It's what's for dinner: week 5

Week of Aug. 29-Sept. 3

• Monday: Slow cooker sweet and tangy turkey meatballs (Grape jelly and chili sauce?? I am doubtful, but willing to give this a try with reduced-sugar jelly.)
• Tuesday: Spaghetti squash with spinach, mushrooms, parmesan and olive oil
• Wednesday: Balsamic-garlic crusted pork tenderloin + the Barefoot Contessa's roasted broccoli, which promises to be the "broccoli of your life"
• Thursday: Warm spinach and sweet potato salad (Ryan initially pooh-poohed this because he thought it didn't have meat in it, but surprise! there's bacon.)
• Friday: Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic (crock pot)

Thoughts on last week's menu: The grilled chicken tzatziki was fantastic, and so light and refreshing. Ryan declared it in the top 2 meals I've made since we started this (and maybe ever). The Santa Fe chicken in the crock pot was also a winner and super easy, and will be especially perfect if it ever once it starts getting cooler outside.