Week 148

As usual, I am running late. So here goes:

Twice-baked potatoes + Salad

Sausages + Sweet Potatoes + Salad

Meatloaf + Mashed Pot

JO Vegan Mushroom Rolls + Roasted Cauli

Salmon + Broccoli

Veggie Burgers + Green Bean Fries

Christmas Sugar Cookies!!

Week 147

Sad day, thinking about Paris and how this all has happened...

Menu:

Carrot Soup + Bread

Gingered Chickpeas

Burritos

Egg Bake + Salad

Swiss Chard and Sausage Bread Pudding + Butternut squash (cooked in slowcooker)

Gyoza + Edamame

Week 146

I am grumpy about a variety of things. So here is my half arse menu of the week:

Carrot Soup + Bread

Asparagus Goat Cheese Pasta + Bnut Squash

Pot Roast + Potatoes and Carrots

Gingered Chickpeas + Raita + Naan + Cukes

Burritos

Orange Chicken + Edamame

Week 145

Cold. My backyard is full of boys. So... this will be quick.

Menu:

Chicken Tikka Masala (Slowcooker) + Rice+ Naan

Lemon, Rosemary Rissotto + Roasted Asparagus

Burritos

Eggbake + Salad

Hotdog mummies + Jello (never made this) + Jack-o-oranges

Creamy, Curry Cauliflower Soup + Baked Sweet Potatoes

Week 144

Soo tired, but I am actually completing my grocery list the night before I am supposed to go to said grocery store. Yay me. Maybe I will actually get it done pre-Elliott nap!

Menu:

Gyoza + Edamame

Red Lentil Soup + Bread

Tacos + Guacamole + Salad

Chicken and Rice + Squash Fries (this may make my kids sad)

Chicken Enchiladas + Salad

Salmon + Cesar Salad

And Pear Bread!

Week 143

It is fall, let's have a ball. So, a bit late putting this together. Henry is about to come home from the bus with the worst news of the day, that he will have to go grocery shopping with me. There will be weeping and wailing and the gnashing of teeth, by the both of us.

Menu:

Chili + Cornbread

Yakisoba + Daigakuimo (or whatever it is) + Boston Cream Pie... all for Josh's Birthday!!

Orange Chicken + Edamame

Broccoli Cheddar Soup + Bread

Chicken and Rice + Roasted Cauliflower

Burritos

Week 142

It's raining and thundering and so snuggly here indoors. I love a good thunderstorm, and yet I have to venture out into the world to buy groceries. I know, there are much worse things, but I am a bit bummed.

So here it is, the opus menu of the week:

Garlicky Chicken + Green Beans + Wild Rice

Burritos

Carnitas + Cilantro Rice

Spaghetti and Meatballs + Roasted Asparagus

Kale and Sausage Soup + Bread

Bonfire Night!

Week 141

I have a very sad Henry upstairs crying, his fish died. Poor guy. So I'll make this quick...

Burritos

Perogi and Roasted Asparagus

Pizza Salad

Asparagus Goat Cheese Pasta + Kale Salad

Salmon Patties + Quinoa Salad

Sausage Potato Pie + Cobb Salad

Week 140

I am feeling a little bit of autumn making it's way in. Just a tad, but it's so very exciting! Can't wait.

Other than that, we have all been sick, why? I don't know. But we have. So now I am back and cooking. I am supposed to run eight miles today, so that's something. Will it happen? I don't know. So many questions today.

Okay. Menu:

Burritos

Curried chickpeas + Raita + Grilled Zucchini

Asparagus Goat Cheese Pasta + Kale Salad

Pulled Pork Sammies with pickled red onions + Grilled Asparagus and Green onions

Salad Pizza

Orange Chicken + Edamame

Week 139

Sooo late on this.

Menu:

Mushroom Pasta

Gingered Chickpeas

Burritos

Salmon

Shaved beef sandwiches + Melon + Potato Wedges

Baked Potatoes + Lemony Brown Rice Salad

Week 138

Still waking up and it is... 2pm. Oh dear. When will I accept getting up for school in the morning? Never? Probably.

