1. General Tso’s Chicken
2. Orange Chicken
3. Pasta with Sausage, Basil and Sundried Tomatoes w/ Grilled Eggplant
4. Chicken Strips w/ Fried Okra w/ salad
5. Italian Ziti Bake
6. Filet Mignon with Balsamic Syrup and Goat Cheese w/ Gwen’s Carbonara
I have two challenges with meal planning this week. The largest challenge is the fact that I’m tired from an all too brief trip to visit family. Planning meals when I’m tired is always difficult! My other challenge is that I was out of town on Saturday so I wasn’t able to stock up on vegetables. I hope to be able to stop by the market on Wednesday to pick up a few things that I can always find, like squash and tomatoes.
To help with the tired part of planning, I asked Art and Lance if they had any requests. Art asked for General Tso’s Chicken or Orange Chicken, so I’ll be making both. He then suggested I made the
Tagliatelle with Sausage, Basil and Sundried Tomatoes and, instead of using sundried tomatoes, use the tomatoes I roasted last week in the oven.
Most of these recipes are ones I’ve made before, so it should be a nice and easy week. There are only six meals planned for the week because we ordered pizza (gasp!) tonight for dinner after a long day of driving. August is a ridiculously busy month for us, so I predict that I’ll try to have a few easy weeks in the near future!