Weekly Menu Plan

Monday: D: Marinated beef and saute zucchini & onions

Tuesday: B:Muffins, L:egg salad, D:Chicken with a curry sauce, rice and green beans.

Wednesday: B: Waffles L: BLT sandwiches D:Corn cakes and beans

Thursday: B: Muffins and eggs L: Thinking tacos [Carne Asada] , leftover beans and watermelon lemonade to drink D: Ground chicken teriyaki burgers with salad and some kind of dessert for my mom's bday.

Friday: B: Eggs and toast L: No idea-depends on leftovers and my mood D: Invited to a bbq next door- we'll be bringing hot dogs and smoked bratwurst sausage to grill and a salad of some kind.

Saturday: B: Waffles L: Going to a BBQ [I won't be able to eat much there so I'll bring chicken salad and my own salad dressing] D: Andalusian Gazpacho

Sunday: Leftover waffles L: At a bbq- bringing two side dishes plus watermelon D: Leftovers or fried rice

Picture of my box. I got large portobella mushrooms and cremini mushrooms. Cucumber, baby cioggia beets, carrots, two boxes of blueberries, nectarines, lettuce, rainbow chard, and herbs(sage, thyme, basil. Plus the loaf of bread that I asked to have slight more produce instead of- well they can get it right next time...

Wednesday: Eggs, wilted chard, on top of sliced bread for brunch. Dinner will be marinated beef kabobs from Gartner's, salad with sliced beets, and garlic bread.

Thursday: Breakfast will be blueberry muffins and eggs, lunch will be leftover kabobs on salad, dinner will be grilled beef ribs, corn on the cob, and salad.

Friday: Friatta for breakfast with potato, chard, mushrooms, and goat cheese. Ploughman's Lunch [well a version of it]: Deviled eggs, summer sausage, potato chips, and fruit. Grilled chicken kabobs and veggies like cucumber and carrots served with hummos for dinner.

Saturday: Waffles for breakfast. Sausage and lettuce sandwiches for lunch? Portobella Mushrooms grilled on the bbq and turned into a burger for dinner.

Sunday: Blueberry muffins for breakfast. Andalusian Gazpacho for lunch. Middle Eastern Turkey Burgers for dinner.

Monday: Muffins with eggs. Fattoush salad for lunch. Veggie and bacon pasta for dinner.

Monday Menu Weekly Plan

Monday: Muffins & eggs, not sure what for lunch, smoked salmon over green salad and a blackberry/peach cobbler for dessert.

Tuesday: Eggs and toast or leftover cobbler, hot dogs and watermelon, Rosemary-Maple marinated chicken on the grill with corn on the cob and watermelon.

Wednesday: Frozen lentil soup warmed up and garlic bread.

Thursday: Bacon and eggs with toast, smoked salmon tea sandwiches with cucumber slices and fruit, Grilled sausage/vegetable kabobs and salad.

Friday: Spaghetti noodles with summer vegetables and a light olive oil/wine sauce inspired by this.

Saturday: Grilled round steak on top on a green salad asian style.

Sunday: Marinated chicken kabob, green salad, and lentil salad.

Weekly Menu

Yikes- been a while since I posted- hope you'll forgive me and here is my weekly menu plan a day late:

Monday [Happy Memorial Day]: We had bbq chicken, grilled asparagus, salad, and watermelon-lemonade to drink.

Tuesday: For lunch it'll be leftover shredded chicken over green salad. Dinner is lamb kabobs, rice, and asparagus.

Wednesday: [Solomon has a field trip today and requested pasta for lunch but I'll make this Tues night] Lunch: Pasta [goat cheese, bacon, aspargus, and roasted red peppers] and watermelon. Dinner: Lox over green salad with garlic bread and lentil soup from freezer.

Thursday: For dinner marinated with an apricot chutney lamb, hummos, veggies, and flat bread.

