What a busy and stressful day. I am very glad to be home and relaxing on my couch.
Let’s rewind to lunch. I started with a bowl of Minestrone Soup
Moved onto a green salad with spinach, romaine lettuce, cucumber, mushrooms, tomato, carrots, shredded cheddar cheese and Corn and Black Bean Salad I made earlier in the week.
Then, I enjoyed Cookie Friday! Patty, who works at the dessert counter, hadn’t put out the M&M Chocolate Chip cookies but ran in the back to get me one; she remembered my favorite. 
This cookie was the perfect consistency – soft, mushy and almost a little raw in the middle. Patty made my day.
About 3 pm I called Matt and asked him to bring home a bottle of wine. That’s the kind of day I was having. He is amazing and went to 2 stores to find our favorite bottle
I know – we are classy wine drinkers. There is something about this wine that is the perfect sweetness. I love it.
We set to work on our dinner – Calzones. We were using frozen pizza dough from a few weeks ago.
We rolled out our dough and started working on the filling. My filling included:
- Sautéed Spinach
- Sautéed Mushrooms
- Slightly steamed broccoli
- Tomatoes
- Part Skim Ricotta cheese
- Part Skim Mozzarella cheese
Check out this monstrous calzone
I ate 1/2 of this – check out the cross section
Both Matt and I agreed our calzones were a little off tonight – no particular reason why – just not as good as usual.
With some homemade marinara sauce to dip (can of diced tomatoes, can of tomato sauce, diced garlic, dried basil and dried oregano)
The extra broccoli
Plus my glass of vino
I realized I have not had much fruit today so for dessert, I made a quick fruit salad containing apple, banana and orange (which just happens to be my favorite fruit combination).
I did not get a run in this afternoon – it was POURING when I left work. I am hoping the rain moves through before tomorrow morning – I would like to get a run in early. My friend Becky and I have a hot lunch date at Whole Foods!
September 11, 2009: Make a List
During the school year, I am less organized then I am during the summer. Both Matt and I have odd hours and eating schedules. Oftentimes, I have less desire to make dinner (remember soy nut butter and jelly was for dinner last night) and because of this, tend to make more 2-3 trips a week to the grocery store. These frequent trips to the grocery store are not only bad for the environment, but bad for my wallet.
I need to get back to my summer meal-planning and make a weekly menu (including items Matt can bring for lunch). After making my menu, I need to consult my fridge, freezer and pantry for the ingredients needed (or better yet, make recipes that use ingredients I already have).
Once in the grocery store, I need to stick to the idea of BUYING ONLY WHAT I NEED. Go up and down the aisles that have the things on my list and not tempt myself with other things.
I am hoping to do my grocery shopping tomorrow so I need to get crackin on my list.
Do you make a grocery list? How do you plan out your meals for the week?
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I try my best to plan my week’s meals on Sunday, which is usually my day to go grocery shopping. I look at my calendar, look at Steph’s, see what’s going on, then go from there. Since I’m doing Meatless Monday, that’s a new thing to keep in mind. I also like to try to prepare meals during the week that will give us leftovers for lunch the next day. Plus, I always do my best to try at least one new recipe per week – it keeps me fresh and adds new ideas into the rotation of favorites.
About lists – I rarely go without one. They’re indispensable to me (and I even list my meal plan on the bottom). The only time I don’t bring a list is when I’ve got to make a quick stop to pick up an ingredient or 3 – at that point I know what I need and I just go and get it (but still probably jot something down on a sticky note just in case).