Menu for the Week 005: Sweet Potato Soup, Chicken Francese & Pasta

Last week, I didn't cook at all because we had a lot of leftovers from thanksgiving. Guess what?  We still have more. Well, not that much. We still have some turkey, mashed potatoes, one last serving of lasagna, mac'n cheese, apple pie and pumpkin cheesecake. Thank God for thanksgiving leftovers :)

So i decided to cook a few things just to add some variety because Mr. L and I are pretty much getting sick of eating the same food over and over again :).

We still had some uncooked sweet potatoes left from thanksgiving day...


so I decided to make Sweet Potato Soup with fresh thyme and basil:


Some of the fresh herbs that I used today: rosemary, thyme and parsley. I didn't get to take a picture of the basil...I already chopped them up :) Our kitchen smelled so good...



And since we still have a lot of chicken tenders that we got on sale for $3.44 for 1.38 lbs. from last month I decided to make Chicken Francese:

This was my first time to try this recipe. It tasted a little bit different from the ones that we order when we eat out but it still tasted delicious. I definitely need to add more lemon juice and butter to the sauce the next time I make this dish.

I also made some pasta to go with the chicken:


Mr. L and I enjoyed this delicious meal while watching Dexter :) We also had a bottle of white to go with it.

Mr. L and I have been very good in making sure that we weren't wasting food. Well done, Mr. L!

Have a good week everyone!