I think this might be a Monday thing to ask, but I always meal plan on Sunday's. I can't think of one thing to make this week. I feel like I've been making a lot of the same recipes. Anyone want to share what they have on the menu? Link to recipe and I'll give you a gold star!
Not creative, but I love a good ground turkey lasagna. I usually do something along these lines, but with a bit more of both the filling types and red pepper flakes. I also chop the spinach so it isn't stringy. I always end up leaving it in for way longer than 25 minutes. I'm bad at timing all the ingredients and they get cold. And no nutmeg, because I have no idea what that would do to the flavor so I just leave it out. allrecipes.com/recipe/213655/delicious-spinach-and-turkey-lasagna/ This is great for people like me who are terrible cooks and don't mind eating the same thing for lunch every day. Easy and large.
Post by frecklesnbrains on Nov 1, 2015 18:36:03 GMT -5
Tonight I'm making roasted mixed vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, kohlrabi, turnips, carrots) with garlic, feta cheese, lemon, olive oil, and parsley. With a side of sautéed kale.
Tomorrow I'm working, which means cafeteria food
Tuesday will be squash soup, bread, and salad
Wednesday is pork chops and cabbage
I totally just made this all up off the top of my head based on what I know I have in the house right now. I actually can't recipe plan more than about 2 hours ahead right now because of ms and good aversions. But I tried
Post by dontstopbelievin on Nov 1, 2015 18:51:01 GMT -5
If this week goes anything like last week, it will be something along the lines of cereal, crackers and cheese, Panera, pancakes, veggies sandwich from jersey mike's. Sorry, im no help. I'll be a good participant once all of these food aversions wear off.
Tonight I'm making roasted mixed vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, kohlrabi, turnips, carrots) with garlic, feta cheese, lemon, olive oil, and parsley. With a side of sautéed kale.
Tomorrow I'm working, which means cafeteria food
Tuesday will be squash soup, bread, and salad
Wednesday is pork chops and cabbage
I totally just made this all up off the top of my head based on what I know I have in the house right now. I actually can't recipe plan more than about 2 hours ahead right now because of ms and good aversions. But I tried
How long do you roast your kohlrabi? I've tried making it twice and it's always the texture of wood. Am I not cooking it long enough? From the taste when it's raw, I think it's something I would really like.
I'm due for another lasagna night. I usually make three and freeze two. I was also thinking of stroganoff and some crockpot chicken this week. Not sure what recipe yet.
Post by ohiorideresq on Nov 1, 2015 19:30:03 GMT -5
I have no idea what we'll be having for dinner this week since food is not my friend right now, water is the devil, and I'm getting reacquainted with my toilet. I don't even want to think about food. If I leave dinner up to DH, though, it will be alternating nights of pizza and spaghetti.
I was going to give you some ideas, but I just can't. Maybe next week.
This week we're doing Sausages and salad Butter chicken and rice (jarred sauce, too lazy for scratch these days) Beef stew (hoping to last 2 days worth) Stuffed peppers (I'll post the recipe I use in a minute) which may also last two days depending on DHs appetite.
Here's the stuffed pepper recipe I really like - we use quinoa instead of rice most often I also sometimes add more veggies in (celery, zucchini when we had a bunch)
Oh we were also given an acorn squash, so I might do that with just some roasted chicken breasts since I have a bunch in the freezer if my meals don't make the full week.
Tonight I'm making roasted mixed vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, kohlrabi, turnips, carrots) with garlic, feta cheese, lemon, olive oil, and parsley. With a side of sautéed kale.
Tomorrow I'm working, which means cafeteria food
Tuesday will be squash soup, bread, and salad
Wednesday is pork chops and cabbage
I totally just made this all up off the top of my head based on what I know I have in the house right now. I actually can't recipe plan more than about 2 hours ahead right now because of ms and good aversions. But I tried
How long do you roast your kohlrabi? I've tried making it twice and it's always the texture of wood. Am I not cooking it long enough? From the taste when it's raw, I think it's something I would really like.
The texture is tricky - I find it's really important to cut out as much of the "tough" areas before roasting, but in general it needs a long time. Tonight I roasted for 45 min at 425 degrees. But I threw out almost half the bulb when I was cutting it up in order to just keep the tender parts. It probably wouldn't normally be worth the bother, but I got a bulb as part of our farm share so it needed to get eaten!
I usually meal plan, but with my DH gone and me feeling nauseous-I haven't at all! In too nervous to cook meat without throwing up or that something that sounds good one day will make me sick when it's time to eat it. Hasn't been good for our first month living off of one income budget!
I usually meal plan, but with my DH gone and me feeling nauseous-I haven't at all! In too nervous to cook meat without throwing up or that something that sounds good one day will make me sick when it's time to eat it. Hasn't been good for our first month living off of one income budget!
If DH were gone I'd be eating apples and cheddar cheese for dinner every night. Seems to be the only thing that sounds good. Meal planning is so hard when you don't have an appetite!
Post by kittenslove on Nov 2, 2015 10:46:01 GMT -5
monday: (crock pot day) cranberry chicken, mashed potatoes, roasted broccoli, arugula salad tuesday: cauliflower soup, Cesar salad, homemade bread wednesday: veggie soup (Crock pot) and "grilled cheese" with the leftover bread thursday: my late night at school, hubby will cook friday: arugula salad, veggie stir-fry, rice saturday: we are going out to eat with friends sunday: some sort of salad and leftover fried mess. Usually I take the leftover veggies and rice, add some tofu, soy sauce, agave and ginger and make "fried rice". I take whatever fresh veggies we have going bad, cut them up small, and use a sesame ginger dressing on them
monday: (crock pot day) cranberry chicken, mashed potatoes, roasted broccoli, arugula salad tuesday: cauliflower soup, Cesar salad, homemade bread wednesday: veggie soup (Crock pot) and "grilled cheese" with the leftover bread thursday: my late night at school, hubby will cook friday: arugula salad, veggie stir-fry, rice saturday: we are going out to eat with friends sunday: some sort of salad and leftover fried mess. Usually I take the leftover veggies and rice, add some tofu, soy sauce, agave and ginger and make "fried rice". I take whatever fresh veggies we have going bad, cut them up small, and use a sesame ginger dressing on them
I've totally messed up this week too already. We had spinach chicken last night and I started a pot roast this morning. Meat before noon probably won't happen until June, 2016 as it was not a pleasant experience. I will then use the leftover roast for stroganoff and I did buy stuff to make lasagna, so hopefully someday I'll get to that too. Thankfully DS likes to help me cook, so he'll really enjoy the lasagna when we do make it. But, I have no freezer room at the moment, so I may need to plan a little better.
I'm spending a week with my parents right now while my DH is away for a month for work, but my Mom made me 7 freezer meals before we left my house to fly up to her house. So sweet of her. I don't think I'll be able to eat any of it (that contains meat) until I get over the nausea, but so nice to have some delicious meals already prepped in the freezer. When I had my DS, she also stocked our freezer then.
I'm spending a week with my parents right now while my DH is away for a month for work, but my Mom made me 7 freezer meals before we left my house to fly up to her house. So sweet of her. I don't think I'll be able to eat any of it (that contains meat) until I get over the nausea, but so nice to have some delicious meals already prepped in the freezer. When I had my DS, she also stocked our freezer then.
I love freezer meals. I've really only had luck with lasagna and enchiladas but love them!
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