brownies – Three Plates Full

Meal updates from last week:
My birthday dinner at Major Tom was outstanding! We have been before, but this was the first time that we’ve ever taken the kids. They were great, my son was also super adventurous and tried tuna crudo as well as steak tartar. Our favourite recipe last week was the Santa Fe salad, I turned it into tacos for the kids and it was just as good. This long weekend we were supposed to go away for a ski weekend, but the universe had other plans for us. Our son got really sick so we ended up staying home, it wasn’t the weekend we had wanted but it was still pretty good. Friday night we had naan bread pizza, Saturday we ordered sushi from Big Catch and last night we grilled a marinated chicken from Lina’s. As it is a short week, kids activities as less, but we will still be eating at home Sunday-Thursday. We have no weekend plans, but are hoping to head out skiing.

Lina’s marinated chicken with roasted fingerling potatoes and a house salad (my very fave salad right now, we have it at least once a week).
Ground beef tacos from @feelgoodfoodie
Sheet pan Greek meatballs with veggies from @lexiscleankitchen
Creamy vegetable alphabet soup from @foodbymaria, this is great soup, I might add a can of white beans this time.
Banza chicken bowls from @pinchofyum, I won’t be using Banza pasta, instead butter, fresh tomatoes and some parmesan.

As today was a holiday, I took some time to bake and prep with my kids. We made some peanut butter protein balls and some avocado brownies. It’s great to start the week with a full fridge and some food prepped for snacks and lunches. Here’s a few other recipes I have been looking at : lemon tiramisu, cinnamon scone bread and no-bake cornflake cookies. My Grocery List 5 24 is back to help make shopping a breeze.

Happy short week,
Sara

Meal updates from last week:
I LOVED the broccoli salad as well as the chopped salad. I will be making the broccoli one again very soon. We also enjoyed the sticky tofu, as I have said before if you are looking for a cost effective protein then give tofu a try. I have been attempting to make it once a week as an alternate to chicken or red meat, and my son has now started to ask for it. My daughter is not a fan, but I serve her a hard boiled egg and some edamame. This weekend we celebrated my birthday, we went out for dinner with friends Friday, went to friends for dinner Saturday (I made brownies for dessert) and then went out to Barbarella Sunday. My husband got an early dinner reservation Sunday and we took the kids with us, the food was outstanding and we will be going back to try other menu items. We ordered: crispy artichokes, calamari, Albacore crudo, linguine with clams, penne arrabbiata and lemon tart for dessert. They have happy hour every day from 2-5 and all drinks including bottles of wine are %50 off! There were so many other things on the menu that we wanted to try, but that just means that we will have to go back!

This week we will be eating at home Monday-Thursday, and will be skiing this weekend. Kids are still busy with activities and school. This week’s menu is very simple, lots of grilled protein paired with salads.

Shake and bake chicken with mashed potatoes and house salad from @skinnytaste
Hamburger soup from @bestofbridge I will serve this with buns for dipping.
Teriyaki shrimp bowl with mango cucumber salsa from @skinnytaste, this bowl calls for quinoa but I will be using rice as my base.
BBQ sausage and hot dogs, tater tots and either the house salad from @skinnytaste or the copycat bandara salad from @jillianharris

I don’t have baking plans this week, and I have yet to make the lemon loaf. If I have time then I will make some banana muffins to take skiing. As this week’s menu is simple and short their isn’t a grocery list.

Stay healthy and enjoy the long weekend,
Sara