Meal Plan: May 20 - 26

I am traveling for most of this short week and will hopefully get most of this prepared tonight.

Monday:
Homemade tomato Soup and grilled cheese sandwiches

Tuesday:
Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken with Black Beans  

Wednesday:
Bowtie pasta with pesto and white bean sauce

Thursday:
Linguini with sauteed ramps and parmesan sauce

Friday:  In CT - we'll figure it out when we get there.

Saturday:  Cousin Cookout?

Sunday:  In CT - still figuring it out.

Meal Plan: May 13 - 19

I will be traveling this week so I've stacked the deck with pasta dishes I know the kids will eat.

Monday:
Chicken Noodle Soup

Tuesday:
Pasta with red sauce

Wednesday:
Pasta broccoli and alfredo sauce

Thursday:
Pasta with pesto

Friday:
Taco Night!

Saturday:
Grilled chicken and hopefully asparagus from the farmers market

Sunday:
Handmade butternut squash ravioli

Meal Plan: May 6-12

Monday:
Chicken Soup with Wasa Crackers

Tuesday:
Slow Cooker Layered Dinner with Chicken and Sweet Potatoes.  Served with salad.

Wednesday:
Leftover lasagna

Thursday:
Broiled fish, sauteed swiss chard, leftover sweet potatoes

Friday:
Taco night!

Saturday:
Pasta with red sauce

Sunday
Maybe Salsa and blackbean chicken
Maybe leftover sauce

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Meal Plan: April 29 - May 4

The farmers market opens on Saturday!!!!  I can hardly wait.  Since we made such an effort to ski every weekend, I never made it to any of the winter markets.  I miss my farmer friends.  Along with the onset of market season comes my annual purge of pantry and freezer items.  You'll see what I mean.

Monday:  Tom Kar Gai soup, or at least a version or it, with leftover chicken, coconut milk, a random can of hearts of palm and some fish and chilli sauces that are nearing their birthdays. It's really good.

Tuesday:  Chicken salad in homemade pitas with Romain lettuce

Wednesday:  Pork Chop Pizziaola with pasta.  We'll see how this goes.  It will use some pork chops I've had since we bought our 1/4 pig in October and our store of frozen tomates.

Thursday:  Mystery Block of frozen chili-looking substance over rice with some sauteed shredded zucchini.

Friday:  Taco Night!

Saturday:  Pasticcio (or lasagna with beschamel instead of ricotta) using the leftover pork and tomato sauce.

Sunday:  Some manner of roasted, fried or grilled chicken and vegetable sides from Saturday's market.  Suggestions welcome.

Our Tom Kar Gai Soup Recipe

We had a wonderful Tom Kar Gai soup while we were in Burlington and this is an effort to recreate with items we had on hand.

Ingredients:

1 can (14 oz) Coconut Milk

1 pint Chicken Stock

4 scallions, diced

1 can Hearts of Palm, chopped

1 Tablespoon Lime Juice

1 Tablespoon Fish Sauce

2 Cups cooked chicken, shredded

2 Teaspoons Asian Chili sauce, or to taste

4 servings of noodles, rice or whatever starch you prefer

Directons:

Put everything in a pot and heat through.  Seriously.  That's it.  I certainly could have added more vegetables,  such as carrots, Bok Choy, mushrooms, green beans, perhaps, but I just went with what I had.  If I had lemongrass, I probably would have exchanged the hearts of palm for mushrooms or carrots.  The HOP added the tangy flavor that I was missing without the lemongrass.  Enjoy!

Meal Plan: April 22 - 28

I inadvertently cooked too much for two meals that I made over the weekend, so I am scrapping my original plan and taking advantage of an easy week.  Stay tuned for some new meals in the week ahead!

Monday:  Chicken noodle soup made from Sunday's roast chicken

Tuesday:  Pasta shells stuffed with butternut squash and topped with red pepper-cream sauce (left over from Saturday)

Wednesday:  Left over soup

Thursday:  Sliced chicken and light gravy with German Potato Salad and pickled cabbage

Friday:  Taco night!