It's Wednesday! Oops! I still want to share my meal plans, though, because I'm excited about them! And I've mostly planned through next week, too, though things are always subject to change when I plan that far in advance.
So, for this week:
Monday: I roasted some bone-in chicken breasts with sliced potatoes, carrots and parsnips! It was truly exciting to find a special on parsnips Trader Joe's, and reminded me of the delicious roasted veggies Mom used to make during her brief stint working at an organic farm. She got to take home lots of yummy second-rate produce that they couldn't sell at the farmer's market, and I learned a lot about veggies! Turnips are wonderful, too, and would have been quite yummy in this dish! I couldn't remember how Mom used to season hers, but I used some old stand-bys--salt, pepper, garlic, sage. And I made way too much, so we've had leftovers for fried potatoes, maybe some hot chicken sandwiches today, and just plain [microwaved] leftovers.
Tuesday: We had chicken marsala with cacio e pepe (and I wished I'd used more red wine than white. Oh well!)
Wednesday: {Thai}
Thursday: Baked potato soup! This is another exciting thing about this week! I baked my potatoes while Monday's supper was roasting, and I'm planning to make a double batch of the soup so I can freeze some for when the new baby comes! (And even though the recipe is from Annie's Eats, I was inspired to try it by the path-less-traveled, so, thank you, Elizabeth!)
Friday: Salmon and mashed potatoes. My sweetie is getting tired of salmon and rice, so I'm trying to mix things up a little bit . . . he's asked me to help him get some good fats in other ways. ;) Next week we'll skip the salmon.
Saturday: Hopefully we're going to a couples'-night-out with chilli and a bonfire! We're bringing crackers and shredded cheese.
Sunday: Beef enchiladas! I haven't made enchiladas in quite a while, so this is exciting, too!
Next week:
Monday: Clam chowder! Another warm fall recipe! And hopefully we'll freeze some of this, too!
Tuesday: Chicken tikka masala and rice
Wednesday: {Thai}
Thursday: Pancit with chicken
Friday: Pot roast
Saturday: Refried bean enchiladas
There we go! And, at some point soon we'll probably be eating the squash which is part of my little dining room centerpiece at the moment. We didn't get a pumpkin this year . . . I guess I wasn't feeling too anxious for one! And now that we have an Aldi near us, I can easily get pumpkin for $.99 a can, despite the BPA and all that.
What are you cooking this week? What our kitchen is truly lacking right now is baked goodies . . . any yummy ideas?
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