Menu Planning Monday

Since I don't have much time before the baby wakes up (again), here is a quick rundown of what we ate last week:

Monday:  Chicken, rice, green beans
Tuesday:  Shrimp pasta with basil pesto
Wednesday:  Homemade Pizza
Thursday:  Chicken tacos
Friday:  Free
Saturday:  Chili's Take out
Sunday:  Breakfast for dinner (pancakes)

Here is my plan for this week:

Monday:  Pesto-crusted tilapia, risotto, corn on the cob
Tuesday:  Shrimp stirfry with brown rice
Wednesday:  Chicken, black bean, and corn enchiladas
Thursday:  Salmon, couscous, and broccoli
Friday:  Free
Saturday:  I have drill so think I will pick us up some takeout sushi on the way home
Sunday:  Drill again, so leftovers it is!

Menu Planning Monday

Like I mentioned in last week's post, we didn't really do much cooking.  Not sure why, but it was kind of a hectic week.  So without further ado, here is a breakdown of what we actually ate:

Monday:  Leftovers
Tuesday:  Leftovers
Wednesday:  Maple/brown sugar salmon, 4 cheese couscous, and yellow squash
Thursday:  Spaghetti squash with meatballs (him veggie, me turkey with spinach)
Friday:  Leftovers
Saturday:  Cream of chicken and orzo soup (veggie chicken)
Sunday:  Leftovers

This week is already turning out better...perhaps because we have begun our nightly routine with the little man, so everything is a little more organized.  Here's a breakdown of the plan:

Monday:  Grilled salmon and mahi (we split both), grilled eggplant and portabello mushrooms, and green beans
Tuesday:  Shrimp pasta with homemade basil pesto & tomatoes, asparagus, and an arugula and spinach salad with gorgonzola, pecans, and apples
Wednesday:  Homemade wheat crust pizza (four cheese with a tomato sauce)
Thursday:  Tacos
Friday: Free
Saturday: Unsure (have a wedding that night but only attending the ceremony, so....)

Just wanted to explain what "free" means on Fridays, in case any of you are wondering.  See, Joe always works on Friday nights and has to be in around 630 or so.  Combined with the fact that he has to get a delivery in the early afternoon and rarely eats lunch until he gets home around 330 or 4, means that he is never hungry for a regular dinner before work.  So I often just make myself something.  So, that's what "free" means...I'm free to make whatever!!

Menu Planning Monday

I'm a little behind in the blogging (life with a new baby), but I wanted to make sure I did all the entries for this week.   I also failed to write down exactly what we ate for dinner last week, but I know it strayed quite a bit from my plan as noted here.  But here is what I did write down:

Monday:  ?
Tuesday:  Joe's parents
Wednesday:  Mahi, sauteed spinach, ?
Thursday:  Veggie sloppy joes, corn on the cob
Friday:  Free
Saturday:  Cookout with family (chicken, steak, mahi) with rosemary potatoes, salad, and sauteed green beans
Sunday:  Italy Italy (he had linguine with red clam sauce and I had baked ravioli)

This week we aren't doing much better.  We've had some long, rough days with the baby, so we've had some thrown together dinners.  Here is a rundown:

Monday:  Leftovers
Tuesday:  Leftovers
Wednesday:  Maple-brown sugar salmon, four cheese & herb couscous, and yellow squash
Thursday:  Spaghetti squash and meatball (he had veggie, I had turkey and chicken)
Friday:  Free
Saturday:  Chicken and orzo soup and spinach salad
Sunday:  Leftovers

Next week I start working out again (got the green light from the doctor today!), so I am hoping to start eating better.  More on this in another post.

Menu Planning Monday

The last week was kind of disheveled when it came to meals, since we had a couple rough night AND Joe's parents are in town, so we tend to just head up to their house to eat yummy Italian food.  So I only ended up cooking three times.  Here is a rundown of our meals for last week:

Sunday:  Rigatoni with veggie chicken strips and broccoli in a basil cream sauce.  Not the healthiest, but tasty and quick.
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday:  Pan-seared crusted Tilapia, asparagus risotto, and corn on the cob. 
Wednesday:  We had Salmon and Mahi with vegetables at Joe's parents' house.
Thursday:  I made orzo with shrimp and tomatoes, green beans.   This was delicious!
Friday:  Leftovers
Saturday:  Leftovers
Sunday:  Pizza.  We watched the football game with his parents.

This week I am going to try to do better, but his parents are still in town so some of my planned meals may fall to the wayside if we get together with them.  The upside of his mom cooking is that she always makes really healthy, delicious meals.  But here is my plan anyways:

Today:  We are doing our own thing.  Joe is eating leftover pasta and I cooked up a bunch of chicken breasts and added a microwaved sweet potato with cinnamon.
Tuesday: Mahi, couscous, and sauteed spinach.
Wednesday:  Veggie meat sloppy Joes with corn on the cob.
Thursday:  Veggie chicken and orzo "chicken noodle" soup and spinach salad.
Friday:  Joe works, so this is usually a free day.  I will likely eat some mini turkey meatballs I made with some brown rice and veggies.
Saturday:  Pasta with shrimp, corn, and avocado.
Sunday:  Spaghetti squash and meatballs.