We have to feed ourselves? Again?

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Tonight we had cream of chicken rice soup and chicken noodle for the kids.

M: banana pancakes and bacon

T: chicken tenders, some kind of side and broccoli

W: pasta. Again. Ugh but the kids will always eat it

And that’s as far in advance as I want to think!

[sadlebred]

Ugh. I'm broke, so I'm eating what's in the pantry all but probably 2 nights this week.

Sunday: Mac n Cheese, vegetable (not too hungry, but want to make something with leftovers for a lunch or two)
Monday: Chicken Noodle Soup & Grilled cheese
Tuesday: TBD at home Maybe a Jersey Mikes Sub
Wednesday: Tofu burrito (not expensive, so this will happen)
Thursday: Big salad or pizza out
Friday: probably out/order in or eat something at home to save $$
Sat.: probably something from the freezer/eat stuff that needs to be eaten night

[ally]

Shepherds pie

Beef barley soup (crockpot)

Baked chicken legs, cabbage, sweet potatoes 

Potstickers with cauliflower rice

Scallops, risotto, salad

[boiler717]

I use eMeals a lot! Love that it syncs with Instacart, click list, etc.
Grilled lemon Dijon chicken with Parmesan smashed potatoes and roasted green beans
Honey garlic chicken with broccoli and rice
Beef pot roast with egg noodles with peas
Cilantro lime chicken with green sauce and corn salad
Lemon panko chicken with broccoli and couscous

[definitelyO]

Saturday - pork tenderloin medallions with balsamic reduction, roasted asparagus and brown rice
Sunday - chicken, leek and rice soup
Monday - salmon with bacon and corn saute and salad
Tuesday - leftover soup
Wednesday - family in town - but based on weather forecast and flight unreliability we're getting take out....
Thursday - smoked pulled pork with sides
Friday - not sure...

[redheadbaker]

We didn't get a HelloFresh box this week. I'd almost forgotten how to meal-plan.

Sun - Spaghetti and meatballs
Mon - Shrimp and Israeli couscous
Tues - Tacos and cornbread
Wed - Cranberry-thyme chicken
Thu - Mushroom ravioli
Fri - Pizza
Sat - Parmesan-crusted pork chops

[bex1973]

I made porcupine meatballs for dinner last night and there is enough left over for lunch for most of the week. My mom used to make them all the time when I was a kid but I've only made them once before and it was quite a while ago so kid has never eaten them. She wasn't convince that they weren't actually porcupine LOL. She wouldn't admit that she liked them but she ate 3 or 4 good size meatballs so I'm calling it a win!

Mon - French toast
Tues - brats
Wed - we eat at church and it's breakfast this week
Thurs - H is working late so not sure
Fri - kid has dance so we get home later but I think we're going to do chicken pot pie.

[Deleted]

I just started WW last week so my plan for the week is all points friendly meals.

M: grilled sirloin steak, steamed broccoli, pan “fried” potatoes
T: Turkey meatballs with sugar free marinara, regular spaghetti and garlic bread for the family and spaghetti squash for me
W: Blackened Cod, sweet potato mash, zucchini
Th: grilled salmon, coconut rice, sautéed snow peas
F: take out

[dish2501]

M- Pioneer Woman pot roast and rice
T - chicken parm from the grocery store that are like chicken Kiev style with pasta
W - it’s Ash Wednesday so fish sticks, salmon and Mac and cheese
Th - sloppy Joe’s (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24264/sloppy-joes-ii/) and potato chips
F - probably McDonald’s so those observing Lent can have fish

[verycontrary247]

Monday: shrimp tacos/nachos
Tuesday: kielbasa, peppers, onions over rice
Wednesday: pasta bake
Thursday: eggroll in a bowl

We were supposed to be doing pizza on the grill tonight but E dropped the dough on the kitchen floor post cold proofing 😭😭😭

[doggielover]

this week I'm struggling. I'm doing keto so trying to find things that taste good and I want are tough.

