Week 1
Lemon Gnocchi with Spinach and Peas Note: I add toasted pine nuts to this
Turkey, Feta, and Herb Burgers
Chicken Breasts Pierre
Cottage Pie
Week 2
Asian Orange Chicken
Easy Meatloaf
Trout Note: I just grill up some trout fillets and serve with rice and steamed veggies
Pasta with Crispy Pancetta*, Watercress and Lemon finished with Fromage Blanc
* Clearly, I don't use pancetta because D doesn't eat pig. I usually sub turkey bacon.
Week 3
Roasted Chicken
Skillet Lasagna
Mustard-roasted Salmon with Lingonberry
Spicy Chicken & Hominy Ragout
Week 4
Chicken Curry Salad
Ginger Chicken with Almonds
Fettuccine With Brussels Sprouts & Pine Nuts
Asian-style Flank Steak & Asian Spinach Salad with Orange and Avocado
Week 5
Chipotle Chicken Taco Salad
Zuppa Ossa Buco
Easy Buffalo Burrito Pie
Chicken Louisa
Week 6
Edit: D hates this dish, so I'm striking and replacing with Steak and Potatoes for the time being
Szechwan Chicken & Cashews
Chicken Cashew Chili
Still Easy Buffalo Burrito Pie Note: I make this two weeks in a row due to having left over sour cream, salsa, beans, and enchilada sauce
If you're interested in using my grocery list, you can access it here (I'm actually not quite done, but will be done sometime
- Weekly grocery - the fresh produce, meat, and dairy to be bought for the current week's menu
- Assumed staples - items that are assumed to always be in stock (e.g. salt, spices, etc)
- Non-perishable staples - this is the shopping I'll do at the beginning of a six-week cycle
I am so impressed. Especially because I am sitting here at my computer right now, trying to figure out what Jay and I will eat this week. Maybe I'll have to devise our "six week menu" too.
ReplyDeletePerhaps one day you can write an organizational cookbook about your six week menu journey, as that would actually be a catchy book title name worthy of a best seller list. :)
ps. I love how beef burrito pie is easy in week 5 but suddenly gets harder in week 6. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool - I will definitely be trying out most of these recipes.
ReplyDeleteCan I have access to the shopping spreadsheet? My email is first.last@gmail.com.
Thanks much!
I fixed the spreadsheet, so anyone should be able to access it now. I thought I just needed to publish it, but I hadn't set the permissions correctly. Let me know if you can't access it and I'll just specifically invite you.
ReplyDeleteRG - I fixed it so eliminate your confusion. :)
ReplyDeleteWow. I have no words but wow. Our 6 week menu is more like: Week 1: scrambled eggs, cereal , tacos, pasta, bbq meat
ReplyDeleteWeek 2: repeat week 1
Week 3: repeat week 1 ( you get the idea )
What an inspiration you are! (That was a very yoda-like sentence...)
ReplyDeleteI could only hope to be so organized. I tend to see what I'm in the mood for and have the ingredients for and can tolerate to wait for. Wow, I may have to do a similar vegetarian version. That would certainly get me out of the usual dinner rut!