What is my deal? The sun is shining, the trees look spectacular, there is SNOW in the forecast. I should be in a good mood. And yet I am CRANKY. Part of the reason is that I cannot figure out how to paint Carla’s face for Halloween (she is going as a tiger and all the “easy” videos seem Very Hard). Part of the reason is I am staying up late working, and so I am not getting a whole lot of sleep.
Right now, meal planning is making me cranky. I am full-on into I Hate Dinner Planning mode. I hate it. Every food is awful. Nothing sounds appetizing and everything requires too much work. Blah. And yet, my family has to eat!
Let’s try to scrape together something resembling a meal plan, shall we?
Dinners for the Week of October 29 – November 4 [Ed Note: NOVEMBER?!? Are you seeing this???]
- Chicken Shawarma with Steamed Broccoli
- Pizza (for Halloween Night)
Note: I am also making this veggie tray that will supposedly look like a candy corn and these ghost brownies for Carla’s class party.
- Burritos
- Out
What are you eating this week?
OMG! This is absolutely perfect – my husband and I were just talking about putting together a Middle Eastern night for some friends, I was going to make falafel for the veggie people, and he wanted to do chicken shwarma. But I didn’t have a recipe and NOW I DO HOW DID YOU KNOW I NEEDED IT? (want to come over? There’s hummus!) Perfecto!
Sorry you’re cranky!
I have made some new-to-me things this week: Shrimp Scampi pasta: https://lingeralittle.com/shrimp-scampi-pasta-with-spinach-and-cherry-tomatoes/ (it was only okay, but I didn’t have any spinach) and One-Pot Creamy Parmesan Chicken and Rice, which needs a simpler name but was delish: https://thesaltymarshmallow.com/creamy-parmesan-one-pot-chicken-rice/
I would be proud of myself, except tonight is hot dogs and the rest of the week is Halloween, so it’s appetizers next door and candy, and then football concession stand food. HA! Winning!
I made 6 pounds of meatballs for spaghetti on Monday. On Tuesday Kids made pizza from a kit that was about to expire because we never eat pizza. Much to their chagrin. Last night Italian Beef in the crock pot. Tonight leftovers. Friday probably more spaghetti and meatballs. I cooked so much when Ed was home from school that I am still making the easist things possible.