Menu Planning: 1-24-2010

Inspiration for this week’s menu comes from the 5 Ingredient Recipes feature on CL’s website as well as our new CL cookbook: Cooking Light’s Way to Cook (bought for only $16 at Costco!)

Sunday: Black bean pork and zucchini stir fry with jasmine rice (8 WW points per serving)

Monday: Mushroom-herb chicken with mashed potatoes with chives (5 WW pts for chicken, 4 pts for potatoes)

Tuesday: leftovers, I will be in class

Wednesday:  Almond crusted tilapia with pine nut couscous and roasted asparagus (8 pts for tilapia)

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: Spaghetti with Italian turkey sausage and marinara sauce

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Meal Plan Monday: Jan. 11, 2010

It has been forever since I participated in MPM, but it’s a good habit to get into!  This week I am trying 2 new recipes from the new issue of Cooking Light.  I will blog about the recipes myself after we’ve made them!  Have a great week!

Monday- pot roast w/potatoes and carrots (6 WW points per serving + points for potatoes)

Tuesday- hosting my women’s group, so Papa Johns pizza

Wednesday- roast chicken with balsamic bell peppers with couscous and broccoli.  (6 WW pts per serving + pts for sides)

Thursday- chipotle bean burritos with guacamole and chips (7 WW pts per serving + pts for guac & chips)

Friday- leftovers

baking: mint oreo truffles for our wine & dessert cooking club on Friday night.

See what’s on the menus of other food bloggers by going to the weekly roundup post here.

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Menu Plan Monday (May 5, 2008)

Well things are starting to be a little less crazy around here. We have a routine with the dog and I’m no longer an anxious mess, so cooking and eating are actually appealing again I haven’t found any new recipes to try this week but stop in on Tuesday to see my latest TWD baked treat!

Monday: Mexican Lasagna in honor of Cinco de Mayo

Tuesday: blue cheeseburgers

Wednesday: chicken salad sandwiches

Thursday: homemade pizza w/veggies and goat cheese

Friday: haven’t thought that far ahead yet

See what’s on the menus of other food bloggers by going to the weekly roundup post here.

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Menu Plan Monday (April 21, 2008)

Not trying many new recipes this week, decided to stick to what I know to save time. Monday night my new cooking club is meeting for the first time, I’m excited! It’s basically just a group of other newlyweds that want to learn new skills and figure it’s cheaper to teach each other than take classes It should be a lot of fun! The weather is improving and I’d like to spend more time outside and less time in the kitchen!

Monday: Julia-cooking club appetizer night. Making bruschetta with smoked mozzarella Tyler- spinach salad with grilled salmon.

Tuesday: chicken orzo salad w/goat cheese

Wednesday: slow cooker beef stew

Thursday: broccoli-cheddar quiche

Friday: Chick-fil-a baby!

See what’s on the menus of other food bloggers by going to the weekly roundup post here.

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Menu Plan Monday (April 14)

I am optimistic that I will spend more time in the kitchen this week actually cooking our meals instead of scrounging around or ordering take-out! I’m also optimistic that spring weather will return here in Kansas and we will have NO MORE SNOW until at least November. One can only hope! As always I will post the new recipes I try if they actually turn out. Tyler is about to make the beef and snow pea stir fry from last week’s menu plan Monday since I didn’t get around to buying the ingredients for it until today!

Monday: beef and black bean chili 4 WW pts per serving

Tuesday: pecan crusted salmon and mashed cauliflower (anyone have a good recipe for this side dish they can recommend? I’ll probably just wing it if I can’t find a good one.)

Wednesday: Happy hour with my friends, so I will be eating crappy bar food

Thursday: *new recipe, will be seriously modified to be WW friendly!* spinach and feta pasta with pine nuts

Friday: eating out or homemade pizza

Saturday: haven’t thought that far ahead

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Menu Plan Monday (April 7, 2008)

Well another week begins, I have been so busy over the weekend I haven’t had much time to plan out meals, but fortunately 2 nights are already taken care of, and we’ll probably get carry-out on Friday night so I only have to plan 2 meals Nice!

