Michelle's Menu - Week of 3/20

Glad Beth managed a pretty healthy week because I have been on a self-sabotaging downward spiral for a while now. Back on the bandwagon though. Even got myself a Fitbit Alta to kick things into gear.

We had a really fun weekend - Amelia's friend Violet invited us and her other friend Charlotte to the butterfly museum and brunch afterwards. Just the girls and the moms. It was fun. Then yesterday after church I took the girls to afternoon tea at the Drake Hotel. Will is building the deck in our backyard. By himself. That's all I'll say about that...

Last night I made our second Blue Apron dinner for the week - Chicken Milanese. I also made a twist on the Korean Beef that Beth posted. I  make it about 1x per month, but last night I had an extra bag of broccoli slaw (broccoli, cabbage, carrots). I added that in to get more veggies out of it. We'll just have that as leftovers one night or I'll bring it in for lunch. So this week....

Monday: Leftovers or order in. Mondays...

Tuesday: Pomegranate Braised Brisket and roasted broccoli but I'm doing brisket in the slow cooker

Wednesday: Date Night got moved to Wednesday this week. Will and I are out. The girls will eat chicken nuggets or soup.

Thursday: Poblano and mushroom tacos + leftover brisket. I can't get enough of these. It's super fast to pull together and since we have to teach the baptismal prep class, I'll whip these up for me and Will after the family leaves. Leftovers are also amazing with eggs over easy.

Friday: Skillet Turkey Meatballs that Lou posted a few weeks ago. Can't wait to try!

If I'm good all week then I'll treat myself and the girls to a donut on Saturday before soccer and swim classes. Goals.

For Easter Sunday I made us brunch reservations at a really good restaurant that is also setting up an egg hunt and activities for the kids. So excited :)

xo

Beth's Weekly Menu - 3/20/2016

Managed to have a pretty healthy weekend! Ryan, on the other hand, had 4 Quesalupas from TacoBell on Friday and multiple donuts this morning. I had a bite of a Crunchwrap Supreme while he ate the quesalupas and it was gaaaa-ross. No thank ya- to the trash.

I have, however, been craving candy like a mofo all. weekend. long. Sort of a miracle that I'm not shoving Sour Patch Kids into my mouth right now.

We have a week of Skinnytaste recipes ahead of us...

Sunday- Ancini de Pepe leftovers

Monday- Thai basil chicken and rice

Tuesday- Tuscan white beans with spinach and shrimp

Wednesday- Book club- ryan on his own

Thursday- Orecchiette with chicken sausage and broccoli

Friday- Family in town! Trying to get a babysitter so we can go out to dins

Also have my eye on this Skinny Buffalo Chicken Strips recipe cause I think it would make Ryan really happy :)

Beth's Weekly Menu - Week of 3/13/16

OOPS! Forgot to post this last night...

I've been trying to cook a lot more lately now that Reed is eating so much grown up food! He's still allergic to all dairy so any cheese or milk is out. He also hates eggs and avocado. Big into chicken, black beans, rice, kale burgers (these are surprisingly delicious), and sweet potatoes.

So here we gooooooo-

Sunday- Ryan's out at Taylor's SXSW show so I'm just having some salad (and M&Ms)
Monday- Finale of The Bachelor! Having a pajama pizza party with my gf Kerri. We agreed to be responsible and have salad and ONE PIECE OF PIZZA EACH... ugh. UGH!
Tuesday- InVision SXSW event, but will scarf down some picadillo and roasted veggies (Lorena's making us/Reed a big batch- pumped about it) before I go and leave the rest for Ry
Wednesday- Trying Ancini de Pepe
Thursday-Sausage and white bean cassoulet (loved this last time)
Friday- Ryan's cooking

I complained above about only having 1 pc of pizza tonight, but I think I'll be ok. I ordered a bunch of food from a very popular Tex Mex BBQ food trailer called Valentina's and picked it up today at lunch. Split it with Lorena but am completely and utterly STUFFED. Mich, how are you so good at portion control? I've got NO CONTROL. Look at this magical spread of tex-mex BBQ... holy heaven! The corn pictured below is smoked and is the best corn I've ever had in my life.