Food this week, the post Thanksgiving cleanse edition

We'll be doing mostly veggie-based food this week.

Lunches:
Rice & Lentil Salad
Pasta Primavera (own recipe)
Corn, Crab, Avocado salad

Dinner:
Pizza (didn't make it a week or so back when I wanted to)
Tamale Shepherd's Pie
Spicy Chickpea Lentil stew

Food this week -- The Thanksgiving 2013 edition

It's Thanksgiving week, so we'll spend our first couple days eating pretty easy meals, then (hopefully) eating Thanksgiving leftover for the remainder of the week! W00T! No complaints here.

So for our normal (read: non-Thanksgiving) days, we'll be doing corn & potato chowder and pizza (homemade of course!).

As for Thanksgiving we have some big plans...

Breakfast: Apple cider donut muffins

Lunch/Dinner:

Bay Spiced roast turkey with celery root gravy
Crabcake stuffing
Maple Dijon brussel sprouts
Pomegranate glazed carrots
Cranberry pear compote
Cream biscuits

And, my favorite dessert to make and consume: Caramel apple cheesecake bars. (And I'm going to try making homemade vanilla ice cream, just for fun.)

Enjoy your holiday!

Food this week - 11.10.13-11.16.13

Dinners:

Spicy chili mac

Smoky Corn chowder

Chana Masala

Lunches:

Tomato Cucumber Barley salad

Corn, avocado & tomato salad

And a day off from work warrants some extras:

Granola bars

Apple cider donut muffins

Food this week - 10.27.13-11.2.13

So...the last you heard from me was two weeks ago...during that week I made a large slow cooker batch of Chicken taco bowls and it lasted pretty much the entire week. Thus, last week I had to use up a lot of the food I bought for the week prior...BUT...half way through the week I came down with a cold and transitioned to a diet of toast, orange juice and canned soup. In other words, I STILL have not finished my meal plan from two weeks ago. All I have left to make is the eggplant and luckily they're still good, so no wasted food.

For the remainder of the week we'll be doing...

My own version of this southwestern salad, as well as mexican roasted chickpea and quinoa salad for lunches.

For dinners, we've got Balsamic roasted chicken, and 8-layer taco salad.

I've also got stuff to make pizza later in the week if necessary. :)

Food this week - 10.14.13-10.20.13

Dinners:
Taco Chicken Bowls (slow cooker)
Eggplant Rollatini
Pasta Fagioli (because it's finally fall, which means SOUP WEATHER!)

Lunches:
Warm tortellini & cherry tomato salad
Qunioa & Apple honey curry salad

Extras...
Because I have a day off from work today, I bought some stuff to do some extra cooking.

On the docket:
Apple Cider Donut muffins
Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Cake
Black Bean Quesadillas

Food this week - 9.6.13-9.12.13

Hello. I didn't post last week because I had work events nearly every night of the week which kept me well fed. But those days are behind us, so I'm back to lunch and dinner making.

This week, our dinners will be fairly simple, as we have a few outings planned.

Dinners:
Cheeseburgers w/corn on the cob, and seasoned roasted broccoli (all farmer's market buys)
Bean & Cheese enchiladas w/brown rice and simple salad (i.e. -- salad mix & cherry tomatoes, also farmer's market purchases)
Hawaiian-Style sloppy joes w/simple salad

Lunches:
leftover lentil soup I made yesterday which is slightly based on this recipe
Egyptian Edamame Stew
Arugula, Peach & Cheddar salad

Food this week - 9.22.13-9.27.13

I'm only planning Monday-Friday meals this week, because we have a pretty packed weekend coming up. We didn't get to the Shepard's pie or the roasted vegetable salad from last week yet, so those are up first. After that...

Dinners
Broccoli w/Chicken
Crab Chowder

Lunches
Tomato Cucumber Barley salad
Pasta salad w/roasted vegetables (my recipe)

Food this week - 9.15.13-9.21.13

This past week was J's birthday, which we celebrated out and about, so this evening, we had his at-home birthday dinner.

