I will admit it: in the last month or so, our weekly menus have been less than post-worthy (where there was even a menu at all). Not that there's anything wrong with takeout, frozen pizza, and everyone-fend-for-themselves-style leftovers. But it's not the way to eat healthy (ahem, pizza) or save money (ahem, takeout).
I finally got back on the meal planning last week, and it was because I needed to: Casey's dad stayed with us. I don't think he'd mind my saying that the man likes to eat, so I knew I needed to plan ahead or it'd be Red Mill every night (again, doesn't sound so bad, actually...)
Monday - pesto pasta with salmon (this was a doctored up leftovers dish that turned out really well! If I can recreate it, I'll post about it), broccoli
Tuesday - Casey made tacos while I went to a meeting
Wednesday - spaghetti. Again, Casey cooked while I had a meeting
Thursday - my father in law arrives: let the meat cooking begin. Crockpot chicken enchiladas and black bean enchiladas, avocado slaw, spicy black beans
Friday - typo on the board pictured above for which I received much flak: 'steelhead' should read 'salmon'. A "springer," apparently, to be exact. In any case, I served it with rice and broccoli, and I also made a Browned Butter Apple Pie. Even though I've made it many times, this didn't turn out quite the way I'd hoped, but we ate it anyway.
Saturday - the guys smoked a brisket. I made baked beans and salad.
Sunday - Casey's "pub" burgers were on the menu, but we had a Bad Meat Incident (I was agape when my father in law took a bite of the raw meat to determine if it was bad! He thought it was fine but we overruled him on lack of judgment alone) and ended up going to... where else? Red Mill Burgers instead!
Why hello there, Babe's Onion Rings.
What are your favorite dishes to make when you have houseguests?
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