Last week went so well that we are trying it again! We actually had almost all the meals with the exception of the Turkey Burgers (this was a back-up meal anyway). I'm a little late in posting this but we did enjoy the meat loaves before running out for Girl Scouts. Dividing the mixture into 5 mini-loaves cut the cooking time in half! Plus my dear husband was very excited to make left-over sandwiches to take with him to the office today! I hope everyone has a great week! Head on over to orgjunkie for more menu planning ideas!
Monday - Mini Meat Loaves, Green Beans, Whole wheat bread
Tuesday - Grilled Chicken Breasts, Broccoli
Wednesday - Eggplant, tomato and chickpea curry, brown rice
Thursday - Dinner out (nephew’s birthday)
Friday - Pasta night - Linguini with Clam Sauce (recipe below), garlic bread
Saturday - Grilled Flank Steak w/ lemon + coriander (from the RelishRelish site, membership required) salad
Sunday - Souper Sunday - Sausage Soup (recipe posted on Sunday)
Clam Sauce
1/4 c. olive oil
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. parsley flakes
1 T sweet basil
3 T Parmesan Cheese
1 can tomato paste
6 cloves of garlic
1-2 cans minced clams
Warm together olive oil and butter until melted and combined. Add garlic, parsley, basil, parmesan cheese, red and black pepper to taste bring to boil. Add clams with liquid and stir in tomato paste until well combined. Bring to boil. Serve over hot linguini.
I've made white clam sauce, but never one with tomato. That looks like a fabulous pantry recipe too. Definitely need to add that to my to try list!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristen! I sometimes go lighter on the garlic and heavier on the basil, but it always works well. And you are right, I keep the ingredients in my pantry to have on hand if I'm desperate for a quick meal. Thank you for visiting! Christine
ReplyDeleteHey! The Thai peanut pasta salad that you made didn't make it onto the weekly menu list!
ReplyDeleteAnd more importantly, there were not leftovers for me!!!
That was thrown together using the left over grilled chicken. Sorry Babe - only had enough for the 1 noodle salad. There is extra peanut vinegrette if you want to make a veggie version. ;)
ReplyDeleteSo what happens to Menu Monday items that somehow fall off the menu?
ReplyDeleteWith the chemistry meeting and dinner on Friday, the linquine and clam sauce never happened (but the flank steak was quite good last night).
Will the clam sauce make it into this week's rotation?