Well it has arrived... the last FIVE day week of the school year! I'm glad I have five whole days of work because my to-do list of grading and exam week prep is very, very long. Another easy week of meals. I really am getting excited to have more time to cook. AND more seasonal produce to choose from! We planted our garden this weekend and I really hope everything survives!
Sunday: small group cookout at our house! We used our grill for the 1st and 2nd time today... chicken for lunch and burgers for dinner!
Monday: leftover burgers & pasta salad
Tuesday: homemade hamburger helper
Wednesday: black blean, zucchini & tomato quesadillas & Mexican rice
Thursday: gnocchi with parmesan peppercorn sauce (can't find the recipe... might have been one I made up in my mind and never wrote down...)
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: hoping for nice weather so we can grill out!!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Menu Plan Monday 5/16 (on Tuesday)
My meal plan has been set since Sunday... but it was a very busy Sunday & Monday, and last night, we decided to watch the last week's episode of The Office during the time in which I would usually update my blog. It was a good choice- FINALLY a funny episode. Speaking of The Office, here is an awesome re-interpretation of the painting"Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat (a French painter!) using the cast of The Office. Love it.
I am not really cooking much this week- we had all of my college housemates and their husbands at our house this weekend and I have leftovers. A lot of leftovers :)
Here's what we are eating this week:
Sunday: Tacos, Mexican Rice, corn & black bean salad (leftovers!)
Monday: Tacos, Mexican Rice, corn & black bean salad
Tuesday: Ravioli, salad, garlic bread
Wednesday: Quiche(leftover from the weekend), fruit
Thursday: I'm taking 40+ French club students to Bon Vie at Easton. Yikes. Please pray. If you live in Cbus, random French grammar fact... it should actually be called Bonne Vie, because vie, meaning "life," is a feminine noun, and adjective "good", which is bon, needs to agree with the gender of the noun it modifies. Oh how I love discussing French grammar :-)
Friday: pizza frozen from last Friday.
Saturday: hopefully using our grill for the first time... not sure what we will cook yet.
I am not really cooking much this week- we had all of my college housemates and their husbands at our house this weekend and I have leftovers. A lot of leftovers :)
Here's what we are eating this week:
Sunday: Tacos, Mexican Rice, corn & black bean salad (leftovers!)
Monday: Tacos, Mexican Rice, corn & black bean salad
Tuesday: Ravioli, salad, garlic bread
Wednesday: Quiche(leftover from the weekend), fruit
Thursday: I'm taking 40+ French club students to Bon Vie at Easton. Yikes. Please pray. If you live in Cbus, random French grammar fact... it should actually be called Bonne Vie, because vie, meaning "life," is a feminine noun, and adjective "good", which is bon, needs to agree with the gender of the noun it modifies. Oh how I love discussing French grammar :-)
Friday: pizza frozen from last Friday.
Saturday: hopefully using our grill for the first time... not sure what we will cook yet.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Menu Plan Monday 5/9
We FINALLY got some sunshine this weekend!! It was so nice to spend sometime outside yesterday afternoon. This week is super busy as I'm giving lots of quizzes and tests at school and will be getting ready for my housemates from college to come visit! Hopefully I can do some of my grading outside this week :-) Fun little culture tidbit- in France, they don't call French onion soup "French Onion Soup." It is simply called "Soupe à l'oignon"... soup with onion. Onions were on sale, and since it's still been rainy, I figured why not.Here's what's on the menu:
Sunday: Mother's Day Brunch: chicken & mushroom crepes, roasted asparagus with thyme, and crepes with strawberries for dessert. Dinner: Soupe à l'oignon
Monday: Toad in a hole/egg in a frame (whatever you want to call it) & fruit
Tuesday: Pasta Primavera (probably cutting back on the cream...), bread
Wednesday: Veggie burgers & leftover soupe à l'oignon
Thursday: Honey garlic pork chops & baked potatoes
Friday: homemade pizza using this crust recipe
Saturday: out with my college housemates & their husbands!!!
go to http://orgjunkie.com/2011/05/menu-plan-monday-may-9th.html for more menu-planning ideas!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Menu Plan Monday 5/2
How is it already May?!? 24 more days of school, followed by 3 days of giving exams and 1 day to submit grades and finish everything up for the year. Crazy.
