Weekly Menu {1/13–1/18}

I hope you had a nice weekend! Ours was pretty good. It’s been cold here, so we hung out around the house on Saturday, except for a quick trip to the bookstore. Dylan had a gift card from Christmas, and we let the kids each pick a book too. On Sunday, we went to brunch after church, and then I worked on this menu and wiped down our sticky, sticky counters. I had intended to put the kid’s clothes away to start the week with all the laundry in drawers, ready to wear, but I didn’t get to it before they went to bed. Oh well. There’s always tomorrow. 🙂

Here’s what’s on the menu.

I’m going to make a batch of our favorite chili for dinner on Monday and then to have for lunches throughout the week. It’s so good, and makes a huge batch! Sometimes I freeze half to make another week.

Dylan gets home late on Tuesday night, so I’ll have something quick with the kids. We usually do quesadillas or a snacky-dinner with whatever cheese, crackers, fruits, and veggies we have in the fridge.

Wednesday night, I’m excited to try this recipe for Chicken Meatballs with Peppers and Orzo. It looks tasty, and I don’t cook with chicken sausage often, so I think it will be a nice change of pace for us.

Thursday night will either be leftovers, or this Bruschetta Chicken over Angel Hair Pasta. (If I don’t make the chicken this night, I’ll make it on Sunday.)

And then Friday night, it’s a pizza party! After I made the BBQ Chicken & Corn Pizza last week, Dylan asked if I could make a Goat Cheese & Sausage Pizza. I’m always happy to oblige a pizza request. 🙂 I’m going to use this recipe, but reduce the mushrooms and add sweet italian sausage.

Dylan’s dad’s birthday was a few weeks ago, so we’re having his parents over for dinner on Saturday to give him our present. We’re going to make Spicy Pork Meatball Bahn Mi. Funny story: the last time I made this, I was pregnant with Penelope, and the smell of the leftovers in our fridge was unbearable to me. It made me gag every time I walked past the closed fridge. I made Dylan take them to work. So…it will be interesting to make them again, but mostly I’m excited! It’s such a good recipe, a bit labor intensive, but so good!

Are you making anything new this week?