Chicken Sate' Lettuce wraps

4 med chicken breasts
1 t curry powder
3/4 t salt
2 limes
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 T soy sauce
1 t sugar (agave or honey)
1 bunch fresh cilantro
1 small cucumber sliced
12 lettuce leaves
chopped nuts (peanuts or cashews)

Rub chicken with curry and salt and pepper, grill until done 10-12 minutes.
Zest and juice one lime, mix with peanut butter, soy sauce, sugar, chopped cilantro, and up to 2 T water until smooth.
Slice chicken and serve in lettuce with cucumbers and peanut sauce. I like to add red bell pepper, carrots, nuts and more cilantro.

Monthly Menu Plan

I have been terrible lately! It has been very easy to blow off a homemade dinner in favor of take out. My DH is traveling at least twice a month now, and also being pregnant has been an easy excuse! I am making a plan for the whole month. I will be doubling all the recipes if possible to freeze for later on.
I made a large shopping trip last week and one today, and with the exception of fresh produce and dairy items, I hope to have all that I need in my pantry and freezer.

Chicken Sate Lettuce wraps-doubling peanut sauce
Chicken smashed potato pie
Orange Rosemary Chicken-making double batch
Thai Beef Salad-doubling the dressing and using the extra veggies in Greek Salad
Spicy Beef with couscous
Greek Salad-double dressing
Calzones- making several batches of these to freeze
Speedy Paella-need chorizo and shrimp
Peach Pork Chops-making double
Pesto Salmon with lemon orzo-making large batch of pesto and will freeze in small servings
Sesame Shrimp with Asparagus- may sub broccoli, making double shrimp for spring rolls
Spring rolls
Greek pasta with shrimp
Bowtie salmon with peas
Pasta carbonara
Pasta primavera- I wing this one and add leftover veggies from fridge
Pesto ravioli-making double
Sesame noodles-use leftover veggies
Lo Mein with tofu and veggie- use leftover veggies and thin spaghetti from pantry
Buffalo chicken salad with blue cheese dressing- using Franks red hot sauce and dressing from pantry

With these meals and the others that I all ready have prepared this should be enough for the month!
(No corned beef and cabbage for us, ick!)

Menu plan monday

Our menu for the week.
Breakfasts
Smoothies- berry or pineapple
Egg puffs
Puffy pancakes with strawberries
French toast sticks

Lunch
salads
leftovers
sandwiches

Dinners
Pesto ravioli with garlic bread and chopped salad
Calzones, dipping vegetables
Chicken sate lettuce wraps with potstickers
Smashed potato pot pie
Bowtie salmon with peas
Buffalo wing salad with blue cheese dressing
Leftovers

Snacks
mall pretzels
yogurt
apples
bananas

How Big Is Baby?

How Big Is Baby?

Asian Fire Meat and Sesame Noodles

I made the Asian Fire meat tonight along with the sesame noodles. They were both fantastic!
I rolled the meat in regular iceberg lettuce like burritos. I didn't add the onions or leeks to the meat though, not really a fan of either. I added some chopped red bell pepper, a couple handfuls of baby spinach and shredded carrot to the noodles. The girls and Andy loved this!
You could make the sauce for the meat and add it to the meat before freezing.

Menu plan for the week.
The kids are home all week for winter break. I will need to stay creative so that we don't end up eating fast food!

Breakfast
pancakes
waffles
muffins- homemade blueberry and chocolate chip
smoothies
cereal- hot and cold
fruit- kiwi, bananas, grapes, blueberries, apples, oranges, grapefruit.

Lunch
quesadillas
BLTA's
leftovers
pb & j
Ikea

Dinners
Asian fire meat wraps with sesame noodles
Potstickers and rice
Chicken and dumplings
Stuffed taco shells
BBQ chicken and potato salad
Mini pizzas
Leftovers

Snacks
mall pretzels
fruit
cheese slices and crackers
almonds and dried cranberries
cheese crackers

Meal plan monday

Here is a our dinner plan for the week. We are having a hard time with breakfasts right now, still not completely adjusted to the time change from our China trip. We will just wing breakfast and lunch with the staples we have in the house.

Sloppy joes homemade chips
easy lasagna
chicken and broccoli casserole
stuffed baked potatoes
roasted chicken and couscous
french dip sandwiches
leftovers