Menu Plan Monday, 4/7 – 4/13
April 6, 2008
I took it easy last week, and it was nice to have a week off. It was even nicer to know what we were eating every night without having to figure it out at the last minute. Planning our dinners on Sunday — something I’ve been doing for a year now, though I started out cooking only two meals a week — has really eliminated the daily stress of “what’s for dinner?” Now, it’s a much, much smaller stress of “when am I going to find the time to shop and cook everything?” And the end result is so much more satisfying.
Just two weeks until Passover now, and I’m moving into use-it-up mode. I’ve got some random stuff to use up in my pantry, like a single can of vegetarian baked beans, lots of oatmeal, and an envelope of onion soup mix. And I’ve still got plenty of pasta, rice, and flour in there as well, but I think we’ll be fine using that up. Once I get those items out of the way I’ll be concentrating on only buying foods that will tide us over until the 19th.
I have two new crock pot recipes to try this week — keep your fingers crossed for me!
Monday: Baked meatballs with peppers, onions, & mushrooms and whole wheat spaghetti, garden salad
Tuesday: Greek Lamb, Artichoke & Onion Stew (crock pot), orzo, peas
Wednesday: leftovers
Thursday: Slow-Cooker Italian Lentil & Vegetable Stew, challah
Friday: leftovers
Saturday: boys at grandparents; J. and I at a friend’s birthday dinner
Sunday: Ropa vieja (leftovers from the freezer), brown rice
For more menu planning ideas, check out Laura at Organizing Junkie.
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I'm Dara, the Chick in the Kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two school-aged boys and husband. Feeding my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Read more 
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10 Comments
1.
merrie | April 6, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Good luck with new recipes!!!!!
2.
Beth | April 6, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Can’t wait to hear how the greek lamb turns out.
I feel exactly the same way about the menu planning. Except I have no inspiration this week
3.
Steph | April 6, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Looks good! Good luck with the new recipes.
4.
Homemaking Mama | April 6, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Looks like a great week. Happy MPM!
5.
sherry | April 6, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Your Monday night meal looks really awesome! And I bookmarked the lentil recipe — I just recently discovered lentils and I am in love!
Have a wonderful week,
Sherry
6.
Amanda@ Down Home Dieting | April 7, 2008 at 7:59 am
I bookmarked the Ropa vieja. I’m totally making that in the next few weeks!
Have a great week!
Amanda
7.
Wifey | April 7, 2008 at 8:41 am
Yummy menu! Both those crockpot recipes sound so good. Have a great week!
8.
Michelle | April 7, 2008 at 2:53 pm
it all sounds really tasty especially the lamb stew
have a great week
9.
Cristen | April 7, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I think we must have similar palettes because so many of the recipes you pick out are things I too would enjoy.
I’m definitely thinking I need to make that lamb crockpot recipe.
Your mention of ropa vieja does remind me I also was interested in that recipe the first time you posted it as well.
10.
CanadianSaver | April 8, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Your menu looks really good
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