Anita's dinner meal plan for 1/28-2/1

I'm big on left-overs. I love left-overs. I try to avoid as many processed foods as possible, which means cooking meals from scratch. It takes a lot of work and a lot of time. So when I cook, I cook enough to make it last for a couple of meals. Other wise I'd become chained to my stove/oven. This week (Monday through Friday) I've planned three meals. They are:
Meal 1: Rice and Beans
Homemade "refried" beans (dry pinto beans made in the crock pot)
My friend Lili's Spanish rice recipe (made with brown rice)
And Kevin's homemade salsa (I love his salsa!)
This is one of our favorite meals. It is great because we can make a ton of it and it is so tastey!

Meal 2: my Qi Balancing soup
Made with lentils and vegetables- with the main vegetable this time being one of our butternut squashes. (we still have a few in the garage from our garden! yay!) I make this in my 11 quart pot so this lasts for about 2 meals. The recipe is on my other blog:
http://familystuffandjunk.blogspot.com/2011/03/qi-balancing-soup.html

Meal 3:
Poison Chicken (Chicken "Spaghetti")
lol! This is a dish that Kevin invented and it is so yummy that we sarcastically named it Poison Chicken.
I'm so glad that Costco started carrying organic chicken again. They sell it for so much cheaper than the regular grocery store.
This is 2 or 3 chicken breast (for our family of 6) cooked and diced. Home made spaghetti sauce with a lot of garlic added (we love garlic lol) mixed together with the chicken.
It is served over Spaghetti Squash "noodles." Spaghetti Squash is one of our favorite squashes because once cooked it becomes perfect noodles and can be substituted for anything you would use noodles for.
This dish usually only makes enough for one meal.

Happy Eating!
Love and healthy, yummy food,
Anita