Las Fallas:
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Ever since I first stumbled onto the Flylady site back in 2004 (it was 3 days before taking the bar exam – do you think I procrastinating much?), I have been a big fan of meal planning.  I can’t say my house is much cleaner, but at least I usually have enough food in the house to cook 3-4 healthy dinners a week.  Since there are just two of us (for at least a little bit longer!) this is usually enough to get us through the week with leftovers and evening meetings, etc. taking up the slack for the other nights.  I really like to cook, but the big benefits of meal planning for me are saving money and eating healthier than I could in a restaurant.

Several blogs I read regularly post their meal plans for the week – I think it might be nice to be able to look back and see what I’ve done in the past to get ideas on those weeks when I’m completely drawing a blank.  It’s also a convenient way to share recipes with my sister (we sometimes work on our meal plans together over the phone on Sunday afternoons). 

Sunday:  Two-Bean Tamale Pie, side salad
Monday:  Turkey kebabs & cabbage slaw (Jan/Feb 2010 Everyday Food magazine), hummus & pita bread
Tuesday:  Dinner with Awesomers (our church life group)
Wednesday:  Leftover Tamale Pie 
Thursday: Turkey & slaw wraps (leftovers from Monday)
Friday:  Paella in honor of Las Fallas* (personal recipe, but I’ll take some pictures and see if my husband will write up the recipe on his blog)
Saturday: Out to eat for my birthday? 

*I was planning to be in Spain for the Las Fallas festival this year – 10 years after
the first time I was there during college study abroad – but obviously
the baby had other plans!  (The picture at the top of the post is one of
the paper-mache statues that is burned on the night of March 19th as
the culmination of the festival.  There’s a lot more to it than that,
but it’s certainly the most memorable part!)

We’ll see how much of this week’s menu plan I actually get to make… I am coming into the home stretch for my due date – March 22!