I really wanted to peruse my Eating Well magazine for this week's ideas, but alas it has not come. So I got one idea from Oprah (thanks) and one from the trusty internet. We'll see how that goes!
Friday: school Halloween party where really bad pizza and packaged dessert is part of the deal. Yay.
Saturday: Grilled lemon chicken with tomato and feta, kale and apple salad, farro, steamed brocolli
Sunday: Really Good Chili, cornbread
Monday: Leftovers or breakfast for dinner
Tuesday: Dental appointments and Basketball eval day . . . when I thought Liam was going to be home, but he's working. Probably have to swing through Panera . . .
Wednesday: Pappardelle with chard, bacon, and gruyere, salad if I get the time
Have a great weekend . . . Jennifer, hope the heat has abated a bit!
Love,
Kathy
Friday, October 24, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
Back to Reality
Today calls for a quick store run to get us through the next few days . . . its busy trying to get back into the swing of things after vacation!!
Mon: Salmon on the grill, sauteed garden kale, mashed sweet potatoes, roasted cauliflower, salad
Tues: Homemade chicken "nuggets", roasted butternut squash, peas, pepper/corn/bean salad
Wed: Nachos with leftover chicken, black beans, guacamole, corn, tomatoes, lettuce, etc etc
Thurs: Lasagna, garlic rolls, salad
Have a great week!
Kathy
P.S. I am trying to start making salads again . . . its my weak point (who has time to make a salad?!). Maybe this time I'll stick to it . . .
Mon: Salmon on the grill, sauteed garden kale, mashed sweet potatoes, roasted cauliflower, salad
Tues: Homemade chicken "nuggets", roasted butternut squash, peas, pepper/corn/bean salad
Wed: Nachos with leftover chicken, black beans, guacamole, corn, tomatoes, lettuce, etc etc
Thurs: Lasagna, garlic rolls, salad
Have a great week!
Kathy
P.S. I am trying to start making salads again . . . its my weak point (who has time to make a salad?!). Maybe this time I'll stick to it . . .
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Heat Wave Menu
Greetings from a warm San Diego-
Mark has deemed the temperatures too hot to cook/bake in the house as the residual stove/oven heat lingers well beyond meal time into bedtime. Additionally, Mark will be on the wards which means he could be home early (let's hope so) or home late (more likely). With that in mind, I prepped a couple of things and will cook tomorrow morning (morning off) so we can have options to assemble on plates or in tupperware in the upcoming week. So perhaps I should re-title this week's post: A week of assembled leftovers.
The first week of daycare was abbreviated-- Monica came home day 2 with a runny nose and then spiked a fever that kept her out of daycare for 2 days. Thank goodness for local grandmothers experiencing babysitting withdrawal. My mom and Monica were happy to be reunited. We'll try again this week. I pray Monica will be able to nap there this week.
Kathy and Ann Marie-- I am working to obtain recipes for you (both the chicken adobo and the hot oil herb salmon). Mark and I have tried the written recipes she gives, but we lack the technique so I asked my mom to take notes. The secret to chicken adobo is in the simmering ... and you do so by sight! Maybe I should work on getting some pictures or vides. Gimme a wee bit of time.
Breakfast food
-- Mushroom and pepper frittata
-- Steel cut oats to be topped with dried coconut, blueberries, almonds, and dark chocolate chips
-- Boiled eggs
Dinner/leftovers for lunch
-- Cucumber, tomato, carrot and tofu salad over cold soba noodles. Two dressing options for variety: avocado - cilantro and balsamic vinegar.
-- Lasagna - or may convert to a less intensive baked pasta dish
-- Stirfry #1: Brussel sprouts, carrots and grapes - lemon
-- Stirfry #2: Bok choy, green beans and peppers - rice wine
-- Crock pot beef for tacos
-- Garlic chili shrimp
-- We have 2 fuyu persimmons out of 9 (darn squirrels), some mangos and some tomatoes from the garden to incorporate too.
Safe travels Kathy. Hope you have a chance to recover from this big weekend. Have a wonderful week everyone. Hopefully we all have an upcoming 3 day weekend to enjoy!
Love,
Jennifer
Mark has deemed the temperatures too hot to cook/bake in the house as the residual stove/oven heat lingers well beyond meal time into bedtime. Additionally, Mark will be on the wards which means he could be home early (let's hope so) or home late (more likely). With that in mind, I prepped a couple of things and will cook tomorrow morning (morning off) so we can have options to assemble on plates or in tupperware in the upcoming week. So perhaps I should re-title this week's post: A week of assembled leftovers.
