Back on the meal plan train

I've been making a mental meal plan for the last few weeks. It works. Just not quite as well. Our schedule has recently been turned upside down making it so we can only do dinner as a family on the weekends. In order to make my crazy weeknights a little easier to manage, my plan is to prepare the more complicated meals on the weekend and to have a few quick & easy options as well.

While pouring over recipes online, I came across a link for two free trial issues of Cooking Light. Just received my first issue this week and am super excited to try some of the amazingly photogenic recipes.

Oh, and in unrelated bizarro news, the oven is working. No shit. It started working when the weather cooled down. Clearly, the thing needs to be replaced for being moody, if nothing else.

• Korean Meatballs
• Something on the grill
• Minestrone (using chicken stock from the crock pot) and rolls
  
• Tomato soup & grilled cheese - trying to find a yummy recipe for this one because tomato soup is one of the few things I don't make from scratch
  
• Breakfast
• Pasta for the kids, something else for me because I've had my fill for a while
  
• The stinker boy's choice because the girlies will be spending the night away from home

Other stuff I plan to make this week, assuming the oven cooperates:

• Yogurt - yogurt is one of my favorite a) snacks and b) ingredients, so I'm really hoping this works
  
• Banana Bread - haven't settled on recipe yet, but they all look good
• Blueberry Muffins - white whole wheat flour works well in this recipe, usually add a bit more yogurt to compensate for the www flour

Dinners I want soon and will forget unless I do this:

• Taco Soup - I loosely follow this recipe and toss in what I have on hand
• Turkey Meatloaf
• Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowl