Gong Xi Fa Choi! Happy New Year! Today marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988 and 2000 are Dragon years). We will be celebrating all day today – the girls will have congee for breakfast, get a special treat in with their lunch, and we will have “long” noodles and jiaotzu (potstickers) for dinner, two traditional New Year’s foods. The girls will also each receive hong bao, the much-anticipated “red envelopes” with cash tucked inside ($10 each for our girls).
Otherwise it’s a pretty typical week here. We’re working at cleaning out the fridge and freezer to get ready for Friday’s big bi-monthly food shopping so meals were planned around what’s already on hand. I plan to make a couple of types of cookies for lunches and the freezer, but otherwise have no baking plans.
Our meals this week are:
- Snake Alley Noodles; potstickers; Asian cole slaw (Monday)
- Tuna noodle casserole; 3-bean salad
- Vegetable pizza (Sunday)
- California roll salad
- Leftovers night
- Pancakes of some kind; fruit
- 3-cheese ravioli w/pesto; garlic bread; green salad
Lunches this week will be Italian wedding soup; ham & cheese sandwiches; cup noodles; corn & chicken chowder; and mini chicken tacos. Breakfasts will be congee; mini pizzas; potstickers; hash browns & eggs; and breakfast burritos.
For more menu and recipe ideas, check out Menu Plan Monday at I’m An Organizing Junkie.
January 23rd, 2012 at 7:10 am
Hope you guys all have a wonderful day full of fun!
January 23rd, 2012 at 9:28 am
Happy New Year! Hope the day is fabulous.