Time to start posting menu lists again, I keep losing the sheets of paper where I write them.
Mac & Cheese
Spaghetti
Sloppy Joes
Chicken Italienne
Mock Rissotto
Cranberry Pork Roast
Crock pot chicken
Italian veggie soup with soft bread sticks
Sheppard’s Pie
Hey, I know. It’s been a while since I posted our meal plans or anything else for that matter. It’s time to get back into the swing of things. So, here we go.
It seems like you can’t find many healthy recipes that don’t include fish. Since I don’t like fish, this doesn’t work for me. Sure it’s brain food and all, but I like to think that I am pretty smart without it. In an effort to try and eat healthier, I’m going to be cooking a few more vegetarian meals. They are the only other truly light and healthy alternative I can find. Things won’t be strictly vegetarian around here though. I am too much of a carnivore for that to happen.
When planning out our meals, I ask everyone in the house what they would like to have served at least once during that time. With five of us, that almost fills up a weeks worth by itself. Invariably, the kids always pick the same meal.
Sloppy Joes (Nathan)
Fettuccine (Zoey)
Spaghetti (Allison)
Green Chili Enchiladas – (something Mexican for Greg) This recipe calls for veggie chicken patties? I seriously doubt I will be able to find them in our stores so will just substitute real chicken. Also, I may have to make the avocado tomatilla salsa.
Chili and Cheese Enchiladas – Going to have a veggie enchilada cook off. I’ll report back on which is the winner.
Black Bean Burrito (Indian Style)
Braised Kidney Bean and Sweet Potato
Orange Chicken
Lemon Chicken
Bean and Mushroom Stroganoff
BBQ Chicken
So, I’m doing a sampling of recipes from my new, oh so lovely, cookbook. “Apples for Jam” by Tessa Kiros. Many of the recipes for this period are from her book. Again, I’m typing this up during the second week, so I have a few reviews for some of the dinners already.
Meat Lasagna – from new cookbook. Not nearly as tasty as the other lasagna recipe in the book. I will probably just stick with it and add in some sausage and spinach.
Chicken Casserole – from new cookbook. This was pretty good. May make it again to see if it is better.
Macaroni Cheese – from new cookbook. This wasn’t bad, but I already make a pretty good mac & cheese. It did give me some ideas on how to improve my own.
Pioneer Woman’s Chicken Salad – This was last nights dinner and we have plenty left for lunches the rest of the week.
Fettuccine – on rotation pretty regularly in our house
Sonic – With school back in session and football practices getting ready to gear up, sometimes there just isn’t time to cook.
Philly Steak & Cheese sandwiches – I made these once before, and while they were ok, they weren’t show stoppers. I made a few tweaks this time and man, oh man, they were delicious.
Up for this week – If the storms that result from Gustav don’t leave us without electricity:
Chicken sauteed with milk and cheese – from new cookbook
Sloppy Joes -homemade sauce
Taco Salad
Tandori Chicken
Spaghetti
Tomato Lasagna
If we lose power, it will be chicken, burgers, and hot dogs on the grill. Or a bunch of PB& J Sandwiches.
Sure, sure, it’s half way through our 2 week meal plan, but I’m going to put it up here anyway. I almost lost the list last week and would have had to figure out what to make with all of the groceries I bought. I’ll break it down between what we’ve eaten (along with whether we liked it or not) and what we have left.
BBQ Chicken with Mashed Potatoes -yum
Taco Salad – Basically taco meat with a garden salad. I baked some tortilla chips and made some guacamole to go with it. We may start having these instead of tacos. They feel slightly healthier.
Summer Pasta Salad – Greg and I both liked this. My usually not too picky kids did not. They ended up having cereal for dinner.
Spaghetti – always loved
Sloppy Joes – everyone in our house loves these except for me. I make them because they ask.
Lasagna with Half Moon Rolls – I’ll write more about this on it’s own.
Fettuccine
Ravioli
Burritos
Chicken Caesar Salad
Tandori Chicken – we still haven’t had this yet.
Marinated Chicken with Naan Bread – we have this often enough that I need to put the recipes up here.
Chicken Chili Relleno
Here’s what we plan on eating for the next couple of weeks. Menu is subject to change, purely based on whether I improvise something instead. We are throwing a birthday into the mix so I’m sure there will be another recipe for a cake sometime around… let’s just say August 5th.
Per usual, lunches are nothing fancy. Beanie Weanies, Mac & Cheese, Ramen Noodles, PB&J, and whatever leftovers we might have.
Dinners:
Ham & Cheese Frittata (Better Homes & Gardens, Best Ever Low-Cal Recipes, pg 17)
Chicken breasts w/ tomato basil and Gorgonzola & White wine sauce (as seen on Eating, Running, & Loving)
Chicken Lettuce Wraps version 2.0 (yes we liked them that much)
Tandori Chicken (Everyday Food, Feb 2005)
Spicy Three Bean Soup
Chicken Fajita Lettuce Wraps (Everyday Food, October 2004)
Sloppy Joes
Chicken Schnitzel (for the birthday dinner)
Fettuccini
Chicken Caesar Salad
Marinated Chicken & Naan Bread (I need to post this recipe, we have had it a few times now)
Chicken Enchilada Soup
Broccoli Salad
Falafel w/ Tzatziki (DK Children’s Cookbook)
If any of these sound good to you, let me know. Recipes are meant to be shared (unless they are top secret).
