October 28-November 3, 2018

Last week recap:

The highlights this week are as follows:

I got home later than I expected on Monday. I usually make our pizza sauce and Adam grills the pizza. It was allll up to him to make the sauce, which was an unexpected surprise for him. He pulled it off though and it was delicious!

The kebabs on Tuesday were made two ways - one on skewers and one in a cast iron baking pan. I only had the skewered ones, but Adam had both and said the ones in the pan were superior. He loved that the sauce cooked with the meat and veggies and sort of caramelized them. We'll do it that was next time.

FAJITAS! So, so good. I work from home on Fridays and was so happy to have some delish leftover fajitas. We used a fresno pepper....we have a bunch of hot peppers that we just pulled up from our garden. We're going to attempt a hot sauce. Wish us luck!



Chili. It was good. But just good. Adam will tell you it was delicious, but I have a couple of problems. We made chili and homemade cornbread.

Problem #1: My mom didn't make the chili.
Problem #2: My Grandma Mary didn't make the cornbread.

Other than that, it was a solid okay meal.

We switched it up and had the paninis on Friday, then steak and baked potatoes on Saturday. The paninis were not good. I couldn't find the sourdough bread I usually get for paninis, so I got some ciabatta bread, thinking it would be a fancy substitute. It was just too thick, even though we removed some of the inside of the bread. The steak and potato though...just perfect.

Up next:

October 28-November 3
Sunday: Leftovers
Monday:  Shakshuka
Tuesday: Baked Ziti
Wednesday: Grilled Chicken Salad
Thursday: Wings
Friday: Tailgate
Saturday: Concert

October 21-27, 2018

Weekly Menu: October 21-27, 2018

Last week recap:

The only really interesting thing to report from last week is that on Friday...we had frozen lasagna. I'm not proud. I make a delicious homemade lasagna. I'm also not sad about it. The kids ate it, and that is what I call a success.

Here's what's up this week! Adam has a kamado grill, and the pizza he makes on it is out of this world. We haven't made homemade pizza any other way since he got it about six months ago. We make a simple pizza sauce out of garlic, dried oregano, canned whole tomatoes, fresh basil, salt, and pepper....and we love to use the help of our immersion blender. We love that thing!

For the fajitas - we'll plan on using a blend of peppers...both mild and hot, a red onion, some baby bellas, and some chicken. We have some hot peppers we need to use from our garden. We usually make a marinade for the chicken from some lime juice, lime zest, fresh cilantro, and some homemade taco seasoning. Sometimes Adam will grill them, and sometimes we'll just sauté. No idea what we'll do this week!

I didn't put much detail into "Salad" on Friday...but I'm thinking some deli ham, banana peppers, red onions, tomatoes, and some sort of yummy vinaigrette. 

I need to link to the tomato soup when I have some time. We make it in the Instant Pot and it makes a ton, so we always freeze some. We'll be dipping into the frozen stash this week!

October 21-27, 2018
Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Grilled Pizza
Tuesday: Hawaiian Bacon Pineapple Chicken Kebabs
Wednesday: Fajitas
Thursday: Chili
Friday: Salad
Saturday: Chicken Pesto Paninis with tomato soup (frozen)

October 14-20, 2018

Last week recap:

Sunday: Adam worked late at the brewery, and I was not about cooking when he got home so late. We had Chinese takeout, and I am not sad about it.

Monday: Chickpea Curry - I was so nervous about this one. Six years into it and Adam is still is not a fan of Meatless Monday...and I was worried he'd hate this. This one is now officially on our "Delicious Things I've Made" list.

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: Nothing exciting or unexpected to report. EXCEPT that we did make some homemade egg rolls one of those nights in our air fryer. They could have cooked a little longer, but were delish. I'd love to share the recipe, but we didn't use one.  We made a bunch more after we made sure ours were edible, and we froze them for later. We did air fry those longer than the ones we ate that night.

Friday: Adam ended up working at the brewery earlier than we expected on Friday, so it left little time for us to eat dinner at home. He gets delicious food truck meals when he's there, so I didn't feel too guilty for letting him leave without eating!

Saturday: We started tailgating before Noon for a 7 PM game. This is our normal....and Virginia won!! Go Hoos! (We had lots of tailgate food for dinner!)

Here's what's up this week - though, full disclosure: Sunday's dinner was one that we didn't make from last week...and it's Sunday, and I still haven't gone grocery shopping. I went to make tonight's dinner, and the asparagus from last week smelled.....less than edible. So. Salmon and some sautéed mushrooms did the trick. I was just cooking for me tonight - Adam worked at the brewery until past dinner-time.

We're cooking mostly from our freezer this week. A few weeks ago, I made Chicken Pot Pie, and when I make one...I usually make two and freeze one. This week just feels like a Chicken Pot Pie week. It's starting to get cooler and actually feel like fall. Most of the rest we have in the freezer...ground beef, steaks, and chicken. The grocery store visit should be a quick one this week!

October 14-20, 2018

Sunday: Salmon with garlic lemon butter sauce and Asparagus

Monday: Egg Drop Soup 

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie

Wednesday: Burgers with salad

Thursday: Steak & Baked Potato

Friday: WHATEVER MY KIDS WILL EAT

Saturday:  Key West Grilled Chicken with grilled veggies

October 7-13, 2018

Here's what we're having for dinner this week. We have been making a weekly menu since October of 2011, after our daughter was born.  We try to stick with it as much as we can. 

I'm especially excited about Monday. I think we get in a Meatless Monday rut, and tend to have boring things over and over. We've never tried this one before. I couldn't find dried chickpeas at Food Lion, so we're using canned. 

Saturday there's a home UVa football game, and it doesn't start until 7 PM. Since we'll start tailgating around noon, it's safe to say we won't be having dinner at home Saturday. Happy eating!

October 7-13, 2018

Sunday:  Key West Grilled Chicken with grilled veggies

Monday: Chickpea Curry with Naan

Tuesday: Sloppy Joes II with corn and zucchini

Wednesday: Pad See Ew

Thursday: Salmon with garlic lemon butter sauce and Asparagus

Friday: Lemon Chicken Stir Fry

Saturday: Eat at Tailgate