~ January 2010 ~ Home Cooking Challange! - Page 11

[_ktg_]

I only post dinners, and I'll noted if a meal is veggie only.

January

1 - Shrimp cocktail, leaf lettuce salad, N.Y. steaks, mashed potatoes & wilted spinach (Happy New Year!)
2 - Roasted Chicken, root veggies (squash, rutabaga, & green apple) with simple risotto
3 - Pot Roast with veggies (carrots, brussel sprouts, potato, green bean) & mashed potatoes
4 - Leftovers
5 - Speghetti w/ meatballs & spinach salad
6 - Leftover Jambalaya with extra shrimp from NY dinner.
7 - Beef Stew with rice
8 - Chicken Tikka Masala & sliced mango
9 - Dinner out - StoneFire Pizza for a birthday
10 - BBQ night/Football Sunday (Ribs, BBQ Chicken, Wings, Dips, Chips)
11- Leftovers of football sunday/bbq night with spinach salad.
12 - Brinner for Dinner
13 - Leftover Beef Stew & rice
14 - Leftover Chicken Tikka Masala w/ Rice and leftover honey baked lentils

[Alyantavid]

1-ate at my mom's *ds2 & I had lunch out
2-out for dh's work party
3-zesty grilled hamsteak, baked potatoes, stir fried veggies, berry cobbler for dessert
4-tomato soup, rolls
5-quesadillas *dh had lunch out
6-dinner at my mom's
7-fried potatoes and onions, eggs *we got takeout, long story
8-pizza
9-meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn
10-potato and ham soup for dh and I, leftover tomato soup and quesadillas for the kids, french bread
11-fried potatoes and eggs we didn't have last week *we did panini's and roasted potatoes instead
12-out
13-leftover night
14-baked trout sandwiches, veggies, baked fries

[Ianthe]

Everything cooked at home is vegan & Lunch is usually FFY and/or leftovers

1. Creole Black Eyed Peas
2. Bombay Potatoes/Chickpeas and basmati rice
3. FFY
4. Pasta Della California
5. Sauteed Seitan with Mushrooms & Spinach over Quinoa & rutabagas on the side
6. Lemony spinach Potatoes & chickpeas with basmati rice
7. Lentils with Spinach and basmati rice
8. Lunch Out (Paid with Xmas gift card) Pasta Della California
9. Italian beans and rice
10. Lunch Out We were out and didn't bring snacks / Dinner: curried rice & chickpeas
11. (School night) FFY (tacos)
12. Garbanzo Goulash
13. (School night) tacos

PLANNED:
14. (Th) Garam Masala Parnsip Soup
15. (F) Homemade pizza with uncheese sauce
16. (S) Teriyaki Tofu/Veggies over brown rice
17. (Su) Wild Risotto & Roasted Potatoes

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchilada Pie


October's Challenge
November's Challenge
December's Challenge
(Keeping track so I remember some yummy recipes!)

[Jenn_M]

Family of 4. DH and I both WOH. Girls and I eat Breakfast, snack, lunch at work/school/daycare.

1) baked turkey, pasta salad, green veggie
2) Applebees (will use $50 GC from Christmas)
3) turkey pot pie, salad
4) eggs and toast
5) cereal
6) spaghetti (sauce in crockpot), salad
7) fettuccine Alfredo with chicken
8) leftovers
9) leftovers again and probably PB&J for the girls
10) cheeseburgers and steak fries
11) Marlboro Man Sandwich, green salad
12) sesame noodles, grilled chicken breast
13) cheese quesadillas (homemade tortillas), steamed broccoli)
14) homemade mac and cheese
15) (planned) ??

