Sunday, June 28, 2009

June 29-July 5

MONDAY
Menu: Tacos w/nachos
and cheese, corn

TUESDAY
Menu: Roast beef
in crockpot, carrots,
rosemary roast potatoes

WEDNESDAY
Menu: Breakfast -
sausage, hashbrowns,
eggs

THURSDAY
Menu: BBQ teryaki
chicken, baked
potatoes, salad

Marinade:
(From Mom F.)

-1/2 cup oil
-1 cup soya sauce
-3 tbsp brown sugar
-3 cloves garlic grated
-1/8 tsp ginger
-2 tbsp apple juice

Mix together, pour over chicken. Let sit few hours or overnight. Makes a lot, can store in fridge in sealed container.

FRIDAY
Menu: Out?

SATURDAY
Menu:
Fly the Flag Fusili

SUNDAY
Menu: Butter chicken,
rice, peas

Monday, June 22, 2009

June 22-28

MONDAY
Menu: Mini meatloaves,
garlic parm linguini,
peas

**added a sauce to the top of the meatloaves - 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup ketchup, 2tsp mustard, put on top of each muffin 1/2 way through cooking

TUESDAY
Menu: Chicken
caesar pitas chicken caesar salad, nachos
& cheese, raw veggies

**loved the chicken caesar, great and super simple recipe!

WEDNESDAY
Menu:
Texas black
bean soup,
cornbread

THURSDAY
Menu:
Layered
fiesta casserole,
salad

**The casserole was easy to assemble, and the recipe was easy to follow. I added some chopped red onions and used a red and yellow pepper instead. I also added some cumin, paprika, and chili powder to the meat mixture while cooking, and sliced green onions on top of the final layer of cheese. I would drain the diced tomatoes next time though, as it was a bit watery. I'll definitely keep it in the menu rotation though!

FRIDAY
Menu: Salmon with
lemon dill sauce, rice & corn

In Rosenort for the night...

SATURDAY
Menu: Fried rice with ham & peas

Grand Forks with the girls!!

SUNDAY
Menu: Shrimp
fetucinni alfredo,
caesar salad

Sunday, June 14, 2009

June 8-15

UPDATE:

Thursday's sandwiches were a hit (made them on Wednesday)! I roasted red peppers under the broiler in the oven then put them in a sealed tupperware for 20 minutes and peeled the skin. I added one to the hummus and put them on the sandwiches as well. Will do this one again!


MONDAY
Menu: bbq chicken

Sauce for Chicken:

1/2 cup bbq sauce
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup soya sauce
pepper, ginger, garlic if desired

Mix sauce, chicken can marinate in sauce if ready or just coat when cooking. Make sure to heat sauce to boiling if using as a dip after to prevent contamination.

baked potatoes,
grilled veggies

TUESDAY
Menu: Black bean
taco salad in pitas

WEDNESDAY
Menu: Chicken
parmigiana with whole wheat pasta
peas

THURSDAY

Menu: Roasted
red pepper, veggie and herbed hummus sandwiches, poutine

FRIDAY
Menu: Turkey cutlets
with sage &
gravy, roast rosemary or mashed potatoes, corn

Turkey Cutlets:

Again, not much of a recipe. Dip in egg, coat in bread crumbs seasoned with salt, pepper, sage and garlic powder. Brown on both sides. Pan fry or bake in 350ish oven covered in gravy. I make stove top gravy using chicken stock to go on top.

Rosemary Roast Potatoes:

Cut potatoes into bite sized-ish cubes. Coat lightly with olive oil. Season with pepper, seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder and dried rosemary. Toss to coat potatoes. Bake in baking dish at 350-375F 30-40ish minutes or until potatoes are browned


SATURDAY
Menu: Spinach quiche,
fruit, hashbrowns

SUNDAY
Menu:
Father's Day
TBA

Thursday, June 11, 2009

missed.

So I missed a week. Alas, life goes on. I've also slacked on posting some recipes - let's face it, typing them out when I have a massive paper on the go becomes less of a priority.

This week, without recipes, we've eaten...

-Vegetarian burritos (see previous week, they got bumped) - I added an onion, some cumin, paprika and chili powder - they were lovely, easy and filling. Great for leftover lunches.
-Burgers with bacon and caesar salad
-Balsamic salmon, rice, peas (also previously posted)
-Tonight: BBQ'd teriyaki chicken, baked potatoes, fresh cucumber/tomato salad

Happy meal making to you out there.

Feel free to post with requests for full recipes or other requests recipes from other genres of food too...I love the thrill of searching out something new and yummy. Until next week.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

caveat.

Just in case people might wonder if I actually stick to the menu each week, the answer is a resounding no. Last night we surely did not have pork tenderloin in red wine sauce. We ate left over lasagna and I made a chocolate cake instead of supper.

Tonight there are chicken caesar pitas on the go (and not the menu) - along with fries and gravy. I just didn't feel like making what was up and need the flexibility to change things around. The nice part is that I rarely will make something that requires another grocery store trip, rather I try and use what is already in the house.

So when some recipes don't actually get posted - it might just be because the recipe stayed tucked away in its book. Sorry to disappoint!

The hamburger soup recipe will still come, however, as it was quite a great one.

Happy cooking!