Meal Planning - March 22 - 28, 2021

Another week, another meal plan...

Monday, March 22

Potato Leek Soup
     Everyone (even those who don't care for potatoes) love this soup. Leeks can be difficult to find, and I essentially bought every leek the store had today. I hope no one needed any.
Sourdough bread
     Store bought

Tuesday, March 23

Crockpot Eggplant Parmesan with Feta
     This is tasty... not as tasty as regular Eggplant Parmesan, but a lot easier.
Rotini pasta
Salad

Wednesday, March 24

Stir-fried Lemongrass Chicken
     A favorite Vietnamese dish
Jasmine Rice
Cucumber Salad
     We make both spicy and not spicy versions of this

Thursday, March 25

Chicken Tortilla Soup
     I love this soup!
Guacamole
     TM came home with a lot of avocados earlier this week, so what is one to do?
Tortilla chips

Friday, March 26

Panda Orange Chicken
     This is a really good copycat version of the orange chicken at Panda Express. I add onions and sweet peppers to it to stretch the chicken.
Fresh Noodles
Eggrolls

Saturday, March 27

Macaroni and Cheese
     It feels as though we just had this, but it was strongly requested by G. and L., and I couldn't come up with anything else. By request, we won't be baking it this time.
Sauteed spinach
     Because Macaroni and Cheese needs something green to go along with it.

Sunday, March 28
(We're celebrating K.'s birthday which is later in the week)

Hamburgers
     This is K.'s chosen birthday meal. I hope it is nice enough outside to grill.
Potato chips
Sliced sweet peppers
     The peppers were my suggestion. He would have been happy with just burgers and chips.
Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
Ice Cream

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