Dinner this Week - 03.19.15

Home all week! I am looking forward to full days at the office and evenings at home, more or less.

Sunday

Make Your Own Takeout Green Chile Pork Burrito Bowls

Fresh Berries

Monday

Breakfast for Dinner

Scrambled Eggs

Toasted English Muffins with Homemade Blueberry Jam

Tuesday

Last Soccer Game of the Season - Dinner Out

Wednesday

Baked Salmon with Garlic and Dijon from Natasha's Kitchen

Grilled Potatoes and Green Beans

Thursday

Pizza Night

Fresh Fruit

Friday

Shrimp, Tomato and Spinach Pasta in Garlic Butter Sauce from Julia's Album

Fresh Fruit

Garlic Bread

Saturday

Dinner Out - Fundraiser for Church Youth Group Nationwide Assembly Trip

Back in the Saddle - Dinner this Week - 03.22.15

So, I took a little break, not just from posting, but from dinner most nights as well. There was this chair that I was standing on then I wasn't. A complex sprain and possible break kept me mostly out of the kitchen for a couple of months. For future reference, it is not generally a good idea to perplex your orthopedic surgeon. We cleaned out most of the freezer stash, ate our fair share of takeout, scrambled eggs and simple pasta with jarred sauce.

This week is a fairly typical week. I'll be out Monday but everything else is a day trip or a regular day at the office. We kick off our short soccer season on Saturday morning and will hopefully be able to hit the local Easter egg hunt as well. H should enjoy picking up the bright eggs and A is a pro by now.

I have half a head of cabbage left over from last week's St. Patty's dinner so it will feature prominently in tonight's dinner. It's been nicer the last week or so making me anxious to dust off the grill later in the week. Busy days have me trying some new skillet dinners, too.

Sunday

Cabbage Sausage Supper

Strawberries

Cheesy Cornbread

Monday

Soft Tacos

Strawberries

Tuesday

Lemon Chicken Broccoli Rice

Grapes

Wednesday

Grilled Bacon-wrapped Sirloin Fillets

Grilled Diced Potatoes and Green Beans

Grapes

Thursday

Slow Cooker Sausage and Tortellini

Garlic Bread

Friday

Grilled Salmon

Steamed Veggies

Brownies

Saturday

Dinner out

dinner this week ...

Many of the blog and Facebook posts I've read over the last few weeks have focused on deep winter purging. While parts of my house, especially the toy room, could benefit from this, I am choosing to focus January on the pantry and freezers - yes, freezers. We have three. The itty bitty one above the refrigerator that holds mostly opened things like bags of frozen veggies, the current toaster strudel box, batteries, etc. The hand-me-down little chest freezer that lives in kitchen room #3 (another post for another day) with a lot of flours, grains and I don't know what in it. And, finally, the big beast that came with the house. It is by far the most organized, inventoried as it is, at times, empty. Recently, it has been the primary home of meals I have prepared for easy microwave nights, bags ready to dump in the slow cooker and some supplies for an upcoming work event. So, my goal in January is not only to cook more than eating out or eating cereal for dinner, but to go shopping in my own freezers and pantry for the bulk of my supplies.

So, with the week's calendar in mind, here is my plan for the week of January 8, 2012:

Sunday >> Pappardelle alla Bolognese with a tossed salad and baked apples

Monday >> I have quilt guild and George has to work ...

Tuesday >> Shrimp Fra Diavolo with a tossed salad and oranges

Wednesday >> I have a dinner for work and George has to work ...

Thursday >> Quick and Easy Leftover Chicken Fajita Melts with black bean and corn salad and baked apples

Friday >> Blackened salmon, baked potatoes, steamed veggies and oranges

Saturday >> Braised Pork and Cabbage with warm chocolate pots de creme

Wow, this process always makes me hungry. It is good that dinner is coming up soon!

I am linking up to Good Cheap Eats.