Food this week - 12.28.14-1.3.15

I'm not sure yet what we will do for your New Year's Eve/New Year's Day food. I suspect there may be some special dinners or perhaps takeout. But for our non-holiday days, here's what we're doing.

Lunch
Bean & Barley salad

Dinner
Grilled fish sandwiches
Spinach & Brie chicken (did not get to make this last week as scheduled)
Black bean soup w/chipotle chiles

See you in 2015!

Food this week - 12.14.14-12.20.14

Last week I flew solo, so I made a big pot of turkey soup at the beginning of the week, along with an enchilada casserole and basically survived off those two things (with some pasta and salad thrown in for variety) the entire week. Back to cooking this week ...

Lunches

turkey soup, yeah, I still have a lot left (I froze some)

Dinners

Three bean chili

Spinach and brie stuffed orzo

Steak fajita stuffed baked potatoes

Food this week - 11.23.14-11.29.14

Thanksgiving week always throws the menus off a little. What's below is our more or less regular food for the week, plus the dessert I am bringing to Friendsgiving on Thursday. Next week I will share the recipes I make for my at-home Thanksgiving dinner on Friday.

Crunchy pear salad (lunch)
Bean & cheese enchiladas (dinner)
Buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake (Thanksgiving breakfast)
Caramel apple cheesecake bars (w/this caramel recipe) (Dessert for Friendsgiving)

Food this week - 11.16.14-11.22.14

We'll be getting through some leftovers this week for lunches. Here's the dinner plan.

Curried Scallop, Apple Salad
Roasted vegetable tacos
Chicken avocado pizza

Food this week - 11.9.14-11.15.14

I'm coming off of a severe cold, so I'm taking it easy on the cooking this week. There will be a lot of easy meals that will at times double as lunches, so I won't separate the two.

This is the food I am making this week:

Egyptian Edamame Stew
Penne w/Roasted Asparagus and Balsamic Brown butter
Flank Steak Stir Fry
Chicken Tortilla Soup

Food this week - 10.26.14-11.1.14

I didn't post last week because I was flying solo, so I was basically eating rando leftovers from the week before. Now that my guy is back, I'm back to full-fledged meals ... Here we go ...

Lunches
the Chipotle Chopped salad I didn't make two weeks ago
Quinoa, brusseles sprouts and pecan salad

Dinners
Frito Pie
Santa Fe Grilled Chicken sandwiches
Broccoli Cheese soup

Food this week - 10.12.14-10.18.14

Lunches

Still need to make the bean and barley salad from last week. Also ...
Chipotle Chopped Salad

Dinners

Grilled fish sandwiches
Chicken, veggie and rice bowls
Veggie enchiladas

Food this week - 10.5.14-10.11.14

Our menu this week is a little sparse: partly because I have some lunch salad stuff leftover from last week, but also because yesterday, in the middle of the grocery store I decided to nix something from the menu. So...at some point this week I need to find a replacement for that dinner and doing a second grocery shopping trip. Sadly.

Lunch
Barley & Bean salad

Dinners
Eating Well King Ranch casserole
Spinach & Gruyere stuffed tilapia

Food this week - 9.28.14-10.4.14

Still getting settled into our new abode, as well as our new city. We have a WONDERFUL local farmer's market, so we were lucky enough to get some great produce for this week's meals.

Dinner
Smokey brown butter shrimp w/gouda grits
Southwestern beef and bean burger wraps
Black bean soup

Lunches
Apple pecan salad
Summer corn/barley salad

Food this week - 9.21.14-9.27.14

Well, it took awhile, but we made a very big move. Across country. As such, a lot of the food we've been eating for the last four weeks has been ... well ... not-so-great. There was the packing week, when we were mostly getting take out because we didn't have time to stop and cook. Then the driving week, when we were at the mercy of the restaurants immediately off the highway. And, of course, unpacking week, when we didn't have enough cooking and eating utensils unpacked, nor the time to cook proper meals and ended up eating a lot of pre-prepared, frozen and/or canned foods.

