I like gazing at the daisies along the neighbor's fence in my backyard.....I planted a bunch of wildflower seeds and the daisies are especially pretty....so simple......
unlike my thought processes for dinner menus. I'm getting kind of tired of cooking dinner every night...you know?? If I was single, I'd probably live on salad, fruit and bread. Seriously. It's no longer simple...and I'd rather be sitting on my deck reading my book.
But....with a husband, college girl and teen girl, I have to have dinner planned. The teen does about 3 ballet classes a week...this week she has 4....and she burns through calories like crazy and is always hungry!
The college girl has weird work hours this summer...sometimes she needs to eat dinner at 3 in the afternoon and sometimes she doesn't get it until 9:30 pm...it makes life interesting in my kitchen.
And on hiking or kayaking days, if we don't go out for a meal afterwards, I need to come home and prepare something for my husband and I...or let the crockpot do the work (which I enjoy!).
So...I decided Sunday afternoons, like today when it is raining, will be a good time to go through my recipes and begin to make a weekly dinner plan like I used to do.
SUNDAY: Claire has a Youth Group Summer Party thing at church so the rest of us are going out to Panera's for a late dinner.
MONDAY: Rigatoni with Meat Sauce; Spinach Salad; Fresh Fruit Platter
TUESDAY: Grilled Salmon; Garlic and Basil Cous-Cous; 3 Bean Salad; Brownie Sundaes
WEDNESDAY: Grilled BBQ Chicken; Panzanella Salad; Steamed Mix Veggies (left over cous cous for the girls as they don't care for panzanella); Melon Salad
THURSDAY: BLT Wraps; Tortilla Chips; Berries and cool whip (real bacon for everyone.....except me....I will only eat turkey bacon)
FRIDAY: Chef Salad; Garlic Bread; out for frozen yogurt and a possible game of mini golf.
SATURDAY: Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes; raw Veggie platter; ice cream/almond ice cream
and tomorrow I need to stock up my kitchen and fridge!!
I had a relative ask me once why I bother posting a menu for our family....who cares? well, this blog is also a journal so I can refer back to it and not waste paper!!
What kinds of foods are YOU cooking up this week??
3 comments:
Your meals sound delicious, Faith! I love making almond ice cream! It is so yummy.
I'm not familiar with Panzanella Salad...sounds interesting.
What great meals! Joe has been cooking (heh, I just don't cook often) and he has been making very healthy meals and altogether we've just been eating healthier :)
Looks like a perfect summer menu to me. ;)
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