Snider Menu-2 Weeks

Here's what I got to make at the grocery store for the next 2 weeks. Nothing too exciting on our menu this week, either.

• cheese ravioli w/marinara (meat for Doug) sauce
• french dip sandwiches (had them yesterday for lunch...YUM!)
• taco salad
• chicken enchilada chili
• brown sugar chicken
• chili dogs (possibly for Super Bowl Sunday)
• frozen pizza

Menu for the Week

No new recipes this week, just old favorites

• Stuffed Tomatoes and salad (tonight)
• Homemade Veggie Pizza (Tuesday maybe?)
• Curry Chicken with Brown Rice
• BBQ Chicken with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
• Sweet Potatoes and Black Bean Burrito Bake
• Chicken Noodle Soup

Want!

I know, I just got a new bedspread about 6 months ago and I liked it well enough. Mostly I liked the price. But I walked into Penney's the other day and fell in love with this. Yes, it's a comforter and it looks extremely puffy, so not friendly with my washer/dryer at all, but I still want it! Don't make fun of me for picking out something that looks like it should be at a B&B. I promise it's much more stylish in person! :) Can I justify the cost & inconvience? Not right now, but maybe if our tax return is nice enough. :)

Meh

Frozen meat worked just fine. I wasn't impressed with the roast though. I think it was because it was pork. I would have rather had beef. Oh well, Doug really liked it. Tomorrow will be leftovers or something and Friday is grocery day, so I need to start thinking about what I want to make next week.

Last Night & Tonight

So, last night I was all set to make fish tacos, except the cod was still frozen when I got home. For that matter, the chicken I had laid out for the chicken enchilada chili was still frozen, too.

So I improvised and made tacos with the beef I had laid out for the raspberry beef. I'm thinking it will have to be raspberry chicken, now.

I also made this recipe for rice and beans, which ended up being way too much food, but was good and we had plenty left for lunches today.

Tonight:
Broiled Fish with Lemon & Pepper
Roasted Potatoes with Dill Butter
Green Salad

What's for Dinner Tonight?

On the Menu

• Meatloaf
• Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Lima Beans or Spinach
  

This Week in Meals

I typically do Sunday-Friday planning (because we eat out alot on the weekends) but I'm going to try and cover the weekend, too.

Food for this week:

• Fish Soft Tacos
• Chicken Enchilada Chili
• Chicken Sausage Stuffed Bell Peppers (going to use regular chicken instead of sausage)
• Raspberry Beef w/Asparagus (Adapted from this recipe)
• Buffalo Chicken Meatloaf
• Chicken Tender Chopped Salad

I'm missing a day, but I'm at a loss...Spaghetti maybe?

This is What's for Dinner

I'll post what I have left planned to cook out of this batch of groceries. Since we're not home together 2/5 nights during the week, we don't cook and rely on whatever we can find/leftovers those nights.

Tangent: I also plan to use my slow cooker more, because I love the convenience of it. My only problem with that is that I have so few things that I can actually fix & forget. I think my crock-pot is too big ( I have a 6 qt. smart pot) for most of my recipes, so I really have to watch to make sure things don't dry out. Chicken and pork are usually the worst.

Anyhow, without further ado:

• Brown Sugar Chicken (I'm using chicken legs, because that is what I have on hand.)
• Super Simple Cranberry Roast (Doug loves roast and I'm always looking for a new way to fix it.)
• Meatloaf (a variation of this recipe, I do a lot of substituting here...)
• I'm also embarrassed to admit that one night we'll probably have frozen popcorn chicken. It's quick & easy.

Here's what we had last week:

• Velvety Vegetable Cheese Soup So easy & yummy...had it with baked potatoes & garlic cheddar biscuits!
• Cabbage Rolls The last batch of this I made, was the best ever. I tweaked this recipe some, and I watched them closely so they wouldn't overcook. If they overcook they are mush and I don't think they are very good. Doug will still eat them though. We had it with boiled potatoes (yes, potatoes again...Doug somehow thinks that because the 10 lb. bag is on sale for $3, it's a great buy...great if you can actually use all the potatoes!) and roasted carrots...YUM!
• Spaghetti with meat sauce...nothing special here, just spaghetti and whatever kind of jarred pasta sauce you like, we add seasoned ground beef to ours.

Challenge:

Here's a recipe that I want to try soon. It's chicken and goes into a 6 qt slow cooker! Plus, it sounds yummy. I love enchiladas, but hate assembling them. I challenge you to try it too and we'll post our results!

Keeping me honest.

And in the kitchen.

We're really trying to eat at home more--we eat out WAY too often! It's embarrasing, actually.

To make this easier on myself, I've chosen only five recipies to cook this week. I'm not going to assign days, just going to commit myself to making these dishes.

• Pork ribs with Balsamic Onion-Fig Relish & Roasted Asparagus -- MADE THIS! **1/2 Stars
• Chicken and Summer Vegetable Tostadas & Black Bean Salad
• Lentil Pecan Burgers -- Made a ton of changes to the recipe, but oh my god, these are flippin' awesome! FIVE STARS!
  
• Chicken Sausage Stuffed Bell Peppers
• Turkey Sausage - Gnocchi Soup -- MADE THIS! **** Stars!!! YUM!
  

I'll report back on how I did, but please keep me honest by asking me how everything was!