Now we're unpacked, the kitchen stuff anyway. We've found our grocery stores, visited the farmer's market, and we're ready to begin cooking again. Here's how our week in food is looking:

Dinners
Grilled Tilapia Bowls
Red Lentils and Spinach masala
Roasted tomato & basil soup

Lunch
Arugula/Peach/Cheddar salad
Roasted cauliflower/chickpea salad

Food this week - 8.17.14-8.23.14

Sorry for the hiatus. We were traveling for about ten days earlier this month and returned to some late-summer colds, so  first we didn't require much in terms of food. Then, we required a lot of canned soup and various frozen juice delicacies. We're back to solid foods now, though. Here's what's on our menu this week:

Lunches
Arugula, Peach and Cheddar salad
California Chipotle chopped salad

Dinners
Steak kabobs
Eating Well's tacos
Chipotle bean burritos

Food this week - 7.20.14-7.26.14

Lunches

Revisiting some favorites from weeks past: the spinach/strawberry and peach/arugula.

Dinners

Some news stuff:
Grilled Fish Sandwiches
"Eating Well" tacos with fiesta beans & rice
Also making another pizza this week, as I have dough and sauce left from last week. We're having spinach/black olive & feta pizza ... if you're wondering.

Food this week - 7.13.14-7.19.14

This evening we'll be having a light, outdoor dinner with some friends in advance of an informal photoshoot. For that, I will be making Quinoa and Apple salad. The remainder of the week stacks up as follows:

Lunches
Fruit, Nut & Gorgonzola salad
Asparagus, Strawberry, Mint salad

Dinners
Buffalo Sloppy Joes
Jambalaya

Snacks
I'm thinking about making this Curried Chickpea yogurt dip.

Food this week - 7.6.14-7.12.14

Lunches:
Pasta salad left over from 4th of July
arugula/peach salad (as long as peaches are in-season, I want to keep making this)

Dinners:
Still have not gotten to making the tomato basil sauce (the frito pie from last week made way more than I anticipated) so that's on the list.
Grilled halibut w/lemon basil vinaigrette 
Chicken w/Broccoli 

Food this week - 6.29.14-7.5.14

Lunches:

Arugula, Peach & Cheddar salad
Green salad w/strawberries

These should look familiar by now, I've been making them for the last few weeks, but they're SO good and the ingredients are all in season, so there's no reason to stop making them.

Dinners:

Skillet Hash with spinach
Firehouse Frito Pie

I still haven't made the tomato-basil sauce from last week's menu. The crockpot enchilada soup made WAY more than expected, so we're still working through it. We'll also probably make burgers and pasta salad for our "Stay-in-and-stream-Netflix" Fourth of July celebration. Not sure yet...

Food this week - 6.22.14-6.28.14

I have two focuses with my summer cooking: 1.) Trying to use seasonal ingredients as much as I can -- preferably purchased at the local farmer's market, if not, at Whole Foods & 2.) Avoiding turning on the oven at all costs. With that in mind, here is this week's menu.

Lunches
Chopped brown rice salad
Green salad w/strawberries
Arugula, Peach & Cheddar salad

Dinners
Flank steak stir-fry
Crockpot chicken enchilada soup
Tomato Basil Sauce w/gnocci (store bought)

Food this week - 6.15.14-6.21.14

Lunches this week will be variations for greens and berries. As for dinners ...

Grilled mahi-mahi & asparagus w/lemon butter
Beef & asparagus negimaki rolls
Bean Burritos
Pinto Bean sloppy joes

Additionally, I'm going to make this potato salad to have as a side with the fish and beef dinners.

Food this week - 6.8.14-6.14.14

I ended up not doing the lunch salads I had "scheduled" last week, so those are back on my lunch menu this week.

As for dinners...

Spicy Chili Mac
Roasted Tomato & Basil Soup with grilled cheese

Food this week - 6.1.14-6.6.14

Lunches:
Green salad with strawberries
Roasted strawberry & asparagus quinoa salad

Dinners: (have leftovers of veggie enchiladas still)
Veggie stir-fry (own recipe)
Mirin-poached salmon (I'm making it with cod, because there was only one tiny piece of Mahi-Mahi left at the grocery store. That said -- weird story: I've been thinking about this recipe for awhile, and finally decided to find it on this here blog...and, coincidentally, I last made it this same week in 2013. Weird, right? No? Okay.)

