This Week's Eats: Week 7 | Asian Flavors and Nights Out on the Town
/We did a much better job planning this week, finding multiple uses for protein, cooked up a decadent Valentine's Day dinner for the whole family, and enjoyed several meals out -- including date night on Saturday (thanks, mom!).
Monday
Breakfast: Eggo waffles with Nutella.
Lunch: Kung Pow noodle bowl from ALDI.
Charlotte's Lunch: I forgot to take a picture so, to be honest with you, I have no clue what I made her.
Dinner: Peruvian style roasted chicken with tangy green sauce and a cucumber avocado salad. This is one of my new favorite recipes for roast chicken that we've been coming back to again and again.
Since there's only three of us, one whole chicken yields multiple meals. One half is always used for roasting while the other half is used for chicken stock. This time I used chicken from the stock to make a second dinner on Tuesday evening, it was already cooked so it only needed to be reheated in the sauce before being served.
Tuesday
Breakfast: bagels with cream cheese.
Lunch: chicken soup with veggies and leftover rice.
Dinner: Butter chicken served over roasted cauliflower. The sauce was delicious but not at all spicy (we're heat seekers!). The meal was toddler approved, Charlotte ate everything on her dinner plate and asked for more. I may throw in some sweet potatoes and peas next time to add a few extra nutrients.
Butter Chicken sauce from ALDI
Wednesday
Breakfast: bagel with cream cheese.
Charlotte's Lunch: Nutella on whole grain bread, broccoli, clementine, almonds, and dried cherries.
Lunch: Persis Indian Grille lunch buffet for a Valentine's Day date with Brandon.
Dinner: A Valentine's Day feast for four: two whole lobsters (ALDI), two pieces of filet (Earth Fare), roasted asparagus (Costco), sauteed mushroom medley (ALDI), and a chocolate cake for dessert (Earth Fare). Phew! The whole meal (including a bottle of wine) came in under $60.
I accidentally broke off the lobsters' claws when taking them out of the package so it looked like we had giant red bugs on our plates.
Thursday
Breakfast: bagels with cream cheese.
Lunch: tuna salad for me, sandwich for Charlotte.
Family Dinner: Butter chicken leftovers served over rice.
My Dinner: pepperoni pizza from Fuel Pizza delivered via Postmates to NoDa Brewing's Disney Trivia night because it was their largest trivia night ever and it was quicker to order delivery than to stand in line to get Tin Kitchen. Still a little bummed I didn't get my Tin Kitchen fix but it's all good! We made up for it by going to Haberdish for second dinner. I got one chicken tender and the hot side of the day (sauteed potato hash with chorizo, onions, garlic tossed in a creamy smoked tomato dressing topped with fresh herbs).
Hop Cakes @ NoDa Brewing
Sauteed Potato Hash @ Haberdish
Friday
Breakfast: bagel with cream cheese and Haberdish leftovers.
Lunch: Asian noodle bowl from ALDI.
Charlotte's Lunch: Justin's vanilla almond butter on whole wheat bread, cheese, salami, broccoli, and organic fruit gummies.
Family Dinner: barbacoa tacos with all the fixin's.
My Dinner: tuna tartare, meat and cheese platter, signature popovers, and several cocktails at BLT Steakhouse. I had the pleasure of tasting new house cocktails and mingling with BLT's marketing and PR team. You can read all about my brunch experience last March by clicking here.
Tuna Tartare @ BLT Steakhouse
Charcuterie @ BLT Steakhouse
Signature Popovers @ BLT Steakhouse
Monkey Cyborg (Monkey Shoulders Scotch, Cynar, Brown Sugar, Muddled Rosemary, Cranberry Bitters) @ BLT Steakhouse
Peppered Rose (Stoli, Fresh Grapefruit, Lime, Luxardo Crude "Rizzo" Grapefruit & Rosemary Bitters) @ BLT Steakhouse
Saturday
Breakfast: bagels with cream cheese.
Lunch: barbacoa rice bowls.
Dinner: Mama Ricotta's for datenight with my boo. We ordered a large salad and one entree and it was more than enough food!
Tuscan Salad (Romaine, diced Roma tomatoes, house made fresh mozzarella, red onions & Kalamata olives tossed together and splashed with balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil) @ Mama Ricotta's
Pollo Bianco (Scallopini-style chicken layered with prosciutto and mozzarella in a Chianti wild mushroom sauce. Served with today's vegetable and garlic mashed potatoes) @ Mama Ricotta'S
Sunday
Breakfast: omelet with a side of fresh fruit.
Lunch: barbacoa rice bowls.
Dinner: hot dogs, fries, pop corn, and pretzels at the Charlotte Checkers game.
Dinner #2: hockey and ice skating after the game made us crave Russian dumplings and salad so that's exactly what we ate... while watching the Winter Olympics. The perfect meal to end an amazing weekend!
Brandon is traveling next week and my work to-do list is long so the menu for next week is a bit simpler and leans heavily on meals that make great leftovers.
What's on the menu at your house this week?