School is out, which means that not only do I need to plan dinners, but now lunches must be more than the salads or quesadillas that Allison and I usually eat (Greg usually heats up a hot dog or has what we’re having). I still need meals that don’t take forever because for the next few weeks, we are still in softball mode.
Since we are also trying to eat healthier, I am going to be experimenting with some new recipes. I have a new cookbook that is going to be put to the test. Ignore the numbers beside the meal. These are the page numbers for the recipes. If they are keepers, I’ll put them up here for easy access. If you see something you think sounds tasty, let me know and even if I don’t post the recipe here, I’ll send it your way.
This menu list will have both lunches and dinners.
Lunches:
cheap frozen Totino’s pizza
Corn Dogs
Beanie Weenies
Nachos
Ramen Noodles (Zoey loves these things)
Mac & Cheese
Bean Burritos
PB & J
Ham and Cheese
Chicken Salad Sandwiches (or lettuce wraps)
Leftovers
Dinners:
Chicken & Biscuits (124)
Chicken a la Marengo (97)
Meatless cheeseburgers (113)
Garlic Scampi (213) – there will also be chicken on this night for me, since I am allergic and probably Nathan who doesn’t quite like shrimp
Wild Rice & Sausage Bake (132)
Apple Stuffed Pork Tenderloin (112) I know, more of a fall dish, but it sounded so yummy)
Cheeseburgers
Fettuccine
Spaghetti
Chicken Caesar Salad
Chef Salad
Goulash
Homemade Pizzas
Desserts
Pudding
Low-Fat Brownies (We love brownies so when I this on America’s Test Kitchen Saturday I knew I would try them)
Last week I ate salads, soups, and cheese and crackers for dinner since the rest of the family was out of town. It’s now time to get back to cooking.
Honey Mustard Chicken (I didn’t make this last time)
Chicken A La King
Wild Rice Chicken Soup
Fettuccine – using normal old recipe but with half & half instead of heavy whipping cream.
Goulash Soup
Corned Beef with Mac & Cheese (They had this at my grandmother’s house and it was a big hit. I have never really liked it much, but if everyone else likes it, maybe it’s worth another shot.)
Fajitas
Spaghetti
Chicken Caesar Salad
Pork Chops, Potatoes, and Green Beans
French Onion Soup
Softball practice starts this week and possibly baseball. I’m going to try out many slow cooked meals and some Short Cut meals from an old Real Simple – Meals Made Easy cookbook. Like always, if we like them, I’ll post a separate entry with the recipe later. If you see something you would like to try, let me know and I will email you the recipe. A cool thing about my slow cooker recipe book is that it is made by Prevention so it has only healthy meals.
Fajitas
Honey Mustard Chicken (SC pg9)
Southwestern Chicken (SC pg 11)
BBQ Beef Sandwiches (mine) with Baked Beans (RS 21)
Chicken A La King (SC pg 60)
Santa Fe Chicken (SC pg 62)
French Onion Soup
Chicken Cutlets in Herb Sauce (RS 61)
Chicken Pot Pie (RS131)
Last Minute Lasagna (RS 139
Baked Chimichangas
Spaghetti
Fettuccine
I skipped this rotation of posting our meal plan. Slacker. I know. Here are a few of the meals we have eaten over the past two weeks.I’m going to leave out our staple meals. You know, fettuccine, spaghetti, tacos. If we liked them, I’ll give them a separate entry with the recipe a little later.
On Valentine’s day we had pizza! Cute, Heart-shaped, stuffed crust pizza. Did you know that all you have to do to make stuffed crust is roll the edges of your pizza dough over a string cheese stick? I split them in half, then roll it. But it’s so much less expensive than Pizza Hut and since they don’t deliver in our tiny town, it’s less work to just make our own than it is to order it and drive to get it.
Let’s see. It’s much harder to remember what I fixed after the fact.
Creamy Ham and Broccoli – It wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t great either. It was more like a side dish than a whole meal.
Chicken enchilada soup – I need to type up my recipe for this one. It’s also a staple but I just throw a bunch of stuff together. We had this with some tasty cornbread.
Beef and Napa Cabbage Stir Fry – This was pretty tasty. Everyone liked it, so it will be getting it’s own review a little later.
Brunswick Stew We didn’t have this last time. I couldn’t find frozen lima beans. This time I have them.
Cheddar Crusted Chicken
Beef Wellington
Pork Chops with Sauteed Apples in Cream
Betsy’s Hungarian Goulash
Chicken & Noodles
Fettuccini
Spaghetti
Tacos
Cowboy Crockpot Stew
Creamy Ham and Broccoli
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