Food this week -- 5.25.14-5.31.14

I'm not doing lunch salads this week, because I'm working on some stuff that's due very soon and I want to get it done asap. So lunches this week will be sandwiches with a very simple green salad accompaniment.

As for dinners ...

Barbecued Beef Sandwiches
Chili lime shrimp skewers (if it's not too hot to put the oven on, I'll make these oven baked fries)
Slow cooker veggie enchiladas - I'm not following this recipe exactly, just using it as a base. I already have my own enchilada sauce recipe that I like and I'll be adding a lot more in terms of seasoning to the veggies.

Food this week -- 5.18.14-5.24.14

We have a lot of running around to do this week, so we're going easy.

Lunches
Still need to make the lentil/rice salad that was on last week's menu. Aside from that we have sandwich stuff to supplement.

Dinners
Last week's chicken is happening today, with leftovers tomorrow. Then ...
Shrimp Tacos w/avocado sauce
Bean & Barley soup

Food this week -- 5.10.14-5.17.14

Lunches

Still haven't made the Thai salad on last week's menu.
Rice and Lentil salad

Dinners

For some reason I forgot I still had Channa Masala ingredients from last week left over to make, and I went and bought more food. So Channa Masala ... also still on the menu. In addition to...
cheeseburgers
Grilled Fish Tacos
Oven Fried Chicken

Food this week - 5.4.14-5.10.14

Here's our food this week and also a couple links from last week because I forgot to post...

Lunches
(Thai-inspired) Barley Salad
pasta salad (own recipe)


Dinners
Chicken tortilla soup
8-layer taco salad
Pinto Bean sloppy joes
Avocado & Shrimp Salad

Food this week - 4.20.14-4.26.14

Still have lunch left over from last week, so we'll only be making one new one. That is....

Chickpea and tomato salad 

As for dinner...a couple meat dishes this week, but instead of making enough for two days, we're only doing enough for one day each.

Balsamic dijon flank steak

Smoky black bean and turkey chili

Chipotle bean burritos

And we'll probably make cheeseburgers with twice baked potatoes in there somewhere.

Also, for a Sunday breakfast treat ...

Berry croissant cheesecake bake (next to no nutritional value, but a nice little splurge...)

Food this week - 4.13.14-4.19.14

This week is a little different because we'll have someone in town (dinner out!), so we won't cook as much food as normal.

Lunches
some leftover stuff from last week
Quinoa with brussels sprouts & pecans salad

Dinners
Chicken enchiladas
Pizzas (homemade of course) -- I have some spinach & feta that need to be used up, and pizza is the best way to do that!

Extras
I'll probably do a berry sorbet, maybe based a little on this.

Food this week -- 4.6.14-4.12.14

Lunches:

Tortellini & tomato salad
Tomato & brown rice salad

DInners:

Skillet hash w/spinach
Southwestern beef & bean burgers
Spinach & artichoke lasagna

Food this week -- 3.30.14-4.5.14

Lunches

rice & lentil salad because I didn't make it a few weeks back when I intended to
corn, avocado & tomato salad

Dinners we have some leftovers to get through in addition to ...

Parmesan-Crusted chicken tenders
Dal Nirvana (and I may try making naan for the first time ever, but I haven't decided yet)

Food this week - 3.23.14-3.29.14

We have a lot of leftovers from various times over the last week and a half, so I am only prepping one lunch.

Lunch:
Tomato Cucumber Barley salad

Dinners:
Southwestern beef bean burger wraps
Smoky corn chowder with shrimp
Three bean chili

Food this week -- 3.16.14-3.22.14

For a variety of reasons, we have more than enough lunch foods left over from last week, so this week will be strictly dinners.

Spaghetti with this marinara sauce and my own meatball recipe which is kind of a combo of this and this.
Honey mustard glazed salmon steaks with grilled asparagus.
Vegetarian gumbo (Note, I make a LOT of changes, the recipe linked is just sort of my base.)