Menu:

Mushroom Pasta + Salad

Gingered chickpea curry + Grilled Zucchini

Kale + Quinoa and Sweet Potatoes

Burritos

Spaghetti + Salad

Sushi + Cukes + Edamame

Salmon + Roasted Cauli

PLUS +++ SASQUATCH in a birthday cake. For my cryptozoologist's birthday.

Week 137

It's a birthday week! And Ari has requested a strawberry triple layer cake. What what? Oh yeah.

Menu:
Hamburgers and Grilled Zucchini

Burritos

Sushi

Salmon and Broccoli

Burritos

Stir-fry cabbage

Ari's birthday request:
Thai grilled chicken and peanut sauce, peaches and carrots

Strawberry cake!

Week 136

I've been in a whirlwind since the last post. About 10,000 miles worth of road trips, plus a dead van, plus a new van, plus a very real appreciation of being home. So now, I am going to settle down now. Get on my figurative nest. So here is a menu to salute it!

Thai Grilled Chicken Skewers + Gazpacho Salad
Stir-fry Cabbage + Cucumbers
Sushi
Kale and Bean Soup + Bread, dessert - Custard
Salmon + Broccoli
Burritos
Hamburgers + Grilled Zucchini + Melon

Week 135

May Day!! And grocery shopping day, hooray! And that's all I've got...

Burritos

Garden Burgers + Raw Tuscan Kale Salad

Salmon + Broccoli

Quinoa and Kale + Oven Fries

Baked Potato Night!  + Salad

Sausages + Wild Rice + Roasted Asp.

Week 134

Food!

Menu:

Burritos

Beans and Cornbread (will this ever happen?!)

Salmon and Broccoli

Chicken and Rice + Roasted Cauli

Sweet Potatoes + Greens + Wild Rice

Garden Burgers + Warm Carrot Salad

Week 133

Elliott is getting his 2-year molars. It's like having a newborn again. That's all I've got.


Menu:

Burritos

Beans and Cornbread

Salmon and Broccoli

Gingered Chickpea Curry + Roasted Cauli

Asparagus Goat Cheese Pasta + Salad

Kale and Quinoa + Squash or Bok Choy

Week 132

Back from spring break and Memphis. Back from fried catfish and banana pudding. It's always tough for me to swing back into the routine of school life, so I plan to keep it simple this week.

Menu -

Beans n Cornbread

Burritos

Garden Burgers + Sweet Potato Fries + Thai Squash Salad

Flank Steak with Chimichurri and greens

Sweet Potato and Greens with Wild Rice

Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Whole Grain Muffins

Week 131

I know, last week I was blathering on about the weather. And today the weather sucks. This blog should really just be about how I feel about the weather 'round these parts. I have a toddler trying to climb me so I am done...

Menu:

Burritos

Swedish Meatballs + Mashed Potatoes + Lingonberries (IKEA lives!)

Tomato Soup with Cheddar Lids + Salad

Garden Burgers + Sweet Potato Fries

Kale and Quinoa + Acorn Squash

Beans'n'Cornbread

Week 130

Glorious! I saw the first crocus poking out today. I can do this, guys, I can do life again. Every spring, I am reminded of how much I love everything and everyone. I am like a bunny, hopping down the street handing everyone bunches of flowers. It is still a bit chilly, but I can handle that! I really can.

I am still transitioning to the idea of spring food, but once Easter hits, I will be in it to win it.

Menu:

Baked Potato Soup + Bread

Old School Sloppy Joe's + Sweet Potato Fries

Gingered Chickpea Curry (x2) + Roasted Cauli

Salmon + Broccoli

Corned Beef and Cabbage + Potatoes + Irish Soda Bread

Goat Cheese Mushroom Pasta + Greens

And for my own lunch conundrums:

Cabbage Kimchi (p. 163 Eat Your Vegetables)

Wheat Berry Salad

Marinated and Baked Tofu (p. 170 Eat Your Vegetables)

Banana oat bars

Ginger bub

Black Bottom Oatmeal Pie

Black Bean Brownies

Week 129

Menu-

Harry Potter Dinner:
Jamie Oliver's Guinness Meat Pie, Baby Potatoes, Peas and Warm Butterbeer

Salmon and Broccoli

Ginger Chickpea Curry + Cukes

Burritos

Garden Burgers

2 Bean Pasta (from last week)

Latkes (Smitten Kitchen cookbook) + Greens

I should be grocery shopping right at this moment, thus, no wonderful words from me today.

