Weekly Dinner Plan 9/26/10

Monday- Leftovers from Sunday

Tuesday: Taqueria Style Tacos- Carne Asada

Wednesday: Cassoulet

Thursday:  Turkey Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries (I froze 3 burger patties leftover from last week.)  Costco now sells Sweet Potato Fries and I think they taste great. 

Friday: Chicken Tenders  with Greek Ladolemono sauce, Brown Steamed Rice (with chicken bouillon,) and steamed broccoli

Saturday: Free Day

Sunday: Chicken-Mushroom-Spinach Quesadillas

Weekly Dinner Plan 9/19/10

This week I finally tried the Turkey-Sausage and Gnocchi Soup and wasn't disappointed.  I'm a huge fan of turkey sausage in soups and fell in love with Gnocchi when I lived in Uruguay. Gnocchi are dumplings made of semolina, ordinary wheat flour, or potatoes.  I've only had them made with potato, but semolina sounds good too.  Generally, I think 5 ingredient recipes taste like they're missing ingredients, but I think this recipe is actually good enough to eat "as is."  This soup + salad + crusty bread = bliss.  The Gnocchi really lends a creaminess that I haven't tasted in other similar soups made with tortellini or potatoes. Anyways, I can't wait to take the leftovers to work this week.

Last week I didn't make a lot of recipes on my schedule.  The lasagna I made seemed to be never ending so we had the leftovers for lunch a few days. We also went to the Utah State Fair one night as evidenced by the above pictures.  Jackson had fun petting the animals and I ate a foot long corn dog.  I think that's something you should only try once. Here's this week's itinerary:

Monday:  Seasoned Turkey Burgers  and Corn on the Cobb

Tuesday: White Bean and Bacon Soup with Breadsticks

Wednesday: Spaghetti and Meatballs with Green Salad- "Williams and Sonoma Kid's Cookbook"

Thursday: Chicken, Pesto, and Tomato Pizza

Friday: Lighter General Tso's Chicken

Saturday: Free Day

Sunday: Fast Chicken Fajitas

Oh one more thing...I'm going to try to eat one dessert a week.  This week, I'm going to dream about eating these.

Weekly Dinner Plan 9/12/10

This week I got fresh produce and fruit from Bountiful Baskets.   It's a neighborhood co-op thing that I've decided I'm in love with.  As far as veggies go this week, I had to find a way to use cabbage, corn, and romaine lettuce.  Not too hard.  I love that every week we'll get different stuff to incorporate into our menu.  I won't my family to enjoy a varied diet...Gotta get those phyto-chemicals.;)

Monday- Turkey Sausage Gnocchi  Soup (I can't believe I still haven't made this.  It's been on my plan for 2 weeks now.

Tuesday-  Chinese Cabbage Salad

Wednesday- Lasagna with Green Salad- "Fun Food" Williams and Sonoma Kid's Cookbook  (It's like 5 bucks on Amazon.)

Thursday-Seasoned Turkey Burgers and Corn on the Cob

Friday- White Bean and Bacon Soup and breadsticks

Saturday-Chicken Pesto Tomato Pizza- Didn't end up eating this last week either.

Sunday- Spaghetti and Meatballs with Green Salad- "Fun Food" Williams and Sonoma Kid's Cookbook