Menu Plan Monday, 8/9 – 8/15
August 9, 2010
I am still kicking myself for not attending BlogHer this past weekend — right here in my backyard. I had thought about buying tickets many months ago, but then hit a lull in my posting here and decided I wasn’t doing enough work to deserve the ticket. We happened to be in Manhattan on Saturday anyway, taking the boys to the USS Intrepid. I ran into Susan from Busy Bee Lifestyle in a parking garage (she was attending the conference), and those 15 seconds of conversation made me feel more than ever that I’d missed out. I mentioned my regret to J., and he said we could always make a family vacation out of next year’s conference in San Diego. I just might hold him to it!
The kids have finished camp, and today we’re spending our first do-nothing, proper summer vacation day. I’m going to pack a lunch for us and head to the pool. But, the rest of our week is more scheduled. The boys are spending some time at grandparents, and we have some fun reasons to eat out of the house this week, including the wedding of one of J.’s cousins! Happy reasons to not need to cook.
Monday: Roasted chicken with potatoes, sauteed swiss chard (inspired by the dinner Lauren made for us last week)
Tuesday: Order in or go out
Wednesday: Potluck dinner — I’m bringing Corn and Goat Cheese Grits and Watermelon Margaritas
Thursday: Bagels, Dijon Egg Salad, sliced cheese, sliced farm share tomatoes + cucumbers, salad
Friday: At a wedding!
Saturday: Grilled pizza with farm share vegetables
Sunday: Eat out
For more menu planning ideas, check out Laura at Organizing Junkie, and Jenna, who sponsors Mindful Menus, a menu-planning meme that aims “to inspire health through real food” at Chive Talkin’.
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3 Comments
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merrie | August 9, 2010 at 3:10 pm
I didn’t realize it was pot luck:) Cannot wait to try!!!!!
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Margie | August 11, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I need to try that egg salad recipe. I love the addition of dijon!
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Susan | August 15, 2010 at 7:18 pm
So funny that you wrote about our chance meeting in the parking garage! I was a bit frazzled because the validation stamp on my parking receipt had blocked out the garage address and I was just so happy to end up in the right spot!
Pure luck! And lucky to meet a fellow blogger!
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