The first week of daycare was abbreviated-- Monica came home day 2 with a runny nose and then spiked a fever that kept her out of daycare for 2 days. Thank goodness for local grandmothers experiencing babysitting withdrawal. My mom and Monica were happy to be reunited. We'll try again this week. I pray Monica will be able to nap there this week.
Kathy and Ann Marie-- I am working to obtain recipes for you (both the chicken adobo and the hot oil herb salmon). Mark and I have tried the written recipes she gives, but we lack the technique so I asked my mom to take notes. The secret to chicken adobo is in the simmering ... and you do so by sight! Maybe I should work on getting some pictures or vides. Gimme a wee bit of time.
Breakfast food
-- Mushroom and pepper frittata
-- Steel cut oats to be topped with dried coconut, blueberries, almonds, and dark chocolate chips
-- Boiled eggs
Dinner/leftovers for lunch
-- Cucumber, tomato, carrot and tofu salad over cold soba noodles. Two dressing options for variety: avocado - cilantro and balsamic vinegar.
-- Lasagna - or may convert to a less intensive baked pasta dish
-- Stirfry #1: Brussel sprouts, carrots and grapes - lemon
-- Stirfry #2: Bok choy, green beans and peppers - rice wine
-- Crock pot beef for tacos
-- Garlic chili shrimp
-- We have 2 fuyu persimmons out of 9 (darn squirrels), some mangos and some tomatoes from the garden to incorporate too.
Safe travels Kathy. Hope you have a chance to recover from this big weekend. Have a wonderful week everyone. Hopefully we all have an upcoming 3 day weekend to enjoy!
Love,
Jennifer
Friday, October 3, 2014
Eats for the week
Sorry for the haste of this weeks post. You can ad-lib something from my vegetable drawer and salad with each entree. Custer SD sounds awesome, Kathy! Is that the Little Big Horn Battle Field? I remember visiting there as a kid. Is this fall break or are you pulling em out (like we will do next month to visit you all!) Jennifer, I know how stressful getting into a new routine can be, especially the first few days at a new daycare. It's amazing how fast the kids adjust to the routine though, faster than us I think! I hope it's all that you were hoping for (did you finally get in on base or is it out in town?) Steve is requesting your Chicken adobo recipe when you have the chance. Beats ours out of my Asian cookbook!
Tuesday: Stuffed Peppers, salad
Wednesday: Shrimp Pasta with Herbed cream sauce (basil and parsley), salad, steamed broccoli
Thursday: eat out!
Friday: Chili Lime Tilapia (didn't get to last week), roasted veggies, broccoli soup, salad
Saturday: meat loaf, potatoes, some sauteed veggie, salad
Tuesday: Stuffed Peppers, salad
Wednesday: Shrimp Pasta with Herbed cream sauce (basil and parsley), salad, steamed broccoli
Thursday: eat out!
Friday: Chili Lime Tilapia (didn't get to last week), roasted veggies, broccoli soup, salad
Saturday: meat loaf, potatoes, some sauteed veggie, salad
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Last week before VACATION! (Custer, SD here we come . . . )
Wednesday: Grilled salmon, sauteed kale, roasted cauliflower, leftover pesto pasta
Thursday: Baked potato "boats", (Baked potatoes topped with leftover ham, broccoli, cheese,
sour cream . . . with a little sail on a toothpick which makes the kids laugh), crock pot baked
beans
Friday: Chef Salad
Saturday: MEYERS-TSCHANZ-MILLER-CORTEZ football extravaganza BBQ
Sunday: leftovers or breakfast for dinner
Monday: Spaghetti and meatballs, salad
Tuesday: Baked chicken legs and thighs, hashbrowns, raw veggies and hummus/dip
Wednesday: LEAVE FOR CUSTER and 15 hours in the car with children . . . AAAAHHHH!!!
Thursday: Baked potato "boats", (Baked potatoes topped with leftover ham, broccoli, cheese,
sour cream . . . with a little sail on a toothpick which makes the kids laugh), crock pot baked
beans
Friday: Chef Salad
Saturday: MEYERS-TSCHANZ-MILLER-CORTEZ football extravaganza BBQ
Sunday: leftovers or breakfast for dinner
Monday: Spaghetti and meatballs, salad
Tuesday: Baked chicken legs and thighs, hashbrowns, raw veggies and hummus/dip
Wednesday: LEAVE FOR CUSTER and 15 hours in the car with children . . . AAAAHHHH!!!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thank goodness for mothers
Hi all!
