Back to the relevant point. In college, when I was super single and really into being an independent, fierce woman, I used to use the phrase, "I'd go domestic for _______(insert random whomever guy's name here)" to show the amount with which I admired whomever random guy I had a crush on at the time. In other words, I had it in my head that it would take a pretty spectacular someone to make me want to cook, clean, and balance a check book all week long.
Enter Hubs:
Since marrying my wonderful guy, I have, in fact, gone quite domestic. No shame, no complaints. In fact, I enjoy mopping the floor, going to two grocery stores to save money, and folding loads of laundry (that's a lie, I actually do not like to fold laundry, but I'll do it because I love my husband, and because I like my clothes to be non-wrinkled after spending hours washing them).
One thing I'm beginning to like the more I do it is cooking. Before marriage, I had little interest in learning how to cook and little knowledge of making my own food. Marriage gave me a great reason to start trying to cook, and I must say, it's been a fun journey.
The part that has become more difficult as the months and weeks go on is creating the ever needed, ever looming Weekly Meal Plan. Dum Dum DUUUUUM! To balance flavor, creativity, nutrition and staying in budget can be hard. Some weeks are great! It just comes to me a like a luminous gift from God. Sometimes, like this week, I put it off until the very last minute because NOTHING sound good, nothing seems right, nothing seems fun.
Soooo, what's the answer? I'm not sure, but I'm going to start posting my weekly meal plans in an effort to support the other wifeys out there who might need some inspiration or help every once in a while. Maybe those same wifeys could post their own on our comments to help me out every once in a while : ) Yes? Thanks. Sounds good.
For March 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th:
Monday: we had dinner at the Oros parent's house, so I was able to skip a day ; )
Tuesday: Turkey burgers on sesame seed buns, oven baked sweet potato fries, spinach salad with feta, dried berries and candied almonds (Hubs made those almonds and they're almost TOO good)
Wednesday: Fussili pasta with garbanzo beans, diced tomatoes, & green beans tossed in olive oil and lime juice
Thursday: Pork chops and broccoli with rice (Hubs is making this meal, he usually makes dinner once or twice a week, and since he's making it I'll find out more of what it is once it's made. He is super creative and thinks about how he's going to prepare the meal all day long....it's going to be good whatever he does with it!)
Friday: Chicken wings, some hot some sweet, celery and carrot sticks, and Cabot's sharp cheddar cheese with crackers
Saturday: Hungarian Dinner with the Fam! I'm making Hungarian Lentil soup and peasant bread
UPDATE: And this is what I did with them there chops --
Pork Choooooops
I love your meal plan. Christina and I work on our meal plan together. We do two weeks at a time. Here is part of the latest one. I only have one rule: bacon every week!!!
ReplyDeleteSat: homemade pizza, spinach and tomato salad
Sun: dinner out (Pasta House gift card and kids eat free on Sunday!!!)
Mon: SW salad (lettuce, grilled chicken, roasted corn, tomatoes, black beans, cheddar cheese, etc)
Tue: pork tenderloin, roasted potatoes, gr. beans
Wed: Brazilian black bean stew (featuring black beans and sweet potatoes)
Th: fried egg sandwiches (w/ bacon!!!), chips, yogurt parfaits or fruit smoothies
Fr: BBQ chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans
The black bean stew is a new one for us. We'll see how that goes.
Nathan,
ReplyDeleteI may need your family to send some recipes the Oros' way! I'm curious about that black bean stew as well; it sounds great : ) I also think I will be borrowing the SW salad idea soon. (March is national Pig month so maybe you should have bacon daily for the next few weeks...)