Menu Plan Monday, 7/7 - 7/13
July 6th, 2008
This past week went smoothly cooking-wise, which always makes me feel calm and super-organized. Earlier in the week I used my crock pot to cook two leg/thigh pieces of chicken — I just layered a sliced onion and some carrots in the bottom of the crock pot, set the chicken on top, and sprinkled it with Spike seasoning. It cooked on high for about 3.5 hours while we were at the pool, and dinner was ready to go when we got home. I need to make lots more use of my crock pot this summer.
My favorite meal was our veggie-packed scrambled eggs. Unfortunately, my mom’s Chicken Castillo recipe didn’t translate well to the crock pot — I need to work on reducing the liquid. I have found, though, that I much prefer chicken breasts cooked on high for a shorter time in the crock pot (3-4 hours), rather than having them cooking on low all day. They are less mealy that way (always desirable in chicken, right?).
This week I’m hoping to get a chance to try baking Coconut Oatmeal Cookies. I have a lot of coconut left over from the Cabbage, Red Pepper, & Zucchini Palya (Dry Curry).
Monday: Leftover hamburgers (frozen), sauteed greens & broccoli over pasta
Tuesday: Cabbage Beef Casserole (I’ll make it with ground turkey and freeze half the recipe), noodles, raw veggies
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Boys out to pizza with Grandma and GG; I’m out to dinner with PW!
Friday: Tandoori Tofu Kebabs (can’t wait to try this!), farm share greens, brown rice
Saturday: Take out
Sunday: J.’s awesome beef ribs, farm share veggies, sweet potatoes
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 boys, ages 3 and 5, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Reach me at .
7 Comments
1. Beth | July 6th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Those eggs look great.
I am going to try out your Tzatziki this week.
2. sandra | July 6th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Everything looks yummy!
Have a wonderful Monday!
?Sandra?
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3. Barbara | July 7th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I never think to use recipezaar, but they have a bunch of great looking recipes! Those Coconut Oatmeal Cookies sound yummy. Have you made the cabbage beef casserole before? I’m curious how that turns out.
Hi Barbara, I’ve made a similar version of the cabbage casserole and it was really delicious. (It was last fall, before I was blogging my recipes, and I misplaced the one I used.) I never search on RecipeZaar directly, but their results come up in http://foodieview.com which I love. — Dara
4. kiy | July 7th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Your week looks great, congratz on last week. I love weeks like that, just dont’ get them as much as I used to. Better planning, that’s what I need!
Have a fab week.
5. Erica @ Cook Quick Easy Recipes | July 7th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Nice menu. Thanks for sharing the cabbage recipe. Have a great week.
6. Jodi | July 8th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I’ll be interested to see the tofu kebabs…I love tandoori flavour…but usually it is on meat. Kind of interesting that these are not red…but I guess it depends on the amount of tumeric vs. chili powder or whatever? You’ll have to build a tandoor oven- there’s a project for you;o)
7. Nichole | July 8th, 2008 at 9:06 am
The tofu kabobs do sound intriguing. I have tofu on the menu this week, too. I’m still on the fence on tofu. I haven’t found a way to cook it that I love yet.