Menu Planning

Get ready.  This will be exciting.

Are you prepared?

C'mon already, prepare yourselves.

Ok.  Here's the plan for today's post: Menu Planning!!  *Cue Music!*

I'm going to pick out the meals for this week, and then write them down.  Might even include ingredient lists.  Or recipes.  Ready or not, here I come!

Tues: Lemon Herb Chicken Ring Pockets.  I've already got the chicken cooked, the green peppers... maybe even the Parmesan. I actually have to cook this up right quick for Handsome's lunch delivery while he's on shift today (not a daily occurrence.  I didn't have it ready to pack in his lunch this morning)

Weds: Coconut Chicken Tenders w/o the Marmalade.  I like Heinz.  And speaking of, how awesome: Heinz has changed my life.  Or I might cut them up and put them in mac & cheese.  Just being honest here.  Used to do that years ago, and it was delicious at the time.  I'll let you know how it plays out.  If I do, I'll choose the shapes.

Thurs: Slow Cook Thai Chicken.  Dante likes this spicy-peanutbuttery-soysaucy flavor.  I've never made this before.  But I have stuff to do on Thurs, so it will be nice to have my crock pot make dinner for me. 

Fri:  Left Overs, handsome is on shift.  I don't usually cook for just myself.  Truth be told, I eat cookie dough and strawberries a lot of the time.  Just being honest.  

Again.

Sat: BBQ Chicken Pizza.  Sort of like the recipe provided, but I always like to tweak it to make it more cheesy and less onion-y.  And will I make my own dough?  I'm unsure at this moment.  I have a hard time working with yeast.

Sun: Spaghetti & Meatball Sandwiches.  Its a classic.  The sauce, I'm not sure on.  

But the meatballs are a winner.  I plan to use thin garlic bread. 

Mon: Grilled Chicken Salad with french fries and cheese and carrots and ranch. YUM.  Might be a favorite.

You may have noticed that we eat a lot of chicken.  It was on sale last week.  Buy one lb, get one free.  Hard to beat (it can be done, 1.79/lb in the great chicken stocking-up of 2010) so I bought a lot.  We have some other stuff in the freezer, mostly individually wrapped fish fillets that I refuse to cook because I don't like fish.  And really, this "week" of a menu will probably last nearly 2.  Things get pushed back and we take a while eating all of it. Who knows, Handsome may eat Thai stuff for 3 days.  I'll keep you posted, since this is so gripping.

And also, I feel I must confess that this post is AWE-some for me, because now I don't have to put a list on the refrigerator; its right on here!  I may take pictures.
I'm toying with the idea of building a little cookbook on  www.blurb.com, and maybe some of those will make it in.  Or is that stealing?  What if I modify?  Oh, the questions...