Week 128

Winter. Still mad...

Menu:

Brats with Apple Compote + Rainbow Salad

Burritos

BLATs + Sugar Snap Peas + Carrots + Hummus

Chili + Cornbread

Lemony Two Bean Pasta + Roasted Cauli

Garden Burgers + Sweet Potato Fries

Baked Potatoes + Salad

Week 127

This weather. I can't even.

There is a wind chill of -23 today. That's all I need to say about that.

Menu:

Goat Cheese Asparagus Pasta + Spinach

Burritos

Slow-cooker Bnut Squash Soup + Bread

Salmon + Broccoli

Wedge Salad + Lentil Soup

Slowcooker Chicken Tikka Masala + Baby Cukes

Meatloaf + Roasted Butternut Squash

Week 126

Another week, another eat. And that's all I've got today folks!

A lot of carry-over this week. I have been doing intermittent fasting the last few weeks, so that has been stretching out the meals a bit.

Menu-

Goat Cheese and Asparagus Pasta + Roasted Bnut Squash

Burritos

Chicken'n'Rice + Roasted Cauliflower

Kale, Potato, and Sausage Soup + Bread

Chickpea Sloppy Joes + Salad

Chinese Carnitas + Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Week 125

Okay. I am recovering, slowly, from a crap cold. So this meal plan is made with very little appetite. And a bit of an achey head, stuffed up nose, and a body that would rather be horizontal. Yep.

So here it goes:

Borscht - we finished with The Wire season 2, I am in the mood for something Russian... + Bread

Salmon + Crack Broccoli

Burritos

Goat Cheese and Asparagus Pasta + Roasted Butternut Squash

Braised Beef Ragu + Polenta

Chicken and Rice + Roasted Cauliflower

Lunch -
Sriracha Ramen - need to try this!

Week 124

Just another week in the gray, gray month of January. I could bellyache a bit about it, but my grandma raised me not to be a bellyacher - so I will zip it. The coffee hasn't kicked in yet, so this is about all I've got.

Food I plant to consume:

Burritos

Lasagna + Salad (not making this from scratch, I plan to make it on my "fast" day, as I am not into lasagna and it will be easy)

Goat Cheese Souffle + Kale Salad (carry over)

Ginger Curried Chickpeas (carry over)

Sweet Potato Salad + Greens + Wild Rice

Mushroom Masala Baked Pasta + Bnut Squash

Goat Cheese and Zucchini Frittata + Green Beans

Ummm... and this Key Lime Pie

Week 123

I sat down to make this menu plan today, and it was like I have never made a meal in my life before. I had no idea what to make. It doesn't help that I am trying to reduce how much I eat (which is really no fun when I like food as much as I do). So here is my measly attempt at a meal plan. And though there are only six meals on this week, the Bjork household knows that there is always spaghetti and meatballs in the banana stand, er, refrigerator.

Menu:

Burritos (there are also always burritos in the banana stand)

Goat Cheese Souflee + Mixed Greens

Swamp Soup + Bread (which I am thinking of doing this to - but remember, trying to eat fewer calories... so boring)

Carnitas + Slaw + Pickled Onions (praise a good pickled onion!)

Gingered Chickpeas + Raita - I have made this a few times now, it's awesome and cheap!

Chicken in Milk + Sweet Potatoes

and as I have been sorely tempted to buy some kombucha (that is way too much money), I am going to try my hand at a ginger bub. It kind of scares me, but what is the worst that could happen?? I could be saying that on my ride to the hospital, but, whatevs.

Oh, and bc I am super lame, I did not record the meals from last week. So here they are. We ate all of it, except the coconut curry, I will carry that over to this week.

Gingered Chickpeas

Burritos

Sweet Potato Salad + Wild Rice

Fried Rice (with leftover wild rice) + Roasted Butternut Squash + Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Maple and Fish Sauce (amaze balls)

Sausage and Kale Soup + Bread

Braised Brisket (this was a 2 day meat cooking love affair) + Carrots + Boiled and Roasted Potatoes (from my British boyfriend, Jamie Oliver)