[isosmom]

1. everyone was some place else except ds2 and I, so we just snacked, nothing of note
2. roasted butternut squash with sesame oil and soy sauce over brown rice (spent $14 at the farmer's market on apples, broccoli, kale, and mandarins)
3. bean and cheese pupusas, pinto beans, green salad with walnuts, spinach, romaine, carrots, and broccoli
4. cheese tortollini for the kids and spaghetti for me, both with tomato sauce and steamed broccoli
5. potato tacos with sauteed onions, pintos, avocado, and cheese on flour tortillas. we'll also have some sort of green vegetable in there somewhere (spent $11 at the produce market on onions, avocado, apples, limes, and muesli)
6. chicken nuggets and sausages for the kids and dh, roasted fingerlings, roasted broccoli and cauliflower, rolls, brown rice, roasted butternut squash
7. potato and tomato soup, crackers, pupusas
8. veggie stir fry, ginger tofu, rice
9. I was so tired after dd's bday party we ordered pizza out
10. macaroni and cheese, carrots, sandwiches
11. refried pintos, fideo, tortillas, and vegan queso dip
12. yellow split pea soup with rice and spinach, green salad, dinner rolls
13. spaghetti primavera, dinner rolls
14. cheesy chickpea shepherd's pie from Vegan Dad

[AlwaysByMySide]

January 1 - Franks and beans. Exciting, I know.
January 2 - Cereal for lunch, pasta with sauce and garlic bread for dinner.
January 3 - DD asked for bean and cheese nachos.
January 4 - Fresh from the oven, homemade bread with butter, jelly, and peanut butter (not all together!) We ate so much, nobody was hungry for a 'real' dinner. Have black beans soaking for tomorrow.
January 5 - Turkey dogs wrapped in crescent rolls.
January 6 - The beans still haven't made it onto plates yet. I was planning on making sweet potato burritos with the black beans, but I napped with the kids, so we had a mishmash for dinner - yogurt, carrots, salad, random stuff.
January 7 - I don't even remember what we had last night, but I know we ate it here.
January 8 - Sweet potato burritos, finally! Hoping to use up the rest for taco soup sometime over the weekend.
January 9 - Scrambled eggs, bacon, english muffins = breakfast for dinner
January 10 - Red beans and rice with sausage
January 11 - The kids had pb&j's with apples (their choice); I had a salad.
January 12 - My dad took us out to dinner, so technically we ate out, but we didn't pay for it.
January 13 - Frozen pizza
January 14 - Maple glazed salmon filets with cheesy broccoli

[caiesmommy]

We cook vegan...I'll write when not vegan

1. Lunch-leftover enchalada casserole w homemade tomatillo sauce(WICKED!)
Dinner-All you can eat veg sushi-G/C from xmas(I don't count it as eating out)
2. Chickpea potato curry w tossed salad and roasted eggplant
3. Homemade pizza w coleslaw and carrot sticks
4. New meal-chop suey w toasted almonds on rice, roasted eggplant, carrot sticks.
5. I mad a yummy soup based on this curry recipe http://theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/...ipeID=143..but changed quite a bit
6. Veggie stir fry with almonds on noodles
7 Homemade pizza AGAIN..ds is on a kick
8. Dh's night to cook-AND HE COOKED! Split pea/10 bean mix soup with tons of veggies. It was really a thick stew. Roasted potatoes, penne noodles(?why? no idea) and salad...he confused me with everything but the soup.
9. Leftover penne noodles w tomato egplant sauce/hemp seeds. With a salad of lettuce/onion/tom./peppers/olives/peas/corn and leftover potatoes
10.Take out veggie burgers
11.Falafel w roasted masala potatoes, roasted cauliflower, corn and tossed salad
12. Sicky mommy means take out daddy...which was a surprise. He did get me my fave soup in the world and clean up the dinner dishes
13. Had no energy to really cook. Ds had leftover thai, I made a quick vegetable soup using leftover chickpeas, leftover rice frm last night.
14. veggie/almond stirfry on millet

[Alyantavid]

1-ate at my mom's *ds2 & I had lunch out
2-out for dh's work party
3-zesty grilled hamsteak, baked potatoes, stir fried veggies, berry cobbler for dessert
4-tomato soup, rolls
5-quesadillas *dh had lunch out
6-dinner at my mom's
7-fried potatoes and onions, eggs *we got takeout, long story
8-pizza
9-meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn
10-potato and ham soup for dh and I, leftover tomato soup and quesadillas for the kids, french bread
11-fried potatoes and eggs we didn't have last week *we did panini's and roasted potatoes instead
12-out
13-leftover night
14-baked trout sandwiches, veggies, baked fries
15-ham and pineapple kabobs, roasted potatoes

[_ktg_]

I only post dinners, and I'll noted if a meal is veggie only.

