Weekly Planner

I am going to start posting a weekly Dinner menu for the weekend I will add ingredients that you may not have in the house. The first dinner is from the mind of my new sous chef Emma Rodriquez. Our families ate breakfast this morning and she told me the ingredients: Pork, Jalapenos, basil and chopped red peppers. She also named it herself-- she is a whopping four years old.

Monday- Emma La Chong (red peppers, Jalapenos,basil, Italian bread crumbs, garlic,thin pork chops, one egg beaten,1\4 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp olive oil )
Take two cloves of garlic and mince them, dice red peppers, mince up 3/4 of the jalapenos, and tsp olive oil into a hot pan and cook over med high heat for about two minutes. Place beaten egg in a bowl and place bread crumbs in a separate bowl for battering. Heat butter and 1 tbsp oil in sauce pan. Take chops and drop them into egg and then in bread crumbs and place into hot pan and cook for about two minutes per side. Once done and chops are on plate top with Jalapenos mixture.

Tuesday- Chicken Dorito and Asparagus (2 chicken breast, spicy nacho Doritos,1 beaten egg)
Take a grab bag of spicy nacho doritos and put them into a processor and pulse until looks like bread crumbs. Place into bowl. Heat oven at 350 degrees. Place egg in bowl and beat. Place breast in egg and then into bread crumbs and then onto baking pan. Place into oven for 20-25 min or until internal temperature is 155 degrees. Once chicken is done place foil over it and set aside. Place Asparagus on baking dish and drizzle olive oil and salt and place into broiler for about seven minutes.

Wednesday-Spinach Pesto Tilapia and shredded Zucchini (zucchini, tilapia, fresh spinach, walnuts, feta cheese)
Two handfuls of spinach, 4 gloves garlic, 1 cup parmesan cheese and olive oil.
Put all ingredients into processor except oil and turn on processor. While machine is running, pour oil into mixture until pesto becomes pourable. Heat oven 350 degrees. Place filets onto baking dish and spoon pesto over filets. Cook for about 10-12 minutes. Shred zuccinini in processor, once shredded place into med-high heat pan and cook for about three minutes and place feta cheese into mixture and cook for another minute.

Thursday- Turkey Lasagna (2 cups mozzarella cheese, 5 lasagna noodles, ground turkey, marinara, 1 cup ricotta, onion chopped, 3 cloves of garlic minced, italian seasoning 1 1/2 tbsp, 2 cups spinach)
Place enough water in large pot to boil noodles. (always double amount of water to pasta ratio and you will not have to use oil in the water). In a med-high heat pan place turkey, onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, spinach and cook until browned. In a separate pot place marinara and ricotta and cook over medium heat, once sauce is done combine with turkey and mix well. Take two spoonfuls of sauce and place on the bottom of a loaf pan place noodle on top of sauce and then turkey mixture. Continue layering process once a top cover with cheese.