Menu Monday: Nourishing Body and Soul

 

Good morning! Hope you had a great weekend. We sure enjoyed ours! Today I’m bringing you a glimpse of what we enjoyed to eat this past week. We had some winners in the mix, so perhaps this will give you some inspiration!

Monday: Tacos with Black Beans

What We Loved: I’ve made this taco recipe for years and we still love it. I make my own homemade seasoning, and we really like the blend of seasonings. I’m not really a refried bean lover, but I found this recipe for black beans and thought it sounded like something I might be able to handle, because it had some added flavor. I tried it, and while I don’t think it will ever be something I crave, I did like it. Ryan loves beans and was very happy to have it in the mix. I’d make it again for sure.

Tuesday: Leftover Heavily Modified Pan Bagnat (Use Chicken)

What We Loved: As I shared last week, I changed up this recipe A LOT. I used chicken instead of tuna, took out the anchovies and capers and in the end, it probably can’t even be called the same recipe. But it did make for a nice batch of leftovers, and on this busy day, I was happy about that!

Wednesday: Cheesy Potatoes for the GriefShare Dinner

What We Loved: I forgot to get a picture of the actual food, but here is a picture of the recipe card I used. This hangs in our kitchen and is in Ryan’s mom’s handwriting. It was a dish she made often for gatherings, and it seemed fitting to share it with his GriefShare group for their final night’s meeting and dinner.

Thursday: Leftover Fajitas

What We Loved: Free food?? We had ordered in fajitas at church for staff meeting and had some left over. The church needed to clear the refrigerator ahead of two back-to-back funeral dinners, so the leftovers came home with me! Ryan has heard me rave about the monthly fajita lunches, and he got to enjoy some with me this night!

Friday: Chicken Club Lettuce Wrap

What We Loved: This is a nice sandwich-kind of meal without the carbs of bread! I bought the pre-cooked bacon to make it easier to warm up in our busy week, and this was a tasty meal for us. Ryan told me he really liked it, so I think we’ll be enjoying this more often!

Saturday: Date Night at Shandy’s

Our Thoughts: We went out for our monthiversary and tried a new-to-us restaurant called Shandy’s. I’ll tell you more about it tomorrow when I tell you about our date night, but here was our food! Ryan got a buffalo chicken wrap and fries. I got street tacos with grilled chicken, but they were HUGE, so I only ate half and brought the rest home. (And Ryan ate most of the chips.) It wasn’t our most favorite ever, but the food was good – and made good leftovers.

Sunday: Chicken Club Lettuce Wrap

What I Loved: I loved not cooking on a Sunday! This leftover meal made a great assembly for a Sunday evening after a hard nap! I added some sliced red peppers with it. Ryan had chips and salsa!