First Menu of 2013

Well, 5 days in and I'm just now getting around to posting in the New Year. I had this idea that since we were spending New Year's Eve at home I would play games with my family, blog a little, surf the net a little, and watch the Space Needle's fireworks at midnight. While we did get some games in, the hubs and I ended up falling asleep on the couch by 9:30pm. The kids played the Wii until midnight and then woke us up to go to bed. Nothing like feeling old....

In any case, I did spend some time at the end of December coming up with our first menu of the New Year. Because I wasn't going grocery shopping until this weekend I had to make up a 5 day temporary menu and then my usual two-weeker. Here they are:

• Steak and Shrimp - Baked potato - Caesar sald (New Year's Day)
• Linguine with Clam Sauce
• White Chicken Chili
• Pork Carnitas Burritos
• Tofu Pad Thai
• Philly Steak Stuffed Peppers & Roasted Yukons
• Shrimp in Jalapeno cream sauce - Pinquito beans - Mexican Rice
• Skinny Chicken Pesto Bake & Veggies
• BBQ Kielbasa - Coleslaw - Potato salad
• Quinoa Veggie Fried Rice
• Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken
• Parma Rosa Veggie Primavera
• Breakfast for Dinner
• Seasoned grilled chicken over Zuchinni & Roasted potatoes
• Quinoa & Sweet Potato stuffed Portobellos
• Stuffed Acorn Squash - Veggie Rice
• Crockpot Noodle Bake (Brandon asked that I not call this lasagna. My homemade lasagna is his favorite and he cannot believe that this dish will do it justice - awww, what a guy)
• Tortellini Soup (Lilly's Birthday Dinner with Family)
• Dinner out for Lilly's Birthday

Our first new recipe of 2013 was the Philly Steak Stuffed Peppers. They were delicious - though I did substitute the deli roast beef in the recipe for Prime sliced rib eye. I used to make Philly Cheesesteaks for a living and could not bring myself to try to pass off lousy roast beef into anything labeled "cheesesteak."  I have a goal to post that recipe, and my changes to it, soon.

Anything sound good? Got any suggestions for the future?