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Menu Mondays – Week of March 9, 2009

Posted by Michelle on Mar 8, 2009 in food, Menu Mondays | 0 comments

The Hubster ™ is approaching an important work deadline which will probably have him working overtime. While this means comped dinners for him, it also means I’m on my own for my dinners. The Little Empress hasn’t been quite so cooperative lately when it comes to getting meals on the table for both of us so let’s hope that we’re able to stay to this week’s meal plan!

Here’s our menu for the coming week:

Breakfast choices: Bagels with salmon cream cheese, yogurt, cereal
Lunch choices: Leftovers OR frozen dinners (for The Hubster ™); soup & sandwich (me)
Snack choices: Crackers, cheese, fresh fruit, cottage cheese

Dinner (all served with lettuce salad unless otherwise noted)
Monday: Omurice
Tuesday: Baked chicken with rice
Wednesday: Japanese-style beef curry
Thursday: Loco Moco
Friday: (out with parents)
Saturday: (out with friends)
Sunday: Leftover bufffet

The Little Empress’ meals:

• Breakfast -  fruit yogurt and cheerios / soft scrambled eggs with cheese, whole grain toast
• Lunch – grilled cheese with meat on whole grain / cheese & veggie pancakes, juice + water, fruit
• Snack – cheese and crackers, juice + water, fruit
• Dinner – Modified adult dinner + assorted veggies, juice + water

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Menu Mondays – February 23, 2009

Posted by Michelle on Feb 22, 2009 in food, Menu Mondays | 0 comments

What needs to be used this week?

Eggs
We were gifted with about 18 farm fresh eggs by my parents last week. Giving unexpected food to you is an Asian parents’ way of showing you that they love you. And we appreciated them though it would have been nice if they had asked first — we already had over a dozen eggs in the fridge! A few egg salads, baked goods and other egg dishes, we still have over a dozen of those eggs left. Need to use them. Pronto.

Ricotta, veggies
I had planned to make a roasted veggie lasagna for my lunch for the week last week. I never got around to it so it will have to be done this week. The Hubster(tm) is not a fan of veggie lasagna so this is all for me. Woohoo! Lunch for a week and less groceries to buy overall.

Various leftovers
We have some leftover steamed rice, squid adobo and other stuff from my parents’ visit this evening. The leftover squid will likely be my lunch tomorrow as The Hubster(tm) refuses to eat it.

What do we need to buy?

Rice
Like most Asian families, many of our meals are built around rice and not having rice in the house is unheard of. The Hubster(tm) and I try not to eat a lot of rice but there’s no way we could cut it out completely so a 20lb bag lasts us quite awhile. Unfortunately, we’ve run out so I need to make a run to the local Asian market.

Here’s our menu for the coming week. Since I have to hit up the Asian market to replenish our rice supply, I decided to feature an egg-heavy menu centering around Japanese donburi dishes.

Baby’s Menu
Yogurt, Cheerios, saltines, banana, carrots & peas, chicken, pork

Breakfast Choices
Yogurt, cereal, peanut butter & banana on whole wheat, milk

Lunch Choices
Leftovers (for The Hubster(tm))
Roasted veggie lasagna (for me)

Dinner
Monday – LEFTOVERS: Beef mechado (Filipino beef stew) OR Meatloaf
Tuesday – Omurice
Wednesday – Oyakodon (chicken & eggs over rice)
Thursday – Nikujaga (Japanese beef & potato stew)
Friday – Yakiniku with stir fried veggies
Saturday – Stir fried veggies & chicken
Sunday – Tofu nabe with veggies

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Menu Mondays – 1/26/09

Posted by Michelle on Jan 25, 2009 in food, Menu Mondays | 1 comment

Here’s our menu for the coming week:

Monday: Baked chicken & salad
Tuesday: Pork adobo
Wednesday: Baked chicken & salad
Thursday: Beef salad
Friday: Baked chicken & salad
Saturday: Lasagna
Sunday: Superbowl Fried Frenzy

Breakfast choices: Cereal, oatmeal, breakfast burritos

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Menu Mondays – 1/19/2009

Posted by Michelle on Jan 18, 2009 in food, Menu Mondays | 0 comments

Here’s our menu for the coming week:

Monday: Spaghetti & meat sauce with green salad
Tuesday: Baked chicken & stir fried bok choy, served with rice
Wednesday: Sour beef soup with bok choy & daikon, served with rice noodles
Thursday: Baked chicken & stir fried bok choy, served with rice
Friday: Shaking beef over green salad

Baby menu – yogurt, cheerios, cheese, chicken, banana, peaches, peas

Breakfast options – oatmeal with dried fruit, cereal & milk, yogurt
Lunch options  – Leftovers, green salad with baked chicken
Snack options – baby carrots, yogurt, trail mix, fruit
Baked treat of the week: CUPCAKES!!

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Menu Mondays – 1/12/2009

Posted by Michelle on Jan 12, 2009 in food, Menu Mondays | 1 comment

Here’s our menu for the coming week. The Hubster ™ suggested that we try to eat more vegetables, less meat and starch for our health. Helps our budget, too.

Monday – Taiwanese Ground Pork with rice & sauteed bok choy (L)
Tuesday – Thai-style papaya and carrot salad with grilled beef
Wednesday – Thai-style ground pork with papaya salad and steamed rice
Thursday – Vietnamese shaking beef over green salad
Friday – Vietnamese cold noodle bowls with grilled pork
Saturday – Japanese yakiniku (tableside grilled beef) with kimchee, rice and nori
Sunday – Cold peanut noodles with grilled chicken & Vietnamese salad rolls with pork & shrimp

Breakfast choices for the week – Oatmeal, cereal, tea & toast
Lunch for the week – Leftovers from the previous night
Snack choices for the week – carrots & hummus, fresh fruit

(L) – Denotes a leftover meal
(F) – Denotes a freezer meal

There’s meat in every dish but for most of these dishes, meat is a flavoring rather than a significant part of the dish. I’m lucky that the Asian market has pre-shredded carrots and papaya. That takes most of the work out of papaya salads

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