Meal Plan Monday: Week 14

This week we are starting up coach pitch baseball so we are going back to the crazy schedule that demands dinner that can be eaten picnic style. I call this dinner in a box because we got containers at Ikea that we can add or remove spacers to create up to three separate spots in the box.

With summer starting (Ha! It is about 58 here and rainy) I have been wanting to do more on the grill so I am going to integrate that into the planning this week. We also brought home a ham-hock from our visit to the my husbands parents so I need to use that which means split pea soup.

Day 1: Split pea soup
Day 2: LO soup
Day 3: Dinner in a box, BBQ Chicken, Artichokes, nectarines
Day 4: Chicken salad with peaches and avocado (Dinner in a box) with this dressing
Day 5: Stuffed squash
Day 6: LO Stuffed Squash
Day 7: Fish curry

Stuffed Squash:

Three acorn quash or any other small squash halfed, seeded, and cooked until a fork can easily poke the flesh. (Cook in the oven open side down on a rimmed baking sheet with about 1 inch of water at 350f).
1 recipe of the filling for sloppy joes found here
Scoop the sloppy joes mix into the bowl of the squash sprinkle with cheese and place in the oven under the broiler to allow the cheese to melt
Serve with salad.

Chicken Salad:
Pull the chicken off of 3-4 left over peices of bbq chicken
3-4 hand fulls of lettuce or spinach
2 Fresh peaches cubed
1 avocado diced
1/2 dressing recipe

Meal Plan Week 13

Before you shy away because this is a quiche and it seems to hard WAIT! Quiche is almost as easy as scrambled eggs and you can eat it hot, warm, cold...it doesn't seem to matter. PLUS, you can add in whatever things you like in eggs quiche is very versatile. The crust is really not that hard to make either but if you want it to be really easy in a pinch use a store bought crust. Serve with a green salad or some fresh fruit. Excellent.

For the record my 2 year old and 5 year old helped make this crust...

Day 1: Quiche-Brie, smoked salmon, asparagus, caramelized onion
Day 2: lo
Day 3: Baked Chicken (see link for past meal plan with recipe)
Day 4: LO Chicken Tacos
Day 5: Spaghetti
Day 6: LO
Day 7: BBQ burgers

Recipes:

Quiche:
9 inch pie crust (whole wheat)
6 eggs
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup whole milk
1 cup thinly sliced fresh sweet onions sprinkled with salt and pan fried in a dab of olive oil on medium low heat stirring frequently until caramelized
1 cup 1/2 inch slices of fresh asparagus fried with the onions after the heat is turned off
2.5 ounces smoked salmon flaked apart
1 cup grated brie (grate it right out of the fridge or it will be too soft)

Mix the eggs, whipping cream, and milk until beaten well. Add about 1/2 tsp thyme. Put the remaining ingredients into the uncooked pie shell. Cover with the egg mixture. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes to 45 minutes. To test doneness poke with a tooth pick it should come out clean.