Ah, meal planning. Where there is no plan, the people perish!
(maybe not exactly what was meant in Proverbs 29:18 :)
While I am not new to meal planning, this is my first attempt to share our weekly kitchen aspirations.
My goal is to share every weekend, in the interests of preparation & shopping for the week ahead.
Trust me, this is more for my benefit than anyone else's.
Waaaaaay more for my benefit.
But, I hope that one in a while you see something you like, something that sparks your imagination or something that helps you out of a hungry-tummy-going-to-die-if-I-don't-eat family meltdown.
Can you tell I have been there?
As you fight the good culinary fight, remember two of my favorite quotes that inspire my time in the kitchen:
"Food is essential to life. Therefore, make it good."
~S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A
&
"Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can."
~Arthur Ashe
So, without further ado, (goodness, after all this buildup it better be good, B!) our menu for the week:
Day One
Sloppy Joes (with homemade whole wheat buns) & My New Favorite Carrots
"Homestyle deliciousness"
Day Two
Pasta Carbonara
"Call nights call for elegant ease"
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| Sloppy Joes & photo by Ree at Pioneer Woman Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns from SnoWhite at Joy in My Kitchen |
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| Garlic Ginger Carrots & photo at MyRecipes |
Day Two
Pasta Carbonara
"Call nights call for elegant ease"
Day 3
Mongolian Beef Lettuce Wraps, Sichuan Green Beans & Rice
"Date night, eating in"
T's plate....
"Date night, eating in"
T's plate....
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| Mongolian Beef from Food.com, formerly Recipezaar Hot Sichuan Green Beans from Sunset Magazine |
My plate....
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| Same recipes as above, just plated differently :) |
Day 4
Baked Vegetable Sandwiches
"Even kids love veggies...sometimes"
"Even kids love veggies...sometimes"
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| Baked Vegetable Sandwiches & photo by SnoWhite at Joy in My Kitchen |
Day 5
Marinated Round Steak & Southwest Potato Salad
"We love our grassfed cow ;)"
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| Marinated Round Steak recipe from AmericanGrassFed.org |
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| Southwestern Potato Salad from Fine Cooking Magazine |
Looks like its going to be a great week! Blessings on your kitchen! This menu was also posted as part of Menu Planning Monday :)
3 comments:
you're making me hungry!! looks like a great week :)
Your menu sounds and definitely looks delicious. I love to see pics of the food in MPM, thanks for sharing.
everything looks yummy!
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