CONGRATULATIONS Ann Marie and Steve!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joey!
HAPPY 20th Kathy! I am on the fence to attend mine this October since most of my friends won't be attending.
Truth be told: I did no planning in advance this week. I'm a little discombobulated from the trip and was very blessed to have help from my mom. We picked her up on the way back down from Tahoe and she had a cooler of goodies that have helped with our dinners the last few nights. She did the meal planning ...
Monday: I don't know what to call it but my mom bakes a salmon with chopped garlic and ginger, then tops it with herbs (this time: cilantro), then pours hot oil on top + Pancit + stir fried Chinese brocolli & Japanese eggplant (how political!)
Tuesday: Chicken adobo + stir fried brocolli & peppers & green beans
Wednesday: Leftovers ... uber late day for both Mark & me
Thursday: Potstickers + Farmer's Market salad
Friday: Out for tavern food to celebrate a friend's birthday.
Saturday: Gonna try grilling a pizza!
Sunday: Not sure yet! Day will likely include roasting a chicken and seasoning meat and tofu.
Tonight is a Farmer's Market night and I hope to use this weekend to re-stock and plan meals for next week to include Monica's daycare meals. Transitions...
This weekend's planning dream:
I like the idea of making a giant quinoa salad for next week's lunches and investigating this new trend of making zucchini and cucumber "pasta" noodles.
Love,
Jennifer
PS: Kathy-- How do you like the Eating Well magazine? A colleague was going to give me the last 2 issues to review.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Grayslake Eats
Another week of meal planning . . . yippee skippee. Happy Anniversary, Ann Marie (and Steve) and Happy Birthday to Joey! I can't wait to see the cake!! :) :)
Wed: Fish Tacos
Thurs: Out to Dinner (We are pulling the kids out of a half day of school to do *something*. Long story, but it is the school fundraiser assembly, which is always terrible, so we were planning on taking them out to go to the museums downtown. Unfortunately, we have a mandatory First Reconciliation meeting at 7 PM, and are worried we might get stuck in rush hour traffic on the way home and miss it. It is also supposed to be 75 and sunny . . . not a museum day! We may just take the train downtown to walk around Millennium Park and have a picnic, or something.)
Fri: My 20-year high school reunion! Babysitter's coming . . . mac and cheese casserole and fruit
Sat: Kale, sausage, and white bean stew, thanks Ann Marie for the idea
Sun: Hamburgers, grilled butternut squash, oven roasted potatoes, salad
Mon: Pesto pasta ala fridge, to include brocolli
Tues: breakfast for dinner or leftovers
Pretty straightforward week with a lot of "in a rut" meals . . . hamburgers, pesto pasta, tacos . . . hope to do better next week! (Maybe my new Eating Well magazine will appear . . . )
Love,
Kathy
P.S. If I can make it to the Farmers Market after Sean's orthodontist appointment this afternoon, you can add fresh corn on the cob to Friday's meal as well as a nice big bowl of my favorite summer quinoa salad for my lunch all week! :)
Wed: Fish Tacos
Thurs: Out to Dinner (We are pulling the kids out of a half day of school to do *something*. Long story, but it is the school fundraiser assembly, which is always terrible, so we were planning on taking them out to go to the museums downtown. Unfortunately, we have a mandatory First Reconciliation meeting at 7 PM, and are worried we might get stuck in rush hour traffic on the way home and miss it. It is also supposed to be 75 and sunny . . . not a museum day! We may just take the train downtown to walk around Millennium Park and have a picnic, or something.)
Fri: My 20-year high school reunion! Babysitter's coming . . . mac and cheese casserole and fruit
Sat: Kale, sausage, and white bean stew, thanks Ann Marie for the idea
Sun: Hamburgers, grilled butternut squash, oven roasted potatoes, salad
Mon: Pesto pasta ala fridge, to include brocolli
Tues: breakfast for dinner or leftovers
Pretty straightforward week with a lot of "in a rut" meals . . . hamburgers, pesto pasta, tacos . . . hope to do better next week! (Maybe my new Eating Well magazine will appear . . . )
Love,
Kathy
P.S. If I can make it to the Farmers Market after Sean's orthodontist appointment this afternoon, you can add fresh corn on the cob to Friday's meal as well as a nice big bowl of my favorite summer quinoa salad for my lunch all week! :)
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