Monday, July 12, 2010

Food and Fun for Next Week

My girls' babysitter is taking a vacation next week, so I took Monday and Tuesday as vacation days. I want to spend the time primarily on relaxing and enjoying time with my girls, but I also want to schedule my cook-a-thon and maybe get some sewing done during nap time. Fortunately they seem to take synchronous afternoon naps, so that means I'll have at least a few hours when both of my number-one priorities are asleep.

This week's dinners:
  • breaded chicken & salad
  • brats & buns
  • slowcooker shredded pork nachos
  • Indian curry tofu with potatoes
  • pork chops something something?
  • leftovers
Sides:
  • kale, kielbasa, and brown rice
  • rice
  • smashed potatoes
  • roasted cauliflower
  • sauteed broccoli
  • kohlrabi something something?
Prep:
  • Cook-a-thon items
    • pineapple muffins
    • strawberry bread
    • black bean burgers
    • sw eggrolls -- use pork filling??
    • chicken cordon bleu
    • slowcooker chicken in mushroom sherry sauce

Sunday, July 4, 2010

New Month, New Plan

Work has really been work this last month, and I think I'll leave it at that. It's a gorgeous weekend, my cupboards are full of food, and I need to make a meal plan to catch up. We hadn't been to the store in so long we just needed a general stock-up run, and I didn't have time to make a plan beforehand. We'll see what sorts of budgetary disasters ensue...we fronted a bunch of cash for half a cow and a summer's worth of organic veggies, and we're still paying that back to ourselves. I'd like to get far enough ahead that those investments don't send us into make-believe arrears, but we're not there yet.

This week's dinners:
  • breaded chicken & salad
  • lamb & pita (cucumber)
  • brats & buns
  • tropical shrimp teriyaki stirfry (mango, pineapple)
  • ground pork tacos (double batch)
  • leftovers
Sides:
  • kale, kielbasa, and brown rice
  • rice
  • smashed potatoes
  • roasted cauliflower
  • sauteed broccoli
Prep:
  • bread
  • banana bread
  • turkey meatballs
  • blueberry coffeecake
  • black beans
  • Cook-a-thon items
    • pineapple muffins
    • breakfast burritos
    • strawberry bread
    • black bean burgers
    • sw eggrolls -- use pork filling??
    • chicken cordon bleu
    • slowcooker chicken in mushroom sherry sauce
Next week's dinners
  • brats & buns