Friday: For breakfast we'll have a hearty Farmer Skillet- potatoes, veggies and eggs. Lunch and Dinner will be eaten out as we're on a day trip.

Sat: French Toast. Lunch will be leftover lamb in pita sandwiches and for dinnerwe'll have Osso Buco with red sauce over pasta and veggies.

Sunday: Breakfast will be waffles with warmed fruit and lunch will be deviled eggs, veggies and hummos, and any leftovers in the fridge. For dinner, it'll be Roast, potatoes, wilted salad [kale, mustard greens, etc] and asparagus.

Monday: Lunch will be leftover roast on salad- done asian style. Dinner: Taco Salad [ground beef] for me and regular tacos for boys plus pineapple salsa.

Tuesday Dinner: Black bean soup, cornbread, and more pineapple salsa.

Monday Menu Plan

Yesterday we had Black Bean Soup with Shrimp Scampi on top- very yummy.

Monday: Shrimp and veggie stir fry with brown rice

Tuesday: Beets with Greens Borscht [we ended up having leftovers instead of making this Saturday]

Wednesday: Leftover Borscht soup

Thursday: Chicken Noodle Soup with Zucchini in it...

Friday: Flank Steak with mushroom sauce on top, salad, and baked Sweet Potato Fries. Apple Pie for dessert.

Saturday: Happy 5th Birthday to Cyrus! Pizza and ice cream cake from Cold Stone!

Sunday: Hamburgers, salad, baked beans, and some other veggie.

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Monday Menu Plan

My favorite recipe from last week was the Split Pea Soup. My mom doesn't like peas so I didn't eat it very much growing up and most ham and split pea soups are too salty for me so it was absolutely delightful when I tried this version. I use Organic Chicken Base Better Than Bouillon which is absolutely the greatest way to make stock. I put in more carrots and added garlic to my version simply because I have a lot on hand.

Monday: I got Lobster Tail on sale instead of lamb and never made an Easter dinner- we had a large lunch or rather Linner that we didn't want to eat a dinner on top of all the food we ate during the day yesterday so tonight it is Lobster Tail, rice, asparagus, and salad.

Tuesday: Grilled Chicken over green salad for lunch. Carrot Soup for dinner with some bread.

Wednesday: Happy Tax Day! Deviled Eggs, salad, and leftover carrot soup for lunch. Cuban Black beans, Pineapple Salsa [recipe at end of post], and possibly Grandma's Rice all wrapped up in a tortilla.

Thursday: Kids' pick for lunch. Using the leftover beans in a Tortilla Soup for dinner with cornbread.

Friday: Leftover soup for lunch. Pasta with Carrots, Risotto Style with salad. Tonight's dinner will be the last dairy we'll have for a month so we can see if we do and feel better without it.

Saturday: For dinner we'll have Smoked Salmon over green salad and a cup of Lentil Soup.

Sunday: Out for lunch. Shrimp and veggie stir fry.


Pineapple Salsa Recipe:

1/2 medium pineapple, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
Reserved pineapple juice
1 small red or green bell pepper, diced
3 medium green onions, thinly sliced
1 habanero pepper, seeded and minced
1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger
1 lime, juiced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tbsp agave nectar (can substitute honey, molasses or sugar), to taste

Mix all ingredients, including reserved pineapple juices, in medium bowl. Cover and let stand at least one hour at room temperature. Serve. Recipe courtesy of friend Cheryl.

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Monday Menu Plan

Last week's burgers were a hit!
Check out the Bacon, Carmelized Onions, and Portabello Mushroom Burger with sweet potato baked fries! They were all delicious!
Another dish that was popular was the Chicken with the Honey-Orange sauce which sounded like Chinese but isn't. It was discovered in April 2009's issue of Eating Well Magazine which I love and currently offering a year's subscription for the low price of $10 [Ten little dollars].

This week:

Monday: Blue Cheese-Bacon Burgers, Sweet Potato Baked Fries, and Coleslaw. I will be making a Quiche for tomorrow's brekfast.

