What's for dinner this week? President's Day edition

I need help. I know that tonight I'm trying to make a roasted whole chicken for the first time, but otherwise I've got nothing.
 
What are you making this week?

 

Wait. These people are expecting dinner again this week?!?  :faint:
 

 
Mon- Goulash
Tues- baked chicken breasts in some sort of marinade, wild rice, steamed veg
Wed- baked fish, and something yet to be determined 
Thur- leftovers
Friday- seafood out maybe (Lent starts Wed so no meat on Fridays)

 

Roasted whole chicken is my favourite meal of all time. I did it last week and made the potatoes in the pan with it that soaked up all the fat, and then turned the whole thing into soup that we ate for the next few days. Great way to dispense of vegetables that are on their way out too.
 
I am so over cooking and all things domestic.. so salads? I will throw some pork tenderloin and chicken in the oven tonight and we'll pick our way through that for the week. I am also going to make chili and/or meatballs tonight and we'll have that for leftovers too. I am trying to institute Sunday roast dinners, so I'll pick out something for that. Maybe a pork roast, as I haven't done one in a long time.

 

I'm trying the chicken for my husband who has been asking for it for some time. 
 

 
 
Ben's been (HA) asking for roast chicken for a while... I'm not sure I'll like it as I'm a big baby when it comes to meat on the bone. He wants to save the bones and make our own stock for soup. We'll see how this goes....

 

Make him carve it and he can cut the breast off for you. Chicken soup afterward is easy.. bones, celery, carrots, bay leaf, salt, peppercorn, whatever other vegetables you have,  and water in the pot on low for as long as you can stand it. I carve my chicken up right away and throw the bones in the pot right after dinner until bedtime.

 

 
Yes, he's going to have to cut it up for me. I found a recipe to make stock in the crockpot in 24 hours... I think the plan will be for me to do the prep of the veggies and he can dump the carcass in. So tomorrow we can have broccoli cheese soup with the stock. I think I'll like it better if the chicken flavor is secondary in the soup.

 

Mm, roast chicken is my favorite! We do one almost every week.

Tonight is Anniversary Chicken (an easy and totally processed, awful for you meal), tomorrow is spicy pork loin with pan gravy and potatoes. That's as far as I've gotten in my mental planning. Paul wants fish tacos, so maybe that one day? I'm craving a good pasta dish as well.

 

Yesterday - leftovers
Today - goulash, made by my dad
Tomorrow - leftovers (I totally miscalculated our weekend meals and we have tons of non-matching leftovers, maybe I'll make a big tortilla from all the leftovers)
Thursday - baked rice
Friday - some kind of vegetarian curry
Saturday - I don't know yet, I sometimes let one of the kids chose a meal, help me shop for it and prepare it
Sunday - potatoes, spinach and salmon (one of our favourite meals)

 

Yesterday was pork chops, butternut squash and salad.
Today-chicken stir fry (chicken/vegetables)
Tomorrow-will probably be salmon...also lent, so no meat on Fridays or Ash Wednesday
Thursday-don't know yet
Friday-some type of fish

 

Monday was burritos
Tuesday- fried chicken gizzards, biscuits, fruit, and salad
Wednesday- homemade pizza
Thursday-  bbq sandwiches, french fries
Friday (we don't observe Lent, but it's what worked for the time I have) fish sticks, mac'n'cheese, pumpkin muffins, salad and fruit
Sat. Ham with pineapple and brown sugar, biscuits, oven-roasted veggies
Sunday- roast with banana peppers, potatoes, and carrots, rolls
Monday- spaghetti
 
I plan everything at least a week in advance.  Timothy is allergic to dairy so everything is planned because sometimes I need alternative ingredients.  Timothy sometimes doesn't eat part of a meal.  It's usually something that he never like anyway, like mac'n'cheese.
 
Marissa

 

Tonight is lentil soup. And I had a request the sweet potato/black bean salad I made last week.. pretty rare that I have repeat requests, so I am going for it! We'll have that later this week.

 

Share both recipes, Jen! Nom.

 

This was the sweet potato salad recipe: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012795-roasted-sweet-potato-salad-with-black-beans-and-chili-dressing
 
And here is the lentil soup.. the soup is just an easy staple. I usually add a bit of lemon to it. Last night I skipped the bacon and added cumin, curry, cilantro, and lime. http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/lentil-and-spinach-soup.html