Menu - Week of 11/17

Well, I must be insane because I just signed up to update another blog - this one!  I love writing about food, but it somehow doesn't fit in to my other blog which is more about parenting and politics.  Although to be quite honest, now that the election is over, I don't feel as motivated to write about politics.  I'm tired of following all the newspapers and reading what they say about the Obamas.   Boring.

So I decided to create a new blog to capture all my thoughts on food: menus for the week, recipes, frugal grocery shopping, restaurant reviews and other culinary what-nots.   For this first post, I am going to start by giving you the menu for this week.  As the week progresses, I'll add recipes and talk about my adventures in grocery shopping.  We'll see where it takes us. 

Menus

I love planning.  It is in my nature to plan.  I love sitting down and just laying out all the options.   Menu planning is my favorite.  I take out my cookbooks and recipe box, do a quick inventory of my pantry and fridge and think about what food I'm in the mood for.  This is what I came up with for this week's menu:

• Monday - Grilled Chicken with Fettucine Alfredo and Steamed Broccoli
  
• Tuesday - Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes, and Green Beans; Strawberries
  
• Wednesday - Turkey Chili, Tossed Salad; Grapes
  
• Thursday - Leftovers
  
• Friday - Cuban Night at a friend's house.  I am to bring Sangria.
  
• Saturday - Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner: turkey, stuffing, corn, mashed potatoes, cranberry salad, green bean casserole, yams, and pumpkin pie.  My husband loves Thanksgiving at home but this year we are traveling for Thanksgiving for the first time in 10 years.  He requested we have Thanksgiving Dinner at home anyway even if it's not on Thanksgiving.  How can I say no to that?  
  
• Sunday - Leftovers

Grilled Chicken with Fettucine Alfredo

I was actually out of fettucine so I went with angel hair pasta.  Not a good idea.  It doesn't hold the alfredo sauce that well.  I have a recipe for a good alfredo sauce but find that Bertolli's canned alfredo is excellent.  We grilled the chicken last night with our burgers and we just warmed it up today.  That was a major time saver.  The kids loved the angel hair pasta with butter. 

I am headed to the grocery store tomorrow, but first I must take my baby to the doctor. She is teething, I think, but it is making her a cranky baby.  I want to make sure it is the teething and nothing else. 

Provecho!