Menu Monday (and Tuesday)

[hlke]

Anyone want to share their menus for the week?

As I mentioned on the Pinterest thread, I pin many of the recipes we use in a week here: pinterest.com/heatherpedia/dinner-this-week/

This week we only planned three dinners - the other nights will be eating out or leftovers.

M-Chipotle Shrimp with Radish and Jicama salad
Tu - Hamburber Kebabs (from an Indian cookbook we have)
Th - Bean and Bacon soup

[tattooedmeegs]

Tonight we had leftovers.
Tuesday - pork butt in the crock pot, roasted apples and brussels sprouts
Wednesday - more butt (hehe) and kale
Thursday - Pumpkin, Pear, and Fennel soup (soooo good)
Friday - more leftover "butt" and ??

[ct]

Monday - chicken taquitos (these freeze beautifully so I actually made a ton earlier in the month and DW just had to take them out of the freezer and throw them in the oven).
Tues/Weds - Yom Kippur seder at Bubby's
Thursday - homemade pizza (I'll make the veggie-loaded pizza sauce on wednesday)
Friday - sausage and peppers with whole wheat egg noodles and leftover secret veggie sauce

[bluedaisyus]

hlke, you might make me a Pinterest convert.

I have no idea what we're doing. Last night my wife had leftover pizza at home and I went to Panera with my family. Tonight we'll probably have some leftover pot roast that I made on Sunday. Other than that I don't know! I really want to be better about meal planning, though.

ct, those chicken taquitos sound like a really good idea!

[cymru]

I have no idea what we will be eating this week. I came downstairs this morning to find our freezer has been open since last evening. Everything is a loss. I am so mad.

[2brides]

It is one of those crazy weeks in our house.

Monday - L was out and the kids had mac and cheese, turkey dogs, corn, and strawberries. I ate whatever they didn't eat (which wasn't much and I went to bed starving.)

Tuesday - L is out again and the kids are getting Happy meals.

Wednesday - L will be home and I have honey mustard chicken breasts that need to be cooked and whatever frozen veggie I can find. Throw in some pasta for the kids.

Thursday - No idea. Perhaps chinese chicken salads (unless I fix it for our lunch this week.)

Friday - out to dinner

[hlke]

Sept 25, 2012 11:24:17 GMT -5 cymru said:

I have no idea what we will be eating this week. I came downstairs this morning to find our freezer has been open since last evening. Everything is a loss. I am so mad.

Ugh, this happened to us a few weeks ago and I was so upset.

[kershnic]

Hm...
Monday: chili
The rest of the week on random days: leftover spaghetti, faux fried (aka baked) chicken with oven fries, homemade pizza, and probably veggie burgers.

[thiswillbe]

Sept 25, 2012 7:58:10 GMT -5 ct said:

Monday - chicken taquitos (these freeze beautifully so I actually made a ton earlier in the month and DW just had to take them out of the freezer and throw them in the oven).

This sounds good! Recipe? I'm guessing they're a whole lot healthier than the ones you find in the freezer section at Target.

[hensmum]

Sept 25, 2012 14:39:56 GMT -5 thiswillbe said:

Sept 25, 2012 7:58:10 GMT -5 ct said:

Monday - chicken taquitos (these freeze beautifully so I actually made a ton earlier in the month and DW just had to take them out of the freezer and throw them in the oven).

This sounds good! Recipe? I'm guessing they're a whole lot healthier than the ones you find in the freezer section at Target.

Yes, recipe please!

[hlke]

Sept 25, 2012 16:27:36 GMT -5 hensmum said:

Sept 25, 2012 14:39:56 GMT -5 thiswillbe said:

This sounds good! Recipe? I'm guessing they're a whole lot healthier than the ones you find in the freezer section at Target.

Yes, recipe please!

Fourthed!

[ct]

Sept 25, 2012 16:30:14 GMT -5 hlke said:

Sept 25, 2012 16:27:36 GMT -5 hensmum said:

Yes, recipe please!

Fourthed!

Well, here's the inspiration recipe: www.annies-eats.com/2011/04/27/creamy-chicken-taquitos/

But, i'm not actually very good at following those things In reality all I did was crockpot salsa chicken (chicken + jar of salsa + taco-like seasonings), then shredded the chicken and added cream cheese, corn, black beans and a little more salsa and used that to roll up a little tortilla.

[seattlekari]

I've made the recipe from Annie's Eats and we LOVE it. I add the black beans like Annie suggests to stretch the filling. Though I find the 425 temp to be a little hot, particularly for the frozen ones. So I set it at about 350-375 and this makes sure the filling gets warmed through before the outsides are too brown!

[hensmum]

Oh nice! I do crockpot salsa chicken a lot, and then use it as filling for quesadillas. This is a great idea to have basically the same dish, just all rolled up and ready to go, rather than cooking each in the frying pan! Definitely going to try it