Hello! Things have finally slowed down at work and, this might be blasphemous, I think I have Sandy to thank for that. I really need this downtime because I'm feeling uber pregnant. We've made such great progress on the house in the last few weeks. Amelia's room is done! At least with the painting. Now I have to find/make/but probably find curtains, and a few more decorating touches and we'll be done-done! Finally hung up some pictures downstairs, and I have some goodies coming from various online retailers to make the downstairs more cozy. Feels good to make progress.
On the cooking front, been doing tons of that. Including some Halloween Funfetti cake- Will and I bought dueling frostings and had a frost off. I won. By 'I', I mean that the way-too-sugary orange Halloween frosting won over 'his' fancy buttercream frosting. Boo-ya.
Here's what's on the menu starting with last night- Will cooked. What can't the man do? He paints rooms, adds decorative trim, changes light fixtures, makes and fixes holes in walls. And he cooks.
Sunday: Will made Chili - was really good! Tasted a lot like the Wendy's one, which is awesome.
Monday: Leftovers. Will's in class until late. Tons in the fridge and zero motivation.
Tuesday: Dijon Roasted White Fish. Saw this recipe on Barefoot Contessa the other day. Only perpetuates my love for cooking things with dijon mustard.
Wednesday: Halloween party! Going to a friend's block party for early trick or treating and pizza. Will's in NYC (provided Sandy doesn't interfere).
Thursday: Fish Tacos for Taco Thursdays. Combining a couple of recipes, but the cole slaw from here.
Friday: Beth's Pistachio Chicken! I can't wait to try this. Except that I
accidentally bought pistachios with the shell. Whoops. Have to go back
to the store.
Saturday: Moroccan Chicken. Made this a few week ago and it was so easy and delicious.
Louise, hope you're staying safe!! Can you do a post on all the different canned food recipes you're going to make??
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Weekly Menu! 10.15.12
Sooooo I've not been cooking a lot, but I've been eating pretty healthy because I eat less when I don't have real dinners with Ryan. There's been a lot of salad in my life lately. I've been going to A LOT of pilates classes, and I feel great but I'm not seeing results really. I probably need to scale back my portions of food, which is really stupid and annoying. I'm gonna sneakily stop including starches in dinners with Ryan until he complains. I'm also making sure I go to a minimum of 4 classes/week. Anyway, here's my sched for the week:
MONDAY- Back to back pilates from 6-7, then 7-8. Coming home and making the dill salmon for the first time! With steamed broccoli and couscous.
TUESDAY- AMEX sent me a $50 gift card to Fleming's so Melissa and I are going to get the chilled seafood tower (YUM). No pilates today, but gonna take Fonzie to Town Lake for a long, fast walk (if we can manage this without him darting in front of me nonstop).
WEDNESDAY- Advanced class at 7pm. Then gonna health-ify this stuffed poblano recipe. I'll minimize the rice and serve w/ beans. I love beans... so much. On a semi-related note, my system is not longer hummus-friendly. I swear, like 2 bites of hummus and I'm tooting all night. I am currently mourning the loss of hummus in my life.
THURSDAY- Cardio pilates at 10:30am. Grilled cajun trout with roasted brussels sprouts. See here, no starches. Ha!
FRIDAY- I am assuming we will go out!
MONDAY- Back to back pilates from 6-7, then 7-8. Coming home and making the dill salmon for the first time! With steamed broccoli and couscous.
TUESDAY- AMEX sent me a $50 gift card to Fleming's so Melissa and I are going to get the chilled seafood tower (YUM). No pilates today, but gonna take Fonzie to Town Lake for a long, fast walk (if we can manage this without him darting in front of me nonstop).
WEDNESDAY- Advanced class at 7pm. Then gonna health-ify this stuffed poblano recipe. I'll minimize the rice and serve w/ beans. I love beans... so much. On a semi-related note, my system is not longer hummus-friendly. I swear, like 2 bites of hummus and I'm tooting all night. I am currently mourning the loss of hummus in my life.
THURSDAY- Cardio pilates at 10:30am. Grilled cajun trout with roasted brussels sprouts. See here, no starches. Ha!
FRIDAY- I am assuming we will go out!
Oh heyy heyy heyy- weekly menu: 10/15
Life has been nutty. We got a dog, got rid of a dog, my body has decided to stop functioning properly given the growing human in my belly. Sleep, not happening; breathing normally, no longer a high priority for my body. On top of that, I really want to get the new place finished (or somewhat close to finished) before Thanksgiving so we're sort of in a sprint. Made some good progress this weekend but it still feels like we just moved it. I've been doing pretty well on the cooking front, but not so good on the posting front.
So this is what we have going on this week. I have felt pretty light on the veggies lately. Lots of potatoes and rice, but no greens (outside of the 'salad' that we have which is just iceberg lettuce because Will's fave). I bought a ton this week to make up for it. ALSO we instilled Taco Thursdays. Turns out, Amelia loves eating tacos.
Monday: Salmon- have been doing Louise's dill salmon about weekly these days. It's so easy and delicious. Steamed artichokes.
Tuesday: Chipotle Short Ribs with broccoli
Wednesday: Turkey Chili
Thursday: Braised Beef Tacos- I just looked up a bunch of recipes and I'm going to hack together my own. Julie and John are coming over for dinner!
Friday: Tarragon Roasted Chicken with brussels sprouts
Saturday: Parm-Herb Tilapia and butternut squash soup
That's it!
So this is what we have going on this week. I have felt pretty light on the veggies lately. Lots of potatoes and rice, but no greens (outside of the 'salad' that we have which is just iceberg lettuce because Will's fave). I bought a ton this week to make up for it. ALSO we instilled Taco Thursdays. Turns out, Amelia loves eating tacos.
Monday: Salmon- have been doing Louise's dill salmon about weekly these days. It's so easy and delicious. Steamed artichokes.
Tuesday: Chipotle Short Ribs with broccoli
Wednesday: Turkey Chili
Thursday: Braised Beef Tacos- I just looked up a bunch of recipes and I'm going to hack together my own. Julie and John are coming over for dinner!
Friday: Tarragon Roasted Chicken with brussels sprouts
Saturday: Parm-Herb Tilapia and butternut squash soup
That's it!
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