2021 Week 12 Menu Plan

The 2021 Week 12 Menu Plan is complete.

Breakfast

I have almost enough eat again left overs to last the entire week! The new recipe is a carry over from week 11…the bacon and guyere egg bites. Instead of individually freezing the overage from last week, I decided to make my mornings super easy and eat everything that has already been prepared. It didn’t take a lot of thought when most of the breakfasts we will repeat are favorites.

Lunch

The lunches for 2021 week 12 will look familiar. They are a definite rerun from last week. Once again I over planned and over prepared. The ‘Ole Buckeye had several left over dinners for lunch and the cheapskate soup seemed to be a bottomless supply. I am always amazed at the number of meals that soup provides.

Creamy Cauliflower Chowder

Dinner

The dinner menu is a different story. I have loads of new recipes on the docket. The Trader Joe’s Slow Cooker recipe sounds quite intriguing and I have the special ingredients on hand, after a trip to Trader Joe’s for the first time in a year. The Caesar chicken and turkey burgers are repeats of favorites, and the meat loaf is a Green Chef meal being prepared by my daughter. Kroger had pork butt on sale for 99 cents a pound, so I will be trying a new pulled pork recipe. I have also planned a slow cooker side to go with the pulled pork.

Trader Joe’s Slow Cooker Mediterranean Chicken

Turkey Burgers

Kung Pao Chicken

Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Pepper Jack Cauliflower

Caesar Chicken

Hits

Since I wasn’t a big fan of our corned beef and cabbage, I made Reuben Sandwiches one evening for dinner in the place of an eat again meal. Although they were off plan…they were absolutely delicious.

Reuben Sandwiches

I normally do not make a salad for dinner, but this particular salad has intrigued me for quite some time. The ‘Ole Buckeye had a late Zoom meeting so the late dinner salad was perfect and actually quite enjoyable. I will definitely be making this again…Summer salad or lunch fare. 

Big Mac Salad

and Misses

I have used this recipe for corned beef in the past and love, love, love the horseradish sauce, but for some reason this year the meal was disappointing. Normally I get my corned beef from Trader Joe’s, but they were out when I made my first pilgrimage there (on the 16th) in just under a year! I am determined that I will not make that mistake again. For several years I have relied on TJ’s corned beef for a successful celebration and I will definitely plan better by planning ahead next year!

Corned Beef and Cabbage

I consistently say that I have a collection of over the top chicken recipes which we thoroughly enjoy. However that does not keep me from searching for more. I made this Italian chicken for a family dinner over the weekend. I was disappointed. It wasn’t awful, just not up to our standards. The chicken was dry.

Chicken Saltimbocca

As I move to this next week of meals I am particularly excited about several of the new recipes. I am fairly certain that several will be feeding us twice or even more. Once again the week is planned with a variety of E meals and several new Keto offerings. We continue our quest for healthy enjoyable eating. Bon Appetit!

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