This was a week of experimenting. I made a lot of good things and tweaked them along the way I am disappointed with how the doughnuts turned out, but they tasted really good, so they will get another chance. Everything else was the bomb!
The Menu
Monday – Steak, Peppers and Onions Sheet Pan Dinner and Salad
Tuesday – Hearty Minestrone Soup, Vegetable Salad Stack
Wednesday – Scallops with a Creamy Onion and Mushroom Sauce, Lemon Parmesan Spaghetti Squash, Salad
Thursday – Chicken Cutlets with Savory Pecan Sauce, Roasted Green Beans with Lemony Whipped Ricotta, Salad
Friday – Keto Nashville Hot Cube Steaks, Fried Caeser Cauliflowerettes
Saturday – Popeye’s Chicken after a day of shopping and running errands
Sunday – Gumbo
Breakfast – Baked Keto Strawberry Doughnuts (these did not turn out very well, but deserve a second chance), Maple Gingerbread Smoothies (made in the Ninja Creami), Strawberry Smoothies (made in the Ninja Creami),
Lunch – Leftovers for lunch
Snack -Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus, Indonesian Dip and Veggie Dippers, hummus with almond crackers, Gluten-free brownies from a mix, Watermelon Sangria (I had some girlfriends visit, so we had a wee party)
Thawing
Cube Steaks – Nashville Hot Cube Steak
Chicken Breasts – Chicken Cutlets with Pecan Sauce
Scallops – Scallops with a Creamy Onion and Mushroom Sauce
Prosciutto – Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus
New York Strip Steak – Steak, Pepper and Onion Sheet Pan Dinner
Chopping
2 Celery Ribs – Hearty Minestrone Soup
2 Onions – Hearty Minestrone Soup, Lemon Parmesan Spaghetti Squash
1 Carrot – Hearty Minestrone Soup
Cauliflower – Vegetable Salad Stacj
Slicing
1 Green Pepper – Steak, Pepper and Onion Sheet Pan Dinner
2 Green Onion – Steak, Pepper and Onion Sheet Pan Dinner
1 Yellow Squash – Hearty Minestrone Soup
1 Zucchini – Vegetable Salad Stack
1 Red Onion – Vegetable Salad Stack
1 Onion – Scallops with a Creamy Onion and Mushroom Sauce
Mushrooms – Scallops with a Creamy Onion and Mushroom Sauce
Yellow Pepper – Steak, Pepper and Onion Sheet Pan Dinner
Preparing
Dressing – Vegetable Salad Stack
Trim Green Beans – Roasted Green Beans with Lemony Whipped Ricotta
Making Ahead
Salted Roasted Candied Cashews
Maple Gingerbread Smoothies for the Ninja Creami
Baked Strawberry Doughnuts
Strawberry Smoothie for the Ninja Creami
Food Preservation and Kitchen Tasks
Cleaned the refrigerators
Moved long-term storage to a different closet
Refilled salt and pepper wells
