Hungry...

...and SO excited to be back on my normal schedule again! I'm hungry because we were eating so much/well on our trip, and now being home I'm back on my regimented wake up & exercise then eat breakfast routine (it feels SO good!). I promise my life doesn't completely revolve around food, but I am quite excited about several of these dinners. You see, I picked up this new book, and let's just say Ryder and I quite enjoyed browsing through. We literally sat on the couch and looked through every page oohing and ahhing over the yummies. So now for the meal plan:

*Monday: Salmon Kebebs with Cilantro Sauce , Lavash Bread & Carrot Pineapple Smoothies

*Tuesday: Since I loved my bruschetta so much last week, we'll have THIS tonight with a green salad

*Wednesday: Chicken & Broccoli Calzones--HERE'S a good recipe, but I'm swapping the sausage for chicken

*Thursday: Leftovers

*Friday: Burke's Birthday! He has requested one of our favorites-Eggplant Parmesan & simple Ice Cream Pie for dessert (I just learned yesterday that he used to have this for his "cake" every year on his birthday when he was little!) - see recipe below

*Saturday: We're attending a little one year old's birthday today and will be eating there!

*Sunday: Asian Noodle Salad

*and darnit, I just saw THESE....gonna have to find an excuse to make them this week!

ICE CREAM PIE DESSERT

Crust:

• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, melted

Filling:

• 1/2 gallon vanilla Ice Cream
• 6 oz. pink lemonade

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients for crust together and press into a 9x9" pan (or pie plate)

2. Mix all filling ingredients together and pour over crust. serve frozen.

Spring Week

I think this is supposed to be our first week of "real" spring weather. I'm a little bit excited about it. And I'm ready to ditch the heavy casseroles and start eating fresh, light meals for dinner--like I tend to do once it gets warm out. I think we'll start with leftovers, then my sister's delish looking recipe (how could that not be yummy?). Throw a little shrimp and some salads in there, and I'm feeling lighter already. ;)

*Monday: Leftovers (went HERE for a date night Saturday night. This is Burke's new favorite place. Like, he's been having dreams about Chicken Shawarma. And we still have food leftover!)

*Tuesday: Chickpea & Spinach Curry over Brown Rice

*Wednesday: Spicy Black Bean Cakes (with avocados, of course)

*Thursday: Baby shrimp over linguine with red pepper/garlic & eggplant spread (Trader Joes) on top

*Friday: Asian Rotisserie Chicken Salad + Potstickers (for the kiddos)

*Saturday: Leftovers for them--and GIRL'S NIGHT for me here!

*Sunday:Happy Mother's Day! Roasted Root Vegetable Pizza (and to make Ryder happy, we'll probably have a pepperoni one as well). I may use Trader Joe's crust, or I know my Mom has a wonderful recipe...where is it Mom???