What do you blog about when you don't feel like blogging and don't know what to blog about? Why a meal calendar of course. I have been bad about calendaring my meals lately. Every time I do a monthly meal calendar, I am always extremely grateful. Two reasons have prompted my reinterest in my monthly meal calendar. First, I know that we save lots of money on grocery bills and the ease of ending the what should I make for dinner syndrome is the greatest stress relief. I also just read the article in this month's Ensign about the Word of Wisdom and knew that I should be including more vegetarian meals into our diets. We have a delectable little fruit and vegetable market just over the bridge. It can be on Stephen's way home from work so he has been stopping there for the yummiest of produce. In fact, we made homemade salsa two nights in a row for dinner. The first night with chicken tacos and the second with chips and salsa accompanied by grilled corn because we just couldn't get enough of the deliciousness. I have also been using my crockpot alot lately since if I keep the stove off then we usually don't have to turn the ac on. The other great news is that Stephen has perfected his bread recipe so that it can be made on the grill. We love our grill! So~ here is the menu. I'd love to hear about some of your favorite late summer/fall dishes to add to the next one.
Week 1
-Pasta salad (parm cheese, tomatoes, and zuccini) with grilled bread
-fresh vegetable stir fry with homemade teryaki sauce
-pork roast in crockpot with fresh fruit salad
-steak sandwiches with carmelized onions & feta cheese accompanied by grilled corn on the cob
-chicken tortilla soup with fresh salsa
-pad thai
-black bean quesadillas with fresh guacamole (I just noticed 2 Mexican in one week~looks like I was cravings Mexican or maybe just the fresh salsa!)
Week 2
-apple cider porkchops with fresh snap peas
-BLT sandwiches with fresh fruit salad
-syrian kabobs (pita bread, yummy meat patties, with marinated cucumber and tomatoes)
-crockpot spinach lasagna (I've just heard about this, we'll see if it works) and salad
-vegetable curry and rice
-chicken tacos with fresh salsa
-BBQ pork sandwiches with veggies and dip
Week 3
-citrus steamed fish in parchment on the grill
-oriental salad (trying a new recipe from Pioneerwomancooks)
-grilled salmon with vegetable skewers
-taco salad
-chicken pillows with cucumber and tomato salad
-pasta with homemade basil and tomato sauce
-buffalo wings on the grill with salad
Week 4
-shrimp with orzo pasta (Thanks to Teresa this is now a favorite!~Basically sauteed shrimp with garlic, grape tomatoes, basil, and feta cheese over orzo)
-loaded nachos with fresh salsa
-chili-lime marinated chicken with grilled vegetables
-garlic green bean stir-fry
-penne pasta with sauteed zuccini and tomatoes
-grilled pizza with salad
-costco tri-tip on the grill with packets of grilled veggies and potatoes
6 comments:
Great IDEA! I totally understand not wanting to heat up your house, although even if I don't turn on my oven my AC has to be on!
Do you have your recipes email ready? because I want almost all of them!! I'm serious. And how do you do bread on the grill? Let me know!
What inspiration! Your meals sound delicious. I would love the recipes, too, if you have them. In any case you've given me some great meal ideas. I'm curious about what you do with left-overs. With our small family I usually only cook 4 or 5 meals a week and then we eat left-overs on the other nights. Do you not have left overs or just eat them for lunch? Any time I've actually tried to plan 7 meals a week (even 6) we end up with too much food or produce that gets spoiled before we can eat it. How do you avoid that?
Good for you! I can't even plan a week and stick to it!
Rebecca, these sound DIVINE. You are amazing! If you have time, I'd love it if you could post any of these recipes. Thank you for the ideas!
wow, you are totally inspirational. i started salivating at the mere mention of some of these delicious foods. i would also love any (and all) recipes you feel inclined to share...how do you eat it all? (echoing anna's sentiments...)
love, nora
Everything looks so good. This makes me want to try out some new recipes.
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