Week 8 2014 Menu

Helloooooooooo!

Sorry this is a day late. I'm moving at snails pace this week. Both girls are now sick. Last night, Annelise refused to sleep anywhere that wasn't touching me. At one point, I was sprawled on the bed, reaching down into the travel crib with my hand on her butt. As soon as I removed my hand, she screamed. I had her sleeping on my chest, and tried to roll her off me, onto the bed, in between me and Will, and she screamed. Finally, I took her downstairs and was resolved to let her cry, but she fell asleep right away! Then, two hours later, Amelia came busting into the room and climbed into bed, but it took her over an hour to fall asleep. It was a squeeze play and Will and I lost.

Last week's Chicken Marbella was AMAZING really recommend it!! Thanks Lou for sharing!

As far as meals go, this week is relatively easy.

Monday: White Fish Special
Tuesday: Irish Beef Stew with mashed potatoes and broccoli
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Pineapple Pork Shoulder (I'll put up the recipe later!)
Friday: Will and I have a black tie event that a friend invited us to. Should be fun to dress up!!
Saturday: Roasted Chicken. Amelia was invited to a sleepover at my uncle's house. She's pretty excited, although she thinks she's moving there, and excited about it. So I'm disturbed she thinks she's leaving for forever.

What are yall up to?? Miss you all so much! xo

Week 7 2014 Menu

Hi everyone!

We had a rough weekend. Amelia was sick throughout so I didn't sleep much. Will did plan a wonderful Vday dinner for us - oysters and king crab legs. Saturday, we hung around with the girls and prepped for a brunch that we were hosting on Sunday. Then yesterday, our offices were closed for President's day, so Will and I went to see Monument's Men. I thought it was good. Will hated it, though.

Here's this week's menu- nothing too elaborate, except I'm really excited to try Lou's Chicken Marbella recipe.

Monday - Rotisserie chicken with mashed potatoes
Tuesday - Leftovers (or Will has to fend for himself - I have a class at CrossTown Fitness to check out!)
Wednesday - Chancho en pepsi-cola (a Yoli recipe, I'll save the breakdown for another time if we haven't shared on here already)
Thursday - Beth's Poblano Pepper Tacos
Friday - Chicken Marbella
Saturday - Shrimp tacos (or something like that)

By the way, for the brunch, I made two types of breakfast casseroles - one vegetarian, one not - , along with steel cut oats. I'd never made steel cut oats before, but really recommend them! Much heartier than the quick cook stuff and it's the exact same product.

The vegetarian breakfast casserole came out amazing so I really recommend it:

Mediterranean Breakfast Casserole
cubed challah bread
eggs
milk
cottage cheese
feta cheese
basil, chiffonade
jarred roasted red bell peppers, chopped

preheat oven to 375
lay the cubed challah bread in the casserole dish and sprinkle the feta cheese and roasted bell pepper on top
whisk together eggs, milk, cottage cheese and pour over bread mixture in casserole dish
top with basil
bake in the oven until it starts to brown on top and is no longer wobbly if you jiggle it (super scientific metric, nbd)

Also - these are my sous-chefs:

Week 6 2014 Menu

We had a super successful game night on Saturday night! It got sloppy pretty fast and we spent our hangover on Sunday at Target letting the girls create mass chaos. We're such good parents. I think this was the first time that both Will and I were nursing hangovers at the same time. All in all it didn't go too bad. Bars were 100% lowered- Amelia watched Brave two times in a row while Annelise napped and Will and I lay motionless on the bed.

This week I'm not feeling too ambitious on the menu. I have to start training for the half marathon, and I'm pretty sure I agreed to running the Chicago marathon in my drunk state on Saturday. Need to figure out how to get out of that one...

Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Roasted Red Pepper Pasta with roasted broccoli
Tuesday: Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Wraps
Wednesday: Creamy Chicken Quinoa and Broccoli
Thursday: Meatballs and Mashed Potatoes
Friday: V-Day. Will's getting oysters and we're drinking champagne when the girls are asleep. Low key :)
Saturday: Sausage Pasta Bake

Lou, I'm going to try the Chicken Marbella next week!

What do yall have going on?

xo

Week 5 2014 Menu

Hi everyone,

Firstly I miss yall. I had an amazing time with Louise and Baby Blake this past weekend and it made me realize how isolated I feel most of the time. Being with Lou and B was so special and heart warming, not to mention she's the cutest thing and I can't wait to introduce her to her best friends, Amelia and Annelise!

A menu is not really happening this week because we have a weird schedule, but here's a loose framework of what we have going on.

Sunday: Will picked up philly cheesesteak sandwiches for the Super Bowl
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Will and I are going to Phantom of the Opera so we'll pick up some food beforehand.
Wednesday: We got invited to Disney on Ice with some friends. Lord help us.
Thursday: Chipotle Beef Stew. Lou found out the hard way that this is really spicy. I'll use Beth's trick of squeezing the sauce out of the peppers and discarding the peppers. Last time Will and I just forced it all down, so this will hopefully go down smoother.
Friday: Sausage Ragu with Polenta - this was a huge hit last time! Really recommend it.
Saturday: Game Night got rescheduled last time so really looking forward to it! Lou lent us her Cards Against Humanity for the occasion. Same menu as before: Peruvian chicken with veggies
Sunday: Shrimp tacos

What are yall up to?

xo