Indeed it was an exact replica of last year's birthday dinner. He loved it so much last year, he requested it just always be his birthday dinner.

I made this lobster tail recipe, along with parmesan and garlic chili oil grilled zucchini, and corn on the cob.

The remainder of this week's food is as follows...

Dinner:
Shrimp soft tacos
Roasted tomato/basil soup & grilled cheese (it's tomato season after all, what better recipe to enjoy the "farmer's market  bounty")
Shepherd's pie

Lunch:
Quinoa and apple salad with honey curry dressing
Roasted vegetable salad w/goat cheese

Food this week - 8.11.13-8.17.13

I've been really horrible at updating here lately. I turned in my master's thesis this past week, so things finally feel as if they're calming down. Perhaps I will now be a bit more consistent in my posting.
Sadly, this week, many of the foods we'll be enjoying do not have recipes, but I'll share what I can...
For dinner this week, we'll be having:
Crabcakes -- no recipe, we buy them from the fish dude at the farmer's market and they are aMAHzing.
Pizza -- I use a frozen crust (Real NY Pizza Dough), this sauce, and then top with chopped spinach, artichokes, sliced tomatoes, black olives, and feta.
Lentil Soup -- weird choice for a very warm and humid summer, but I have a lot of lentils sitting in my cabinet waiting to be used.

For lunches this week we'll be having:
Romaine salad w/green and red peppers, tomatoes, black beans and corn.
Blender Gazpacho made with this bread.
Pasta salad of my own recipe -- includes roasted yellow & red peppers, broccoli and tomatoes.
Burrito salad using my own guac recipe

I think that's it for this week. I will try to be more diligent next week!

Food this week (7.14.13-7.20.13)...and last

There is a lot of scrambling going on in my life at  the moment...trying to get a thesis project done so I can start living my life again...a couple major projects at work. Needless to say, last week's menu did not get posted. So, for posterity's sake, I'll throw it in here.
Enjoy your week. Stay sane.

This week, lunches:
Leftovers of pinto bean stew (see below)
Pasta salad (my own recipe)
Spinach Quinoa Salad (with roasted grapes and pears)

Dinners:
Sweet and Smokey Barbeque Shrimp
Honey Sesame Chicken
Penne w/Roasted asparagus and balsamic buter

As for last week...lunches included:
Leftovers from Summer Vegetable Stew
Curried Zucchini Couscous

Dinners:
Scallop and Pepper Tacos
8-layer taco salad
Slow-cooker Pinto Bean Stew

Food this week - 6.30.13-7.6.13

We were away last week and still have some un-cooked food for the week coming up.

Lunches will include:

Quinoa Apple Salad w/Curry Dressing

Curried Zucchini & Couscous

Dinners:

Grilled Mahi-Mahi & Asparagus w/Lemon butter

Skillet hash with Spinach

Summer vegetable stew

And we may (indoor) grill some burgers on the fourth of July...and if I'm feeling SUPER motivated, I may just make Eating Well's Flag Cake.

Food this week - 6.9.13-6.14.13

Lunch Salads:

Roasted strawberry, asparagus and quinoa salad

Egyptian edamame stew

Pasta salad (own recipe)

Dinners:

Beef & Asparagus Negimaki rolls

Smoky black bean and turkey chili

Grilled portobellos from last week that we have not gotten around to making yet...

Food this week - 6.2.13-6.8.13

It's been nearly a month since I last posted! Things got a little hectic here with school work, a graduation, and a quick trip to Phoenix. I'm back for a few weeks before a work trip. Here's what we're eating this week. Note: I recently subscribed to Eating Well magazine, so a number of these recipes come from that.