And just for fun this week, I'm going to try this Copycat Starbucks oatmeal for breakfast.

Food this week -- 3.9.14-3.15.14

Lunches:
Quinoa and Apple salad
Rice & Lentil salad

Dinners:
pizza (I made a pizza last week & I have a lot of leftover sauce that I don't want to go bad)
Steak & Veggie stir-fry
Baked brown sugar chicken w/roasted red pepper sauce

Snacks:
Chickpea/Artichoke dip

Food this week - 2.23.14-3.1.14

Hello. Welcome back. I didn't post last week because I was on a weeklong work trip. Of course this means I neither cooked for myself nor ate as healthy as I'm used to. So this week I've got an eye towards eating better foods.

Lunches:
Pasta salad (my own recipe -- very veggie heavy)
Quinoa Green Goddess bowls
Egyptian edamame stew w/brown rice

Dinners:
Cheeseburgers, asparagus, potato wedges (I was feeling very protein deficient last week, so my go-to for that is always cheeseburgers ... w/grass-fed beef of course.)
Chipotle bean burritos w/rice (a quick weekday meal)
Shepherd's Pie (I use this recipe as a base but dress it up a little bit.)

Snacks:
Peanut butter pretzel granola bars (I've been making granola bars at home a lot lately, this is a new recipe for me.)
Sour Cream Coffee Cake (I don't know if I'll actually make this. I've just got an urge to bake, but not enough time for something complicated. This looks like a good, easy option should I decide to do that.)

Food this week - 2.9.14-2.15.14

This week is a little different for a few reasons:
1.) I have a lot of work stuff going on where lunches are provided, so I don't need to make many this week.
2.) It's my birthday week so there are some birthday-related outings that include dinner.
3.) My Valentine's date includes a take-out dinner, so that's another evening off the list.
4.) There's a snow storm coming ... why does that matter? Well, despite buying all the ingredients for the food below, we're making a special trip out tonight for crap food to stock our house with: boxed mac and cheese, chicken for chicken tenders, etc. If we're gonna be snowed in, we want be indulgent about it.

On that note, on with the show ...

Lunches:
Simple -- the brown rice & lentil salad left over from last week & pasta w/some marinara sauce still left over from last week.

Dinners:
Curry Scallops and Cilantro citrus rice
Creamy roasted tomato soup
Pasta Fagioli

Valentine's Day:
Cherry-Limeade Sangria
Red Velvet Brownies

Food this week - 2.2.14-2.8.14

We're a tiny bit behind still, so again, only two lunches and two dinners...but they'll be good ones!

Lunches:
Fruit, Nut & Gorgonzola quinoa salad
Rice & Lentil Salad

Dinners:
(store bought) ravioli w/marinara
beef stroganoff

Dinner this week - 1.26.14-2.1.14

As has been the case each week this month, we're going into next week with one lunch & one dinner still left to make from last week.

Beyond those...

Lunch
Chipotle bean burritos
Pear & Goat Cheese salad (I will NOT be included the caramelized onions...)

Dinners
cheeseburgers w/asparagus gruyere tart
White bean & kielbasa stew

Food this week - 1.19.14-1.25.14

I keep doing this thing where I have food from the week before left over. So there are only two lunches and two dinners on the plan this week.

Lunches:
Southwestern Black Bean/Quinoa salad
Kale salad (w/apple & pomegranate)

Dinners:
Veggie Gumbo
Spinach & Gruyère Stuffed Tilapia

Food this week - 1.12.14-1.18.14

Better late then never...

Lunches
Still need to make the stir-fry from last week
Mediterranean quinoa salad
Also just doing some sandwiches...it's a busy week

Dinners
Still need to make the black bean soup from last week
Sweet & sticky baked chicken drumsticks
Baked tilapia curry

Food this week -- 1.6.14-1.11.14

Just back from a couple weeks on the road, visiting a lot of fun people in the southwest and west. Excited to be back cooking from home!

Lunches this week:
Barley & Bean salad
Veggie stir-fry (own recipe)

Dinners this week (all soup!):
Chicken tortilla soup
Smoky Lentil & Black Bean soup
Cream of mushroom & barley soup