Dinner Meal Plan October 24th- October 28th

Today I did a lot of cooking/prepping for the week since I got lazy last week.
I made a batch of pesto pasta (see recipe in last few weeks). I also froze a batch for the winter months.
I also made Green Onion Soup and Roasted some potatos for the week.

Sunday: Italian pasta dinner with meatballs and sausage (Family recipe) and mixed greens salad

Monday: Vegetarian stuffed Pattypan Roasted Squash
Ingredients:

* 4 Pattypan Squash, washed
* 1 Onion (any type), chopped
* 4 Morning Star Sausage Patties
* 3/4 lb. Parsley, chopped
* 1 cup bitter greens
* 1/2 teaspoon Pepper
* 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cut squash in half (horizonally) and hollow.
3. Chop onion finely.
4. Heat sausage patties in olive oil in a pan. Break up into small pieces
5. Remove sausage from pan and set aside.
6. Add onion to the pan with olive oil and cook about 2 minutes or until soft. Add greens and saute until wilted.
7. Mix together in a bowl the sausage, onion, parsley, pepper and 2 tablespoons water.
8. Divide mixture among squash halves.
9. Brush the tops of the stuffed squash with olive oil.
10. Place squash in single layer in baking dish just large enough to hold all of the squash.
11. Fill baking dish with 1/2 inch water.
12. Cover and bake 30 minutes.
13. Uncover and continue baking about 15 minutes or until stuffing is browned and squash tender.

Serves 4


Tuesday: Vegetarian reubens

Wednesday: Baked Sockeye Salmon with roasted potatoes

Thursday: Pesto pasta

Dinner Meal Plan Oct 10- Oct 15, 2010

Some weeks I just want to give up all this food prep and cooking on the weekends, and go out to eat to avoid all the pots, pans and dirty dishes... and then I eat out and realize how much better it tastes when I (we) cook it at home... and how much healthier... so then I feel a little better about spending my weekends preparing for the week... just a little. My preference would be a personal chef (but something tells me that's not going to happen)!
So here I am... I've already cooked up a few things for the week, inlcuding:
-Sauteed squash, eggplant, onions in olive oil in a deep saucepan (salt and pepper to taste)
- Sauteed tomatoes in olive oil (salt, pepper and fresh basil)
- Roasted potatoes drizzled in olive oil (salt and pepper to taste)on 400.
- Spicy Leek and Potato Soup is cooking on the stove right now.
- Black beans soaking on the stove right now (soaking directions on bag)

All this food prep today, will make packing lunches (for my husband and myself, along with dinner, so much easier.

Sunday: Pasta with Tomato sauce (sauteed earlier today)and mixed greens salad.
Monday: Tacos with black beans (and the fixins)
Tuesday: Salmon with roasted potatoes and mixed greens salad
Wednesday: Potato soup
Thursday: Squash, Eggplant compode with side cous cous
Friday: Pizza night (homemade pizza) and lots of vino!