Meal Plan Week 11

As the semester reaches its last month, I find I have more events and happenings in the evenings, so meal planning has become more sporadic. Such is life!

Saturday: we went to the Texas Wine and Rogue Art Fest so we had dinner in Salado

Sunday: ^^beer can chicken with mashed potatoes and brussels sprouts^^

Meatless Monday: Jalapeno and mushroom quesadillas with black bean and corn salad

Tuesday: leftover beer can chicken for Kyle (I'm speaking at a Baylor event in the evening!)

Wednesday: Glazed pork chops with roasted asparagus and garlic pasta

Thursday: leftovers or take out or Kyle cooks

Friday: tacos, probably!

Have a lovely week!

- S

Meal Plan Week 10

Sunday: ^^Shepherd's Pie^^ (I would do this on Monday for St. Patty's day, but I'm going to happy hour with some friends and not sure how late I will be in Waco)

Monday: leftovers or other

Tuesday: baked barbecue chicken with asparagus

Wednesday: curry turkey and rice

Thursday: roasted red pepper pasta with brussels sprouts (I don't know if Monday will be meatless, so going meatless a different day this week)

Friday: lemon and herb baked tilapia with mashed potatoes and garlic green beans

Saturday: beer can chicken with veggies and leftover mashed potatoes

- S

Meal Plan Week 9

It was nice having a week off of cooking duty, that's for sure. I ate some tasty food at a few restaurants, and also cooked by my friends.

I was too tired to cook on Friday, but on Saturday I made these three-ingredient brownies that turned out quite well and were super easy. I recommend eating them with ice cream or milk.

Saturday: steak, sweet potato fries, sauteed brussels sprouts and garlic, glazed carrots

Sunday: turkey chili with sourdough bread

Monday: bruschetta, sesame noodles with broccoli

Tuesday: turkey chili leftovers

Wednesday: slow cooker chicken fajitas

Thursday: honey chipotle crusted salmon with balsamic roasted cauliflower and garlic broccoli

- S

Meal Plan Week 8

I was having an off-weekend, so I didn't do too much meal planning before Monday, though I knew we were pretty well stocked from grocery shopping the previous weekend.

Sunday: Kyle ended up making garden pasta with turkey meatballs, and it was very good!

Monday: ^^white bean and pasta soup^^ (I'll probably take this for lunch during the week, too.

Tuesday: salmon with mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts and broccoli

Wednesday: spaghetti squash with veggies and chicken sausage

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: out to eat, leftovers, improvise

I'm heading to DC on Saturday and return Friday, so no meal plan for next week! But I will surely take lots of photos of the tasty food I hope to eat. :)

- S

Meal Plan Week 7

Last week I didn't plan lunch for the week, and that resulted in me bringing this for lunch on Friday:

A pear and a bell pepper, yep that's right. So, I'm trying to get back into the planning, with another quinoa salad dish this week. I'm going to make it on Monday, since I'm able to work from home that day, and I will be out for lunch on Wednesday, so I'll make a smaller batch. 

Sunday: HEB roast chicken with ^^baked zucchini fries^^ (and leftover mashed potatoes for Kyle)

Meatless Monday: vegetable stir fry (broccoli, mushroom, onion, red and yellow bell pepper, snap peas) with brown garlic sauce and brown rice (update: the sauce is delicious! I substituted gin for the rice wine.)

Tuesday: pork loin with parmesan roasted potatoes and asparagus

Wednesday: leftover pork loin with brussels sprouts (leftover potatoes for Kyle)

Thursday: breakfast for dinner (eggs with veggies, bacon or turkey sausage, toast), or just leftovers

Friday: salsa chicken with brown rice

Lunch: Asian Quinoa Salad

- S

Meal Plan Week 6

Check out this cheddar bacon beer bread I made to go with dinner tonight:

Sunday: turkey chili with bacon cheddar beer bread

Meatless Monday: Pad See Ew

Tuesday: chicken sausage with mashed cauliflower, brussels sprouts and corn

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: pork loin with parmesan roasted potatoes and veggies

Friday: leftovers or out to eat

- S

Meal Plan Week 5

Nothing too exciting to report this week. I didn't make a lunch as I will be out of town for meetings and events in Austin two days of the week, and had lunch with friends scheduled for two other days; no point making anything!

