Menu Plan Update - Week 24

SUNDAY 
Dinner - at friends for yummy lamb curry

MONDAY 

TUESDAY - drive to Niagara Falls
Lunch - Niagara on the lake
Dinner - Kelsey's Niagara Falls (coupon provided by hotel)

WEDNESDAY - Niagara Falls
Dinner - prime rib at The Beef Baron

THURSDAY
Dinner - we ordered chicken from Swiss Chalet


FRIDAY
Dinner - Pasta a la vodka with pancetta


SATURDAY 
Dinner - pork tenderloin, potatoes cauliflower and broccoli

Menu Plan Update - Week 23

SUNDAY
Dinner - roast beef, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, cauliflower, mushy peas

MONDAY
Dinner - out to dinner
DH - Montana's and I went to the Duke of York

TUESDAY
Dinner - leftover roast beef, mashed potatoes, cauliflower

WEDNESDAY
Dinner - NEW RECIPE NOT A KEEPER!! Bacon wrapped turkey meatloaf with sweet potato fries and corn. This just wasn't good at all.

THURSDAY
Dinner - Spanish stewed chicken thighs

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Menu Plan Update - Week 22

SUNDAY
Dinner - Roast chicken with roast potatoes carrots

MONDAY
Dinner - beef fajitas


TUESDAY
Dinner - (leftover) chicken pot pie with

WEDNESDAY
Lunch - Bier Markt I had lamb sausage merguez with sliced of smoked gouda. 
DH had  PACK OF BRATS (THREE)  $16
Meal was good but overpriced and service was terrible.

Dinner

THURSDAY
Dinner - chicken (breasts) curry with naan


FRIDAY
Lunch - Green Bean in Oakville BFF had apple and brie grilled sandwich and I had a delicious smoked salmon with cream cheese, cucumber and red onion wrap.
Dinner - friends at Montana's pasta, burgers and steak sandwich


SATURDAY
Dinner - Shrimp creole 

Menu Plan Update - Week 21

MONDAY
Dinner - chicken divan with naan bread

TUESDAY - movies Star Trek Into Darkness
Dinner -NEW RECIPE kale spanakopita and salad


WEDNESDAY
Dinner - pork loin marinated in apple cider, olive oil and marmalade with roast potatoes, onions and carrots

THURSDAY 
Dinner - leftover kale spanakopita and salad

FRIDAY
Lunch - friends at an awesome restaurant in Troy On.  
Dinner - 

SATURDAY
Dinner - stuffed flank steak 

Menu Plan Update - Week 20

SUNDAY First Communion in Montreal then drive back to Toronto
Dinner - skipped as we had a huge lunch in Montreal, calamari, soup, salad, steak and cake

MONDAY
Dinner - beef stew

TUESDAY golf and shopping with friends
Lunch - quiche at Williams
Dinner - Judge and Jury Pub


WEDNESDAY
Dinner - leftover beef stew with cheddar cheese biscuits



THURSDAY 
Lunch - burgers at County General
Dinner - home made pate with toast

FRIDAY - 
Dinner - kale spanakopita with leftovers for two lunches


SATURDAY
Dinner - NEW RECIPE grown up chicken fingers with sweet potato fries with leftovers for a couple of lunches. 

Menu Plan Recap - Week 19

SUNDAY
Dinner - beef shepherd's pie with carrots and kale

MONDAY
NEW RECIPE - avocado and black bean brownies
NEW RECIPE - bourbon chicken liver pate
Dinner - leftover shepherd's pie

TUESDAY
Dinner ?


WEDNESDAY
Dinner -  homemade pizza using Costco crust - not so great


THURSDAY 
Lunch - burger and steak sandwich at The Dark Horse
Dinner - stuffed peppers various colours


FRIDAY - Montreal 
Dinner - Italian with our grand daughter

SATURDAY - Montreal
Dinner - hotel room service Sheraton Dorval

Menu Plan Update - Week 17

I am not including lunch unless we did something special as we have else been on our own and making do with whatever is in the house.

SUNDAY 
Dinner - with family at One Duke Pub in Hamilton. 1 - fish and chips 1 - ribs



MONDAY
Dinner - roast pork, roast and mashed potatoes with brocollni


TUESDAY
Dinner - leftover roast pork with mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts

WEDNESDAY
Lunch - friends at our place with cheeses and cold cuts from a new find for us in our new neighbourhood  The Cheese Boutique.



Dinner - twice cooked pork (from the remaining leftovers) with vegetables and rice

THURSDAY - shopping new Bed, Bath and Beyond for sheets, mattress cover and oven mitts.
Lunch - Acme Burger Company good burgers but service is slow and inconsistent. Our buns and toppings sat waiting forever for the meat.