Lunch salads:

Spinach Salad with Avocado Ranch Dressing

Black Bean-Quinoa salad w/basil lemon dressing

Quinoa and Apple Salad with curry dressing

Dinners:

cheeseburgers

veggie stir-fry (I use this teriyaki sauce)

Mirin Poached Salmon

Grilled Portobellos with Chopped Salad

Food this week - 5.5.13-5.10.13

Due to an illness last week, we're still working through some of last week's recipes. To which we will add:

Fish & Literally Chips

Roasted chicken drumsticks & potatoes w/Mojo sauce

And we'll be making a mango/lime sorbet at some point...still researching that one!

Also, want to post this recipe I just found. Normally I would pin such things, but it does not have an image. At least if it's here, I'll know where to find it!

Orzo salad w/chickpeas and artichoke hearts

Food this week - 4.28.13-5.4.13

Avocado crab chowder

Egyptian edamame stew

Three bean chili

Buffalo sloppy joes

Food this week - 3.24.13-3.30.13

Dinners, salads, and snacks this week...

Chana Masala

Hoisin-glazed salmon burgers w/this zucchini

Red lentil Mexican soup

Chocolate chip granola bars

Food this week - 3.17.13-3.23.13

I was out of town for some of last week, so a lot of my 'meals' came from restaurants...when I got back to town we ate a lot of leftovers from the previous week.

Here's what's on the docket this week...

Broiled Salmon w/herb mustard glaze

Tortellini soup with beans and chard

Dal Nirvana

Spinach quinoa salad with grapes, pears & almonds

Lentils with brown rice and feta

Food this week - 3.3.13-3.9.13

We'll be making some repeats from recent weeks.

The lentil soup and tortellini salad from last week will be revisited. In addition, we'll be making our homemade guac, salsa and hummus (see previous weeks).

As for additional dinners we've got:

Linguini with Spicy Shrimp

and

Shepherd's pie that combines that recipe with this one and these mashed potatoes.

Additional lunches:

Mediterranean orzo salad

Edamame Stew


AND - we'll be christening our ice cream maker by trying out this pink grapefruit sorbet recipe.

Lunches & Dinners this week - 2.24.13-3.2.13

Lentil Vegetable Soup

Panko Crusted Cod

Warm Tortellini salad

We'll also make barbecued chicken, for which there is no recipe, the Greek orzo salad from last week (it's good!), a green salad, hummus and guac!

Lunch & Dinner this week - 2.18.13-2.24.13

Pasta and White Beans w/garlic & rosemary oil

Egyptian Edamame Stew

Chili Mac

Mediterranean orzo salad

I'm also going to experiment with making some lower fat ranch dressing using this recipe and some of the suggestions from the commenters.

Lunch/Dinner - 2.10.13-2.16.13

Things have changed around here. We've begun making only 3-4 dinners per week, and eating leftovers certain nights...AND we've begun making salads for lunches...So here are our lunches and dinners this week...

Chicken tortilla soup

Broiled salmon with herbed mustard glaze (and this spinach as a side)

Chipotle bean burritos

Quinoa and Apple salad w/honey curry dressing

Corn, avocado and tomato salad

Hummus

Tomato salsa, loosely based on this.

Dinner this week - 1.27.13-2.1.13

We're trying something new this week...Instead of bringing leftovers to work for lunch, we're bringing salads. And instead of making six or seven dinners this week, we're making five and having a couple days of eating leftovers. Here's what we've got:

Tilapia Masala

Garlic Turkey Stir Fry

Stuffed Yellow Peppers

Smoky Corn Chowder

Chipotle Bean Burritos w/this guac

As for salads, here's one:

Mexican Roasted Chick Peas and quinoa

Dinner this week - 1.13.13-1.18.13

Spinach & Feta Quinoa salad

Vegetarian stuffed peppers based on this and this.

Baked salmon

Penne with Roasted Asparagus and Balsamic Butter

Spaghetti and Meatballs (my recipe)

Meatball pizza w/leftovers