Weekly Meal Plan 5.6.18

Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday: miso glazed cod with rice and greens

Monday: barbecue chicken with bulgur and summer squash (Green Chef)

Tuesday: teacher BOGO day at Chipotle! (That faculty ID comes with some fun perks occasionally!)

Wednesday: steak and soba noodle bowl (Green Chef)

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: za'atar roasted veggies (Green Chef)

Saturday: leftovers



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Meal Plan 5.7.17

Sunday: dinner out

Monday: slow cooker BBQ chicken

Tuesday: Mini Mushroom Fritattas (Green Chef)

Wednesday: Italian Meatball Sandwich (Green Chef)

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: leftovers

Saturday: Cajun Chicken Drumsticks (Green Chef)

Meal Plan 3.26.17

Here we go into another week of tech rehearsal! It's been nice to have a break from evening rehearsals for the last month, but of course I also love the adrenaline of getting another show up and running. As usual, we'll be using a Green Chef box to keep up with the dinner madness of rehearsal.

Here's what we'll be eating this week:

Sunday: leftovers

Monday: Thai Veggie Pitas (Green Chef)

Tuesday: Lemon Gremolata Chicken (Green Chef)

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: Thyme-Roasted Pork Chops (Green Chef)

Friday: dinner before opening night

Saturday: dinner with friends


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Weekly Meal Plan 3.5.17

I have some time to breathe again after a very busy February! I'm looking forward to making more food from scratch again, and maybe getting back into the habit of baking bread weekly now that we've rejuvenated our sourdough starter. We did decide to get another Green Chef box for this week though, because the menu looked tasty enough. Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday: Baked Kale with Eggs and Sausage

Monday: Cajun Mac n' Cheese (Green Chef)

Tuesday: Mediterranean Sloppy Joes (Green Chef)

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: Tarragon Roasted Chicken (Green Chef)

Friday: leftovers

Saturday: dinner out before a show

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Weekly Meal Plan 2.26.17

I've just come out of one tech week, and now I'm heading into another! Phew! It's a good thing Sean understands the craziness of being married to a theatre person. And, I know I've said it before, but I'm so glad we discovered Green Chef for these weeks; it makes meal planning easy, and it's given my non-cooking husband so much confidence in the kitchen.

So, here's what we're planning to eat this week:

Sunday: leftovers

Monday: Green Chef Fig Mushroom Flatbreads

Tuesday: Green Chef Chicken Katsu

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: Green Chef Spanish Pork Chops

Friday: dinner out before opening night

Saturday: spaghetti and meatballs with a salad


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Weekly Meal Plan 12.11.16

It's holiday time! That means cold weather and busy evenings and weekends. It also means it's the perfect weather to make a huge pot of borscht!

Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday: borscht (I made a pot Saturday, we had more for Sunday)

Monday: leftover chile verde

Tuesday: dinner at the movie theater (seeing George Takei and Lea Salonga in Allegiance!)

Wednesday: Chickpea Kofta (Green Chef meal)

Thursday: Sean's work holiday party

Friday: Lemon Herb Salmon Orzo (Green Chef meal)

Saturday: leftovers


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Weekly Meal Plan 11.27.16

We're heading into tech week for my current show, so it's another edition of "Green Chef helping us eat balanced meals when we're too busy"!

Sunday: slow cooker whole chicken and salad

Monday: Fall Harvest Bowl

Tuesday: Herbed Chicken

Wednesday: leftovers

Thursday: Salisbury Steak Meatloaf

Friday: leftovers

Saturday: dinner in Denver before opening night of Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol


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Weekly Meal Plan 5.1.16

Wow, what a crazy end to April! Between two plays, and Denver deciding that it was still winter, I am ready to have some time to relax and get outside again! The warm weather also makes me crave fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden...unfortunately it will be a little while before I get anything fresh from my garden, but the farmer's markets should start back up near the end of May. It's a welcome change!

Here's what we're eating this week:

Sunday: slow cooker paleo chili

Monday: leftovers

Tuesday: rotisserie chicken and salad

Wednesday: Green Chef Taiwanese Scallion Cakes

Thursday: dinner out before Sweeney Todd

Friday: Green Chef Shrimp Fettucini Alfredo

Saturday: Green Chef Rosemary Sirloin Steak

Weekly Meal Plan 4.17.16

A tech week meal plan, also known as "Green Chef saving my butt during tech/eat up all the chametz before Passover". It'll be a weird week for food, but here we go:

Sunday: Sean leftovers, Cheryl PB&J at rehearsal

Monday: Sean Green Chef meal (Chermoula Chicken Bowl), Cheryl salami sandwich at rehearsal

Tuesday: Sean leftover roast beef, Cheryl leftover Chermoula Chicken

Wednesday: slow cooker lime chicken

Thursday: leftovers for all

Friday: Passover seder at a friend's house

Saturday: salmon and spinach cheese balls



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Our Experience with Green Chef

When I first heard about companies like Blue Apron and Green Chef, I didn't feel like they were for us. I love cooking and trying new recipes, and I'm normally pretty good about meal planning such that I use up any odd leftover ingredients. I also wasn't a fan of all the excess packaging typical of these delivery companies. Does a single lime really need it's own plastic bag?!

But earlier this fall, with tech week approaching for me and Sean's busy schedule with work and thesis, we decided to give it a shot. I liked that there would be easy, healthy meals that Sean could confidently cook alone while I was at the theatre. And I liked that I would get healthy leftovers the next day!

We went with Green Chef rather than it's competitors because humanely raised meat is incredibly important to me. Green Chef tries to use organic and humane ingredients whenever possible. More of their packaging is recyclable, too, which is appealing when I know we'll be having more garbage than usual. Unfortunately still not zero waste, but neither is fast food at the theatre!

Since Sean did most of the cooking on his own, taking pictures of the food for my blog did not happen. But you can go on the Green Chef website to see all the pretty pictures of food, and see what their instruction sheets look like too.

All of the food was delicious. Some of it I felt like I could have totally done without them packaging it up for me. But, again, we were doing this because I wasn't home to cook. The ingredients were all fresh, and I did appreciate the fact that you use up everything that comes in the box.

Is Green Chef cheaper than grocery shopping? The answer is likely "no". But is Green Chef cheaper than getting a healthy fast food dinner on a busy night? Yes! With that in mind, I think we'll continue using them when I'm in tech rehearsals, but not for everyday cooking.

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