Menu Plan Monday

Well, somehow our menu got off last week.  Not sure how.
Here’s what’s on the docket for this week:

• Chickpeas with Broccoli Rabe and Bacon — found the broccoli Rabe at Trader Joe’s (word on the street they open at 8:30 now, HELLO, SO HAPPY!!!) {5 points — on further evaluation this HAS to be higher.  You never drain the grease from the bacon… I’d put it somewhere around 13 points as written.  Next time I will drain the grease (most of it) before I add the onion, and probalby call it an 8 point dish — annoying, their nutrition facts HAVE to be wrong!}
• Asparagus and Egg Drop Soup — didn’t get to it last week. {4.5 points}
• Chuck’s Favorite Mac and Cheese — I need to start making some of our family favorites and making sure I can have approrpriate serving sizes. {12 points}
• Chicken Parmesana and Brussel sprouts {?}
• Chicken Florentine Casserole — Might do it with broccoli instead of spinach. {17 points — only using 1/2 the chicken too! — I’ll have to eat light that day!}
• Pollock Montreal — trying to try some new fish besides tilapia and salmon.  So far we are not fans of roughy. {7 points}
• Upsidedown Orange French Toast — breakfast for dinner.  🙂 {14.5 points}

Five Star Recipes from Last Week:

Porkchops with Pineapple Salsa — SO good, a good dish to serve to company

Mary Ruth gets a 5 star rating for putting Creamy Mushroom and Chicken Soup on her blog.  I exchanged the cream with evaporated milk and it was SO good.  I thought it’d be like a 10 point dish, but there was SO much of it I only needed half a serving.  That was five points, along with a slice of bread (it’s broth was great to dip my bread in).  Anyway.  Thanks Mary Ruth!

For me, at least right now it’s just going through the recipes and finding a few that I have ingredients for and just having those available.  It’s just too hard to decide if you have the entire world to choose from. 🙂