Meatless Monday : spicy roasted vegetable mac n' cheese (see above)- this was quite good! Not very spicy, though.

Tuesday: I was going to do my curry turkey with rice, but Kyle had a late lunch and we have a couple leftovers, so for myself I just sauteed some brussels sprouts, yellow bell pepper and broccoli to eat with some leftover rice. Simple and delicious.

Wednesday: I'll likely be getting dinner in Austin, or leftovers.

Thursday: spaghetti squash with meat sauce (though the meat sauce isn't sounding very appealing to me now, so maybe I'll just cook a piece of steak for Kyle and have mine meatless)

Friday: I think I'll bring home Tarka from Round Rock on my way back from Austin! yum.

- S

Meal Plan Week Four

My motivation to plan my lunch for this week started waning, but I counteracted that by making something really delicious that I know I would love to eat all week (and taking a break from quinoa or spaghetti squash). It really does feel good to have lunch ready for the whole week on Sunday; my weeks are busy and I sometimes feel all over the place (and I sometimes am all over the place- Houston last week, Austin this week), especially this semester, and having a little consistency helps.

Sunday: chicken, spinach and feta sausage with oriental broccoli slaw

Meatless Monday: stuffed peppers (rice, beans and tomato)

Tuesday: I have a meeting in Austin in the afternoon, so I think I'll bring home Tarka (delicious Indian food) from Round Rock for dinner (and cook up a side of brussels sprouts)!

Wednesday: salmon with roasted potatoes and brussels sprouts

Thursday: "general tso's" chicken with rice and broccoli

Lunch: oriental broccoli slaw (sides: almonds and dates)

^^Stored and ready for the fridge! I'm keeping the dressing separate so the slaw isn't super soggy.^^

Oh, I also baked this AMAZING blueberry banana bread today (sub regular milk and a dash of lime juice for buttermilk). Kyle gave it an A+.

- S

Meal Plan Week Three

This week I'm going to Houston for a conference on Thursday, so I'm only planning three meals, which should also cover leftovers for a few of days.

Meatless Monday: spicy peanut noodles (Kyle's idea) with brussels sprouts

Tuesday: turkey tacos

Wednesday: roasted pork loin with potatoes and asparagus

Lunch: greek quinoa salad

- S

Meal Plan Week Two

Last week I made brussels sprouts for the first time (first time making them at home, not eating them), simply sauteed in a pan with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper (oh plus a sprinkling of red pepper flakes), and they were aaaaaamazing, and I wanted them every day after that, so I made sure to work them into this weeks dinners. Maybe twice. I bought three bags. Yum.

Sunday: tonight I'm making Pioneer Woman's Penne a la Betsy, but with chicken because Kyle is not a shrimp person, with asparagus on the side

Meatless Monday: veggie chili

Tuesday: pan seared salmon with roasted potatoes and brussels sprouts

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: baked marinated chicken with brussels sprouts

Lunch for the week: spaghetti squash crust veggie quiche (chives, onion, asparagus, garlic, spinach, mushroom)  (based on this)

Week 1

- S

Meal Plan Week One

Now that school/internship is starting back up, and since Kyle is back, back I go to meal planning. I try to plan four meals for the work week in advance, and Kyle can plan the other or we will just improvise or have leftovers. I also want to try to have something planned for lunch for the week for me to pack, whether that's leftovers from Monday or something I make on Sunday to have ready (otherwise I won't really eat lunch). Also, Kyle wanted to try Meatless Mondays, which is fine by me since when he's not here I rarely cook meat anyway. So I thought I'd share my meal plan for the week!

Week 1

Monday: spaghetti squash pesto "pasta" with veggies and Parmesan cheese (bell pepper, asparagus, onion, zucchini, yellow summer squash)

Tuesday: baked bbq chicken with brussels sprouts and maybe spaghetti squash latkes or leftover squash from Monday

Wednesday: shepherds pie

Thursday: seasoned foil baked fish (tilapia) with veggies (squash, zucchini, onion, bell pepper) over rice

Lunch: southwest quinoa salad

- S