I’m going to try “real” recipes this week. I’m trying to be better in a lot of ways, and healthier dinners is one of them. So here goes…

Monday: Chef Meg’s Orange Chicken (probably subbing grapefruit), rice
reality: I spent the day shopping and really didn’t want to cook, so we all did our own thing and I’ll shift things forward.

Tuesday: Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Mustard Dill Sauce (subbing boneless turkey tenderloin), Chef Meg’s Roasted Root Vegetables
reality: Monday’s chicken with mixed results. Mom and B LOVED the grapefruit sauce, I was a little ambivalent, Chris hated it, and the girls didn’t try it. I don’t know what E did or didn’t eat. Anyway, it was the chicken with grapefruit in place of oranges, rice, and mixed greens in a rice wine vinaigrette which may or may not have had some grapefruit in it.

Wednesday: Chef Meg’s Roasted Salmon with Caramelized Apple-Almond Pesto (subbing tilapia – a lot of subbing going on here), egg noodles
reality: Thursday’s Taco Soup

Thursday: Taco Soup (didn’t get to it last week)
reality: Friday’s chicken, but I discovered at the last minute that somehow garlic had escaped my shopping list.  I made it with just the onion and tomatoes, and it was neither spectacular nor horrible.  

Friday: Baked Chicken with Garlic and Sun Dried Tomatoes, whole wheat pasta
reality: We did another ffys (fend for yourself) night.  I’d thawed the fish for Wednesday’s recipe but found a few ingredients missing (I didn’t shop well, apparently) and didn’t want to mess with it.

Saturday: hamburgers (have to do something “normal” before I have mutiny on my hands), Cheesy Quik Taters
reality: Almost totally off-track.  I went to make Wed’s fish (with tilapia), but realized I’d missed a couple of key ingredients while shopping.  So I pan-seared the fish and made corn pudding and mixed veg.  One of these days I’ll remember that I don’t like fish.

Sunday: Still up in the air, maybe pizza or something easy, I’ll be shopping again that day.