Menu Plan Monday

Happy Monday Friends!

Hope your weekend was wonderful!  The weather here was seriously beautiful!  In the 50's each day - just gorgeous!

Here's what we have cooking in our kitchen this week:

Monday:  Chicken Hoisin Rice Bowl with Mushrooms & Zucchini - New Recipe that I found on Pinterest.  It was awesome!!! ;)

Tuesday: Pork Tenderloin with Spaghetti Squash - The same tenderloin that we usually do.  This was a request from the hubby this week.  :)

Wednesday:  I'm headed out with the girls, so I'm sure Doug will find some leftovers or a frozen pizza.  ;)

Thursday:  Turkey & Sweet Potato Chili  - We obviously love this!  I feel like we've eaten this a lot lately.  SO GOOD!

Friday: Not sure yet but it will involve a big ole glass of vino!

What's on your menu for the week?!



Onto another topic...my sweet baby boy turned 7 months today!  
AND
We discovered yesterday that he has his very first tooth!

XOXO

Menu Plan Monday

Happy Monday Friends!

Hope you all had a great weekend.  The hubby and I were able to venture out on Saturday for a wonderful and much needed date night!  I seriously love date night.  We had dinner, we checked out a free Goo Goo Dolls concert in town and then went to a new lounge in town and had a few drinks while chatting and of course enjoyed some good people watching.  ;) I ended the night eating a huge slice of pizza for a late night snack. Yum!

First off, I need to share a recipe that is so easy and so unbelievably delicious.  I made these for Valentine's Day and brought them to my hubby's work.

Valentine's Day Krispie Treats

6 cups Rice Krispie Cereal
1 bag Kraft Strawberry Heart Marshmallows
4 tbsp butter
1 bag white chocolate chips
Valentine's Sprinkles (and without the sprinkles, voila, you have yourself just a yummy, strawberry rice krispie treat!)

Butter the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Melt the butter completely and put it in a large, microwavable mixing bowl. Throw the marshmallows in over the butter and stir them around to coat in the butter. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir, then microwave for another 30 seconds and stir. The marshmallows should be melted by now but if not, place them in the microwave for a few more seconds until they're nice and melted.
Pour the Rice Krispies in the bowl and mix well with the marshmallow. Put the mixture into the 9x13 pan and wet down your hand with water to press the mixture evenly in the the pan. Add the sprinkles to the top of the treats. Cover and cool in the fridge for about an hour.
Cut into squares and place on wax paper. Melt the white chocolate at 30 second intervals, stirring after each 30 seconds.   Dip the bottom third to half of each treat into the chocolate and place upside down on the wax paper to cool.

Enjoy! Pure deliciousness.

Here's what we have cooking in our kitchen this week:

Monday:  Chicken Piccata & roasted Brussel Sprouts - Another staple for us.  This is one of Doug's favorites!  Such great flavors.  

Tuesday: Linguine with Shrimp Scampi - We make this pretty often as well.  One of my favorite meals that Doug makes!  It's light and refreshing with the lemon.  The only thing we do without are the lemon slices.

Wednesday: Chopped Chicken Cobb Salads - We usually throw some chicken on the traeger, chop it up and throw it on our salads.  We use romaine lettuce, gorgonzola cheese, tomato, avocado, hard-boiled eggs and bacon.  We love to use a Red Wine & Olive Oil dressing. 

Thursday: Spicy Beef & Sweet Potato Tacos - We are huge sweet potato fans and are always looking for recipes that involve sweet potato's.  I came across this blog that has some great recipes that are budget friendly.  Winner winner!

Friday: Possibly Pizza...Possibly a beer and a burger.  I've been craving a good beer lately.  I guess we will see how the week goes!  ;)

What's on your menu for the week?!

Menu Plan Monday

Happy Monday Friends!
Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.  We spent Super Bowl Sunday with great friends, enjoying delish food and some adult beverages of course.  To be honest, I didn't really watch the game but I sure loved the half time show!

Here's what we have cooking in our kitchen this week:

Monday:  Pork Tacos from a leftover pork roast a few days ago.  Yum!  We will most likely use whatever else we have in the fridge right now for these (maybe some shredded cabbage, cilantro, sour cream, cheese).

Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Cordon Bleu with sauteed spaghetti squash- We've made this quite a few times as well, especially during the summer months. We use some fresh Havarti cheese instead of what the recipe calls for.

Wednesday: Orecchiette with Spicy Sausage and Broccoli Rabe - This is a Giada recipe that we've made before from Giada's Everyday Italian Cookbook.  We had a hard time finding the Orecchiette pasta noodles, so we use the Campanelle noodles, which seem somewhat similar.  :)  Sometimes it's also hard to find broccoli rabe...so we've just used regular ole broccoli.  You can also use any sausage pretty much too.  Chicken sausage, turkey sausage, italian sausage, or pork sausage.  We like to use a spicy pork or turkey.  This is a light pasta, but it's so yummy!  The exact recipe from her book is not found online, so here you go...

Ingredients:
Salt
2 bunches of broccoli rabe, stalks trimmed and quartered clockwise
12 oz dried orecchiette pasta or other small shaped pasta
3 tbsp olive oil
1 lb spicy chicken, pork, turkey or italian sausage (casings removed)
3 garlic cloves - minced
Pinch of dried crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese or pecorino romano cheese
1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.  Add the broccoli rabe and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute.  Strain the broccoli rabe, reserving all the cooking liquid.  Set the broccoli rabe aside.  Cook the pasta in the same pot of boiling water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.  Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
Meanwhile, in a large, heavy skillet, heat the oil over a medium heat.  Add the sausage and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until the sausage is brown and juices form, about 8 minutes.  Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds.  Add the broccoli rabe and toss to coat.  Add the pasta and enough reserved cooking liquid, 1/4 cup at a time, to moisten.  Stir the parmesan cheese, salt to taste, and pepper into the pasta mixture.  Transfer to pasta bowls and serve.

Thursday: No Bean Turkey & Sweet Potato Chili - We've made this before too!  I do love regular chili with beans but this is something different for those sweet potato fans.  It's so easy to make too!

Friday: Pizza!

What's on your menu for the week?!