Tuesday: Picked up Pizza

Wednesday: For dinner it is back to the good basics: Portabello-Buffalo Burgers, Aspargus, and Onion Strings This will be Dan's last night with us.

Thursday: Split Pea Soup with bread. Something about Spring has me thinking pea soup.

Friday: Asian Burgers again- I think these were the boys' favorite if they had to choose with Carrot & Apple Salad in a Yogurt, Mint, and Honey Dressing

Saturday: Waffles for breakfast then a trip to the Farmer's Market and grabbing lunch there and for dinner I am thinking a Potato, Kale, and Carmelized Onion Friatta

Sunday: Happy Easter! We'll be eating out for lunch although I should figure out where soon and make reservations! Dinner will be Deviled Eggs, Lamb Kabobs, veggies with hummus, and flat bread.


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Menu Plan Monday

Last week I did Chicken Carbonara on Tuesday, Chicken/Mushroom Marsala on Wednesday, Turkey Sandwiches on Thursday, Marinated Flank Steak on Friday, Dan and I went out for a date Saturday night and the boys had leftover Flank Steak with beans in a quesadilla. Sunday we didn't go to the Lacrosse game and had another marinated Flank Steak with salad and leftover garlicky potatoes.

Dan went to the Butcher's which prompt me to think of the menu in 2 minutes and was how we ate flank steaks last week.

Monday: Lunch: Turkey roll-sandwiches
Dinner: Bacon Cheese Burgers or Rachel Ray's Beer Braised Bacon Burger and salad.
Tuesday: Lunch: Quiche and strawberries
Dinner: Kids eat free at Roadhouse Grill [they have an amazing Texas Egg Rolls that Dan will love; the boys love the kids ribs with bbq sauce]
Wednesday: Lunch: Pasta- probably a light Alfredo sauce with lots of veggies
Dinner: Chicken and vegetables curry over brown rice
Thursday: Lunch: Canadian Ham and Pineapple Pizza
Dinner: Asian styled Burgers [Teriyaki sauce and grilled pineapple], coleslaw, and homemade baked beans.
Friday: Lunch: Ploughman's Platter
Dinner: Greek Burgers, cucumber salad, and leftover beans
Saturday: Lunch: National Guard BBQ [I'll bring a fruit salad and vegetables with hummus to keep us healthier] Dinner: Eating Well magazine's Chicken with Honey-Orange Sauce, broccoli, and rice
Sunday: Lunch: Eat out
Dinner: Cream of Asparagus Soup, crab cakes, and salad

Then we should be promptly sick of burgers at the end of the week :)

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Monday Menu Plan

Monday: Fish [Snapper], rice, and asparagus
Tuesday: Chicken Carbonara or Chicken Marsala Pasta
Wednesday: Quiche [Bacon, onions, spinach, and possibly asparagus] with country potato
Thursday: Since I didn't make it last week [I made Beef Pot Pie instead]- Salmon with a Vodka Lemon sauce over Noodles with asparagus
Friday: Honey Glazed Salmon with roasted vegetables
Saturday: Roast Shoulder of Lamb with Caramelized Baby Onions and Honey [Morrocan], Sweet Potato salad, Couscous with Spring vegetables, and Tabbouleh
Sunday: We're thinking of catching a lacrosse game so probaby take-out

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Monday Menu Plan

I wish I shared with you my menu planning for last week- I had an awesome week of cooking and tasting.
Monday was a light alfredo sauce over fettucine, spinach, and seared scallops.
Tuesday was a Quiche
Wednesday was Chicken Marsala Pasta [my first time making marsala sauce and it was so easy and tasty!]
Thursday I made Jamacian Jerk Chicken with a Sweet Potato, Corn and Bacon Salad and the sweet potato salad was a HUGE hit so try it and you won't be disappointed.
Friday I made Chicken Saltimbocca with asparagus- Cyrus was so wowed by tasting dinner that he declared that I was beautiful- proof once again that you can win any male heart through his stomach
Saturday- Dan and I made Chili.
Last night I made baked potatoes and we loaded them up with Chili, bacon, broccoli, sour cream, and cheddar cheese.



