Weekly Menu

We try to make our menu for the week in advance and buy the groceries we need in order to skip unnecessary trips to the store and/or fast food places.  This keeps our expenses low and we eat healthier.

Monday- Teriyaki Chicken
                Ingredients:
                Corn starch (enough to coat)
                Egg/Egg whites (enough to coat)
                Chicken cut into cubes
                Oil (enough to lightly oil a pan)
                   -You can use canola, olive, coconut.
                   -Choose one that is light in taste and that you consider healthy enough to feed your family.
                 Trader Joe's Teriyaki sauce or your equivalent
                 Rice (my husband won't eat brown but if you can get this one by, I know I prefer it).

                 Instructions:  Lightly coat chicken chunks in cornstarch and then immediately coat them with egg.
                 Put on oiled pan and sautee until almost completely cooked.  Add Teriyaki sauce.  Cook until
                 done.  Add more sauce on top of rice if desired

Tuesday- Chicken and Gross Packaged Rice
                I get to go work out. So, George is in charge of dinner.
                Ingredients:
                Chicken
                Gross store packaged rice
                I might sneak in a vegetable

Wednesday-Italian Sausage & Feta Salad
                Ingredients-
                Italian Sausage
                Feta
                Tomatoes
                Oil/Vinegar dressing
                Instructions: Cook sausages in pan with water or cut them into chunks to cook.  Dice tomatoes
                crumble Feta (we use Bulgarian sheep's milk Feta but we have to special order it). Season the 
                tomato and feta salad with a little olive oil or Trader Joe's Greek Dressing that has a touch of dill.
                The Dill makes a big difference in taste.


Thursday- Grilled Kebabs
                Ingredients:
                Pork Tenderloin
                Corn/Squash(Pick any summer vegetable that goes well on the grill)


Friday-Tacos
                Ingredients:
                Ground Beef
                Beer/Water
                Oil
                Tomato or tomato sauce
                Seasonings (cumin, chili powder, onion, garlic)
                Toppings (tomatoes, cheese, green onions, salsa, avocado...)
                Instructions: Lightly oil pan, throw in beef and spread it over the surface of the pan.  Add water or
                beer until the meat is almost covered.  As the water boils, add seasonings.  Once the water is 
                almost gone, add tomato sauce.  Cook until done and serve with toppings.