5/12 – See last week’s meal plan
5/13 – Voice/Choir – Leftover Night
5/14 – L&G: out with L’s parents, A: fends for himself
5/15 – Out
5/16 – Choir – chicken and rice with sauce from a jar
5/17 – Choir – ground beef with pasta and sauce from a jar
5/18 – Choir Concert – Unclear.  I’ll probably pick up a magical touchscreen hoagie from Wawa before concert rehearsal.  A&L will fend for themselves.  

This is a super exciting meal plan, eh?  This week is FULL of choir, so it’s a whole lot of unknown and sauces from jars.  Thankfully choir is finished on Sunday, and then I can get meals back to normal again.  

5/5 – Mom’s Chicken w/ Raw Asparagus Caesar Salad
5/6 – Choir Only - Cheesy Ravioli Bake
5/7 – L&G: out to pick up parents, A: fends for himself 
5/8 – L&G: Out with L’s parents, dinner unclear
5/9 – L&G: Out with L’s parents, dinner unclear
5/10 – Prep for party – grilled steaks w/ Penne with Roasted Asparagus and Balsamic Butter
5/11 – Lunch: grilled hamburgers, grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion, rolls, barbeque sauce, mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, potato salad, grilled asparagus, tomato cucumber salad, strawberries, balsamic vinegar, whipped cream, drinks
Dinner: Out after commencement
5/12 – Mother’s Day Breakfast: coffee cake, scrambled eggs, strawberries?, OJ, milk
Dinner: Out with L’s parents

Life is getting ridiculous.  This week is requiring me to plan individual days instead of just a flexible meal plan like I normally have.  

Lance’s parents are coming into town this week and he and I will be spending time with them in DC on Wednesday and Thursday.  We don’t know if we’ll be making it home for dinner those nights, so I’ve got “emergency” food planned – chicken with rice and sauces from jars and pasta with sauces and ground beef.  Super easy stuff to throw together on the fly.  

Then, on the weekend, we have many people coming over for a picnic lunch prior to commencement, dinner out after commencement, breakfast with my parents on Sunday, and dinner with Lance’s parents the same day.  (I still need to pick a coffee cake for the breakfast...)

The farmers market started today, yay!, so I got a ton of asparagus.  I can’t wait to try the salad for the 5/5 meal, it looks amazing.  

Lots of fun and excitement!  Next week – the choir concert.  

1. Wine-Braised Chuck Roast with Onions w/ Roasted Potatoes w/ Greek Cherry Tomato Salad (and chickpeas)
2. voice/choir – Cheesy Ravioli Bake Leftover Night!
3. choir – Bacon Cheeseburger and Fries Casserole
4. Eggo Monte Cristo Sandwiches
5. choir – Ham and Cheese Crescent Bake
6. Alice Springs Chicken w/ Aussie Cheese Fries
7. Garlic and Chicken Soup w/ Pull Apart Butter Herb Bread

I have a feeling I’m going to get tired of saying life is busy over the next few weeks, so I’ll just say that I’m June will be a relief and leave it at that.  

Foodwise, I’m trying to make a dent in freezer meats so that we can order a pig at some point.  I’ll be using a chuck roast and a whole bunch of ground beef this week.  Lifewise, we’ve got a lot of casserole-type stuff this week due to all of my choir commitments.  

Blogwise, I haven’t had a whole lot of computer time recently and Art is in the process of another update to the backend of the blog.  Once he gets that done, I’ll be able to update a bit more often, and I hope to get back to regular updates in June when life settles down.  

One of the major changes to meal planning when life gets busy is that I have to actually plan each day’s dinners instead of just planning 7 dinners that I can make on whatever day I choose.  I’m glad that I don’t have to do this for every meal plan every week, but it’s okay once in a while.  I’m also working harder to ensure that meals generate leftovers aplenty.  Art is working out of the house on a consistent basis so I need to keep him in lunches and Lance is training for a half-marathon so eating everything in sight.  

These are all new recipes except for the tomato salad in meal 1 and I hope they’re all delicious even though I know I’ll get mocked for meal 4 :D

1. Chicken Tetrazzini
2. voice/choir – Leftover Night
3. choir – Italian Chicken, Mushroom, and Zucchini Skillet w/ Pasta
4. Slow Cooker Pot Roast w/ Oven Roasted Carrots and Potatoes
5. grilled sirloin steak w/ leftover Garlic Mustard Butter w/ Feta and Parsley Potato Bake
6. Tex Mex Casserole
7. Brian over (Fajitas?)

Life here is getting busier and busier as the weeks go by.  Too many things to be done and never enough time.  We’re currently gearing up for Lance’s college graduation (YAY!) in May and then a choir concert the following weekend.  

I’m also trying to make sure there will be room in the freezer whenever we get around to ordering our next half pig.  And I’m trying to make sure that I make things which generate a fair amount of leftovers now that all of us are eating leftovers for lunches and in order to fuel Lance who is training for a half marathon and eating a ton as a result.  

Fun times!  

1. Beef Filet with Garlic and Mustard Butter w/ Warm Dijon Lentils
2. voice/choir – Leftover Night
3. Lemony Sauced Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Risotto w/broccoli
4. Best French Bread Pizza
5. Chicken with Mustard Mascarpone Marsala Sauce w/ pasta
6-7. Out

Sorry this meal plan is late.  I did it last week, but never got around to posting it for some reason!  All of these recipes were new to me from the internet.