Sunday - Grilled steaks (how awesome is it that we are grilling in KC in february)
Monday - Fettucinne with Quick Ragu + Garlic Bread
Tuesday - Maple Glazed Chicken
Wednesday - Stuffed peppers with leftover ragu from Monday
Thursday - Salisbury steak with butter noodles
Sunday - Chicken with roasted vegetables (from this month's Cook's Country)
Monday - Greek chicken pitas with tzaziki sauce
Tuesday - Roasted corn quesadillas + Guac
Wednesday - Fettucinne + salad
Thursday - Slow cooker barbecue pulled pork sandwiches + beans
Ugh, I have been eating whatever I want and even tough I'm running 20 miles a week the scale shows it. Maybe I didn't need to have a cheeseburger, bratwurst AND hotdog at the tailgate yesterday. Time to plan some healthy meals.
Sunday: Going to try making this meatloaf recipe with turkey instead of beef and individual sizes so they will cook faster. We'll see how this goes. + a bag of steamed veggies with rice
Monday: Mustard roasted salmon + couscous with tomato, cucumber and feta
Tuesday: Chicken, artichoke and spinach calzone (from cook's country) with marinara sauce
Wednesday: Chicken Picatta
Thursday: Prosciutto-wrapped pork tenderloin with herb pan sauce (from cook's country) + steamed veggies
Old deck gone. You can see the old patio and bricks they had.
Sunday - We grilled on our new deck (pictures coming soon) to celebrate my mom's 59th birthday
Monday - Anna had a cheerleading clinic so I fed them Subway
Tuesday - Steak Salad
Wednesday - Lasagna Rollups + Garlic bread
Thursday - Homemade Pizza
Friday - Anna is performing at the football game so we will probably eat something quick
On Saturday I was looking for something to take the kids to, to spend some time with them since I'd been gone the previous weekend to the wedding and one night during the week for the soccer game for work.
I had heard about the Cider Festival in Louisburg Kansas and my parents decided to join me and the kids for an outing.
I would not recommend making the trip. First of all, it is located right next to a wastewater lagoon. So it smells. Like a pig farm.
Next, it is a little confusing because one side has a pumpkin patch and hay rides and you can pay $8 per person plus more for the pumpkins. The other side of the lagoon has Cider Fest. Cider Fest is just a bunch of small tents in a row of locals selling their MLM businesses like Pampered Chef, Watkins Spices, etc. We tried to wait for the balloon guy but he was MIA. We started to wait in line for face painting until I realized it was $10 a face. We listened to a blue grass band while my parents waited at least 15 minutes in line to get hot dogs because there weren't enough food vendors.
Finally, if you want to be surrounded by bees order a cup of cider. We walked through the cider mill but no one was there explaining the process and really it just looked dirty and unsanitary and I really didn't want to try any cider after that.
We left.
We stopped by the Arts Fest at the Overland Park Arboretum on the way back. We should have just gone there instead. We arrived at 3 and it was going to be closing at 4. Luckily it lasted until more like 4:30 so the kids were able to make several crafts and get a hay ride. It was only $6 per person so it was a little cheaper.
Not a very fulfilling weekend but lesson learned. No need to go to Louisburg. Johnson Farms is wayyyy better.
Day three of a month of dinners which I started last week was Pork Chops with roasted beets and oranges. I confirmed that I do not like my oranges hot. The kids confirmed they don't like beets. Again I felt like this meal needed a starch so I also made some couscous. The pork chops were actually fine. Thank god. So everyone got to eat something. The kids referred to it as steak and dipped it in A1.
At this point I feel like I have to write that I promise, my kids really aren't picky eaters. They usually try everything, they even like salad, brussel sprouts and soup. I swear I didn't say anything to discourage them on the beets. By this time they had started complaining about dinner. They were forcing themselves to eat it because they know they don't get dessert without eating a good dinner, but even I was having a hard time encouraging them to eat something that I know doesn't taste good.
Strike three and I'm annoyed.
Wednesday I ended up having to go to a soccer game to entertain a client. I believe Kevin made the kids pizza rolls. I'm sure if you asked them it was the best meal they ate all week.
Day four of meal planning was Chicken with potatoes, bacon and cabbage. My first clue should have been that the chicken was only seasoned with salt and pepper.
I now know that I do not like cabbage cooked in three tablespoons of apple vinegar and a tablespoon of whole grain mustard. I must say that my meal did not even closely resemble the picture.
I wasn't having a very good night. I had gotten some unexpected news at work. Kevin was not in a good mood. I burnt the bacon because I was busy chopping cabbage, so I had to do that part over. It tasted better when I mixed all three items together, but of course the kids wanted to eat them separately and alone they were not good.
I believe this is the night Carter commented "Mommy, you used to make good dinners." Yes, yes I did.
At this point I had one recipe left. Tortellini with squash, mushrooms and fontina. How badly could they screw up tortellini I thought. Tonight I felt compelled to use the produce I had bought so I peeled and chopped the squash and mixed it with the mushrooms and started roasting them while I waited for my water to boil. I could smell the mushrooms and to be honest, I don't really like mushrooms. The more I checked them the more I knew no one was going to eat them. I turned the oven off, pulled them out and dumped them down the garbage disposal.
Then I made garlic bread, a salad and added a jar of pasta sauce to my tortellini. Carter told me it was the "best meal ever" although to be fair he has said this many times over (just not in the past week ha!).
So that was that. We are now back on track. I am done with this Real Simple plan. I'm convinced none of the recipes were tested by working moms or on kids.
This week's meal plan:
Sunday: Tortellini with salad and garlic bread
Monday: Turkey tacos with homemade guacamole
Tuesday: Pasta with leftover chicken apple sausage
Wednesday: We are hoping our new deck will be done and we are grilling ribeyes + potatoes
Thursday: Grilled barbecue chicken + sides ?
And I think we are going back to the Cook's Country Recipes we were using more frequently months ago. I may even pay for access to the site so I don't have to keep the magazines piled up.
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