December Meals
 

I hope it's okay that I get the December thread going. I actually have a plan for a few days and I want to get it out of my head into print. :)

Last night DH made homemade pizza. (Mine had steak, gorgonzola, and grilled onions.)

Tonight was IP night - Thai Chicken and Coconut rice.

Tomorrow is going to be lamb burgers with whipped feta. Veggie sides TBD. I really wanted to make Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) with the lamb, but 3 (THREE!!) of my kids said they won't eat it. :sigh This recipe is wonderful, if any of you want to try it. (I typically use less EVOO, but otherwise make this as it is.) I may make a small batch because I have plenty of lamb, and ...the potatoes on the bottom are scrumptious!

Wednesday I'm thinking Malaysian Satay Curry. Not sure if I'll do chicken or beef; both are delicious.

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Creamy mushroom and chicken soup.

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Since we all have colds, I made homemade chicken noodle soup.

I need to go grocery shopping, but may have to learn online ordering. :think


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Last night I made curry. Here is my weekly meal plan

Tonight is pasta (again, I know, but I need an easy meal bc I have yoga and then advent by candlelight, I dont have a lot of time, likely even have ds or dh make it)
Tomorrow is my birthday so dinner has nothing to do with me (dh is cooking)
Thursday - WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DINNERS IN A WEEK?
Friday - going out to eat for my birthday
Saturday - dh and I have a xmas party so the kids can do whatever they like that has nothing to do with me!
Sunday - ARE YOU PEOPLE HUNGRY ALREADY AGAIN?

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I like to cook and get sad when we're busy and I don't have many days to make stuff [emoji38]

Tonight is Italian sausage and tortellini soup with Caesar salad and bread from Wildgrain. Wildgrain is an artisan bread delivery service. You get a box of frozen things ready to bake straight from frozen. And it's really good.

I'm having a small group of friends over tonight to eat dinner and see my new kitchen.

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:up That is so fun! (the dinner and the frozen bread)

I am trying to clean out my freezer. Tonight is chicken and random veggies. I also might make a corn casserole to use up some frozen corn. I bought a bunch back when that derecho went through corn country back in 2020.

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Taco salads tonight. Cacio e pepe last night.

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Tonight was dinner for 10 at my house for my small group.

We had rice pilaf with sunflower seeds and sage, roasted veggies - sweet potatoes brussel sprouts and grapes topped with some goat cheese, turkey meatballs, green salad and bread.

Everything was dairy, soy, gluten, egg, garlic, corn and potato free.

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That's impressive! And sounds tasty.

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It was amazing! We moved it to do it at our house less than a week ago. I have a friend who is amazing at designing recipes and planing meals and so i asked her for help. I sent her the list of allergy restrictions ( one lady has a tun like no pork, chicken, shrimp, perch and more.it.is a lost about 20 things long) and this is what she came.up with in about 30 min of messaging back and forth.

It was so much better than I had the brain space to come up with.

I had neaver done anything with fresh sage nor had I ever done any sort of pilaf I will definitely be incorporating both in to my repertoire.

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My grandma's BBQ meatballs, scalloped potatoes, and green bean casserole. Hello, comfort food, here I come!

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We are still down with the coughing crud. Eggs, bacon and puff (Dutch) pancakes.


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Fish Chowder tonight.

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Beef stew.


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Easy Gnocchi Zuppa Toscana (two nights)

Chili & cornbread (two nights)

Burgers on the grill and salad (we're having our cooktop & oven replaced this week so this will be the day it's all torn up

Homemade pizza & salad

Smothered pork chops (recipe from Nagi @ Recipe Tin Eats. It's in the free recipe eBook when you pre-order her cookbook.) with potatoes and broccoli.