Menu Plan Monday, 5/11 – 5/17
May 10, 2009
My Mother’s Day was fantastic, and I hope yours was too. J. made sangria (I’ll post the recipe tomorrow), guacamole and tortilla chips, skewers of marinated zucchini and red pearl onions, and skirt steak marinated in a cilantro chimichurri sauce. It was one of the best grilled meals we’ve had in a long time, and that’s saying something because pretty much everything J. grills turns out delicious. I love having my family over to eat, play, and just be together. I feel very lucky and loved.
Because I was having some minor work done in my kitchen this past week, there was very little cooking going on. Instead, I did get a chance to talk a little about packing school lunches: what do you pack for your kids’ lunch?
Monday: Grilled mozzarella sandwiches, carrots & celery
Tuesday: Dimer Dalna (Egg Curry), Basmati rice
Wednesday: Chicken Scarpariello, whole wheat spaghetti, sauteed spinach
Thursday: Montalcino Chicken with Figs and Buttered Gnocchi, roasted asparagus
Friday: Leftovers, challah
Saturday: Order in or go out
Sunday: Triple Tomato Sauce with Ziti, garden salad
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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Carol | May 11, 2009 at 11:27 am
If you’re willing to share the chimichurri sauce recipe, I’m very interested! Last summer at a restaurant I had veal cheeks with a chimichurri sauce and looooved it. Also, I’d like to know what adaptations you make to the Chicken Scarpariello. I need to play around with that recipe sometime, too.
I think J. made up the marinade, but I’ll ask him what was in it. If I recall, a lot of cilantro, honey, chopped garlic, and onions. He considered reserving some of it to use as a condiment, but we wound up putting it all on the steak as a marinade instead. I know I’m going to tone down the heat on the chicken, that’s for sure! — Dara
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niki | May 12, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Great menu plan ya got here….scarpariello sounds fab!
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