Tonight: steak with a salad and asparagus
Tomorrow: nacho's for DH and I'll do a taco salad
Wednesday: seafood soup
Thursday: pork chops on the grill
Friday: tuna steaks since it's lent and some sort of veggie
Saturday: out, we're meeting friends for dinner so I have no idea what or where we are gong

[SwimDeep]

bex1973 -- omg I haven't thought about porcupine meatballs in ages. They're basically meatballs with rice, right? My mom made them once when I was a kid, but they didn't turn out so she never made them again. I think she was supposed to cook the rice first?

H would never go for it, but if it's just me I love a good meat/rice combo. I don't even bother with forming the balls -- just brown the meat and seasonings, dump it onto (cooked lol) rice, and then smother it all with gravy 🤗

[SwimDeep]

doggielover -- my H has been eating low carb/keto for a bit now, so I've picked up a few tricks. Tag me if you have any questions 🙂

Also, I love the I Breathe I'm Hungry blog. She has tons of good stuff, but I think her cheesy herb muffins are my favorite!

[bex1973]

Feb 20, 2023 16:16:29 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

bex1973 -- omg I haven't thought about porcupine meatballs in ages. They're basically meatballs with rice, right? My mom made them once when I was a kid, but they didn't turn out so she never made them again. I think she was supposed to cook the rice first?

H would never go for it, but if it's just me I love a good meat/rice combo. I don't even bother with forming the balls -- just brown the meat and seasonings, dump it onto (cooked lol) rice, and then smother it all with gravy 🤗

Yep!  You don't cook the rice first though - the rice cooks when you bake the dish.  At least the recipe I have (which is my mom's) anyway.  I did a mixture of ground beef and ground sausage.  Next time I'm going to add more tomato soup on the top because that "sauce" was the part my kid liked the best.  There were still a few crunchy grains but not too many.

[tacokick]

Feb 20, 2023 16:27:46 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Feb 20, 2023 16:16:29 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

bex1973 -- omg I haven't thought about porcupine meatballs in ages. They're basically meatballs with rice, right? My mom made them once when I was a kid, but they didn't turn out so she never made them again. I think she was supposed to cook the rice first?

H would never go for it, but if it's just me I love a good meat/rice combo. I don't even bother with forming the balls -- just brown the meat and seasonings, dump it onto (cooked lol) rice, and then smother it all with gravy 🤗

Yep!  You don't cook the rice first though - the rice cooks when you bake the dish.  At least the recipe I have (which is my mom's) anyway.  I did a mixture of ground beef and ground sausage.  Next time I'm going to add more tomato soup on the top because that "sauce" was the part my kid liked the best.  There were still a few crunchy grains but not too many.

I have always wanted to try this! It sort of reminds me of stuffed cabbage without the cabbage.

[picksthemusic]

We just recently got a new magnetic chalk marker erasable planner. We had a family meeting last night and planned out the weekdays for this week:

S- Sloppy Joes and frozen fries
S- Baked cod with broccolini and brown rice
M- Pulled pork sandwiches with mac and cheese and cole slaw
T- Baked teriyaki marinated drumsticks with white rice and lima beans (or some other frozen veg)
W- Leftovers
T- Leftovers
F- Order out for pizza at a new place we want to try

[bex1973]

Feb 20, 2023 16:29:26 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Feb 20, 2023 16:27:46 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Yep!  You don't cook the rice first though - the rice cooks when you bake the dish.  At least the recipe I have (which is my mom's) anyway.  I did a mixture of ground beef and ground sausage.  Next time I'm going to add more tomato soup on the top because that "sauce" was the part my kid liked the best.  There were still a few crunchy grains but not too many.

I have always wanted to try this! It sort of reminds me of stuffed cabbage without the cabbage.

LOL - yes, pretty much the exact same!

[Nonny]

Sun: Jalapeno popper chicken casserole I pulled out of the freezer, canned pears, random raw veggies leftover from the Super Bowl

Mon: Leftover broccoli gruyere soup and homemade pretzel buns, leftover casserole too, because I don't think we have quite enough soup

After that we still need to meal plan. We're going to do breakfast because my SIL gifted us a dozen farm fresh eggs from her chickens. And I'm on my own Wednesday because my H has to shuttle my MIL from Portland to Seattle, so I'll probably eat cheese and crackers.

