New Year, New Motivation! Weekly Menus + Bolognese Recipe

I've missed everyone posting, especially since I know we've all been cooking (except for maybe new mama Lou). We're going for cooking 5 days/week AND taking lunches to work as often as possible. Means that I'll be making extra portions of dinner so that we have extra leftovers. Since I usually designate some nights for leftovers anyway, we'll see how this works out. We might be starving by the end of the week! Here's what we have going on:

Sunday: Spaghetti with homemade Bolognese sauce (recipe below
Monday: Salmon
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Sausage Ragu with Polenta
Thursday: Roast Chicken with Butternut Squash and Potatoes
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Black Bean Soup

Homemade Bolognese sauce- I looked at a few recipes and then just winged it. The key, though, was that I let it cook on the stove for at least 4 hours.

Olive oil
1 package of ground turkey
1 onion chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
1 package of sliced button mushrooms
2 tbsp of minced garlic
1 28oz can of crushed tomatoes
1 8oz can of tomato sauce
2 cups of chicken stock
Basil
Oregano
Salt pepper

Brown turkey in a large stock pot. Add onions, celery, and mushrooms and cook until soft. Add garlic and stir a few minutes. Add in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken stock. Bring to boil and then reduce to simmer. Add in salt, pepper, basil, and oregano to taste. Keep simmering and stirring occasionally for as long as possible!

*I didn't love it when I first tried it once all the ingredients were mixed, but LOVED the results. I really believe the secret is in letting things cook for a few hours and adjust the seasoning as you go. Super simple and makes a ton for leftovers!

How about you guys??

Hope everyone is staying warm!!

xo