Dinner - NEW RECIPE beef stew in the slow cooker. Now that we are settled I am excited to be using all my kitchen gadgets. Stew is stew but I wanted a recipe that I could just throw everything into the cooker with homemade beef stock.


FRIDAY
Dinner - leftover beef stew with garlic flat bread.


SATURDAY - Shopping at St. Lawrence Market

Dinner - NEW RECIPE lamb chops with broccolini and new potatoes

Menu Plan Recap - Week 18

SUNDAY - friends visiting and staying over from Calgary.
NEW RECIPE - Banana bread I will definitely add the Dulce de leche the next time!
Dinner - prime rib with mushy peas, mashed carrots and turnips, broccolini, mashed and roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding.


MONDAY 
Dinner - Sunday's leftovers with brussel sprouts


TUESDAY
Dinner - ???

WEDNESDAY
Dinner - chicken curry with rice using chicken thighs

THURSDAY 
Dinner - leftover chicken curry with rice 

FRIDAY- Costco $222.00
Dinner - fajitas using flank steak

SATURDAY -
Dinner - pork chops and colcannon with kale because we bought a HUGE bag at Costco.

Menu Plan Update - Week 16

We're trying to use up what we have before we buy stuff. 

It has continued to be dreary and wet for most of the week.

Lunches continue to be each to his own, salads, cheese, salmon.

SUNDAY

 Lunch -

Dinner -  ground turkey meatloaf with baked potatoes.

MONDAY

Lunch -

Dinner - chicken with baked potatoes

TUESDAY

Lunch -

Dinner - homemade pizza

WEDNESDAY went photo shooting with a friend on the only sunny day this week.

Lunch - with BFF at the Duke of York

Dinner - leftover meatloaf and boiled potatoes with cauliflower

THURSDAY

Lunch -

Dinner – homemade pizza

FRIDAY

Lunch - 

Dinner -  Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre, yes, they lost. Dinner was ball park hot dogs with friends.

No, I didn't take this photo last night, it is from 2011. That's the Roger Centre nestled between the two condos with the CN Tower behind it.

SATURDAY

Lunch -

Dinner -  Steak, baked potato and broccoli

Menu Plan Update - Week 15

Our first week back in Toronto and it rained all week! No signs of spring in the air!

Since we're home lunch has been salad all week.

SUNDAY

 Lunch -

Dinner - Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, mushy peas, roast and mashed potatoes and homemade gravy

MONDAY

Lunch -

Dinner - with friends at The Brogue Inn, I had liver and DH fish and chips

 

TUESDAY

Lunch -

Dinner - leftover roast beef

WEDNESDAY

Lunch -

Dinner - pork chops and colcannon

THURSDAY

Lunch -

Dinner –  chicken piccata with carrots and mashed potatoes.

FRIDAY

Lunch - 

Dinner - beef stew from the rest of the roast beef

SATURDAY

Lunch -

Dinner - NEW RECIPE shrimp creole with rice

Menu Plan Update - Week 14

This is our first week of our drive back to Toronto after four months away in the southwest US after a long weekend in New Orleans.

SUNDAY -  New OrleansEaster Sunday and DH’s birthday

Lunch – beef and pork Louisiana meat pies and mashed potatoes at Crescent City Brewery

Dinner – Grapevines duck salad and BBQ shrimps

MONDAY – Drive to Memphis

Lunch – Canton MS KFC

Dinner – Memphis BB King’s

TUESDAY – Drive to Nashville overnight at Doubletree Hilton downtown Nashville

Lunch – BBQ pork and brisket sandwiches

Dinner – Nashville Joe’s Crab Shack

WEDNESDAY – Drive to Cinncinnati passing through Kentucky- overnight in Hampton Inn Akron-Fairlawn

Lunch – we had large buffet breakfast at Doubletree Hilton in Nashville so we skipped lunch

Dinner - Houston Inn Akron salad bar and excellent prime rib

THURSDAY - Drive to Mason OH for the evening at Hampton Inn King's Island

Lunch - 

Dinner - Hyde Park Grill Holiday Inn Akron OH  ahi tuna, brussel sprouts, beef au jus

FRIDAY - our final day on the road as we left Ohio, drove through Pennsylvania, New York and then crossed the border into Canada.