So this week:
Monday: Stuffed Shells with a homemade red sauce
Tuesday: Roast with vegetables in the crockpot
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Teriayki Salmon with Noodles and a spinach salad
Friday: Salmon with a Vodka Lemon sauce over Noodles with asparagus [Cuisine at Home Pasta Edition recipe]
Saturday: Pizzas: BLT and canadian ham and pinapple
Sunday: Some kind of Chicken Curry

Monday Menu Plan

I am baaaaacccckkkk!

Monday: Sweet Potato and Black Bean Cakes and fish tacos.

Tuesday: Curried Chicken Salad Waffle Sandwich except I'll be using Greek Yogurt with real lemon juice squeezed in it and a tad bit of sugar to cut down the sour slightly.

Wednesday: Pork in the crockpot to make shredded pork tacos.

Thursday: Leftover shredded pork with bbq sauce to make pulled pork sandwiches served with coleslaw.

Friday: Tuna melts with cucumber slices

Saturday: Chicken and Barley Soup which is basically a chicken noodle soup but barley instead of noodles.

Other items: Gluten-free Banana Bread
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Welcome to my new kitchen!

Monday Menu Plan

I got off track with last week's menu plan. I completely forgot that I was picking up my Grandma Wednesday to spend a few hours with her before handing her over to some other family members for her visit in Oregon so I didn't have enough time to make Shepherd Pie so we had Trader Joe's Carne Asada tacos. Carbonara Pasta Thursday and Solomon said I shouldn't have to cook Friday so leftover Carbonara Pasta. Dan ask for Steaks for Valentine's Day which I served with green beans and sweet potato baked fries. So that pretty much brings us to this week:

Monday [Happy Presidents' Day!]: Roasted whole chicken, mashed potatoes, and steamed carrots with brown sugar topping. Making banana nut muffins for this week's breakfast.

Tuesday: Making a chicken and rice soup with the chicken carcass for lunches. Using the leftover mashed potatoes for the Shepherd Pie.

Wednesday: I will be driving down to Eugene to pick up Grandma- we'll have lunch down there. We'll pick up Dan from work and go out to dinner.

Thursday: Pork butt roast in Shredded Pork or Beef Taquitos but Thursday is interesting as we are dropping off Grandma at the airport by 4pm as her plane takes off around 5:40pm so I don't know how well this plan will work. Frozen pizza is the backup plan.

Friday: Taquitos or leftover Taquitos with rice and beans. Hopefully we close on our house on Friday...

Saturday: Hopefully is a moving day and therefore the popular moving choice of Pizza will work.

Sunday: Whole Roasted Chicken, sweet potatoes, rice, and salad.

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Menu Plan for week- a day late

Monday- we had Chicken and Dumpling Soup and a shocker was that Cyrus ask for seconds! Makes me want to make it every day of the week.

Tuesday- Sweet Potato and Lentil Curry over rice [it is adapted from this recipe but I am using brown lentils, sweet potato instead of carrot and spinach]

Wednesday- Shepherd's Pie

Thursday- Chicken Carbonara [third week in a row but requested everytime plus Cyrus actually eats it]

Friday- I am torn between Chicken Soup with Brown Rice and Ginger or Thai Chicken Soup...

Saturday- Cajun Fettucine [shrimp has been requested and this is very similar to Chicken Carbonara] and a little hot! for Valentine's Day. Smores Truffles and Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for dessert...

As always, more recipes and menu ideas over at Organizing Junkie!

Monday Menu Plan

Monday (tonight): Since Pasta has been such a big hit we're having pasta noodles with a meat sauce and salad.

