That being said - this is a nitty gritty list, so that I can entrust my Hubby and daughter
Hope you all (all 2 that read this haha) have a lovely crisp fall week.
xoxo,
Meg
WEEK OF MEALS:
(If you see a link, click for the recipe... if not, scroll down for mine):
- Sunday Soup Night - Simple Shrimp with pasta & salad and sauteed delicata squash
- Monday - Red Beans and Rice
- Tackle the Tuesday - Chicken bell pepper nachos
- Make it over the Hump Wednesday - Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Thursday - Out of time!
- Friday in the Crock - Out of time!
- Jar Salad - Nada this week.
- FAVORITE - 15 year old - Jake Andraka literally used Google and Wikipedia to create a 3 cent early cancer detection test - What a rock star... I also love his message at the end. Here's his Video
RECIPES/NOTES:
Simple Shrimp Pasta - Olive oil, garlic, onions and shrimp sauteed with lemon juice squeezed over the top... Eat with linguine.
Delicata - the skin is thin enough you can slice and eat as well. In another saute pan, slicing and sauteeing in olive oil... adding sea salt & msg free Johnny's :).
Stuffed Acorn Squash - Sauteeing italian sausage, adding kale, and other mixed veggies, mushrooms etc.. stuff squash and roast at 400 for an hour.
Simple Shrimp Pasta - Olive oil, garlic, onions and shrimp sauteed with lemon juice squeezed over the top... Eat with linguine.
Delicata - the skin is thin enough you can slice and eat as well. In another saute pan, slicing and sauteeing in olive oil... adding sea salt & msg free Johnny's :).
Stuffed Acorn Squash - Sauteeing italian sausage, adding kale, and other mixed veggies, mushrooms etc.. stuff squash and roast at 400 for an hour.
- Clean & Chop weekly veggie picks - Carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, Mushrooms - Chop for snacks and the no-whining before dinner bowl, as well as any other veggies needed for the week. (Except onions... only chop your onions before making a meal)
- Grill Chicken (Olive Oil, sea salt, bbq until lovely) - Chop after cooled - Using for dinners during the week. *Seasoning some of the chicken for the Ancho chicken tacos
- Quinoa - Cook 2 cups of quinoa (bulk @ Winco) in chicken or veggie broth. - Use it in jar salads, heat up for breakfast.. .eat with salsa & fried or hardboiled egg / or chop up an avocado with fried egg & quinoa...
- Jar Salad- Nada -
- Other -
Produce -
- Bag of avocados (4 or 5)
- Bag of carrots - 2lb bag
- Cauliflower!
- Bag of onions
- Bag of Potatoes (Recently fallen in love with golds... so tasty)
- Broccoli
- Grape Tomatoes
- Mixed Greens
- Spinach/Kale
- Mango (my kids are mango crazy right now)
- Apples
- 2 limes
- 2 lemons
- Cilantro
- 2 bunches Scallions
- 8oz of mushrooms
- Bell peppers
- Bag of mini peppers
- Garlic
- Walnuts
- Almonds
- Panko
- 2 loaves Dave's
- SinDawg
- Corn Tortillas
Protein -
- Chicken Tenders & breasts (Loving Freddy's organic poultry - sometimes find it on sale!)
- Turkey Lunchmeat
- New York & Co. Italian Sausage
Freezer -
Dried Goods -
- Almond Milk - Sweet & UnSweet
- Crackers - Triscuits
- Rice (dn)
- Cereal.. Winco has Organic/GMO free Panda Puffs etc.. 10g of sugar or less -works for me & the kids think they're getting a treat
- Snacks from natural food section (Crackers/Veggie Chips), tortilla chips
- 1 28 ounce can tomatoes (not drained)
- 2 15 ounce can black beans
- 2 cans chick peas
- 2 32oz containers Chicken broth
- can black olives
- Nutritional Yeast
Dairy -
- Parmesan
- Small carton milk
- Cheddar block
- Monterey jack/blend shredded cheese
(dn - don't need, but want to store on list for using this menu later!)