Lunch - Erie PA wings at Quaker Steak and Lube 

Dinner - Hamilton ON at my sister's house

SATURDAY - our first meal at home in Toronto

Lunch -

Dinner - chicken divan and crusty bread

Menu Plan Update - Week 13

Sunday - pool and then into Cottonwood to check out the Rendezvous
Lunch - we skipped as we had the breakfast buffet Pcoc Diablo
Dinner - 10th Hole at resort - club sandwich and reuben


Monday - our last day in Sedona. Lost an hour in NM
Lunch - Subs at Subway Navajo AZ
Dinner - ordered pizza into our room at the Hampton Inn in Santa Rosa NM

Tuesday - breakfast at hotel in Santa Rosa NM. Lost an hour to Central time.
Lunch - great burgers and fries at Blue Sky in Amarillo TX
Dinner - Shorty Small's ribs next to Wyndham in Oklahoma City OK

   Wednesday - Cowboy Museum with coffee and carrot cake
Lunch -  Tapwerks in Bricktown OKC great beer awful food
Dinner - Indian with friends Gopuram


Thursday - on the road again Oklahoma City to Shreveport LA
Lunch - ham sandwiches based on great highway ads from Robertson's in Texas to eat in the car. - 
Dinner - in Homewoods Hilton restaurant salmon and Tuscan Ragout - delicious

Friday - drive from Shreveport LA to New Orleans LA about 6 hours
Lunch - charcuterie plate at Hotel Astor New Orleans
Dinner - cheese and crackers

Saturday - breakfast buffet at Market Cafe 
Lunch - jambalaya at city Park
Dinner - lamb and veal Moran's on Bourbon St.

Menu Plan Update - Week 12

Sunday - Sedona Pines
Lunch - 
Dinner - we have a BBQ!! Hamburgers


Monday - DH golfed
Lunch -  leftovers
Dinner - steak, baked potatoes and broccoli

Tuesday - Uptown Sedona
Lunch - egg and onion sandwiches
Dinner - burgers (again to finish off)

Wednesday - DH golfed/camera class
Lunch - leftovers
Dinner - pork chops, mashed potatoes and carrots 

Thursday - Red Rock loop/Dry Creek/Enchantment
Lunch - Vineyards Cottonwood pizza and Italian sub
Dinner - pork chops, mashed potatoes and carrots - time to finish up the food

Friday - moving to Poco Diablo for the weekend. Airport Rd
Lunch - Full  Moon Saloon (awful)
Dinner - Steak and haddock in dining room 

Saturday - DH golfed
Lunch - chicken salad on a croissant at resort
Dinner - cheese and crackers

Menu Plan Update - Week 11

We are settled in a condo in Cornville AZ (near Cottonwood) this week. I am happy to be able to cook again and try out some new recipes.
You can see from Week 10's update that we were pretty busy travelling last week and did a lot of eating out.

SUNDAY lazy sunny day but chilly
NEW recipe - homemade guacamole

 Lunch - 

Dinner - roast chicken with broccoli and roast potatoes

MONDAY DH golfed/pool time

Lunch -

Dinner - stuffed green peppers

TUESDAY DH golfed/pool time

Lunch - leftover chicken

Dinner - chicken stew with home made stock from Sunday's meal

WEDNESDAY Montezuma National Park and Historic Cottonwood

Lunch - Hot dog, burger and fries at Bing's in Cottonwood AZ

Dinner - leftovers

THURSDAY DH golfed

Lunch -  cheese 

Dinner –  NEW pork chops with celerac mashed potatoes.   Dinner in Cottonwood at Nic's Italian Steak and Crab House

New Zealand green shelled mussels

FRIDAY moving day to Sedona Pines

Lunch -  BBQ at Babe's BBQ in Camp Verde AZ

Dinner -  cheese and crackers

SATURDAY Verde Canyon Railroad from noon - 5PM

Lunch -  chili, wings aboard the train

Dinner - stuffed green peppers (leftover and frozen)

Menu Plan Update - Week 10

SUNDAY  Mazatlan 

 Lunch - poolside club sandwich

Dinner - Fat Fish - best ribs!!

MONDAY Mazatlan

Lunch -  Plaza Machado Beach Burger

Dinner - spaghetti 

TUESDAY in transit Alaska Air to LA

Lunch - grabbed a burger at Mazatlan airport

Dinner - Caesar salad and curry chicken - a story in itself about terrible service

WEDNESDAY LA to Las Vegas drive

Lunch - we had the breakfast buffet at the hotel so we skipped lunch

Dinner -  ordered pizza in Las Vegas

THURSDAY DH golfed 

Lunch - leftover pizza

Dinner – ordered wings and philly cheese steak

FRIDAY drive to Sedona

Lunch -  hot dogs at Dairy Queen

Dinner - cheeses and bread

SATURDAY lazy day after our horrendous drive yesterday. Just went out for groceries in cottonwood.

