Weekly Dinner Menu - Skinnytaste Version.

This week I decided to scan through my new Skinnytaste cookbook and put together a dinner menu full of it's recipes. 

​Monday 

Leftover minestrone soup

Tuesday 

Skillet tilapia with tomatoes and capers - Page 221 

Wednesday 

Garlicky lemon shrimp and broccolini stir fry - Page 228 with Veggie fried brown rice - Page 273

Thursday 

Chicken pasta caprese - Page 184

Friday 

???

Saturday 

Dinner at Cypress for our 2 year anniversary! 

Weekend Recap + Menu Monday.

Monday again already?!? I need one more day to sleep in!!

 

Friday night was lowkey - grilled some steaks, picked up this sweater from Target, and saw Skyfall.

 

Saturday was my work Christmas party. It wasn't a blast, but it was nice talking to everyone outside of work. The food was good!

 

Sunday we went to brunch at Sunrise Bistro with Emily, Caroline & Andy, then we headed downtown for Second Sunday on King Street! It was Cameron and my first time going to Second Sunday and we loved it! Ok, maybe I enjoyed it a tad more than Cameron since there was a lot of browsing in the store. Loved seeing all of the dogs, familiar faces and discovering new stores.



Me, Emily & Caroline with our King of Pops popsicles. The chocolate sea salt is SO SO GOOD!!



 

15 days until Christmas!!

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

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Also, as requested by Emily, Menu Monday is back!

 

Monday - PW's spicy Dr. Pepper BBQ, spinach gratin & sweet potatoes
Tuesday - Chicken & artichoke pasta
Wednesday - Lasagna Soup
Thursday - Working event until 7pm aka whatever we can find in the fridge
Friday - Homemade pizza
Saturday - Friend's Christmas Party
Sunday - Buffalo chicken soup

Finally a Fun Weekend!

I forgot what a fun-filled weekend felt like, but after this weekend, I remembered! It started off great when my event Friday night ended an hour early! I was home and in my pj's by 10:30pm and it was awesome. 

Saturday morning I went to a baby shower for Cameron's cousin's wife, Sylvia. I got her the cutest fish monogram pillow for Ryan's nursery. Found at PB Kids.

 Sylvia isn't wasn't due until December, but like clockwork after the shower, her water broke yesterday and Ryan, Jr. made his appearance!

After the shower I went home and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned the house before going to the fair since we were having people over that night. 

Emily, Caroline, Katie and I went to the fair and DEVOURED all of the fried fatty goodness. 

Seriously. Here is a list of everything we ate:

-Corn dog

-French fries with vinegar

-Fried cheese on a stick

-Fried pickles

-Fried mushrooms

-Red velvet funnel cake

-Pumpkin spice funnel cake

-Fried oreos

Then, we came back to my house, ate oysters and watched some football. What a perfect Saturday!

On Sunday, Cameron and I went to go visit our friends Alyssa, Chris and their baby, Owen, while they were in town visiting. 

The rest of the day/evening was spent working on invitations! Can't believe there's only 2 months left before I send them out!!

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This week's dinner menu..

 

Monday - Chicken quesadillas, corn/avocado/tomato salad

Tuesday - Pot roast over rice

Wednesday - Tortellini and vegetable soup

Thursday - Pork chops, cucumber/mustard/dill salad, cinnamon apples (never made them last week)

Friday - Chili over fritos

Saturday -TBD

Two One + Menu Monday.

Unless you've been living under a rock, or maybe you and your significant football just don't watch football/ESPN, you probably heard about our (South Carolina Gamecocks') beloved Marcus Lattimore getting hurt in the game on Saturday against Tennessee. As Cameron and I were watching the game and saw what happened, as it was happening, we were shocked,  and if you've seen the video, you'd understand as to why we were also a little disgusted. It was not pretty. I'm not going to post a video or photo of it, because believe me, you don't want to see it. Through all of my years as a Carolina fan and our ups and downs, I've never shed a tear. Until Saturday. The look on Marcus' face as he was lying on the field, the support by both his teammates and the Tennessee players, and him being taken off of the field, visibly upset, just broke my heart. This was a guy who had just recovered from a knee injury (opposite knee) that happened last season. Why was this happening to him again??

Rumors were swirling Saturday evening and Sunday morning of a broken femur, broken patella and all four main ligaments in the knee torn. Luckily, that rumor turned out to be not true. Reports are now that he hyperextended his knee, which caused injury to several ligaments in his knee. I believe an MRI is scheduled for today.

Caroline's post pretty much says it all, regarding how much of a team leader and all around amazing person he is.

On an upbeat note, today is Marcus' 21st birthday! Happy Birthday, Marcus!! You have a world of support behind you!

(Sorry for all of the random, jumbled thoughts that were inside my head.)
 

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Finally a normal work week, which means a normal cooking schedule!

Monday - Katie's baked ziti and caesar salad

Tuesday -  Cajun stuffed chicken with spinach and pepper jack cheese, tomato pie

Wednesday - Pork chops, bacon wrapped green beans, cinnamon baked apples

Thursday - Pumpkin chicken enchiladas

Friday - Working until 11pm

Saturday - Fair with the girls!

Gamecocks, Weekly Menu, Engagement Announcement.

Well even though we didn't walk away with a win this weekend, the game was a close one like everyone expected. LSU winning 23-21. We watched the first half at a "congratulations on your wedding" party for a friend, then the second half at my aunt & uncle's house.

