Meal Plan 8/27/2018

I am hosting my book club on Wednesday, which means some extra recipes this week for things I don't normally make like an appetizer and cake! Thanks to my friend Kate for the appetizer - it was delicious when she served it so I hope I can do it justice.

Sunday

• homemade pizza with dough and sauce from Trader Joes - I made a mini pizza for Maggie (only olives and cheese?!) using the pan-fried pizza method from Dinner: The Playbook. Nellie ate part of ours smothered in extra sauce
• caesar salad

Monday

• broiled Middle Eastern chicken
• yogurt sauce
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1/4 cup mayo
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• squeeze of 1 lemon
• salt, pepper
• Trader Joe's garlic naan
• roasted zucchini with curry

Wednesday

• whipped ricotta with olives (app) - I just bought whole milk ricotta from Trader Joes
• I wound up having to make this twice. I think my ricotta was too watery, so the 1/2 cup of milk was too much. My advice is to start with 1/4 cup of milk and then add more if you want it more liquidy. I like the thicker consistency!
• pesto spinach salad
• sage-rubbed pork tenderloin
• almond cake
• this was a hit and SO easy
• Note that her recipe calls for salt in the ingredients list but fails to mention it in the directions. don't forget to add it to the batter
• If you read her post, she mentions that the original recipe calls for 1 TBSP of sugar, then 3/4 cup of sliced almonds to be sprinkled on top of the cake before baking. I did this and loved the extra crunch.

Meal Plan: 8/20/2018

I've been posting weekly meal plans over on my Facebook page, but thought I'd try to revive the old blog instead. I'll share each week what my weekly meal plan is and then link out to recipes for you to try out. Hope you enjoy!

Sunday

Maggie started kindergarten on Monday and I let her choose the meal for Sunday night. I was pretty impressed with her choice but if I'm honest, the artichokes were out-of-season and she barely touched the salmon. Nellie also screamed the entire meal and barely ate anything too. All-in-all a real disaster!

• steamed artichokes with garlic butter and/or aioli
• sweet broiled salmon (from weelicious)
• garlic bread

Tuesday

• rosemary rubbed pork chops
• roasted broccoli
• potato salad

Thursday

• pepperoni chicken
• whole wheat spaghetti
• caesar salad
• leftover garlic bread