Monday: Cooking Light’s hearty lasagna (8 WW points)

Tuesday: Women’s Group at my house! Pizza for dinner and I’m making chocolate fondue for dessert.

Wednesday: Dinner at the in-law’s, my sister in law and niece and nephew are coming through town.

Thursday: Beef Stir Fry with Snow Peas (from my WW cookbook) (2 WW points)

Friday: Chick-fil-a!

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Menu Plan Monday (March 31, 2008)

Perhaps against my better judgment I am trying a couple of new recipes from my WW cookbooks this week. I hope they turn out better than the others I’ve tried recently! I hate hit or miss cookbooks. I have really lacked the desire to be in the kitchen recently, this usually happens after a month or so on WW, I start to feel restricted and frustrated and just want to give up on cooking and planning altogether. I just want it to get easier. Fortunately that’s where Tyler steps in, if I put the recipe in front of him he will make dinner. He’d much rather do that than order out. He made the falafel for lunch today and oh man it was delicious! Better than the last time when I made it, I’m not sure what he did but it was fabulous. Definitely try it out if you are looking for a healthy meal. Stop in on Tuesday this week to see my debut with Tuesdays with Dorie, it’s not WW friendly but chocolaty and SO DELICIOUS! Now that Lent is over you will see more baked goodies around here, though I will not be eating them all, my friends, family, and co-workers will benefit!

Monday: Nachos Supreme from WW Take Out Tonight
Tuesday: Turkey Sausage with Peppers and Polenta from WW All Time Favorites
Wednesday: Parmesan Dijon Chicken, Mashed Red Potatoes, and Roasted Broccoli
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: going to Tulsa! Eating out with friends!
Saturday: not sure yet, maybe grilling before the KU game?

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Menu Plan Monday (March 24, 2008)

This is a big week for me! I turn 24 on Wednesday. Tyler and I are going to PF Changs on the Plaza to celebrate, I can’t wait for those chicken lettuce wraps! Tyler has never been before, hopefully he’ll enjoy it as much as I do! I tried to choose meals this week that are quick to prepare. I found myself not cooking very often last week because I was tired or cranky or busy. As a result, I have no clue what we ate for dinner last week, but quite a few pieces of produce (and some chicken breasts) went bad and I had to toss it out. So I am setting the bar low this week Lots of 30 minute meals so that I can do other things in the evening, like exercising for Walk Kansas or maybe trying a recipe from my new cookbook.

Monday: Chicken Orzo Salad w/ goat cheese 6 WW pts per serving

Tuesday: Tilapia Oreganato 4.5 WW points per serving served w/couscous and roasted broccoli

Wednesday: PF Changs for my 24th birthday!

Thursday: Southwestern Falafel with Avocado Spread 6 WW pts per serving

Friday: Pizza and wii game night with my sister and her boyfriend.

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Menu Plan Monday (March 17, 2008)

Well this week I turn to the tried and true recipes of my fellow food bloggers for inspiration. I needed a break from the fickle cookbooks that keep leading me astray! I’m trying 3 new recipes this week, more than usual, but I have high hopes! I’ll report back after I’ve tried them out

Monday: Crunchy-Coconut Peanut Tilapia (5 WW points per serving)

Tuesday: Chicken Capri (5 WW points per serving with a few changes)

Wednesday: Salmon and Pesto Pasta (10 WW points per serving)

Thursday: leftover night!

Friday: something easy and yummy, no clue yet!

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Menu Plan Monday Mar.10, 2008

Monday: Mexican Lasagna (don’t know points value) and Broccoli-Cheddar and Potato Soup 5 WW pts
(not served together, the soup is for my lunches this week and the Mexican lasagna is for Tyler’s)

Tuesday: new recipe! Shiitake Mushroom and Gorgonzola Cheese Pizza 6 WW pts

Wednesday: new recipe! Slow Cooker Teriyaki Pork 4 WW pts

Thursday: Feta-Stuffed Chicken 4 WW pts

Friday: hmm, no clue. I hate cooking on Fridays, we’ll probably just wing it.

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