Menu Plan Monday: December 19, 2011

   

Monday: There was *still* a little sauerkraut left, so a quick and simple dinner of hot dogs and kraut is on tap.
Tuesday: They had a really good sale on the ravioli we like (Celentano Mini Round Cheese) so I grabbed a couple packages. Apparently, I had that same plan the *last* time they went on sale too, because there was a pretty good stash going on in the freezer already. So, in the interest of freeing up some freezer space, we'll make some ravioli with some ground Italian sausage, and round things out with a little garlic bread and a salad.
Wednesday: T is going to grill up some chicken--not sure yet if we will marinate it in some garlic & herb marinade we have on hand or use some barbecue sauce--and then I'll make some corn and we'll finish up the salad from Tuesday.
Thursday: It's been a while since I've made my Meatloaf Patties and we'll have a bunch of potatoes around (way too many for Christmas dinner for just two people), so I will whip up some mashed potatoes and make some French-cut green beans.
Friday: We decided we needed some fish on the menu this week, and after some debate, we settled on Marinated Grilled Tilapia. I'll make up some wild rice to go with it, and we'll have whatever squash looks good at the store when we get closer to the end of the week.
Saturday: Keeping it super simple: grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Sunday: Christmas dinner will be a baked ham (courtesy of T), some mashed potatoes, an as-yet-undecided veggie (trying to pick between two recipes) and some rolls. We're keeping Christmas dinner a little modest, since I will be traveling next week and T will be stuck alone with the leftovers.

Notes from last week's menu: We stayed on track, last week, until we got to Thursday. Neither of us really felt like cooking (bad news on a night that the recipe is a little labor-intensive!), so we postponed the quesadillas and got some takeout from Wendy's instead. As it turned out, leftovers were sparse, so Saturday turned into quesadilla night and T made some tuna casserole on Sunday.

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