicken tikka masala, rice

w  veggie + white bean pasta, salad

th  turkey burgers, fries

f  leftovers

s  steak, sweet potatoes, broccoli

s leftovers

1/3-1/9

Happy 2011!

The dinners the week of Christmas didn't come to fruition b/c we had a sick baby, then we got sick, so we didn't really eat anything that week :/ We eventually did, but nothing exciting: cereal.

I'm happy to report we are all healthy and have our appetites back, and I'm ready to cook again! We were so beat from the 9 hour drive today (and 6 hour drive yesterday) that when we got home we just had a hot bowl of peanut butter/honey oatmeal (oh, and that was about the only thing in the cupboard).

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

m  chicken tikka masala, rice

t  turkey chili, cornbread

w  thai red curry tofu, rice

th  chicken and zucchini pasta, salad

f  leftovers

s  salmon burgs, fries, salad

s  naan pizza, salad

xmas week!

m  salmon burgers, fries

t  thai red curry, rice

w  leftovers

th  chicken sausage, pasta, salad

f  xmas eve lunch with aunt les + family!

s  we'll be in boise and it'll be xmas night, so we'll find something when we're there! (last time we found a pizza joint.)

week of 12/13

s  leftover chicken stir fry

m  chicken w/ cous cous, edamame
t  naan pizza, salad

w  arugula pesto angel hair w/ chicken (shrimp for helen)

th  turkey burgers, side of snap peas drizzled w/ sesame oil

f  jambalaya, rice

s  leftovers

week of 12/5

keepin' it simple this week, lots of repeats, no fancy dishes. coop is sick.

s  salmon burgs, fries

m  carne asada tacos, rice

t  spag turkey meatballs (so good last week...need it again!)

w  chicken pesto quinoa + veggie (peas?)

th  some type of veggie dish (zucchini cous cous w/ lentils?)

f  leftovers

s  chicken stir fry, rice

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