[SwimDeep]

Feb 20, 2023 16:27:46 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Feb 20, 2023 16:16:29 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

bex1973 -- omg I haven't thought about porcupine meatballs in ages. They're basically meatballs with rice, right? My mom made them once when I was a kid, but they didn't turn out so she never made them again. I think she was supposed to cook the rice first?

H would never go for it, but if it's just me I love a good meat/rice combo. I don't even bother with forming the balls -- just brown the meat and seasonings, dump it onto (cooked lol) rice, and then smother it all with gravy 🤗

Yep!  You don't cook the rice first though - the rice cooks when you bake the dish.  At least the recipe I have (which is my mom's) anyway.  I did a mixture of ground beef and ground sausage.  Next time I'm going to add more tomato soup on the top because that "sauce" was the part my kid liked the best.  There were still a few crunchy grains but not too many.

how long do you have to cook it to cook the rice?? I remember the rice on the outside was very hard (basically raw) but the rice on the inside had soaked up all the flavor and grease and it was just so good. (I was maybe 7 or 8 when my mom tried it, so clearly it made an impression!)

(Yes, I know I could just Google a recipe. I'm craving social contact today 🙂)

[bex1973]

Feb 20, 2023 16:48:09 GMT -5 SwimDeep said:

Feb 20, 2023 16:27:46 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Yep!  You don't cook the rice first though - the rice cooks when you bake the dish.  At least the recipe I have (which is my mom's) anyway.  I did a mixture of ground beef and ground sausage.  Next time I'm going to add more tomato soup on the top because that "sauce" was the part my kid liked the best.  There were still a few crunchy grains but not too many.

how long do you have to cook it to cook the rice?? I remember the rice on the outside was very hard (basically raw) but the rice on the inside had soaked up all the flavor and grease and it was just so good. (I was maybe 7 or 8 when my mom tried it, so clearly it made an impression!)

(Yes, I know I could just Google a recipe. I'm craving social contact today 🙂)

I did about an hour 15 minutes at 350.  I did 3 pounds of meat, 1.5 cups rice, some minced onion and garlic for the meatballs then topped it with 2 cans tomato soup that I mixed with a can of water and I added some garlic powder when I mixed that up and just dumped it on top. I covered it with foil when baking.  But next time I'm going to use 3 cans of soup.  I also sprinkled some rice in the pan before putting the meatballs in.

ETA it also calls for a tablespoon of worsteshire sauce (LOL I have no idea how to spell it but you know what I mean) but I didn't have any so I just skipped it.

[beerlover]

Sunday: pasta w/ meat sauce (1/2 ground sausage, 1/2 ground turkey)
Monday: Asian chicken chopped salad (Skinnytaste)
Tuesday: slow cooker chicken and sausage creole (Skinnytaste)
Wednesday: buffalo chicken meatballs (Skinnytaste)
Thursday: cheeseburger salad (Skinnytaste, with dill pickle viniagrette from How Sweet Eats)

[tacokick]

Over the weekend we made some really good egg salad with lox sandwiches on milk bread that with the price of eggs really seemed like a millionaire’s sandwich lol

This is another week where both of us are out of the house at weird times. I have no interest in cooking this week but here we go!

Sichuan takeout leftovers

Pork chops, salad, wild rice

Trout, zucchini in some way

Chili

Leftover pork chops in noodles with cabbage??

Leftover chili over baked potatoes

Beef roast and root veggies

[186momx]

Ugh we are burnt out of all our go to crockpot meals which we live off of right now. Crockpot dishes need to be dump and go and can easily be eaten out of over a course of a few hours. DD eats dinner at 3:30ish, DH 6:30ish, I put away at 8pm when I finally get home and eat as leftovers for lunch the next day.

Mon-stopping at Costco on the way home
Tue-crockpot French Dips
Wed-?
Thurs-crockpot ?
Fri- ?

