Menu Plan Monday 05/20/24

 

Hi everyone

I spent most of yesterday in the kitchen, cooking & baking. I was very thankful for all that labor, because I just had to heat & eat all my meals today. No cooking and hardly any dishes to clean. I'm loving it! Here's what's on the menu for this week

Monday : Korean BBQ stir fry with brown rice

Tuesday : Chicken pot pie, veggies & salad

Wednesday : Same as Monday

Thursday : Same as Tuesday

Friday : Italian sausage/onions/peppers on sub buns, potato salad, baked beans salad

Saturday : Red Robin (DS)

Breakfasts : Banana oatmeal muffins, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast sausage, eggs or omelets, toast, chocolate brioche or raisin bread french toast, cereal, muesli

Lunch : Leftovers or protein from freezer with salad 

Dessert : I'm not making dessert until we finish whatever sweets are in the freezer (pumpkin pie & chocolate cookies). We still haven't eaten the pumpkin pie. All I want is ice cream for milkshakes. Meijer has some on sale this week & I have a DQ, so I'm going to buy some. DS will be very happy. 

There's always a large variety of fresh fruit, veggies & salad fixings available.

I also made a dozen smokies/hot dog 'sausage rolls' for DS and some fresh pico for snacks with tortilla chips. 

It's been years since I made breakfast sandwiches. It's not the prettiest, but it tastes good. I made my own bread rolls. I intentionally overbake them, because I love the flavor or darker baked breads & cookies (Belinda will understand 😊). Meijer had breakfast sausage on sale last week, so I stocked up. I bought links and patties, cause Johnsonville is my preferred brand. The best part about making your own breakfast sandwiches is that you can modify the ingredients to your liking. I just used sausage patty (it's a bit on the small size compared to my roll), slice of white cheddar cheese, eggs with onions, peppers & broccoli (I'm replacing broccoli with spinach tomorrow) and add a slice of tomato.

 

 I cook my eggs fresh daily, because I'm extremely picky about eggs. 

• I won't eat cold eggs. 
  
  
• I don't like eggs that have been flipped over during cooking. My mother & oldest brother both do that.
  
  
• I prefer sunny side up eggs. No broken yolks or I won't eat it. My father spoiled me with this, because he cooked the perfect eggs and he's the only one I ever allowed to make eggs for me. The yolk must be a little soft, so it's still a bit runny. 
  
  
• I never order eggs at restaurants, because I don't know if I'll get the perfect egg. I also don't want something like Egg beaters or other egg substitutes. I prefer the real deal.
  
  
• I prefer to have the eggs seasoned while it's cooking, so it can soak up the seasoning - heavy on the pepper
  
  
• I don't eat boiled eggs. I'll eat eggs in any other form, but don't anyone dare offer me boiled eggs. 

Our new Friday night dinners have been switched to Italian sausage. I love Italian sausage just for that fennel flavor. I cook it on the grill with peppers & onions. The best part - DS doesn't even miss fries, cause the potato salad is so good. So, we'll be eating this until we get tired of it. 

Bon Appetit Peeps!