My husband is out of town until Friday, I’m taking a friend out for a belated co-birthday party on Tuesday, and my family is taking me out for a birthday dinner on Wednesday. All of that adds up to a very light cooking week. Normally, I might be a little sad, but these days it’s sounding just right. Vacation can’t come soon enough! I am, however, treating myself by splurging a bit on my snacks this week. I’m going to make two of my favorite veggie dips. Oh, I can’t wait!
Also, I want to make a pot roast for my darling’s return, but the last recipe I tried, Pioneer Woman’s version, didn’t do it for me. It was too sweet. Any suggestions? Really, I want suggestions. Please help!
Monday
Breakfast: Hearty Mexican Scrambled Eggs (recipe to come later today), veggies, green drink
Lunch: ?? (With J out of town, I may use the money I’ll save on groceries to eat out)
Dinner: Garden Green Vegetable Soup with some dark chicken meat added
Tuesday
Breakfast: Hearty Mexican Scrambled Eggs, veggies, green drink
Lunch: leftover soup
Snack: cut veggies with Magic Miso Dip
Dinner: Belated co-birthday party
Wednesday
Breakfast: scrambled eggs with sauteed veggies, miso soup, green drink
Lunch: leftover soup
Snack: apples with Sunbutter
Dinner: Family birthday dinner
Thursday
Breakfast: scrambled eggs with sauteed veggies, miso soup, green drink
Lunch: leftover soup
Snack: cut veggies with Hummus
Dinner: Heidi’s In a Hurry Green Curry with salmon instead of tofu (review to come)
Friday (hubby returns!)
Breakfast: kefir, fruit, nuts, and green drink
Lunch: leftover curry
Snack: more veggies and hummus
Dinner: pot roast, mashed red potatoes (lower glycemic than regular potatoes), steamed broccoli or green beans, and a colorful salad
Saturday
Breakfast: kefir, fruit, nuts, and green drink
Lunch: leftovers
Snack: apples with Sunbutter
Dinner: more leftovers
That’s all! For more menu planning fun, visit Laura, the Organizing Junkie.
Everything sounds wonderful!
This roast recipe goes over well here, you might want to try it. I’m very picky about pot roast. I don’t make a really great one all that often. But, this one the family really likes.
http://www.recipezaar.com/27208
Have a great week!
Drunken Garlic Pot roast is a favorite at our house. It is so tender the meat falls apart.
(http://frommommyskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/03/drunken-garlic-pot-roast.html)
Follow my link; my menu planning monday has a link to last week’s post roast recipe, which we are actually having for dinner tonight. I’ve sneaked some tastes. It is really good!
I throw the meat in my crockpot with LOTS of chopped onion and garlic (I also coat the meat with onion/garlic powder, salt, and pepper). Add a bit of water and let it go all day on low. Works every time for me.
It’s good to have a break from the kitchen once in a while. Your veggie dips sound wonderful. I’m really intrigued by the miso one. I’ll have to try it sometime.
This is the pot roast recipe we like. The other suggestions sound good too.
http://workingwomanfood.blogspot.com/2008/03/tried-and-true.html
Oh, wow, you are all amazing! I can’t wait to try these one by one.
Nessa,
I’m very intrigued by how easy your recipe is! I wonder if a health-food store would have gluten-free versions of those seasoning mixes. I’ll have to check.
Beth,
I think I’m going to try that recipe this week. J definitely enjoys beer, garlic, and beef, so why wouldn’t he enjoy them all together? I think he’ll be impressed.
Marin,
How exotic! That sounds like something I would enjoy. I don’t know what J would think of it (he’s a little averse to cooked fruit), but a little variety won’t hurt him.
ToilingAnt,
Elegant and simple. Why do I think pot roast has to be hard? I like that it doesn’t have carrots in it. I’m going to try it soon.
Kamaile,
That sounds so amazing. I love the apple cider touch. This is going on the rotation too.
Thank you SO much for the feedback. I really appreciate it, and I’m sure my husband will too. Now I just need to stock my freezer with more roasts…
I make a mustard horseradish pot roast that everyone loves here. I serve it with egg noodles and salad. The recipe we like is posted here. Enjoy!
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