[aprilsails]

Sun/Mon- takeout sushi and leftover sushi
Tues- gnocchi with marinara and loads of mozzarella and basil with a salad
Wed- ribs and rice and grilled zucchini
Thurs- beef noodle soup
Fri- leftover ribs and a chickpea salad
Sat- roasted chicken, wedge fries and gravy

[noodleoo]

Feb 19, 2023 14:49:04 GMT -5 isabel said:

Feb 19, 2023 14:19:01 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

Sloppy Joe's (which I hate and will not be eating)

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Help.

www.favfamilyrecipes.com/chicken-tikka-masala/

www.howsweeteats.com/2022/01/baked-ravioli/

Both are easy and make for good leftovers.

That baked ravioli dish sounds amazing! What kind of ravioli do you use? I never buy frozen, is there a particular brand that’s good?

Now I really want sloppy joes. If anyone has a good recipe, please share.

We’re making easy stuff this week:
Mon: cilantro fish with green beans
Tue: goulash with ground Turkey over egg noodles (Rachel Ray recipe)
Wed: frozen Ikea meatballs, salad and roast baby potatoes
Thur: chicken patty sandwiches and steamed broccoli
Fri: probably pizza takeout

[ssmjlm]

Tonight was a chicken Alfredo meal from Aldi that we didn’t eat this weekend.

Tomorrow: Lime chicken from Aldi with broccoli rice casserole from the home chef section of Kroger.

Wednesday: was thinking soup and grilled cheese, depending on weather.

Thursday: Kid has a music thing, will be whatever when we get home

Friday: TBD

[sadie]

Tonight was tortellini and salad
Tomorrow will be blts and soup
Wednesday-pork chops and veggies
Thursday-orange chicken, broccoli and rice
Friday-frozen pizza

[isabel]

Feb 20, 2023 19:03:14 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Feb 19, 2023 14:49:04 GMT -5 isabel said:

www.favfamilyrecipes.com/chicken-tikka-masala/

www.howsweeteats.com/2022/01/baked-ravioli/

Both are easy and make for good leftovers.

That baked ravioli dish sounds amazing! What kind of ravioli do you use? I never buy frozen, is there a particular brand that’s good?

Now I really want sloppy joes. If anyone has a good recipe, please share.

We’re making easy stuff this week:
Mon: cilantro fish with green beans
Tue: goulash with ground Turkey over egg noodles (Rachel Ray recipe)
Wed: frozen Ikea meatballs, salad and roast baby potatoes
Thur: chicken patty sandwiches and steamed broccoli
Fri: probably pizza takeout

I've used the fresh kind in the refrigerated section from Costco both times I made it. The first time I used a butternut squash one. The second time I used a spinach and cheese. Both were great.

[jennybee1018]

Still figuring out the week!  But looks loosely like this :-P

Sunday - Chicken, roasted tomatoes and brown rice

Monday - Went over to a friends and picked up Nando's

Tuesday - Leftover Nando's salad and chicken

Wednesday - Chicken tacos

Thursday - May order out - still deciding!

Friday - TBD

Saturday - TBD

[candreco]

Almost looking forward to more complicated stuff next week when DH is home, I'm running out of easy stuff with minimal clean up.

Sun: fancy dinner out with friends, my mom and kids got Noodles & Co.
Mon: kind of Indian sloppy joes... ground turkey with lots of Penzey's curry blend, cumin, garlic, ginger, etc. on toasted mini naan with yogurt sauce, cucumber/bell pepper/red onion salad
Tues: baked chicken flautas (prepped last night with salsa chicken from the freezer), black beans, corn, maybe avocado salad
Wed: probably just chicken nuggets, tator tots, broccoli
Thurs: garlic bread pizzas, whatever veggies are left in the fridge
Fri: DD will be away and I don't think DH will be home in time for dinner, so I'll probably take DS for 5 Guys or something
Sat: DH's first night home after three weeks in Singapore, so I'll see if there's anything he particularly wants

ETA: Ooohhh, it didn't click that it's Shrove Tuesday (even though my office it having a Mardi Gras party).  I think I'll do pancakes, sausage, and cinnamon apples tonight, taquitos tomorrow night, and skip the nuggets/tots.  Will put the broccoli with the garlic bread pizza.