Tuesday: Fish, wild rice, and sweet potato fries [although baked and not fried]

Wednesday: Curried Sweet Potato Soup for lunch and leftover. Marinated Flank Steak, Carmelized Onions and Cheddar Quesadillas with rice and beans for dinner.

Thursday: Continuing on with my Mexican food craving is Shredded Pork or Beef Taquitos, with coleslaw, rice and beans.

Friday: Leftover shredded pork or beef with Corn Fritters

Saturday: Leftovers

Sunday: Chicken, broccoli or cauliflower [depending on grocery store prices] stir fry with peanut sauce over rice...

As always, more recipes and menu ideas over at Organizing Junkie!

Monday Menu Plan

After a trial of keeping food post separate from this blog it got to be too much work so *drumroll* Please welcome back Menu Mondays and recipes here!!!

If you want to see last week's go here! I made some changes- we ate out Friday night at a fish place, had Turkey soup Saturday, and never made the Bourbon Beef Noodle bowl even though it sounds so good!

Monday [today]: Quiche [Bacon, onions, bell peppers, and spinach...]

Tuesday: Whole roasted chicken, carrots, and bread

Wednesday: Leftover chicken into a Chicken and Dumpling soup

Thursday: Homemade pizza [Have I mentioned my wonderful father-in-law got me a Pizza Baking Stone so I can make my own bread and pizza crust!- I am just delighted]

Friday: The fabulous Chicken Carbonara Pasta that I made last week that got rave reviews from all the boys.

Recipe Spotlight: Chicken Carbonara [courtesy of Cuinsine at Home special Pasta edition]

Bread Crumb Topping:
Toast in 2 T Olive oil-
1 c. fresh bread crumbs [I used a packaged of bread crumbs from Trader Joe's]
1/2 c. walnuts, chopped
2 Tablespoon fresh parsley
2 teaspoon lemon zest

For the Carbonara:
Saute and Drain-
1/2 lb diced thick-sliced bacon
Add and Saute-
1 lb chicken tenders, seasoned with salt and pepper [I used cut up chicken breast and seasoned with Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning]
1 t garlic, minced
Deglazed with-
1/2 c. dry white wine
1 T fresh lemon juice

Cook-
3/4 lb dry spaghetti [NOT the whole 1 lb package!]

Whisk together-
3 eggs
1 c. frozen peas [I ran mine under warm water as Trader Joe had these HUGE peas in their frozen section]
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese shredded
1/4 c. heavy cream
Toss with-
Sauteed chicken
Reserved bacon pieces
Hot cooked spaghetti
Garnish with-
Bread crumb topping

Large pot of salted water to a boil for the spaghetti.
Toast bread crumbs and walnuts in oil in saute pan then toss with parsley and zest. Set aside.
Saute bacon in large pan until crisp. Remove cooked bacon to towel lined plate and remove all but one 1T in drippings.
Add chicken to the pan and saute over med-high heat until cook through and add garlic. Then deglaze with wine and lemon juice, reduce until nearly evaporated [3-4 mins]. If you don't have wine on hand, chicken stock would be a good substitute.
Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
Whisk eggs, peas, Parmesan, and cream together in a large bowl. Add the just cooked and hot spaghetti and toss- the heat of the noodles will cook the sauce. Add chicken and reserved bacon. Garnish with the lovely bread crumb mixture.
Enjoy! [This week I'll be sure to take a picture!]


As always- more menu ideas are found at Organizing Junkie

Food

I was thinking about blogging and how my devotion to food really should have its own blog so I have started a food blog: Fluttering In the Kitchen which is where I'll be posting my weekly menus, favorite recipes and cookbooks, food blogs that I follow, and anything else related to food/eating. It also gives me an opportunity to do a blog with Wordpress which I love.
Hope to see some of my readers over there especially as I continue to add entries to my food blog.

