Menu Monday - 4/5

Menu - Week of 4/5:

This week's menu includes some of our normal meals.

• Monday - Chicken Stir Fry Packets - We each put what we want in our stir fry into a tin foil packet and cook it on the grill, it's delicious.


• Tuesday - On my own - KC is out for a team dinner, so I'm fending for myself.


• Wednesday - Pasta alla Marlboro Man - KC loved this the first time but we're going to make some modifications this time.


• Thursday - Pizza Night - RIT Hockey is playing at 5, so we're all getting together to watch the game and order some pizza.


• Friday - Flex Day/Indian - I have Indian if we are around for dinner, but lately we seem to be out on Fridays.


• Saturday - Spiedie Chicken - I will marinade some chicken on Wednesday or Thursday and by Saturday it will fall apart in your mouth it's so delicious!


• Sunday - Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Pineapple Salsa

Hopefully we'll be doing some painting this week/weekend so I'm not sure how the menu will work out this week but I'm crossing my fingers!

Menu Monday - 3/29

Menu - Week of 3/29:

This week's menu includes some of our normal meals.

Here's what it looks like for this week:

• Monday - Chicken Tortilla Casserole


• Tuesday - Spaghetti with Artichoke Hearts and Tomatoes


• Wednesday - Ranch Turkey Burgers - a summer staple at our house - I can't find the recipe online, but it is dry dressing packet mix with some shredded cheese, mixed with ground turkey, it is delicious!


• Thursday - Chicken Stir Fry Packets - We each put what we want in our stir fry into a tin foil packet and cook it on the grill, it's delicious.


• Friday - Grilled Salmon - Just keep moving this around because we get busy by Friday.


• Saturday - Out/Freebie


• Sunday - Easter Dinner

Not sure what's going on for the weekend since KC might be playing some Ultimate, so we're going to play it by ear.

We're going to a friends for Easter dinner but I am making some things, I'll post some recipes for them later!

Menu Monday - 3/22

Menu - Week of 3/22:

This week's menu has some new recipes to try.  I'm looking forward to it.  Plus the weather is great so we're going to try to get some grilling in!  I updated the Recipe Round-Up page with some new recipes to try after stumbling on Annie's Eats blog (some of which we're trying this week).

Here's what it looks like for this week:

• Monday - Ranch Chicken with Oven Baked Fries


• Tuesday - Easy Italian Pasta – Despite just having this last week, we need a quick and easy meal because we have a softball scrimmage and KC wants it and will cook it, so I'm all for it!


• Wednesday - Chicken Tequila Burgers


• Thursday - Chicken Tortilla Casserole


• Friday - Grilled Salmon


• Saturday - Out/Freebie


• Sunday - Island Spice Pork Tenderloin

Last week we didn't stick to the plan that well (Monday - Wednesday was good), we had some things come up during the week and we made some modifications.  Thursdays thru Saturdays tend to be the hardest days to stick to the plan.

Meal Planner Tools


We're using Google Calendar right now, but last week I came across this Meal Planner Excel doc over at Livin' the Simple Life and I think it's a great idea.  It just might take some time to input recipes.  Has anyone tried it or anything similar to it?

As always, if you have other suggestions/recommendations, let me know, we're always looking for some new ideas.

Menu Monday - 3/15

Menu - Week of 3/15:

This week's menu is pretty simple compared to last weeks.  Not too many new recipes this week, just a carry-over from last week.  Last week was successful, see the recap below!  I'll be updating the Recipe Round-Up page soon as well.

Here's what it looks like for this week:

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• Monday - Perfect Pot Roast - Carried this over from last week because KC was out-of-town over the weekend and wasn't going to be home in time.


• Tuesday - Indian - Butter Chicken Curry - We use the Kitchens of India Curry Paste and love it, it's so easy!  They also have naan at the grocery store in the bakery section which goes great with it!


• Wednesday - Easy Italian Pasta - This is one of our favorites, and another easy one.  We've modified it a little to use a can of diced tomatoes and I think it's better that way.


• Thursday - Ranch Chicken - Another easy one that comes right from the dry packet mix.


• Friday - Grilled Salmon - Haven't tried this recipe yet.  I'm not big on cooking fish (though I do like it), but it's Lent and we abstain from meat on Fridays during lent.


• Saturday - Out - I'm giving us a freebie day this week.  We did very good last week and didn't eat out once (or I didn't, KC was out-of-town which makes it hard).  That's unusual for us, we usually go out ~2x a week, but are trying to cut back to 1x


• Sunday - Chicken Parmigiano - I made this a few weeks ago and I've been looking forward to it again.  It's a simple recipe if you need one, let me know.

New Recipe Menu Recap:

• Tuesday - Chicken Enchiladas - These were delicious!  We loved them.  I think I might make a modification next time (use salsa instead of pico-de-gallo in the chicken), but otherwise it was a hit and will be added to the rotation!


• Wednesday - Pasta alla Marlboro Man - Another delicious first!  The rosemary flavoring was strong, but I didn't mind it.  I might use diced tomatoes instead of whole tomatoes next time.


• Thursday - Chicken Curry - This is not a keeper in my book.  Though KC really wants a curry recipe, so if anyone has one, please pass it on.


• Sunday - Perfect Pot Roast - We're having this tonight, I'll update next week.

If you have other suggestions/recommendations, let me know, we're always looking for some new ideas.

Weekly Menu - 3/8

Menu:

We've decided to post a weekly menu on the Google Calendar and make sure that we get the supplies to make the meals when we go to the grocery store and that we stick to our eating at home better.  I love that Google Calendar allows you to create separate calendars (in this case we created a Dinner calendar) and share it with someone else, so hubs can have input as well.  We tend to plan 1 or 2 meals and then when I get to the grocery store the rest is just random stuff I pick-up that we can put together quickly.  We're hoping that this way we'll try out more meals and if we like them, we'll plan them again in a few weeks.  Here's what it looks like for this week:

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• Monday - Dinner at a Friend's House - I had something planned, but we were invited over last minute, so I moved things around.


• Tuesday - Chicken Enchiladas


• Wednesday - Pasta alla Marlboro Man - Hubs is really, really looking forward to this.


• Thursday - Chicken Curry - He's also looking forward to this one, me, not so much, I don't like coconut and curry is not in my top favorite things either.


• Friday - Portobello Quesadillas - Since hubs is out of town this weekend this is a guilty pleasure for me.  I observe no meat on Friday's during lent and he doesn't like mushrooms.  I am beyond excited for this meal! (Kinda lame, I know)


• Saturday - Lasagna - He also doesn't like Ricotta cheese, so another of my favorites that I rarely get to make is lasagna (or stuffed shells).  I thought I'd make some lasagna this weekend for myself (and a few friends that will be around) and enjoy it (and the leftovers next week) when I can.


• Sunday - Perfect Pot Roast - This just looks too good to pass up.

I'll try to post this each week.  If you have other suggestions/recommendations, let me know, we're always looking for some new ideas.

Grocery List Keeper:

We both have iPhones, so we've been looking for a way to share lists for the grocery store, etc.  This would be really helpful because he's not that great at remembering everything I said we needed beforehand.  So far we've been using the Grocery G Lite App.  There's a regular version you can pay for we're just trying to determine if it's worth it.  Yesterday a friend recommended Grocery iQ.  Anyone have any other suggestions?