January

1 - Shrimp cocktail, leaf lettuce salad, N.Y. steaks, mashed potatoes & wilted spinach (Happy New Year!)
2 - Roasted Chicken, root veggies (squash, rutabaga, & green apple) with simple risotto
3 - Pot Roast with veggies (carrots, brussel sprouts, potato, green bean) & mashed potatoes
4 - Leftovers
5 - Speghetti w/ meatballs & spinach salad
6 - Leftover Jambalaya with extra shrimp from NY dinner.
7 - Beef Stew with rice
8 - Chicken Tikka Masala & sliced mango
9 - Dinner out - StoneFire Pizza for a birthday
10 - BBQ night/Football Sunday (Ribs, BBQ Chicken, Wings, Dips, Chips)
11- Leftovers of football sunday/bbq night with spinach salad.
12 - Brinner for Dinner
13 - Leftover Beef Stew & rice
14 - Leftover Chicken Tikka Masala w/ Rice and leftover honey baked lentils
15 - Homemade Pizza (pepperoni & sausage) & spinach salad

[applecider]

1. dinner out with the inlaws. Their treat!
2. flatbread pizzas, leftovers
3. crockpot roast, peas, buckwheat pilaf
4. thai fish noodle dish (put in WAY too many rice noodles)
5. veggie soup with leftover roast/ sourdough toast with butter/salad
6. lentil and potato curry with sauteed swiss chard
7. leftovers
8. taco salads with homemade fermented cortido
9. date night with a gift card! Plus leftovers for lunch/my mom (the babysitter) ended up spending more than the card on appetizer and one more glass of wine (which I did NOT need)
10. Vietnamese roast chicken in the crockpot, chilean squash (from moosewood cookbook) and leftover coleslaw.
11. Leftover chicken, green beans and potatoes, maybe a pilaf
12. leftover chicken, squash casserole, pilaf
13. cauliflower cheese pie (moosewood), chicken, squash and two donuts from the grocery store
14. ravioli from a bag plus sauteed chard and mushrooms
15. sometimes the inlaws take us out, but if not, maybe some pizza on a tortilla and salad

I kind of slacked off for a few days in updating, but now that I'm back here, it's kind of nice to see how well I'm doing this month! Kind of gives me a kick in the pants for the rest of the month.

[maciascl]

I tried this last month, but didn't manage to stick with it too well. All meals are vegetarian.

1. Bean, rice & veggie meat burritos & gorditas
2. Black bean & corn chopped salads
3. Pizza, ice cream & cake to celebrate DS1's birthday.
4. Vegan sausages & gnocchi with broccoli in garlic & oil
5. Grilled chik'n patties, sauteed mushrooms & onions, and roasted sweet & white potatoes.
6. Pineapple & tofu fried rice and tofu massaman curry (yes this was actually take-out, but since I am doing this from a $ saving perspective & I didn't pay for it, I am not counting it )
7. Frozen lasagna, not exactly home cooked but it wasn't eating out either
8. Corn pancakes, bacon & fruit
9. Taking a lasagna to grandma's birthday potluck
10. Dinner at MIL's house
11. Spagetti & TJ's frozen meatless meatballs
12. Going to Ruby's for free kids meal night (planning this for weeks)
13. Potato soup & grilled cheese sandwiches
14. Fend for yourself night
15. Chik'n patties, roasted asparagus & pasta
16. (planned) going to a birthday party & going to hope there is something veggie friendly
17. (planned) dinner at MIL's house

[KnockedUpButtercup]

I almost blew it tonight! DS2 had a couple of friends over, and DS1 came home from college - I was invaded by hungry teenage boys. It wasn't the healthiest thing in the world, but I bought a bunch of frozen pizzas, salad, coke, and ice cream. I spent almost $20, but it was still a lot cheaper than ordering pizza.

