Week 5

5º.  That's the high for Tuesday.  I'm in the mood for soups and baked pastas that will keep us all warm!

Grilled Cheese and tomato soup - another fav.  It's a good Monday dinner for us!
Veg Tortilla Soup - I haven't found a recipe yet, but I'll let you know what I use.
Stuffed Shells again.  Made these last week and everyone loved them.  It was an easy dish to make ahead and have Scott bake when I'm out.  I think I'll add some frozen spinach this time for a little green.
Homemade Mac and Cheese
Brown Rice Pilaf this is from Mark Bitman's blog and looks like a yummy, veg dinner

Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins - I actually made these last week and they were so delicious that I'm doing it again this week!

Week 4 in 2011

Hmmm, not much creativity this week!

Leftovers - exciting, I know!
Stuffed shells, salad, and french bread
Fish Tacos with cabbage and guac and black beans on the side
Grilled cheese and tomato soup
Stir Fry with tofu and udon noodles
Make our own Pizza
Veg Lasagna

Week 3 in 2011

Happy mid-January!

Fusilli with Spicy Pesto
Tofu Tacos - every time I ask L what he wants for dinner, he says TACOS!  I'm getting a little tired of them and thought this looked like a fun recipe to try
Corn and Potato Chowder - we are addicted to this!
Aisan Grilled Salmon
Black bean enchiladas
Kitchen Sink Quesadillas - we have a lot of peppers and onions to use us

Week 2 in 2011

Lincoln and I just got back from Costco, so we are ready for anything!! Filled the car, overfilled the pantry, life is good.

Spinach Ravoli and Salad
Chili leftovers
Mozzarella pizza from Costco, the ready bake one, sooooo good
Vegetable curry with quinoa - mushrooms, tofu, peppers and onions in a green curry coconut sauce
Quinoa Salad - english cucumber, kalamata olives, and feta
Whole wheat pancakes with fruit salad
Fajitas with peppers, onions and veg chicken strips

might try to make these too:
Espresso Carmel Bars
and these:
Cranberry Orange Scones

what are you making?

And we're back!

Something great about having a fresh start at this time of year. I'm going to try to get back into planning meals and just generally being more prepared for the week ahead.

Corn and Potato Chowder
Chili and Cornbread - a favorite of Lincoln's
Farro Salad
stir fry with noodles
hoppin' johns with brown rice
salmon with rosemary potatoes

green pepper
green onions
baking potoatoes
red potoates
tomatoes
sweet onion
chives
flat leaf parsley
stir fry veg
10 oz farro
chili beans
chili seasoning
cornbread mix
frozen corn
salmon
sour cream
cheddar cheese

Week 17

This week's dinners are all from the may issues of Sunset and Cooking Light. Yum!

Grilled salmon with mustard-wine sauce (Sunset

salmon

lemon

dijon mustard

basil

Spinach and orzo salad (Sunset

1 c orzo

baby spinach

tomatoes

kalamata olives

Pizza (CL pg 150)

baby eggplant

zucchini

red pepper

mint

fontina cheese

Ricotta, arugula, and fried egg sandwich (CL

whole-wheat country bread

arugula

parm cheese

Asparagus and mushroom tart (CL pg 100)

asparagus

mushrooms

Zucc, tom and ricotta pasta (CL pg 208)

fettuccine

zucchinni

cherry tomatoes

Rhubarb risotto (CL pg 196)

strawberries

ruby port

rhubarb

arborio rice

mascarpone cheese

and...we're back!

Okay, so we've been moved for over a month now and I'm just now getting back to this. I just got so lazy after the move. The thing is, it really is easier to just plan these darn meals and go to the store ONCE. I'm not kidding, I think last week I was at the store at least once a day. Not good. So, we're starting fresh, here goes...

Spaghetti with salad and garlic bread

Grilled fish with crostini with ricotta and peas

Ina's blue cheese souffle with salad

Veg chickpea burgers (we'll see how the meat eaters like this...) probably served with something easy like chips and a salad

Quesadillas! Easy, easy with whatever we have in the fridge, beans, cheese, veg etc...