Friday:
Girls Dinner with Mom
Chad and the boys were hunting, so Payton and
I went and had a New Year’s dinner with my mom.
J
Saturday:
Venison Pasta with Salad & Bread
Venison Pasta
Chad has brought home deer meat for us this
fall and winter, and I love it! Venison
is such a lean, versatile meat, and ground venison can be used just like ground
beef, chicken, or turkey in just about any recipe. I browned a pound of it and added in a can of
crushed tomatoes and several different herbs and spices. (Really…sorry that’s not exact, but I just
grabbed a few things like garlic salt, pepper, Italian seasonings, red pepper,
and eyeballed it to our tastes. J)
I boiled some pasta and added salad and whole wheat garlic bread,
and dinner was ready!
Sunday:
Lunch – Leftover Pasta / Dinner – Balsamic Flank Steak with Baked Garlic
Butter Spaghetti Squash & Roasted Green Beans
Balsamic Flank Steak
Flank
steak is an inexpensive cut of meat, but it needs to be seasoned and cooked
well so that it’s tender and tasty enough to eat. This recipe came from
Pinterest, and we really enjoyed it! For some reason the recipe isn’t
showing up on the original site anymore, so I have it below from memory.
Chad actually grilled ours outside (instead of cooking it inside as the recipe
suggests). I actually only had ¼ cup of regular balsamic vinegar, so the
other ¼ cup was blackberry balsamic vinegar. I wasn’t totally sure how it
would turn out, but it was delicious! I marinated mine for about 7 hours.
The original recipe said to marinate it overnight.
½ cup
balsamic vinegar
3
tablespoons Worcestershire
2 teaspoons
garlic powder
1 teaspoon
black pepper
¼ cup
chopped parsley
*Stir all
ingredients together and pour over a 1 - 1.5 pound flank steak. Marinate
and grill.
We love spaghetti squash this way! If you haven’t ever tried spaghetti squash,
this is great first recipe. It takes a
lot like macaroni and cheese, I think. I
added some fresh cherry tomatoes to ours this time. (Recipe courtesy of Steamy Kitchen)
Monday:
Breakfast for Dinner – Whole Wheat French Toast, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon
& Berries
I can’t believe how much French toast my kids
ate! They love it! I mean, let's be honest. Other than the "whole wheat" part, French toast is basically dessert. J
Tuesday:
Dinner at Mom’s
Wednesday:
Pizza with Small Group
We were the host family this week, so I took
the easy route and went to Walmart and picked up pizzas from their deli. I also served fresh fruits and veggies.
Thursday: Hawaiian Grilled Chicken with Coconut Rice & Roasted
Broccoli
· My
friend, Sharon, shared this recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything last
year. I am so glad she shared it…it’s delicious!! I marinated the
chicken for about 9 hours, and I used chicken thighs like she suggests because
we really like dark meat. I also made the coconut rice she suggested, and
we all gobbled it right up. Throwing in some roasted broccoli was all
that was left to round out our meal. Our family certainly can’t eat 3
pounds of chicken in one dinner, but I went ahead and marinated that amount and
had Chad grill it. What we didn’t eat, Chad sliced up and vacuum-sealed
it for the freezer. It will be a wonderful chicken to add to a recipe in
the near future. Prep once for 2 dinners…one of the best ways to save
time on a busy weeknight. This chicken
is wonderful in any other recipe…pasta, pizza, salads, quesadillas…anything!
Friday:
Cheeseburger Sliders, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, & Salad
The kids
love this meal for family movie night! I
love that they can have cheeseburgers…one of their faves (especially Ranger!),
but having burgers at home means I can have healthier sides that really don’t
take much time at all. Once you’ve
peeled and diced your sweet potatoes and tossed them with a little olive oil,
salt, and pepper, they only take 20-25 minutes at 425 degrees. Stir them around a time or two during
roasting.
Saturday: 5 Ingredient White Chicken Chili
Yummy,
simple, easy. I topped ours with avocado, tortilla chips, and shredded
cheese. It really hit the spot on a cold day. Plus, we can have the leftovers for a simple,
warm lunch after church on Sunday. (http://www.gimmesomeoven.com)
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