1: Teriyaki Tofu and Orange Sesame Broccoli
2: out after church - it was under $8, though
3: Lasagna w/ Cashew Ricotta, green beans
4: leftover lasagna
5: out again
6: Potato pancakes and red chard
7: Creamy Cajun Chick*n Pasta, salad
8: Spicy Mung Bean Stew, sweet potato fries, tortillas
9: kind of a stir-fried rice, seitan, veggie thing
10: leftover ^^
11: Spaghetti, green beans
12: Spicy Mung Bean Stew
13: Black bean soup, pico de gallo, tortillas
14: Teriyaki Tofu and broccoli (again - this was good!)
15: impromptu sleepover - frozen pizza, salad, coke, ice cream - but we "cooked" and ate at home

planned:

16: White Bean Soup w/ Corn & Red Pepper, roasted brussels sprouts, carrot raisin muffins
17: Manzana Chili Verde, Jalapeno Cornbread
18: Tofurkey Sausages/buns, green beans and carrots, baked sweet potato fries
19: Mujadarrah and baby spinach
20: Baked potatoes, piled with leftovers
21: Lemon Herb Tofu, broccoli, carrots, quinoa
22: Spicy Peanut-Eggplant Soup, homemade bread

Holly

[Ianthe]

Everything cooked at home is vegan & Lunch is usually FFY and/or leftovers

1. Creole Black Eyed Peas
2. Bombay Potatoes/Chickpeas and basmati rice
3. FFY
4. Pasta Della California
5. Sauteed Seitan with Mushrooms & Spinach over Quinoa & rutabagas on the side
6. Lemony spinach Potatoes & chickpeas with basmati rice
7. Lentils with Spinach and basmati rice
8. Lunch Out (Paid with Xmas gift card) Pasta Della California
9. Italian beans and rice
10. Lunch Out We were out and didn't bring snacks / Dinner: curried rice & chickpeas
11. (School night) FFY (tacos)
12. Garbanzo Goulash
13. (School night) tacos
14. (sick) Chickpea Noodle Soup
15. (sick) FFY

PLANNED:
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Enchilada Pie
Garam Masala Parnsip Soup
Homemade pizza with uncheese sauce
Wild Risotto & Roasted Potatoes
Teriyaki Tofu/Veggies over brown rice


October's Challenge
November's Challenge
December's Challenge
(Keeping track so I remember some yummy recipes!)

[lucifugous]

1- homemade pizza, 1 pepperoni and 1 onion, red pepper, black olive. made a white bean soup
2- homemade biscuits and gravy with pot roast leftovers. made "healthy no-bake cookies"
3- chicken & pasta casserole (I had enough for two last week), yummy salad. whole wheat banana bread with flax & ground oatmeal.
4- FFY. linguine marinara for a late lunch...
5- I made my first whole chicken! in the crock, rubbed it with salt, pep & paprika, and set it up in the slow cooker with lemon, garlic and rosemary... kind of like here, but with paprika. - I saved the white bean soup! - Made medium grain brown rice & added frozen peas toward the end.
6- late snack- homemade pizza with roasted eggplant & goat cheese.. a little bit of leftover dough got made into a solitary cinnamon roll sort of thing, for which I even made icing.
7- I made the brown rice with peas again and used some strategic positioning to hide it in the fridge, since it got scarfed down so quickly last time :P leftover chicken, some zucchini... chips and salsa after the baby went to bed...
8- had a yummy salad for lunch, enchiladas with leftover chicken for dinner!
9- Mojadra- lentils and rice (a little salt) topped with seasoned carmelized onions (a little salt, cumin, coriander, pinch of cayenne) and yogurt mixed with dill.
10- pasta with shrimp, leeks, broccoli, and a little red pepper & olive oil. making a cake tonight so it will be ready to frost in the morning... finally baked some super sour sourdough I had in the works for a couple days.... also made banana bread.... as well as cheesecake-swirled brownies ....!
11- lunch out with my dad for my brother's birthday... leftovers, cake, etc.
12- leftovers all day long!!
13- Three Sisters Stew from FtWF- yum!!
14- lentils w/ spinach, roasted carrots
15- leftovers, my mom made a "pizza casserole"
16- making something similar to this moroccan chicken, but I think I will bake it because I have ckn breasts that have been marinated w/ a matching flavor. Plus I have a whole chicken that needs to be made!

