Menu Monday

The problem with spending $35 on groceries several weeks in a row is that eventually you run out of everything you need to make a decent meal (yes there was still food in my cupboards, but I would have had to make a list and asked you to come up with my meals because I have no idea what I would have made). So this week, $147 dollars later I was able to put together several meals and have some extra items in the freezer and pantry for when I can't get it up enough to cook. I also had to spend $80 at BJs for meat, apple juice and diapers but that got me 12 meals of meat (chicken, ground beef and pork chops) 2 gallons of apple juice (ick) and 264 diapers. So I think that's a win.

Last week's menu:
Monday: Pesto salmon and dried fruit couscous (oven, not grilled - I was out of cedar planks)
Tuesday: roasted vegetable minestrone - awesome
Wednesday: Wine. Red wine. Much needed, not enough of it (water main break)
Thursday: stuffed shells (fantastic, thanks MamaFuss!)
Friday: date night at Maggiano's - bottle of wine, fried zucchini, rigatoni D, banana pound cake, coffee ... yeah, I didn't lose weight this week either.
Saturday: Red Robin - we were supposed to go for a family member's birthday, but he didn't end up coming and we all decided to go anyhow. Guacamole Bacon burger - yummy!
Sunday: falafel - it was delicious! The recipe made an insane amount of them, but I took half the leftovers to the wife of the family member who bowed out of said birthday dinner, as she is a huge falafel fan. I also made homemade tahini sauce (hubby didn't like, but I loved) and some tzaziki sauce, and got a cilantro and thyme flatbread from Target to stand-in for pita. Seriously tasty.

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This week:
Monday: Plum-spiced chicken with roasted zucchini
Tuesday: Stuffed pork chops with steamed broccoli
Wednesday: Out to dinner with Stacy since I missed her birthday dinner last week
Thursday: Dijon chicken with rice
Friday: Corn and Chicken chowder with garlic cheese biscuits
Saturday: taco salads