A try at Menu Planning

As I mentioned on Thursday one of my new goals is planning my meals so that I won't be raiding the refrigerator when I come home from work.

And as luck would have it, there is a blog meme for just such an occasion which you can find at orgjunkie.

So I sat down at the kitchen table and made menu and then made my grocery list. Don't worry if you can't read it- it is more for symbolic evidence of my plan. Since as my husband Michael always tells me, "If you fail to Plan, you Plan to fail"

Michael is a big list person, where I prefer to keep my list in my head. But being the great husband that he is, he always volunteers to make me a list and put stuff on it.

Any way I digress.... So on to this weeks menu...

Monday: Southwestern Chicken Cesar Salad

Tuesday: Pork Chops, Green Beans, and Michael gets a Baked Potato

The recipe I will be following for Michael's Pork Chop is:

PORK CHOPS IN CIDER

1/4 c. margarine

4 pork loin chops

2 med. red cooking apples (peeled & cut in quarters)

1 med. onion, sliced

1/2 c. apple cider or juice

1/2 tsp. chicken flavor instant bouillon

1/4 tsp. thyme

1/2 c. half and half

Saute pork chops in margarine until brown, remove from pan. In drippings cook apple and onion until tender then remove. Return chops; add cider, bouillon and thyme. Heat to boiling then reduce to simmer, cover and cook 15 minutes. Return apples and onion, cover and simmer 5 minutes. Remove chops and apples. Over high heat stir in half and half and cook until thickens slightly. Pour over chops and serve.

I will not be using the butter or 1/2 & 1/2 on mine.

Wednesday: Tuna Casserole : which I am trying the following "good for me" noodles, not quite sure about this since I am a big white flour pasta girl.

Thursday: Chicken and Broccoli (Michael will also get couscous)

Friday: Hamburgers on the grill with no buns, and I will have as my side refried beans, and Michael will have corn.

Well at least I have a plan- we'll see how it goes!