no clue how much or even if the other two adults in the house are eating what you make + overthinking things
= too much food
things aren't going to waste, at least- they're just not being used at their very freshest. These parsnips are going to have to make it til next week!

crock pot chicken
w/ lemon & garlic quinoa salad (FtWF)
leftovers with different veggies
need 1 more ingredient for the parsnip soup with garam marsala- the current plan is to get the chives for this on Sunday or Monday.
pot roast with parsnips

[caiesmommy]

We cook vegan...I'll write when not vegan

1. Lunch-leftover enchalada casserole w homemade tomatillo sauce(WICKED!)
Dinner-All you can eat veg sushi-G/C from xmas(I don't count it as eating out)
2. Chickpea potato curry w tossed salad and roasted eggplant
3. Homemade pizza w coleslaw and carrot sticks
4. New meal-chop suey w toasted almonds on rice, roasted eggplant, carrot sticks.
5. I mad a yummy soup based on this curry recipe http://theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/...ipeID=143..but changed quite a bit
6. Veggie stir fry with almonds on noodles
7 Homemade pizza AGAIN..ds is on a kick
8. Dh's night to cook-AND HE COOKED! Split pea/10 bean mix soup with tons of veggies. It was really a thick stew. Roasted potatoes, penne noodles(?why? no idea) and salad...he confused me with everything but the soup.
9. Leftover penne noodles w tomato egplant sauce/hemp seeds. With a salad of lettuce/onion/tom./peppers/olives/peas/corn and leftover potatoes
10.Take out veggie burgers
11.Falafel w roasted masala potatoes, roasted cauliflower, corn and tossed salad
12. Sicky mommy means take out daddy...which was a surprise. He did get me my fave soup in the world and clean up the dinner dishes
13. Had no energy to really cook. Ds had leftover thai, I made a quick vegetable soup using leftover chickpeas, leftover rice frm last night.
14. veggie/almond stirfry on millet
15. Dh snuck veggie dogs into the cart. For reasons unknown. So he made dinner of veggie dogs and coleslaw. I despise fake meat. We might do fake meat once every 2 months and we've just done it twice in one week

[Smithie]

1/1: MIL brought over dinner
1/2: kids had mac n cheese with sitter, dh and I ate a late lunch out for "date night" and had popcorn later in the evening
1/3: SIL brings over steak and scalloped potatoes for dh's going-away party, I make bread and veggies
1/4: Kids ate mac n cheese and grapes. MIL brought me over a twice-baked potato, but I am not hungry because we ate Mickey-D's after the preschool pickup at 3 p.m. Weak. I am weak.
1/5: I ate the leftover steak and baked potato, kids ate chicken tenders and fries.
1/6: I had salad and whole wheat pastini, the kids rejected the pastini and ate tortillas, bananas, cookies and milk. Carb city.
1/7: Kids had Velveeta Shells n Cheese with the sitter. I had carrots and merlot when I got home later. The dog ate my dd1's favorite teddy bear.
1/8: tortilla w/ peanut butter for dd, bologna and cheese sandwich for ds, bologna sandwich for me.
1/9: McDonald's
1/10: no clue, but we ate dinner at home
1/11: no clue, but we ate dinner at home
1/12: baked chicken, veggies and fries, late night fridge raiding by dh
1/13: I had a dinner meeting at a Thai restaurant, dh and kids ate mac n cheese supplemented by various carb-intense fridge raiding
1/14: Hamburger Helper - I don't recommend it
1/15: salmon and baked potato, dh and I reached a new low by having an entire Fourth Meal around 11 p.m. - chips, dip, sushi, beer plus some McDonald's for him. It was a poor choice for both our waistlines and our budget - but it was fun
1/16: I bake bread and SIL brings over the rest of dinner

