chicken noodle soup

tofu veggie stir fry

curry chicken

Chili

and corn bread and asparagus with vinegrette.  The kids love to dip.  It gets them to eat their veggies.

Chicken kabobs

tofu veggie stir fry

chicken noodle soup

There was also a little chocolate cake thrown in the mix for a little fun.

black bean burritos

with pitas instead of tortillas.  Still good.

chicken salad w/ mandarin oranges

Chicken kabobs

meatloaf

chicken

The fresh fruit lately has been oranges from our tree.  They are finally sweet enough to eat.  We better hurry before the neighborhood dritters get them.

French Dip sandwiches

Braised tofu & mushrooms

also veggie chow mein and hot and sour soup.

pizza

pizza

Chili

Waffles

and whipped cream and latkes and scrambled eggs with ham and cheese and oranges.
YUM.

Beef and barley stew

corned beef au jus sandwich

pasta and meatballs

sweet mustard pork chops

Sort of sweet and sour, sort of mustardy, really good.

chili baked potato

I admit it's Wendy's.

pizza

This has become my go to meal when I am out of time and ideas.  I'm sure the kids will get tired of it soon, but so far so good.

chicken and roasted sweet potatoes

pizza

Chicken kabobs

split pea soup

and breadsticks

pizza

Hamburgers

Juicy burger.  You can at least get carrot sticks with your french fries.

corned beef au jus sandwich

Harry's Hofbrau.  John say's, "It's grubbin'."

The 2009 dinner tally

Here's the list of everything that showed up more than once.  There were a few days I forgot to keep track, but this gives you a pretty good idea of what we ate for dinner over the past year.  It is a reasonable reflection of what we ate but there are a few things that aren't clear from the list.  We eat out a lot more than just the OUT entry, at least once a week, up to three times.  Some of the pizza, chicken kabobs, and BBQ pork sandwiches were eaten out, but not all.  The chicken salad w/ mandarin oranges always came from Wendy's.  The braised tofu with mushrooms came from the same place as the Chinese takeout.  The pork chops and pasta are each from probably 2 or 3 different recipes and the pasta is a variety of shapes and sizes usually with a tomato sauce, but not always.   Some of the most memorable one time dinners were the cioppino and crab on Christmas Eve and the duck, duck, goose on Christmas day, the yummy Thai curries we ate to celebrate our anniversary, and of course the corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's day.  Memorable, but not desirable, was the dinner of Gatorade.
 
BBQ pork sandwiches 23
pasta 21
pizza 18
Pizzeti 16
chicken salad w/ mandarin oranges 13
Chili 13
sausages 12
pork chops and rice 11
hamburgers 10
cheese tortellini 9
Chicken kabobs 8
Chicken noodle soup 8
stir fried tofu and veggies 8
beef and bean burritos 7
French Dip sandwiches 7
out 7
Beef stew 6
Chinese takeout 6
random leftovers 6
grilled chicken 5
mac and cheese 4
polenta lasagna 4
pork roast 4
sandwiches 4
Beef stroganoff 3
Braised tofu and mushrooms 3
chicken veggie stir fry 3
curry chicken 3
lemon pepper fish 3
stir fried pork and veggies 3
black bean and cheese burritos 2
chicken and stuffing 2
chili baked potato 2
grilled steak 2
ham 2
lasagna 2
meatloaf 2
PB&J 2
Pilau 2
pot roast 2
Stuffing 4
Turkey burgers 2
turkey sandwich 2