{"id":6259,"date":"2015-11-03T06:13:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T06:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calamariqueen.wordpress.com\/?p=6259"},"modified":"2015-11-03T06:13:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T06:13:56","slug":"what-we-ate-lately-menu-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/?p=6259","title":{"rendered":"What We Ate Lately \/ Menu Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends! I hope you&#8217;re having a good Monday. I&#8217;ve been menu planning for the last couple of months now and it&#8217;s been a positive thing for me as a homemaker. No reason for me not to do this because I don&#8217;t work outside the home. Saves me time and money, that&#8217;s always a good thing right? Here&#8217;s my meal plan this week:<\/p>\n<p>M: Left overs (Pizza, Filipino Chicken soup\/tinola)<\/p>\n<p>T: Tuna Steaks,veggies,rice<\/p>\n<p>W: Chicken wings,salad<\/p>\n<p>T: Frozen meal for me (maybe tomato soup); Zach will have a dinner at his Office<\/p>\n<p>F: Mushroom Risotto;salad<\/p>\n<p>S\/S (weekends): Eat out\/take out\/left overs<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t include Breakfast\/lunches in my menu planning because we always have the same thing most of the time. We typically have cereals, oatmeal,yogurt,eggs,toast,fruits,coffee:)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some of our dinners lately:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6261\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image14-1.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"image\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image14-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image14-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image14-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image14-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grilled Hamachi Collar<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6262\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image15-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6263\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image16-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image16-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image16-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image16-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image16-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Braised Pork shoulder<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image17-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6264\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image17-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image17-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image17-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image17-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image17-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saut\u00e9ed baby squid<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6265\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image18-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Potato hash with eggs\/bacon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image19-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6266\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image19-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image19-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image19-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image19-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image19-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sushi dinner when we visited my Sis In Law in her place!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image2-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6267\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image2-10.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beef teriyaki (from my fave Vietnamese place)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image21-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6268\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image21-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image21-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image21-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image21-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image21-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chinese take out from Safeway (Zach was out of town last week for 4 days; I wanted cheap chinese food:)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image22-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6269\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image22-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image22-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image22-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image22-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stir fried beef and veggies while the Hubs was out of town!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image23-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6270\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image23-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image23-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image23-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image23-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image2-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6271\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image2-14.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dried fish,eggs,rice (perfect brunch!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image25-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6272\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image25-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image25-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image25-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image25-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grilled Halibut,rice,veggies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image26-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6273\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image26-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image26-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image26-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image26-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A special treat! King crab legs and steak last Friday (when we had my In laws for dinner)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image27-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6274\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image27-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image27-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image27-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image27-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image2-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6275\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image2-18.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday night: Pizza and salad<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image29-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6276\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image29-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image29-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image29-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image29-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image30-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6277\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image30-1.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image30-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image30-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image30-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 85vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday dinner: sushi from Uwajimaya<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image3-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6278\" src=\"http:\/\/calamariqueen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image3-11.jpg?w=538\" alt=\"image\" width=\"538\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy cooking and eating friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends! I hope you&#8217;re having a good Monday. I&#8217;ve been menu planning for the last couple of months now and it&#8217;s been a positive thing for me as a homemaker. No reason for me not to do this because I don&#8217;t work outside the home. Saves me time and money, that&#8217;s always a good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/?p=6259\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What We Ate Lately \/ Menu Planning&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-this-week","category-homemaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}