Meal Plan: Week of 4/24/11

Wow...it really has been a while since I last meal planned! I ended up stretching the one week into two (a few lazy nights on my part, as well as busy schedules), and then I went to Provo, UT to visit my sister, Cecily! Cecily made us some delish fried rice (very close to what our mom used to make, but more modern) and some nose-running good curry...maybe if we are lucky she will post the recipes. So, now I'm back, and I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. I did buy the Our Best Bites new cookbook while I was out there, so I'm super excited to try some of the recipes that aren't on the site!

To recap the last meal plan, I think the biggest hits were the curry and the bacon-wrapped meatloaf. I wasn't too thrilled with the meatloaf, but the kids had thirds and it was requested the following week. The pork tacos were good and so was the beef and snow peas. Nobody really liked the mustard chicken...in fact, it actually tasted like warm potato salad...yuck! I did not get around to making the herb roast, so I will have to try it out another time. The surprise like of the week was the quinoa and black beans. We had never tried quinoa before, and honestly it didn't look that appetizing, but it tasted pretty good!

Now for this coming week. Easter is on Sunday, so I am starting the week there. I'm trying some of Cecily's recipes that she posted on her other blog. Also, Adi is on another diet kick. He said at first that he would only eat chicken or fish with veggies, but I convinced him to do buffalo twice a week and then he has a cheat day. So, I have Sunday as the cheat day and Tuesday/Thursday as buffalo days, and I'm putting fish on Friday (why not?).

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Ham Scalloped potatoes Green beans rolls	Tonkatsu chicken Rice zucchini	Beef tips with peas Egg noodles carrots	Chicken cordon bleu Scalloped potatoes salad	Beef Bulgogi Rice Chinese Napa Cabbage salad	Grilled Fish Steaks Pasta and Herbs salad	Roasted Curried Chicken with Couscous salad

So, there it is! Hopefully I can stick to the meal plan better this week. I'm really impressed that my grocery list has nothing in the canned goods section. Now I'm off to the grocery store!