Meal Plan Monday 11/28

[oldbaylover1024]

Thanksgiving is over and now it's time to get back to 'real' meal planning. What's on the menu? How do you plan to reinvent those leftovers?

[oldbaylover1024]

Sun - Chinese takeout because after two Thanksgivings we needed a break.

Mon - Leftovers

Tues - Breakfast for dinner ~ spiced apple pancakes with sausage or bacon and fruit. I'll probably have cranberry sauce on my pancakes. Because leftovers. ETA: I may also make potato pancakes. Because leftovers. Ugh.

Wed - Turkey melts or Bobby sliders on rolls with whatever sides are left.

Thu - Turkey soup or some sort of turkey pasta. I'm not sure yet.

Fri - Probably pizza or something.

Sat - MH's birthday and he's requested sausage stuffed peppers with salad. No word on the desired cake/dessert.

[oldbaylover1024]

@enchanted - I plan to throw a soup together this week, too. My SIL scooped the carcass and leg bones up so fast I wasn't able to get any! She even took the bag from inside the bird to make a red sauce, which she'll freeze and store. The woman has three boys under the age of 10... I seriously don't know when she finds the time to do all this stuff!

ETA: And it was a 25 lb. bird. She could have shared the wealth LOL!


I'm also making these cranberry-carrot muffins. They're good with sweet potato instead of carrot as well. Great use of the homemade cranberry sauce (that only I eat) and glazed carrots I have, and they're pretty good for breakfast.

[eliz77]

Sunday: Finally the last Thanksgiving meal (we had 3)...H smoked a turkey and all the sides were leftovers from Thursday (cranberry sauce, corn souffle and candied sweet potatoes).

Monday: I wasn't hungry and didn't feel like cooking so H and LO had hot dogs.

Tuesday: Penne with eggplant and mozzarella cheese melted over.

Wednesday: If I can find wonton wraps...fried Thanksgiving egg rolls...if I cannot find them, paninis with Thanksgiving leftovers.

Thursday: My late day at work so frozen manicotti and garlic bread.

Friday: Chicken Lombardy

Saturday: LO's (kids) birthday party!!! Pizza and cake.

Sunday: Grandparents and Godparents over for LO's birthday...toss up between lasagna and H smoking ribs/pulled pork (prob will smoke and I'll make a small pan of lasagna for those not interested in BBQ).