Meal Plan: January 2-10

Saturday (1/2):

Broiled Cod with Roasted potatoes and broccoli

Sunday (1/3):

Pizza

Monday:

Sauce

Tuesday:

Slow Cooker Cowboy Beans with Rice and greens

Wednesday: Slow Cooker Creamy Corn and Spinach Enchilada Casserole

Thursday: Stir-fried noodles with eggplant and cilantro, EF Jan/Feb 2010 p. 90

Friday: Joan and Cliff... Make a dessert

Saturday: Roast Chicken

Sunday:

Pizza

Meal Plan: December 14-22

Monday:

Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

Use 6 C Chicken stock in place of water and boullion. Use whatever vegetable we have in the house.

Tuesday:

Potage Parmentier with Pork Sandwiches

Wednesday: Kate in NY

Leftover Chicken Noodle Soup

Thursday: Kate in NY

Sauce

Friday:

Leftover buffet

Saturday: In CT

Sunday: Pizza

Monday: Roasted Vegetable Lasagna - Everyday Food page 51

Tuesday: Leftovers or Soup and Sandwiches

Meal Plan: December 9 -12

Wednesday - Seared steak with brussels sprouts - page 91

Thursday - Chicken in a pot - page 16

Friday - Eggplant Lasagna

Saturday

Pork tenderloin with sauteed apples:

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/pork-tenderloin-with-sauteed-apples-and-leeks

Chocolate Roulade

http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/chocolate-indulgences?lpgStart=1&currentslide=31&currentChapter=2#ms-global-breadcrumbs

Meal Plan: December 10 - 15

Wednesday: Seared Steak with Brussels Sprouts. Everyday Food page 91.

Thursday: Chicken in a Pot. Everyday Food p. 16

Friday: Eggplant, Spinach, Lasagna

Saturday: Pork Tenderloin with sauteed apples and leeks.

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/pork-tenderloin-with-sauteed-apples-and-leeks

Easy Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe from Everyday Food, November 2009

Easy Turkey Noodle Soup:

2 T unsalted butter

2 celery stalks, diced medium

3 carrots, cut into 1/4 inch rounds

1 medium onion, diced medium

coarse salt and ground pepper

8 C Turkey stock

2 C wide egg noodles

1 sprig rosemary, about 2 in long

3/4 lb. shredded cooked turkey

1. in a 6 Q saucepan, melt butter over med-high. Add celery, carrots, onion, and 1/2 t salt and cook until onion softens, about 3 min.

2. Add stock and bring to rapid simmer. Add noodles, rosemary, 2 t salt, and 1/4 t pepper and simmer until noodles are tender, 10-12 min. Add turkey and heat through.

Serves 6

per serving: 284 cal; 8.9 g fat (4.1 sat fat); 31.4 g protein; 18.4 g carb; 2.9 g fiber

Meal Plan: November 17 - 29

These two weeks are like onebigblendedweek! With a big event at work and then a short week before we are off on our Thanksgiving travels, it is hard to keep up with the meals.

Tuesday:

Turkey Noodle Soup, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 65

This was wonderful! I love egg noodles. It was a great way to use up our leftovers

Wednesday:

Fish with Lemon Parsley Relish, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 82

I loved fish cooked in this folded-over method. It looked beautiful on the plate and the greens were delicious.

Thursday:

Turkey Noodle Soup Leftovers

Friday: PA Dinner - Sauce

Saturday:

Tomato and Shrimp pasta with Feta, Everyday Food, November 2009, p. 47

This was DE-LI-CIOUS! I have not cooked shrimp myself much before, but I think it is going to become a staple protein in our house. I soaked the tails and shells in boiled water to make seafood stock.

Sunday: Baked Chicken with Fennel and Apples, Everyday Food, November 2009, p. 146.

Finally getting around to this....I am going to make it in the slow-cooker and add some potatoes I have hanging around.

Monday: Red beans with sausage, Everyday Food, November 2009, p. 55

Rice and broccoli

Tuesday: Eat up leftovers

Wednesday: In CT

Thursday: Thanksgiving!

Friday: In CT

Saturday: Pasta dinner at Trattoria Hesser

Sunday: dinner at home, TBD

Make Your Own Tortilla Chips

Recipe from Savory Sweet Life

I can't wait to do this! The warm, handmade chips are what always lure me into my favorite Mexican restaurants!