[Alyantavid]

1-ate at my mom's *ds2 & I had lunch out
2-out for dh's work party
3-zesty grilled hamsteak, baked potatoes, stir fried veggies, berry cobbler for dessert
4-tomato soup, rolls
5-quesadillas *dh had lunch out
6-dinner at my mom's
7-fried potatoes and onions, eggs *we got takeout, long story
8-pizza
9-meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn
10-potato and ham soup for dh and I, leftover tomato soup and quesadillas for the kids, french bread
11-fried potatoes and eggs we didn't have last week *we did panini's and roasted potatoes instead
12-out
13-leftover night
14-baked trout sandwiches, veggies, baked fries
15-ham and pineapple kabobs, roasted potatoes
16-hamburgers, fries

[_ktg_]

[QUOTE=_ktg_;14935611]I only post dinners, and I'll noted if a meal is veggie only.

January

1 - Shrimp cocktail, leaf lettuce salad, N.Y. steaks, mashed potatoes & wilted spinach (Happy New Year!)
2 - Roasted Chicken, root veggies (squash, rutabaga, & green apple) with simple risotto
3 - Pot Roast with veggies (carrots, brussel sprouts, potato, green bean) & mashed potatoes
4 - Leftovers
5 - Speghetti w/ meatballs & spinach salad
6 - Leftover Jambalaya with extra shrimp from NY dinner.
7 - Beef Stew with rice
8 - Chicken Tikka Masala & sliced mango
9 - Dinner out - StoneFire Pizza for a birthday
10 - BBQ night/Football Sunday (Ribs, BBQ Chicken, Wings, Dips, Chips)
11- Leftovers of football sunday/bbq night with spinach salad.
12 - Brinner for Dinner
13 - Leftover Beef Stew & rice
14 - Leftover Chicken Tikka Masala w/ Rice and leftover honey baked lentils
15 - Take & Bake Pizza & spinach salad
16 - Pork Chops w/ 2 side dishes - still deciding these

[mnnice]

1-1 bean and cheese burritos
1-2 chicken and wild rice soup for lunch--leftovers for supper
1-3 guacomole burgers for lunch and more leftovers for supper
1-4 miso soup, green salad, edename,rice
1-5 squash, corn, and grilled lamb steak
1-6 DH and I had more burritos and the kids had more burgers
1-7 DH made beef roast, carrots, potatos and gravy
1-8 lentil and chard curry and fresh bread
1-9 spagetti and meatballs (with vension which I usually don't like but these were good), garlic toast
1-10 tandoor chicken with rice and some of the leftover curry as sides
1-11 leftovers
1-12 homemade frozen pizza (last time I made pizza I made an extra) and salad
1-13 potato soup and fresh bread
1-14 We ended up at Famous Dave's which would have been okay, but DH and DS2 went out for lunch too I sort of felt like I fell off the eat at home flexatarian wagon.
1-15 pasta with a creamy sundried tomato sauce with some sundried tomatos that had been in the cupboard a very long time and bread and green salad.
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[my2girlz]

1/1 pancakes
1/2 spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread
1/3 roasted chicken, potatoes, carrots
1/4 grilled cheese and tomato soup
1/5 parm. garlic chicken, pierogies, broccoli/cauliflour mix
1/6 broccoli cheese soup and breadsticks
1/7 Italian Pasta Bake
1/8 screwed up and went out
1/9 leftovers and snacks at sporting event
1/10 turkey, mashed taters, corn casserole, biscuits
1/11 leftovers
1/12 frozen pizza for kids, grilled pizza made from leftovers and the 2 remaining flat out bread from fridge
1/13 grilled cheese and tomato soup
1/14 packed and eaten on the road (going out of town)
1/15 out for pizza (out of town)
1/16 fend for yourself

PLANNED:
1/17 pork roast, apples, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole
1/18 sloppy joes, fries, carrots
1/19 chicken, rice, zuccini, carrots
1/20 tacos