This week's menu plan is inspired by Cinco de Mayo... Even though I teach French, Mexican and Tex-Mex are some of my all-time favorite cuisines. We are having a French club picnic tomorrow after school, so that should balance this week out a little more :-)
Sunday: whole wheat linguine with this sauce, salad & baguette
Monday: Chicken Sandwiches, onion barley casserole (you need to try barley if you haven't had it before... it's healthy and the texture is amazing) & peas
Tuesday: Sweet potato & black bean burritos, Mexican rice & pico de gallo
Wednesday: Chicken Cilantro Wonton(from Trader Joes) Soup & egg rolls (from TJs)
Thursday: Southwest Chicken salads with cilantro lime vinaigrette
Friday: pizza
Saturday: out??
For more menu planning ideas, go to http://orgjunkie.com/2011/05/menu-plan-monday-may-2-2011.html
This week's menu plan is inspired by Cinco de Mayo... Even though I teach French, Mexican and Tex-Mex are some of my all-time favorite cuisines. We are having a French club picnic tomorrow after school, so that should balance this week out a little more :-)
Sunday: whole wheat linguine with this sauce, salad & baguette
Monday: Chicken Sandwiches, onion barley casserole (you need to try barley if you haven't had it before... it's healthy and the texture is amazing) & peas
Tuesday: Sweet potato & black bean burritos, Mexican rice & pico de gallo
Wednesday: Chicken Cilantro Wonton(from Trader Joes) Soup & egg rolls (from TJs)
Thursday: Southwest Chicken salads with cilantro lime vinaigrette
Friday: pizza
Saturday: out??
For more menu planning ideas, go to http://orgjunkie.com/2011/05/menu-plan-monday-may-2-2011.html
Monday, April 25, 2011
Menu Plan Monday 4/25
Well, I successfully hosted my first holiday. My sister Laura flew in from Chicago on Saturday and my parents and Emily drove in on Sunday. We had a delicious brunch followed by a visit from the Easter Bunny. (Apparently it doesn't matter that we are all in our twenties...) THANK YOU EASTER BUNNY for your Starbucks coffee, Starbucks gift card, homemade bread & candy. You know me too well.
My Mom contributed the ham... and left most of it with us. I usually try to have at least 2-3 meatless meals a week, but the leftover ham needs to be used... so we will be pigging out this week..ha...ha... Seriously though, I really am creeped out by meat that looks like the animal, so at least with the ham it's only a portion of the pig. Also...at the holidays... I don't follow my "food rules," so there are definitely some things below that are not the norm on our menu.
Sunday: EASTER BRUNCH: Honeybaked ham, cheesy potatoes, roasted asparagus with thyme, fruit salad, sticky buns, carrot cake, sugar cookies frosted to look like Easter eggs and peanut butter fudge.
Monday: ham & vegetable soup, cornbread
Tuesday: ham & noodle casserole, green beans
Wednesday: breakfast burritos, hashbrowns, fruit
Thursday: TJs Chicken Sausages & TJs gorgonzola gnocchi
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: date night (using a gift card!)
Perhaps after this week, I will finally feel motivated to eat vegetarian meals all week...
My Mom contributed the ham... and left most of it with us. I usually try to have at least 2-3 meatless meals a week, but the leftover ham needs to be used... so we will be pigging out this week..ha...ha... Seriously though, I really am creeped out by meat that looks like the animal, so at least with the ham it's only a portion of the pig. Also...at the holidays... I don't follow my "food rules," so there are definitely some things below that are not the norm on our menu.
Sunday: EASTER BRUNCH: Honeybaked ham, cheesy potatoes, roasted asparagus with thyme, fruit salad, sticky buns, carrot cake, sugar cookies frosted to look like Easter eggs and peanut butter fudge.
Monday: ham & vegetable soup, cornbread
Tuesday: ham & noodle casserole, green beans
Wednesday: breakfast burritos, hashbrowns, fruit
Thursday: TJs Chicken Sausages & TJs gorgonzola gnocchi
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: date night (using a gift card!)
Perhaps after this week, I will finally feel motivated to eat vegetarian meals all week...
