Monday Menus

[ct]

whats on the list this week?

[twotrue]

Oh, oh, I get to play! I have a menu for the week! And I've actually shopped and have all the ingredients. Whether they get made, and in what order is TBD. In all likelihood only 3-4 of these will be made and there will be leftovers somewhere in there:

Herbed Chicken Roll-Ups with Dijon and Mozzarella
Toasty Baked Burritos
Creamy Potato Leek Soup
Baked Panko Shrimp with Oregano and Garlic
New Year's Good Luck Gumbo

[eratmama]

Minestrone soup
Taco salad
Chicken and pasta bake
black bean and rice stuffed peppers
Fri-pizza:)
Spaghetti & salad

[bluedaisyus]

I'm going to Panera tonight (pretty much every Monday for dinner with my mom and sis). I think my DW is going to make chili this week, but other than that I don't know. We're so bad about meal planning.

[2brides]

Monday - Asian chicken salads for the grown-ups. Leftovers for the kids.
Tuesday - L is out so some kid friendly food I find in the freezer
Wednesday - I am out and the Carter has speech therapy so happy meals for the kids and whatever L finds for herself at home
Thursday - no idea
Friday - out to dinner.

[tattooedmeegs]

Tonight - leftovers
Tomorrow - maybe chicken apple sausage
Wednesday - chicken corn chowder
Thursday - leftovers
Friday - no idea!

[Deleted]

I won't have a menu planned until I go grocery shopping tomorrow, tonight will be something with lentils or quinoa.

[ssg73]

Tonight-Left over pot roast (with pot and carrots) it was really good and easy an onion some garlic and olive oil in the bottom of the crock pot then added the pot roast still frozen added 1/2 c of balsamic vinegar and 1 c of tomato sauce and a bit of brown sugar. Cooked it all day and added the potatoes and carrots at some point.

Hopefully will be eating this most of the week
Other than that I have nothing.

[ct]

i should try a pot roast some time. I hardly do any red meat, but that sounds tasty.

My list is hardly set in stone but so far includes:
- veggie chili
- ham or pepperoni and cheese crescent rolls with roasted broccoli
- turkey sloppy joes with sweet potato "fries"
- lasagna

tonight's my night "off" so DW will throw together something easy for the kids. she typically does turkey dogs/mac cheese/nuggets/ect.

[seattlekari]

We don't do a lot of red meat, but I have to say that E loves pot roast (with lots of potatoes and carrots), so CT I'd encourage you to try it with your kiddos! And it goes in the crockpot, super duper easy!

This is a short/easy week for me:

tonight: bbq pork sandwiches (made with pork I slow cooked on saturday)
tomorrow: leftover lasagna
wednesday: E is with her dad, so I'll either do leftovers or something easy
thursday: E has scouts that afternoon and usually ends up eating at our neighbor's afterwards.
friday: E goes to her dad's for the weekend. A and I are headed to the beach for the weekend!

[Duchess1]

Sunday -fajita chicken,black beans and rice
Monday -veggie lasagna
Tuesday -breakfast for dinner
Wedenday -kid night mac 'n cheese
Thursday -Chicken parm and Italian veggies
Friday-fun night -homemade make your own pizzas

[ElsaVonM]

Not sure what order, but:

Supreme Pizza "Pasta" (the "pasta" is a shredded yellow squash)
Chicken-bacon nuggets with sweet potato fries
Acorn squash w/ ground beef, raisins and spinach
A to-be-determined eggplant dish
Sausage and red pepper frittata (or, b/c I always blow frittata, scramble)

[hlke]

Mediterranean Kabobs and Beet Salad
Shrimp in an Indian spicy tomato cream sauce with rice (and maybe peas on the side?)
Black beans with chroizo and greens
Leftover Chicken Curry

That's all I've got. We've been eating in more, which is great, but I suspect Friday night we'll go out.

[ElsaVonM]

How do you do your beets? I just bought some but I'm scared of them. They're good in restaurants but seem impossible at home.

[hlke]

Oooh! Beet tutorials are my favorite!

I almost always roast beets using this method: www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/health/nutrition/04recipehealth.html

From there, I cube or slice them, use them plain on salads (with goat cheese and arugula), or dress them in a vinaigrette (any will do, but one make with grapefruit juice, olive oil, fresh ginger, salt and pepper is my favorite).

Tonight's beet salad is raw beet salad. Five beets shredded in the food processor along with two shallots. Dressed in a sherry vinegar vinaigrette, sprinkled with parsley.

And finally, the recipe my friend calls "crack beets".

Beets with Lime Butter
Serves 4
Time:15mins

3 Tb unsalted butter
1.5 lbs beets, peeled and coarsely grated (3.5 cups) (I used the grating attachment on the food processor to grate them and that worked remarkably well)
1/4 tsp finely grated lime zest (or more to taste)
1 TB fresh lime juice or to taste
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Optional Garnish: finely chopped scallions

Melt 2 TB Butter in a 10-12 inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat.
Add beets and lime zest and cook, stirring, until beets are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes
Remove skillet from heat and stir in remaining 1 T of buter, ime juice, salt and pepper.
Serve garnished with scallion greens, if desired.

[ElsaVonM]

Wow! Many good ideas! THANK YOU!