This week's meal plan:
Sunday: belated Easter dinner with Sean's family
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: Roasted Squash and Mushroom Pasta
Wednesday: slow cooker split pea soup
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: more leftovers? dinner out?
Saturday: sweet potato skins & salad
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Weekly Meal Plan 4.20.14
I'm a couple days late posting this week's meal plan, but here it is:
Sunday: Morrocan kale salad
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: baked penne with chicken & sun dried tomatoes
Wednesday: ?? Haven't figured out what I want to do here...maybe go out to dinner
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: cheddar thyme potato knishes
Saturday: beef and veggie enchiladas using this sauce
Sunday: Morrocan kale salad
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: baked penne with chicken & sun dried tomatoes
Wednesday: ?? Haven't figured out what I want to do here...maybe go out to dinner
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: cheddar thyme potato knishes
Saturday: beef and veggie enchiladas using this sauce
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Weekly Meal Plan 4.13.14
Happy Passover!
The holiday to commemorate Moses taking the Israelites out of Egypt is celebrated by a week in which we eat no leavened bread. As a kid, this sometimes seemed like a hardship because there were no sandwiches for lunch, and I couldn't eat any of the Easter candy my friends would bring to school (since Easter often occurs during Passover). As an adult, however, Passover has become one of my favorite holidays because it is full of delicious food we eat only once a year. There are the traditional foods, like charosets and gefilte fish, and then there are family traditions like spinach cheese balls! All of it is wonderful and extra special because it only happens once a year.
And without further ado, here is this week's menu.
Sunday: eat up the last of the leftovers!
Monday: Passover Seder at my parents' house
Tuesday: potato quiche (from Design Megillah last year - loved this one!)
Wednesday: Passover beet salad & leftover lamb from Seder
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: cheese soufflé and salad (using matzah cake meal in place of the flour for the soufflé)
Saturday: spinach cheese balls
The holiday to commemorate Moses taking the Israelites out of Egypt is celebrated by a week in which we eat no leavened bread. As a kid, this sometimes seemed like a hardship because there were no sandwiches for lunch, and I couldn't eat any of the Easter candy my friends would bring to school (since Easter often occurs during Passover). As an adult, however, Passover has become one of my favorite holidays because it is full of delicious food we eat only once a year. There are the traditional foods, like charosets and gefilte fish, and then there are family traditions like spinach cheese balls! All of it is wonderful and extra special because it only happens once a year.
And without further ado, here is this week's menu.
Sunday: eat up the last of the leftovers!
Monday: Passover Seder at my parents' house
Tuesday: potato quiche (from Design Megillah last year - loved this one!)
Wednesday: Passover beet salad & leftover lamb from Seder
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: cheese soufflé and salad (using matzah cake meal in place of the flour for the soufflé)
Saturday: spinach cheese balls
my artsy picture of spinach cheese balls from last year
Monday, April 7, 2014
Thesis. Time for a Hiatus
No sooner do I come up with a great idea for my Conservation Monday series, which would combine my passions for design/decor and the earth, than thesis work becomes an all consuming force.
In an effort to help me focus during these last two months of grad school, I'm going to take a temporary hiatus from blogging.
I plan to still post my weekly meal plans, because I have found that they help with my kitchen accountability. If I told the internet that I'm cooking X tonight, I better cook it, right? Silly maybe, but it's helped us with our food waste and budget so I can't argue.
But aside from weekly meal plans, and perhaps the occasional photo dump, I will probably not be posting anything until Memorial Day. Graduation is in sight, and during the summer I will be back!
In an effort to help me focus during these last two months of grad school, I'm going to take a temporary hiatus from blogging.
I plan to still post my weekly meal plans, because I have found that they help with my kitchen accountability. If I told the internet that I'm cooking X tonight, I better cook it, right? Silly maybe, but it's helped us with our food waste and budget so I can't argue.
But aside from weekly meal plans, and perhaps the occasional photo dump, I will probably not be posting anything until Memorial Day. Graduation is in sight, and during the summer I will be back!
some tulips from the farmer's market last week - a lovely bit of spring
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Weekly Meal Plan 4.6.14
It's the last full week before Passover begins, so this weeks meal plan is focused on eating up all the chametz, or leavened food, in the house. During Passover we don't eat any bread products other than specially cooked matzah.
It's also finally warm enough for grilling! Sean and I are so happy for this lovely warm weather. Not that I'd be upset if we got a few more rainstorms, we still need rain here!
The week's menu:
Sunday: grilled steak, mushrooms and sourdough flatbreads
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: eggs & croutons & steamed broccoli (from The Farmstead Egg Guide and Cookbook)
Wednesday: mustard pork chops and kale (these weren't made last Saturday because of a meeting, so onto this week's menu they go!)
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: spring onion bread pudding & leftover steak
Saturday: either leftovers or dinner out after our "niece's" 1st birthday party
It's also finally warm enough for grilling! Sean and I are so happy for this lovely warm weather. Not that I'd be upset if we got a few more rainstorms, we still need rain here!
The week's menu:
Sunday: grilled steak, mushrooms and sourdough flatbreads
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: eggs & croutons & steamed broccoli (from The Farmstead Egg Guide and Cookbook)
Wednesday: mustard pork chops and kale (these weren't made last Saturday because of a meeting, so onto this week's menu they go!)
Thursday: leftovers
Friday: spring onion bread pudding & leftover steak
Saturday: either leftovers or dinner out after our "niece's" 1st birthday party