Monday, October 20, 2008 - Menu Planning Monday
Posted in: Menu Planning
I really want someone to just come in, look at what I have in the kitchen and plan my menu for me. *closing eyes tightly and wishing REAL hard*
Swell.
It didn't work. No magic menu fairy appeared. I hate when that happens. So now I need to be creative and a good steward of my pantry on my own. *SIGH*
Now you may have begun to notice a trend in my menus of late...with the girls both working (in addition to school) it is only Beloved and myself most nights of the week. Rather than fall into a habit of going out, skipping dinner, or other equally bad options, we've begun to eat dinner salads more often. The girls can fix their own when they get home if they like, as all the ingredients are readily available. I've been cooking eggs, chicken, meat, etc once a week and either putting it in the fridge or freezing the meat if I've cooked enough. I try to make or pick up bread from Great Harvest to go with them. I adjust "recipes" based on what is fresh and lovely in the market that week.
M - Southwestern Salad (or Taco or Santa Fe or whatever you want to call it.) (Greens, taco meat, Ono Corn Salsa, tomatoes, kidney and black beans, cheese, corn chips)
T - Kebobs (leftovers), Passion Salad (grapes, apples, pecans, cranberries, mango and bleu cheese with Lilikoi Dressing)
W - Mediterrean Salad (romaine, feta, pine nuts, grilled chicken, tomatoes, pasta, roasted peppers, purple onions, olives and Greek dressing) w/ warm flat bread.
T - Kahuku Shrimp and Spinach Salad (spinach, hardboiled eggs, avocado, bacon, grilled shrimp, and mango (if there's any left) with Poppy Seed Dressing)...I might just grab garlic shrimp from the trucks on the way home...we'll see.
F - Mandarin Salad (greens, shredded chicken, mandarin oranges, edamame, green onions, wonton chips, almonds, Oriental Dressing)
Weekend - At the conference I attended this past week we were served a lovely salmon with wasabi and nuts that I would LOVE to try. I found this recipe and hope it is really close to the dish I had. This one uses pistachios and the one I had was macadamia nuts I think....so I may change them out. I am also CRAVING the Pear and Gorgonzola Pizza from California Pizza Kitchen so may talk Beloved into that one night this week....
PLEASE leave me any fantastic salad recipes you enjoy at your house!! I'm already thinking about a pear, cranberry, cheese combo for next week.....but then there's lychee, jicama, strawberries, pineapple, coconut, mint, and grilled shrimp...I didn't even think of snap peas, carrots, bean sprouts, cucumbers....
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