Last Thursday was an “At Home” day for me. <\/p>\n
I had planned on running out to the store to pick up some groceries for the weekend and then figured that while I was headed out, I might as well plan for the next week of meals and pick up what I could for the next weeks meals and that way I’d be one step ahead of myself (if that’s even possible<\/em>).<\/p>\n And now……am I ever glad that I planned for this week early!<\/p>\n I feel like crap BUT…. Jon and the kids are able to keep things running smoothly on the meal side of things.<\/p>\n There were a few adjustments to last weeks schedule…..but this is normal, eh?<\/p>\n Friday we were supposed to have Bar-B-Que chicken, BUT…the girls headed over for a sleepover at my sisters and so Jon, I and the boys had Taco Del Mar. YUM!<\/p>\n Saturday was the Thanksgiving dinner with my family and then Sunday…….<\/p>\n Sunday was the day that I felt absolutely brutal. We were going to have Jon’s parents over for dinner and have pork roast. Instead, we canceled on Jon’s parents and took the chicken that we were going to make on Friday and used it to make Chicken Soup.<\/p>\n It was just what I wanted….and it was so good that I made a second batch this morning.<\/p>\n My Chicken Soup Recipe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Put a few pieces of chicken, cloves of garlic, a whole cut up onion and 2 Tblsp of Oregano into a pot of water.<\/p>\n (I did 4 chicken legs, 6 cloves of garlic, and 1 large onion into approx 16 cups of water<\/em>)<\/p>\n Boil it all for 2 hours or more. Simmer, Stir and Enjoy……<\/p>\n Anyway, without further delay, here is the planned out Meal Schedule for this week.<\/p>\n Monday:<\/strong> Beef & Broccoli over Rice (I ate some broccoli and rice – it was yummy<\/em>)<\/p>\n Tuesday:<\/strong> Spaghetti with Salad<\/p>\n Wednesday:<\/strong> Soup & Salad and Biscuits<\/p>\n Thursday:<\/strong> Chicken Stir-fry over Rice noodles<\/p>\n Friday:<\/strong> Ham & Pineapple Kabobs with Rice<\/p>\n Saturday:<\/strong> Burgers with Homemade Fries<\/p>\n Sunday:<\/strong> Lasagna & Salad<\/p>\n I’ll probably eat soup for as long as I feel crappy, but the rest of the family will still eat good. <\/p>\n It’s just nice to know that even though I feel lousy that we have what we need and I don’t need to run out and pick tons of stuff up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last Thursday was an “At Home” day for me. I had planned on running out to the store to pick up some groceries for the weekend and then figured that while I was headed out, I might as well plan for the next week of meals and pick up what I could for the next … Continue reading “When Planning Ahead Totally Pays Off”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,8,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-health","category-meal-plans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPull out the meat and put aside to cool.
\nStrain the garlic and onion out of the broth and blend in blender with a tiny bit of broth.
\nPour blended garlic and onions back into broth.
\nOnce meat is cool enough to touch, strip it from the bones.
\nCut meat into small pieces and return to soup
\nCut up 2 carrots, 1 cup daikon, 1.5 cups zucchini, 1 cup celery & add to soup. (all guesses)
\nAdd 2 Tblsp of Miso soup paste to soup.
\nAdd rice noodles or rice or barley……your choice….(I did rice noodles<\/em>)
\nAdd Salt to taste<\/p>\n