1. Manicotti w/ Garlic Toast
2. Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee w/ egg noodles changed to emergency pizza
3. Pan Seared Cod with Herb Butter Sauce w/ Garlicky Oven Fries
4. Creamy Skillet Penne with Sausage and Broccoli
5. Out - Choir Party
6. Tacos!
7. Creamy Chicken Taquitos w/ Pico de Gallo
A week where I get to cook almost every night! How wonderful and something I need to take advantage of since I won’t have another such week until January. I can’t believe that it’s almost January… I’m super excited about Christmas vacation even though I feel like I’ve got a million and one things that need to be accomplished between now and then.
Meal planning this week was enjoyable. Meal 1 is a holdover from back in November so it will be nice to finally get the chance to clear that one out of my files. It’s from the 2009 Cook’s Country Annual. Meals 2, 3, and 4 are all from the 2008 Cook’s Country Annual. I enjoy these annuals so much and they’re just so easy to turn to for meal planning. Most of the (recipes fall squarely within my comfort zone. This is probably a habit I should work on breaking in the new year in order to challenge myself a bit more. Meal 7 is from my delicious bookmarks.
Meals 1, 4, and 6 will help make a dent in the freezers full of meat.
Later on this week I’m going to attempt to figure out what baking, if any, I want to do to take to my parents’ for Christmas. Pumpkin Bread has been suggested, but Pumpkin Bread is always suggested so it’s sort of a no brainer.