Lunch - cheese and crackers

Dinner -   NEW crab legs in garlic sauce baked in the oven and salad

Menu Plan Update - Week 9

This is our second week in Mazatlan and we've been eating out as there is so much variety and especially an abundance of fresh fish.

SUNDAY - lazy cloudy day

Lunch - Saturday leftover chicken sausage stew

Dinner - Torres Mazatlan Palapa Restaurant

MONDAY bus into town

Lunch - Shrimp Bucket 

Dinner - cheese and crackers

TUESDAY day trip to Malpica bakery and church and tile making/Concordia/Copola

Lunch - Copola Daniel's mediocre we didn't even take photos of our food.

Dinner - hamburger stew to use up some of the vegetables

WEDNESDAY pool day and lunch in Zona Dorada

Lunch - burgers at Mary's

Dinner - pork shops with cauliflower

THURSDAY photo trip to town

Lunch - Shrimps at Dunia
Snacks - nachos 

Dinner - bacon and eggs 

FRIDAY pool day and then to town for dinner at Plaza Machado

Lunch - tuna sandwiches

Dinner - Casa Canobbio - terrible

SATURDAY

Lunch - pool side calamari and nachos and cheese 

Dinner - Pedro and Lola's Plaza Machado

Menu Plan Update - Week 8

Sunday - Last day in Las Vegas. Packing and afternoon on Strip
Lunch - wings and fries Blondies Planet Hollywood
Dinner - TGIF steak - we had our first meal here when we moved into the condo and have enjoyed almost weekly dinners since December 16 so it seemed fitting to have a last meal here.

Monday - we leave early morning for LA and spend the evening at the airport Hilton
Lunch - Jack in the Box burger - mediocre but we were in bumper to bumper traffic from Vegas to LA. The trip took six hours instead of four.
Dinner - LAX Hilton. Tuna salad and curry chicken.


Tuesday - we fly to Mazatalan
Lunch - aboard Alaska Air, we shared a delicious cheese platter with fruit.
Dinner - Torres Mazatlan restaurant. Shrimps in garlic butter with rice and vegetables.

Will update once we arrive

Wednesday - took the bus ($1 each) to the grocery store Soriana and a cab back ($10)
Lunch - La Palapa restaurant at Torres Mazatlan. Salads
Dinner - rotisserie chicken and salad 

Thursday - lazy day 
Lunch - chicken sandwiches on crossiants
Dinner - beef patties, gravy, potatoes and corn.

Friday - downtown Mazatlan by bus - market and photos
Lunch - calamari and shrimps at The Shrimp Bucket
Dinner - cheese and crackers

Saturday - pool time
 Lunch - club sandwich from Palapa restaurant by the pool - Palapa on the left below.
Dinner - a take on cabbage and sausage stew with chicken. I have homemade stock from Wednesday's chicken. No diced tomatoes available in condo shop so will use just tomato paste.

Menu Plan Update - Week 6

As mentioned in last week's update we have friends visiting us in Las Vegas so we'll be eating out a little more often this week as we show them around.


Sunday - Hoover Dam and Boulder City

Lunch - wings at Boulder City Dam Brewery
Dinner - SUPERBOWL spicy Italian sausages
Chili, salad, garlic bread

Monday The Strip

Lunch - Gordon Ramsay's BurGR at 3PM
Dinner - we skipped it and our friends had wings.

Tuesday The So. Nevada Zoo
Lunch - leftovers for everyone
Dinner - we went over to The Orleans and had the best pot stickers (excluding my own) at TGIF.
Our friends had a business dinner with "the boss".
We had leftover chili and fresh bread.

Wednesday DH is golfing and I will meet friends at their hotel and we did some sightseeing using the monorail to get around. It was a gorgeous day and the warmest of the year so far.

DH will meet us at Flamingo and we headed to Fremont St. for dinner.
Lunch - Rainforest Cafe

Dinner - Pizza at Luna Rossa on Fremont St.

Thursday our friends are free for the day so we plan on visiting the factory outlets, lunch at Bonnie Springs.  We were enjoying our shopping so we opted to continue after a food court lunch. Their flight home is at 11:30PM, however a snow storm was expected in Toronto so we kept watch and we took them to the airport for their flight that was delayed until midnight.
Here is a wonderful clip showing the snow storm on Friday.
Lunch - food court
Dinner - everyone decided that they were fine with finishing the chili with salad and fresh bread.


Friday DH is golfing and the plan is dinner at Heart Attack Grill  We changed our minds and ate in.
Lunch - cheese
Dinner - curry chicken with rice and naan bread.


Saturday  Movies "Parker" I do enjoy a good scam movie!
Lunch - leftover curry
Dinner - Weekly recipe challenge  pork piccata with garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli.