After-Thanksgiving Week

Raise your hand if you ate too much this weekend. (mine's raised). Going very light this week!

Sunday

Rotisserie Chicken and Vegetable Soup

1 rotisserie chicken
4 carrots, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
5 celery stalks, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 container of mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, diced
4 c chicken stock
2-3 thyme sprigs

Shred the thigh, leg and wing meat from the chicken. Reserve the whole breasts for tomorrow. Into a dutch oven, add a teaspoon of olive oil and the onion. Saute for 2 minutes, then add the rest of the veg. Cook, stiring often, the veg for 5 minutes or so. Add the stock, chicken and thyme. Cook for 10-20 minutes until flavors develop. Add any accumulated juices from the chicken.

Monday

Chicken breasts with roasted brussel sprouts and fried potatoes

wrap retained rotisserie chicken breasts in foil. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Clean and cut brussel sprouts in half. Toss the sprouts in olive oil, salt and pepper and place in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Put the chicken and sprouts in the oven to roast.

Slice the potatoes, skin on, thinly. Slice an onion into rings. Add 1T butter to a saute pan. Add the onions and cook until translucent. Add potatoes, salt and pepper. Make sure the pan is hot. Cook until golden.

Tuesday

Chicken Asada with peppers

pre-marinated chicken or carne asada
3 bell peppers, sliced
1/2 onion, sliced

Saute peppers and onions, set aside. Slice chicken and flash stir fry until cooked. Add peppers and onion to the chicken and stir together. Add salt and pepper if needed.

Wednesday

Breakfast

pork sausage
6 eggs
4 medium potatoes cut into cubes
1/2 onion, diced

Brown sausage, set aside. Scramble eggs with 2T milk, salt, and cayenne pepper. Cook eggs, mix in sausage. In a separate pan, mix onion and potatoes with 1T butter, salt and pepper. Make sure the pan is very hot. Keep stiring to a minium to get the potatoes nice and brown.

Tonight: marinate chicken, see below

Thursday

Grilled chicken breasts and broccoli

4 chicken breasts
1 lemon
1/2 onion, sliced
thyme
broccoli

Marinate the chicken in the juice of one lemon, thyme, olive oil, onion, salt and pepper. Grill outside or in an indoor grill pan. In the mean time, steam the broccoli, add salt and pepper.

Grocery List

1 rotisserie chicken
4 carrots
5 celery stalks
1 container of mushrooms
4 onions
chicken stock
thyme
brussel sprouts
6-7 medium potatoes
pre-marinated chicken or carne asada
3 bell peppers
eggs
pork sausage (nitrate and dextrose free--you can buy ground pork and add your own spices)
4 chicken breasts
1 lemon
broccoli