a week of meals

I don't know about you, but I'm ALWAYS interested in what other people make for their meals. I like to get ideas, plus I just think it is interesting. Here is a list of our last week's meals with my thoughts afterward.

Tuesday: Meatball subs (AWESOME sundried tomato chicken meat balls from Costco).

Wednesday: Made a spontaneous purchase that day at Costco and bought Bacon Wrapped Turkey Tenderloins (they look like little Fillet Mignons). They are only 230 calories and 5 grams of fat. I loved them. Chris thought they were so-so. I made Orzo for the side.

Thursday:
I ate the yummiest corn dog ever (with some mixed veggies thrown on the side to counteract the complete unhealthiness!). Chris's mom brings them down every once in a while. Her friend makes them from scratch. Chris had leftover pizza after getting home later from his softball game.

Friday:
Shredded beef tacos (beef we bought at Costco and cooked in the crock pot all day. Sprinkled Lipton's Onion Soup mix on top before cooking).

Saturday:
Date night...Macaroni Grill. I strayed from my usual (spaghetti and meatballs) and shouldn't have. I swear my meal could have fit into 3/4 of a cup. They spread it all out on some fancy rectangular plate, but they weren't fooling me!!!

Sunday: Leftover Tacos

Monday: Spaghetti with homemade sauce (I'll have to blog this recipe as it is the cheapest, easiest, and yummiest sauce ever!), sauteed zucchini

Tonight: Mini Chicken Calzones. I'll take some of our pre packaged chicken breasts (that we make when we bbq up a whole Costco bag) and make calzones with Pillsbury pizza dough. I'll put some cheese and bbq sauce inside also. I'll probably serve them with veggies for me and fruit for Chris.

You can see that veggies are severely lacking in our dinners. Chris doesn't like very many. He loves broccoli salad, but it is rather time consuming, so I don't make it often. I need to, though, because that is such a healthy veggie and one he not only eats, but enjoys. I don't have the "complete" meal on our plates every night...meaning a main dish and a couple sides. Honestly, sometimes I don't have a side at all...like with the tacos. I feel like I cook pretty low fat in general, but I'm not the best at using whole grain things (I don't think Pillsbury pizza dough has many nutrients!).

Cam typically has his own meal before we do since we eat once the kids are down. I know the whole "family dinner" thing is important. I think one day we'll do that. However since Chris works from home, we are with Cam at all his meals, even if we aren't actually eating. We get an abundance of family time, just not all at the table. This will change once the kids are older as I do feel it is super important to have that "dinner" and debrief about your day. But for now, Chris and I love relaxing together and eating our meal at night. We look forward to it. :)