Wednesday, August 28, 2013

meal planning time

it's that time again. so last time i thought i would make all these things:

Healthy Chicken Tamale Pie

Crockpot Brown Sugar Balsamic Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake


which i have to say given my previous resistance to follow any sort of plan i did fairly well. i made skinny enchilladas soon after going grocery shopping (which survived until the end of last week! go me. huzz, not so happy.) and i made cheesy chicken and rice bake... which was eh. it was good. but it really didn't have a whole lot of flavor. i might have added some taco seasoning to it next time. which is funny because after that i made the healthy chicken tamale pie and without reading the recipe thoroughly (go me) i ended up adding almost twice the amount of taco seasoning and then proceeding the eat the entire thing myself because it was just so amazing. and after much pleading from the husband i have been banded from making anything mexican for a while. so when we had the cheesy sausage tortellini it was amazing and much needed delish to our systems. i also made a quiche and i made chicken fried rice last night to finish up the brown rice i cooked for the rice bake and instead of soy sauce i used bragg's soy alternative which i had to get for a hummus recipe i made once and decided i should probably use it for something. it wasn't bad. i thought it was more salty than i remember from last time. plus i had to use broccoli and corn instead of carrots which wasn't as delicious but i'm partial to carrots. they are my babies! get it? baby carrots. love them. 

so i still have to make the brown sugar balsamic glazed pork. i think i'm hesitant because the last time i used balsamic on meat it was awful. awful awful awful. so i'm nervous. is that normal? are we just not balsamic meat people? do normal people enjoy balsamic meat? am i doing something wrong? ... fine. i'll try it. maybe. 

i also haven't made chimi changas! but mainly because i was shunned from the mex. i want to make them. and eat them all. which unfortunately i could probably do. but huzz says no beans! i kept telling him there was no beans in the majority of the meals i made him but i think he's losing his mind. he did get stung by a bee (yellow jacket) yesterday and i think his brain swelled in the process. his arm looked pretty warped. silly boys. 

so since i still have pizza dough i made in my freezer and my mom gave me a freezer full of meat today's grocery shopping day should be relatively uneventful. 

i'm thinking maybe for next friday Skinny BBQ Chicken Flatbread and then i promised a chicken pot pie but maybe a 
Creamy Chicken Broccoli Pie Pockets will work as well.
 we had this Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry and it was delish so i should probably make it again. and then i'll probably get boring and just go with some burgers or what not. apparently when left to my own go to's i end up making quiche. i have this self crusting quiche recipe which is amaze. although i don't know where i got and i don't think it was on pinterest so i think i'm going to have to blog it myself. and then give credit where credit is due. 

but tonight, WE LEFTOVER!

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