Meal Plan: December 29 - January 3

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.  This week is all about recuperating and enjoying the girls break from school and dance. AND celebrating the New Year!

Sunday - Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage

1 lb box of ziti noodles
16 oz of the Homemade Sauce we made for Christmas Eve
3 cups of shredded pizza cheese (mozzarella and provolone)
1 cup of shredded Parmesan

1/2 pound Italian Sausage

Quick Tip: Buy precooked sausage prepared by the grocery store.  Wegmans sells it in the prepared foods section with the pizza toppings.  It was half the cost and it was already cooked so meal prep was faster.

Monday - Leftovers from Saturday

Tuesday - Walking Tacos

Recipe from  Dine and Dish

Took me a few times to come up with using a bowl to help me add all the ingredients to the bags.

Wednesday - New Years Eve Party!

What is your favorite appetizer?

Thursday - Dinner with Friends; Watching Football  - Crusties (Pizza Rolls)

These were a favorite on my college campus.  The restaurant that sold them as since closed but the recipe is on Facebook.  

Friday - Lo Mein and Egg Rolls

Do pork egg rolls count as pork a sauerkraut?  What is your traditional New Years meal?  

Recipe from Wegmans

Saturday - BBQ Chicken Pizzas

Recipe from Cooking Light

Family Dinner Meal Plan: August 17 - August 23

My mom is in town to help us with our day care needs.  School starts in one week and camps ended last week.  Amazingly our calendar is pretty clear this week.  Maybe I shouldn't put that out there.  Looking forward to spending the week with the girls before they head back to school.  They are getting excited.  They organized their backpacks today!

Sunday: Leftover tailgate Fried Chicken with Doctored Store Bought Mashed Potato and Corn on the grill.

Monday: State Dinner - Cedar Plank Salmon, Asparagus and Rice Pilaf

Tuesday: Black Bean and Beef Taco Tuesday 

Adapted from Dine and Dish Walking Tacos.
1 pound lean ground beef, crumbled, browned and fat drained
1 package taco seasoning
3 Tbs water
1 can Black Beans, drained

With your browned grown beef still in the skillet, add the Bush’s black beans, 3 Tbs of water and your taco seasoning. Heat through.

Wednesday: French Toast and Sausage

Thursday: Beer can chicken

Friday: Vegetable Lo Mein
Recipe from Wegmans

You can add teriyaki chicken too.

 

Ingredients 

1 pkg (21.15 oz) Asian Classics Lo Mein Noodles (Frozen Foods), prepared per pkg directions

2 Tbsp Wegmans Vegetable Oil
1 small onion, peeled, thinly sliced
1 pkg (12 oz) Food You Feel Good About Cleaned & Cut Asian Slaw
1/2 cup Asian Classics Stir-Fry Sauce (International Foods)

Directions

1. Drizzle oil around sides of stir-fry pan; tilt pan to distribute evenly. Heat oil in pan on HIGH until oil faintly smokes. (If oil smokes too much, pan is too hot.)
    
2. Add onion. Stir and toss, 2-3 min, until onions are soft. Add slaw; stir and toss 2 min. Add noodles and stir-fry sauce. Stir briefly, 1-2 min, to heat through.

Saturday:  Celebrating a good friend's engagement! I was planning on bringing a dish known as Funeral Potatoes.  Perhaps that is a bad idea.  Though, I also know this recipe as Harvest Potatoes.  That sounds a lot better, right?!