Menu Plan Monday, 2/8 – 2/14
February 6, 2010
This week went awry early on, when A. came down with a mild virus and stayed home from school for a couple of days, which threw my schedule (including grocery shopping) off for the whole week. Other than a huge pot of chicken soup, I can’t think of anything I actually cooked. We ate soup, leftovers, ordered in pizza one night, and did just fine. We’re also in the middle of a busy weekend with both Saturday and Sunday dinners out of the house, so my stove must be wondering where we’ve been.
This coming week we’re celebrating a birthday on Monday, and I always like a reason to bake cake!
I realized this week that there’s another variable I need to consider while meal planning — do I have to run out briefly in the afternoon (say, to pick up a boy from a friends’ house nearby), and do I feel comfortable leaving the oven on while I go out for 15 minutes? The answer I came up with was no, I really don’t. Do you? (And yes, this is where the Crock-Pot shines!) I have to either plan to make things with long cooking times earlier in the day (like roasting a whole chicken), or not on days when, although I’m home, I have to run out briefly.
I’m hoping for a healthy week this week, which everything going pretty much according to schedule.
Monday: Roasted chicken, roasted butternut squash, sauteed spinach, challah, Devil Dog Cake
Tuesday: White Chicken Chili, tortilla chips, crudite
Wednesday: Make Your Own Pizza, salad
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Chana Masala (chickpea curry), basmati rice, naan
Saturday: Out to eat
Sunday: J. is going to smoke something… I’m voting for ribs or brisket, Grilled Steak Fries, roasted Brussels sprouts
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 4 and 6, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Read more 
3 Comments
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Kalynskitchen | February 7, 2010 at 9:30 am
Glad you’re trying the white chili, I loved that recipe! Thanks for the support on Twitter too! (And no, I would never leave the house with the oven on either. Probably would be safe 99.99% of the time, but I’d still worry!)
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Jen | February 8, 2010 at 8:02 am
I have made that cake (and another chocolate one she has on her site, which translates better to cupcakes) and it is delicious! Her recommendation to freeze the layers before frosting is TOTALLY necessary. It is a mess if you don’t. Such a good cake!
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Jodi | February 8, 2010 at 10:59 am
Yay for the Devil Dog cake!:)
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