week of 5/9

today is the first week of wes's golf league which means i'll be on my own for dinner on wednesday nights. this week i'm planning on lasagna rolls and saving the leftovers for lunch. made turkey burgers instead of albondigas last week, so that's on the menu for this week.

m  orcchiette (instead of squash + leeks, i'm making it w/ zucchini + cannelini beans)
t  turkey albondigas
w  lasagna rolls or a variation of that recipe
th  chicken tortilla pie w/ tj's enchilada sauce instead of salsa + green chiles
f  pizza + salad
s  leftovers
s  leftovers

better late than...

forgot to post this week. this is what we had/are having:

m  wes was out of town for work. i had a salmon burger and salad and broccoli.
t  ate appetizers at the tesla event
w  pizza casserole, salad
th  anniversary/birthday night out at ztejas
f  turkey burgers, fries
s  greek chicken pasta
s  chicken/black bean nachos

note: the pizza casserole was pretty good. a little eggy for my liking, though. i'd rather have pizza!

More Simple, Repeat Dinners

Not in the mood this week, folks! Only involved dinner I'm doing is a lasagna. Made a healthy carrot cake today. Pretty tasty, but I don't feel confident giving it to anyone outside this house to try :)

m  leftover tamale pie
t  salmon burgs, fries, arugula salad
w  turkey lasagna w/ veggies, salad
th  chicken, cous cous, a green veggie
f  out to dinner w/ hubs
s  leftovers
s  leftovers

Dinners, week of 4/18

aside from dinner, i'm planning on making sausage cheddar biscuits to accompany eggs for breakfast one morning, just made some blueberry muffins, and will make scones from the brunch class i took. yikes, lots of baking--i need to go for a run! made peanut butter banana bomb muffins over the weekend, which were super tasty. even cooper liked 'em!

m  spag + turkey meatballs, salad (didn't have this last week)
t  spicy chicken peanut soba noodles
w  pizza (need to get creative as wes can't have yeast, but i wanted to make pizza. pita and flatbread at tj's had yeast. ideas?)
th  tamale pie
f  chicken enchiladas
s  leftovers
s  leftovers

Week of 4/11

I'm surprised I was able to pull this together with Coop being sick and all :( Wes is leaving Friday for Walla Walla so I'm going to make a few super simple meals for myself.

M  Fettuccine Alfredo with Veggies
T  Chicken, Rice, Edamame
W  Spaghetti + Turkey Meatballs, Salad
Th  Chicken Pot Pie
F  Salmon Burgers, Broccoli
S  Sweet Potato Tian
S  Leftovers

Food This Week

The last couple of weeks of dinners since Wes's diet began have been pretty simple/plain. His skin issues are resolving and his dandruff completely gone!

We were having lots of meat and veggies, then he added back in some whole wheat pasta, tortillas, rice and oatmeal.

This week I feel a little more inspired having taken a cooking class (brunch) put on by a blogger I follow. I'm hoping to test out the recipes one at a time over the next few weeks, then hopefully have someone over for brunch to pull the whole menu together.

So here's this week!

M  Chorizo, Red Pepper + Potato Galette
T  Chicken Linguine Alla "Vodka" from the Costco Connection ("vodka" b/c there isn't any vodka in it)
W  Turkey burgers, fries, broccoli
Th  Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas
F  Chicken Tortilla Soup
S  Frittata with sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese and basil, roasted potatoes (recipes from Sunday's class)
S  leftovers

going yeast and (mostly) sugar free

well, wes is. and i kind of am since we eat dinner together. he has this rash on his hands (i have a mild case) and seborrhea on his face (which is supposed to get better with a yeast-free diet). let's cross our fingers it works! lots more veggies (and more of a variety of veggies than usual) on this plan, which we really need to eat more of anyway!

i'm hosting a st. patty's day play date on thurs and am planning on having some healthy treats for the kiddos and a maybe not so healthy treat for the moms ;) might make gingerbread stout cupcakes but with this frosting (sans pumpkin pie spice). thinking of icing it with the plain frosting first then putting some aside and mixing in some green food coloring so i can pipe a shamrock on top of each one! if i do this i will post pics!

m  whole wheat pasta w/ ground turkey and acorn squash (found out later that acorn squash is actually not on the OK list. oops!)
t  steak and cauliflower mash
w  chicken and mustard greens
th  salmon and arugula salad
f  turkey pesto (homemade) pasta + zucchini
s  chicken + asparagus
s  leftovers?

meals, schmeals

in a weird state--i feel in the mood to cook, but not feeling adventurous or creative with recipes or wanting to try new ones. lots of repeats in the last few weeks. probably b/c the household has been sick going on 3 weeks now. i just came down with something this weekend, but it seems pretty mild (knock on wood). i've started pre-making dinner during cooper's naps so that i don't have to try to cook and entertain him in the 5 or 6 o'clock hour. i was thinking it would work well, but the trade off is i don't get any down time. 

forgot to post last week. the only thing of note that we had were chicken and green chile enchiladas. super tasty as usual. they were carried over from the previous week as i didn't have time to make them then. i think we also had turkey burgers and some kind of pasta dish. same old, same old!

we'll see how the week goes...

m  chicken pot pie casserole

t  turkey meatballs and spaghetti, salad

w  lentil soup

th  chicken pesto pasta, salad

f  salmon burgers, fries, broccoli

s  leftovers

s  leftovers

week of 2/20

this week is heavy on the chicken dishes, but i was struggling to think of what to have this week and did the meal planning in a rush. i've got a sick baby and a sick hubby, so i'm only able to be on the computer time so long until one of them needs me ;) really looking forward to trying recipe #1! will be much healthier than the pot pie pockets i've made a few times in the past w/ puff pastry.

m  chicken pot pie w/ croutons instead of crust (sunset mag)

t  salmon burgs, broccoli, fries (my go-to easy dinner; it reappears almost weekly...eek! i know i'll get burned out one of these days)

w  chicken enchiladas, rice + beans

th  turkey meatballs + spaghetti, salad

f  mango chicken curry + rice

s  leftovers

s  leftovers

meals for valentine's week

m  chicken baked potato with broccoli

t  2-bean turkey chili with cornbread

w  moms' night at preservation kitchen

th  chicken pesto pasta, salad

f  spinach-potato fritatta   

s  leftovers

s  leftovers

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