Me and my travelin' man are back in the big smoke. I'll tell you more about our great trip this week but first thing's first.... It's Sunday so we need to plan out a menu for this week! I promised some new recipes so my mom and I got to work and here we go...
Monday - Steak and baked potatoes - Boneless rib steak seems to be on sale at a lot of places so get that and prepare with a package of onion soup mix, 1/4 cup water and cover with tinfoil for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Serve with spinach (or another fave green) and baked potatoes which can be prepared by poking holes with fork in potatoes and microwaving for 20 minutes.
Tuesday - Lemon chicken and honey carrots - marinate chicken legs (I saw some last week in Wpg at Superstore for $.99/lb) in juice of 2 lemons, 2 garlic cloves crushed and 1/4 cup evoo for an hour and then grill on bbq. Chop up carrots and boil in saucepan for about 10 minutes, drain. In skillet melt 3 tbls butter and add 2 tbls honey. Add sliced carrots and cook over low heat until carrots are glazed. Serve with whole wheat couscous as per instructions on box.
Wednesday - Vegetarian soba noodle stir fry and dumplings - prepare soba noodles as per package, stir fry with whatever vegetables you like (suggested: green onions, celery red pepper) with 1 tbls grated ginger, 1/4 low sodium soy sauce/tamari, 3 tbls rice wine vinegar, add firm tofu cubes chopped and stir until tofu and veggies are marinated. Serve with store-bought dumplings and prepare as per package.
Thursday - Order in/Eat Out
Friday - Flatbread Pizza and Salad - Layer fresh grated mozzarella cheese, with sliced tomatoes, fresh basil and dollops of Camembert or brie cheese between 2 tortillas, brush with evoo and grill or put in oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve with salad.
Saturday - Honey Mustard Pork Chops & Corn on the Cob - simmer 4 tsp honey over low heat and stir in 1/4 c Dijon mustard and 1 tsp of wine or wine vinegar. Cool to room temperature and then marinate pork chops with marinade in sealable plastic bag for at least 1 hour. Broil marinaded chops for 6-7mins/side. Serve with corn on the cob and brown rice.
Sunday - Cheese Manicotti & Light Ceasar Salad - combine 1 package of ricotta cheese, 1 cup shredded mozza, 1 cup of grated Parmesan with 1 egg white and package of defrosted frozen spinach. Stuff cheese mixture in oven ready manicotti noodles (trick to stuffing noodles - use handle side of spoon). For Caesar Salad dressing combine the following in a small bowl:
1/2 cup lf buttermilk
2 tbls lf sour cream
2 tbls grated parmesan
1 tbls anchovy paste
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/d tsp pepper
Pour dressing over romaine lettuce and cherry tomatoes.
Grocery list:
2 boneless rib steaks
Onion soup mix
2 baked potatoes
Fresh spinach
package of chicken legs
2 lemons
garlic
1 package of carrots
package of couscous
honey
1 package of soba noodles
firm tofu
green onions
celery
red pepper
frozen dumplings
ginger
tortillas
2 mozza balls
fresh basil (get on day of)
4 tomoatoes (vine ripened or roma)
Camembert/brie cheese
bag of salad
1 package of bone-in pork chops
corn on the cob
oven ready manicotti noodles
anchovy paste
small container of buttermilk
1 package lf ricotta cheese
parmesan cheese
1 package frozen spinach
eggs
Romaine lettuce
1 package of cherry tomatoes
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