Monday, April 18, 2011
Menu Plan monday 4/18
SO excited this week is a 4 day week... and then a 4 day weekend... which means another 4 day week!! We are super busy this week, since we decided to celebrate the anniversary of our engagement (which is not something we typically do) on Wednesday, and we have stuff at church on Thurs and Fri... and Saturday my sister is flying in from Chicago, and then Sunday, we are hosting my family for Easter dinner!
Sunday: white chicken chili & cornbread... I threw leftover brown rice into it this time and it totally worked... I also omit either the jalapenos or the chilies and cut waaay back on the cayenne
Monday: veggie burgers & mac & cheese
Tuesday: Orecchiette with Italian sausage and broccoli (using broccoli b/c that's what I have on hand)
Wednesday: date at Northstar Cafe with Grant, celebrating our engagement 4 years ago :-) (side note: I LOVE Northstar, but this time, it was Grant's idea!! SO excited he loves it as much as I do!)
Thursday: Asparagus quiche (substituting asparagus for bacon in this recipe) hash browns & fruit
Friday: homemade Stromboli
Saturday: taking my sister out somewhere!!
Sunday: white chicken chili & cornbread... I threw leftover brown rice into it this time and it totally worked... I also omit either the jalapenos or the chilies and cut waaay back on the cayenne
Monday: veggie burgers & mac & cheese
Tuesday: Orecchiette with Italian sausage and broccoli (using broccoli b/c that's what I have on hand)
Wednesday: date at Northstar Cafe with Grant, celebrating our engagement 4 years ago :-) (side note: I LOVE Northstar, but this time, it was Grant's idea!! SO excited he loves it as much as I do!)
Thursday: Asparagus quiche (substituting asparagus for bacon in this recipe) hash browns & fruit
Friday: homemade Stromboli
Saturday: taking my sister out somewhere!!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Naplespalooza threeza!
This blog was initially intended to be about more than what I'm cooking each week... but the school year is BUSY... we ARE doing other things, but when we are away doing something fun, I spend most of the week catching up on school work. I'm going to attempt, throughout the next few weeks to write a few posts about some of our spring adventures!
At the beginning of March, we took a four-day trip to Naples, FL to visit Grant's parents, who have been living there all winter. This was our third visit to their second home- but the first one during the peak season... the past two years we have gone in July... The weather is definitely better in March! We took a VERY early morning flight on a Thursday and a VERY late flight back on a Sunday. Not only did we get to see his parents, but also Grant's sisters, our brother-in-law and our adorable nephews.
I am the palest one in the family, so I purchased a lovely hat from Target for a little protection from the sun... which everyone made fun of. They were just jealous of my style :-) I read the 4th book in the Twilight series... I started reading them because my students were all reading them... not as good as Harry Potter, but they were still entertaining. I don't "get" the whole deal with vampires though...
We had a short, but very sweet trip... went out to dinner a few times, played games and spent many hours in and lounging around the pool. It was definitely hard to return back to cold, snowy Ohio. Grant & I rarely think to take pictures together, so it's always nice to have a few updated photos of the two of us :-) And a HUGE thanks to Mimi & Papa for a great trip!!
At the beginning of March, we took a four-day trip to Naples, FL to visit Grant's parents, who have been living there all winter. This was our third visit to their second home- but the first one during the peak season... the past two years we have gone in July... The weather is definitely better in March! We took a VERY early morning flight on a Thursday and a VERY late flight back on a Sunday. Not only did we get to see his parents, but also Grant's sisters, our brother-in-law and our adorable nephews.
I am the palest one in the family, so I purchased a lovely hat from Target for a little protection from the sun... which everyone made fun of. They were just jealous of my style :-) I read the 4th book in the Twilight series... I started reading them because my students were all reading them... not as good as Harry Potter, but they were still entertaining. I don't "get" the whole deal with vampires though...
We had a short, but very sweet trip... went out to dinner a few times, played games and spent many hours in and lounging around the pool. It was definitely hard to return back to cold, snowy Ohio. Grant & I rarely think to take pictures together, so it's always nice to have a few updated photos of the two of us :-) And a HUGE thanks to Mimi & Papa for a great trip!!
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