Sometimes, even the best laid plans fall to the wayside.
Nothing I planned last week happened. The sauces were both freezer burned beyond edibility (note to self, use frozen sauces faster next time, and get better containers).
Dead Sea Tupperware (From Disney’s Aladdin)
The ricotta gnocchi just didn’t sound good. This is mostly because we’ve got an ongoing argument as to what sauce goes best on gnocchi. I love tomato-based ones, but the husband prefers cream-based ones. I categorically refuse to make creamy sauces at home, so we find ourselves at a stand still. Any suggestions?
One product I did discover this past week turned out to be a true gem. In our semi-monthly trip to the local Natural Food Local Express store (I love this place!) we picked up some chicken sausages randomly from one of the freezers. They were Miller’s Cheese and Jalapeno Chicken Sausages. And they were to die for. They had a great kick to them, not too heavy handed but certainly not “were these supposed to be spicey?” We ate them on toasted whole wheat hot dog buns with grilled onions and a touch of honey mustard. The sausages themselves were not at all dry, like most chicken sausages I get elsewhere. I will be picking these up again, along with the other flavors ASAP.
Miller Jalapeno and Cheese Chicken Sausages
Oh, and we also discovered smashed potatoes. I’ll blog these soon!
On to this week.
Step 1: The Schedule
Sunday – I was home this afternoon and had a bit of time, so I made mini turkey meatloaves and baked potatoes. The leftover mini turkey meatloaves will be great for lunches this week too!
Monday – Work, gaming with friends at 8pm, so about 2 hours to make and serve dinner
Tuesday – Work, gym, free evening
Wednesday – Work, gym during the day, then a free evening again!
Thursday – Work, gym, free evening
Friday – Out on friday-night-dinner-date
Saturday – Whatever!
Step 2: What to use up
*A bit of goat cheese (Door to Door Organics now offers cheese among it’s delivery products!)
*1 remaining chicken sausage (we shall fight to the death!)
*A few peppers, some broccoli
*Keep working on the 113 items in the freezer….
Step 3: The Plan
Monday – Tomato, butter, and onion pasta (mine over broccoli too!)
Tuesday – Sweet barbacoa pork!
Wednesday – Ricotta gnocchi, if it kills me, with some kind of agreeable sauce and broccoli
Thursday – Chicken or pork with caramelized onions and goat cheese
Step 4: What to buy
If I don’t go get english muffins, I might end up single.
February 19, 2012
lokiangel
2 responses to “Meal Planning: February 19th through 25th”
mym
February 19th, 2012 at 23:42
Amylu’s apple and gouda chicken sausages aren’t dry either – i strongly suspect that the cheese is the secret in both cases. i eat them mostly the same way you ate yours (whole-grain instead of honey mustard), or diced into quinoa with grilled onions, peas, and aji pepper sauce (Styger’s responsible for that idea).
Alternatives to red or white sauce – some sort of nut sauce? braised meat with its juices? i had lovely braised duck gnocchi at Lidia’s Pittsburgh once.
lokiangel
February 20th, 2012 at 09:42
I’m going to look for the smoked chicken ones too, to see if they are also not-dry.