Week Menu 9/26-10/2

Meal One: Spicy Chicken Satay, rice and steamed veggie

Meal Two: Pasta with Kale

Meal Three: Grilled Pork Chops, with steamed broccoli and salad

Meal Four: Spicy Lemon Pasta

Recipe

Spicy Chicken Satay:

marinade

24 chicken tenders

2 T dark sesame oil

2 T vegetable oil

1 T rice vinegar

4 T soy sauce

2 T tabasco

3 T brown sugar

Peanut sacuce

3 T vegetable oil

2 clv garlic

1 T ginger

2 T tabasco

1/2 c peanut butter

1 T rice vinegar

2 T soy sauce

2T sugar

1/4 c water, more if needed

Place all chicken marinade ingredients in bag and marinate at lease two hours, up to overnight.

Place all peanut sauce ing. into blender or food processor, except water. Pulse to combine, then slowly add water until desired consistancy is reached.

Preheat outdoor grill, or broiler. You can either thread the chicken onto skewers, or just place chicken on without. Give the chicken a final brush with the marinade, then discard remaining marinade. Grill or broil about 4 minutes on each side, remove from grill and serve with peanut sauce.

Serve with steamed broccoli and steamed rice.

Pasta with Kale:

I use the recipe off the food network.....

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/pasta-with-escarole-recipe/index.html
I substitute kale for escarole and I also substitute pancetta or bacon for the pancetta, just whatever you have on hand. I like to use whole wheat pasta in this recipe.

Pork Chops

Season boneless pork chops with pepper and seasoning salt. Grill on outdoor grill, or broil, about 3-6 minutes per side, depending on thickness of chops. Serve with steamed broccoli and side salad.

Spicy Lemon Shrimp Pasta:

3/4 lb linguine

1 lb shrimp (peeled and deveined)

3T butter

3T olive oil

3T (9cloves) garlic

3/4 c fresh italian parsley

1/4t red pepper flakes

zest of one lemon

1/4 c lemon juice

1/2 lemon thinly sliced

Cook pasta according to package directions with 1 T salt. In large saucepan melt butter and olive oil over med-low heat. Add garlic and saute one minute. Add shrimp and cook about 5 minutes, turning once. Add all lemon items, parsley and pepper flakes to saucepan; remove from heat. Mix with pasta and serve.

Recipes:

chicken tenders

proscuitto

pork chops

shrimp

ginger

garlic

broccoli

salad mix

parsley

lemon

kale/escarole

red jalapeno

pine nuts

sesame oil

rice vinegar

soy sauce

tabasco

peanut butter

brown sugar

linguine

1 lb pasta of choice

parmesan