Menu Plan Monday

Yesterday I made chicken noodle soup- as Solomon's asthma is flaring up and tends to happen when he is feeling a little under the weather, I was feeling under the weather too, and poor Dan was out in the cold the whole weekend with very little sleep thanks to drill weekend. I made rolls to go with us and the meal got all 3 out of 3 stars- an excellent rating!

Today/Monday: Noodles, broiled salmon, olives, tomatoes, broccoli, and dressed up with pesto sauce. Apple pie for dessert [one of my pictures!]

Tuesday: My MOPS group is doing a fundraiser at a local pizza place so pizza it is and no cooking by me :)

Wednesday: Chicken, beans and vegetables enchiladas. Baked apples with brown sugar and nut topping.

Thursday: Chicken, mashed potato, squash, and corn. Needs to be simple and easy to reheat as the boys and I will be eating before soccer game and dh will be eating when home. Leftover apple pie after game.

Friday: Dan will be out of town this weekend so waffles by popular demand!

Saturday: Kids will have mac and cheese with some kind of vegetable and I'll be making a Lentil soup for me.

Sunday: Vegetarian Chili with cornbread.

For more menu ideas go over to Organizing Junkie...

Monday Menu Plan

Monday: Tom Kha Gai [Thai chicken coconut soup]

Tuesday: Fish tacos with orange cilantro rice

Wednesday: Lasagna in a Skillet [didn't make it last week]

Thursday: Ravioli

Friday: Stir fry [vegetables for me and added chicken for dh and boys] over rice

Saturday: Seafood Laksa [soup]or if it is another warm day like today- Pad Thai...

Sunday: Eggplant parmesan

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Menu Plan Monday

Whoo Hoo this weekly feature is back- you are all excited right! ;)

In an effor to cut down on cost and to be healthier- I have eliminated red meat and most bird...

Monday: Black Beans and Rice [hidden vegetables such as carrots inside] with tortillas topped with Avocado- needed something that could be served to kids before soccer practice and after practice for the adults. Breakfast: Cereal and I had sunflower butter on toast Lunch: Dan and Solomon are having turkey sandwiches, orange wedges, and Dan also has banana. Cyrus and O will have sunflower butter and fruit spread sandwiches and fruit. I will have leftover potato soup that I made last night. Snack will be watermelon slices.

Tuesday: Waffles for breakfast. Lunch for Dan, Solomon, and Cyrus will be turkey sandwiches. I will have hummos, vegetables and crackers. Lasagna in a Skillet [kind of a fancier Hamburger Helper but with loads of vegetables] for dinner.

Wednesday: Homemade banana nut muffins. Lunch will tacos [leftover beans and rice]. Dinner will be Baked Potato with Vegetarian Chili.

Thursday: Smoothies and toast for breakfast. Solomon and Dan will have leftover lasagna or tortellini for lunch with a side salad. Cyrus will have the same but carrots instead of salad. I will have a meal size salad. For dinner a breakfast skillet- cut up potato, bell pepper, and mushrooms stir fry with eggs on top. [Soccer game night for Solomon.]

Friday: Muffins or cereal for breakfast. Not sure about lunch. Vegetable Pot Pie.

As always- you can find more menu ideas over at Organizing Junkie

Menu Plan Monday

First off I made my tweaks with my last week's plan:
On Friday [instead of the crockpot meal] we had seasoned chicken breast, cheddar cauliflower [orange colored cauliflower from the Farmer Market], and brown rice.

Saturday- I got some locally caught salmon and we had salmon with Rub With Love seafood seasoning on it [kind of a curry], cous cous in curry flavor, and half a watermelon- Yum!


Alright this week:

Monday: leftovers for lunch
Hamburger with corn on the cob

Tuesday: Pizza for lunch
Sausage and Lentil Soup

Wednesday: Not sure
Not sure as we have guests coming to town for a visit

Thursday: same as Wednesday

Friday: Lunch out in Salem following my husband's work event
Dinner out- hopefully at McCormick's

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