 

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Monday - Turkey meatloaf with sundried tomatoes and feta with mashed potatoes

Tuesday - Chicken & dumplings

Wednesday - Megan working until 8pm

Thursday - Megan working until 10pm

Friday - Megan working until midnight

Saturday - Megan working until midnight

Sunday - ??

PS - Our engagement announcement was in the local paper yesterday! Woohoo!

Feelin' Cocky + Weekly Meal Plan.

 

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The Gamecocks dominated Georgia on Saturday, beating them 35-7. And after LSU's loss to Florida, and FSU's loss to NCState (shout out, Jana!), the Gamecocks are now ranked #3 in the nation! 

We can't get too cocky though! We still have a hard season ahead of us, playing a pissed off LSU next weekend, then Florida and Tennessee. 

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Monday - Homemade pizza with olive oil, garlic, artichokes, tomatoes and chicken

Tuesday - Lasagna soup

Wednesday - Jalepeno popper stuffed chicken with cheesy broiled avocados

Thursday - Spaghetti

Friday - Working

Saturday - Friend's wedding party

Working Weekend + Weekly Menu.

This past weekend kicked off my crazy 5 weeks of work events. I work every single Friday night from last Friday until November 2nd, and every Saturday night (except for one!) until October 27th. One week, I have 5 events! Yikes. On the upside, I'll get to sleep in a lot and will have a lot of weekdays off to get wedding things done!

Here are a few photos of the rehearsal dinner and wedding reception from this weekend.

Their rehearsal dinner was held poolside.

The ceremony was held on the beach and then the reception was inside, upstairs.

Travis Allison Band - one of my faves!

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 This week's menu isn't that exciting. I'm trying to clean out the fridge and freezer.

Monday - Mustard fried venison, yellow rice, salad

Tuesday - French dip sandwiches with sweet potato fries, salad

Wednesday - CSA starts back! Packet fish with assorted veggies, salad

Thursday - Homemade pizza with toppings of whatever I can find in the fridge and salad

Friday -Megan working, Cameron out of town

Saturday - Megan working, Cameron out of town

Sunday -  Megan working

See, told you it was boring.

Hope your Monday goes well!

Weekend Wrap Up & Menu Monday.

I can definitely tell it's Monday. Had to scramble to get ready this morning because the person who was supposed to open called in sick. Oh well, that just means I get to leave a little early today! 

Friday night we had a couple of people over and just grilled some burgers. After they left, Cameron and I just sat on the back porch, listened to some music and chatted. 

Boomer, my parents' dog, provided the entertainment for the evening. He'll do anything for a cookie.

Saturday, Cameron and I spent the day in my hometown, Summerville. I took him to the restaurant that I worked at in highschool and made him try their famous chili cheeseburger. I, of course, had to eat one, too. With extra pickles....and a side of pickles. The owner still calls me "Pickle" when I come in. :)

That night, we attended Austin & Justin's wedding! Austin is my sister's age, and I used to cheer with her sister, but we became good friends when she worked with me last year. 

One day, we were gchatting and she mentioned how she really wanted a reception coordinator but didn't want to spend a lot of money on one. So I offered to do it for her as her wedding gift!  All I really had to do was go to the reception hall before the wedding to make sure all of the vendors were there and everything was set up properly. Then, during the reception, just made sure everything was going along with the timeline.

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Here is this weeks planned menu. I say planned because I'm sure something will come up and it won't all go according to plan.

Monday - Tilapia with Creamy Dijon Dill Sauce (didn't get around to making it last week), cheesy zucchini rice

Tuesday - Penne and Chicken Tenderloins with Spiced Tomato Sauce
Wednesday - Bangin' Grilled Shrimp Skewers with apple poppyseed salad
Thursday - Dress Fitting - Quesadillas?
Friday - Spaghetti with garlic bread and salad
Saturday - Megan in Columbia
Sunday - Buffalo chicken soup (cut recipe in half)

Weekend Haps & Menu Monday.

Rise & shine! A new week is here and the temperatures have started falling!

 

On Saturday, I treated myself, my Maid of Honor (my sister) and my Matron of Honor (Emily, the bff) to manicures as a way of saying "thank you for planning the best bachelorette party EVER!" I would take a picture of my nails to show you the color I got, but you can barely tell there's any color on there! Only reason you can tell I even got one is because they're shiny. Manicure fail.

 

After that, Stephanie and I headed to the Kickin Chicken in West Ashley to watch the Carolina and Clemson games with a group of friends. Alicia & Dallas came (another house divided couple) and brought Baby Dallas! I got to snuggle with him for a bit to cure my baby fever.

He was clearly disgusted by watching the Clemson game. ;)

 

After the game, we went home and got changed for the wedding party booze cruise! I'm going to save all of the details for Wednesday's post, but we'll just say a good time was had by all!

Here's a sneak peek of Cameron and me with our wonderful parents.

 

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As requested by Emily, I'm going to try and start posting what I plan on making for dinner the following week on Monday's. I know I always like to see/hear what people make for dinner so maybe y'all do, too?

 

Monday - Pork chops, cottage cheese salad
Tuesday - Angel chicken with rice, salad
Wednesday - Sweet potato crusted fish with spinach salad

Thursday - Baked chicken parmesan, salad
Friday - Hungry Girl's buffalo shrimp ...what side?
Saturday - Wedding in Summerville
Sunday - ? (Sunday's are usually always up in the air and 99% of the time, we always eat out somewhere.