Week 3/21-26

So I am doing a day-by-day meal plan for a while, as to keep my husband updated on the day to day plans...


Monday: Green Chili Chowder

Tuesday: Tacos Night (at the neighbors house, bring lettuce, tomato and cheese)

Wednesday: Spaghetti with mixed veggies

Thursday: Chinese Chicken Salads

Friday: Spicy Lemon Shrimp Pasta with side veggie


Recipes:


Green Chili Chowder

Refer to post from 2/20/11 for recipe

Spaghetti:

Seriously...boil water, add salt, cook noodles. Top with cooked meat mixed with sauce. Refer to post from 2/5/11 for meat sauce recipe. Then top with shredded parmesan cheese

Chinese Chicken Salads

Place half shredded napa cabbage and half shredded lettuce on plate and top with desired amount of shredded chicken, sliced scallions, shredded carrots, slivered almonds, mandarin oranges and chow mein noodles. Then toss with favorite chinese dressing.

Spicy Lemon Shrimp Pasta

Shallot finely diced
2 garlic cloves, chopped

2 T butter and 1 T olive oil

1-2 lemons, at least 1/2 c juice and zest of one lemon

1/4-1/2 t red pepper flakes

1/4-1/2 c chopped fresh italian parsley

1/4c white wine

1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined.

3/4 lb linguine

Boil water to cook linguine, and add salt to boiling water before tossing in linguine to cook. In seperate saucepan melt 2 T butter and oil over med-high heat, add shallot. Cook 2 minutes and add garlic and red pepper flakes, 30 seconds. Add wine, lemon juice and zest at simmer over med heat 2 minutes. Add shrimp, turning once until mostly pink, toss in parsley. Add Cooked pasta to shrimp pan and mix all together.

Shopping List:

Shrimp
shallot
garlic
Potatoes
Carrots
Napa Cabbage
Green onion
Side veggie (brussel sprouts or broccoli)
lettuce
tomatoes
lemons
parsley
Fire roasted green chilies
Mandarin oranges
Chicken stock
white wine
1/2 and 1/2
Pasta (spaghetti and linguine)
Premade meatsauce in freezer, or buy spaghetti sauce and 1lb sausage
almonds
chow mein noodles