Menu Monday

Whats on the plate this week...I've been trying to add some variety back in (TD won't eat a pot of beans all week like your truly) while sticking to a least 2 nights of vegetarian meals a week. For veggies we usually do a big green salad or something steamed like broccoli.

Red Beans and Rice - never made this from scratch before.

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Tofu with veggies and peanut sauce

Posole - lots of carnitas left and this will be mostly vegetarian

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Tuna Casserole - comfort food! And light on the meat...

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BBQ pulled pork sandwiches - again lots of pork left!

King Ranch chicken casserole - request from TD

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Menu monday

So happy to have found Ward's Grocery store - reminds me a tiny bit of the Davis Food Co-op, but not nearly as big. There are some wonky things about it and it can be crowded. However, the produce is AWESOME and that is the most important thing.

HUGE bag of collards for $3 and local, non homogenized milk. I will be attempting to preserve these collards following this method.

Yay for bulk spices and pantry staples.

I can't get enough of delicious red grapefruit....mmm!

So what's on the menu this week?

Monday: Teriyaki Tofu with roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes

Tuesday: White chicken chili made without sour cream

Wednesday: Potato soup

Thursday: Broccolli and red pepper fritatta

Friday - Sunday: leftovers!

What do we eat around here?

Although there is an abundance of yummy, cheap food here in DF, we try to eat most meals at home, mostly to try to be a little bit more healthy. We have been enjoying eating lots of "grigo-fied" Mexican dishes including tostadas, chilaquiles and tacos...(vehicles for our favorite ingredients - refried beans, avocados, cheese, and sour cream). Here's what we had on the menu this week.

Monday: Tostadas with refried beans and chicken. Sorry the pictures aren't great, but these are delish!

Tuesday: Beef tacos

Wednesday: Chicken burgers

Thursday: Chorizo and egg tacos

Friday: Dinner at Gaby's - we'll bringing wine from our new favorite wine shop

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I am SO PROUD of TD! He filed his dissertation today and left for CA. He'll be there for a week and I will join him on Friday for graduation along with the rest of his family. We are going to have a fun time!

Since I am flying solo this week and because I ate TONs of rich food while my sis was here, I am taking it easy for meals this week. I'll be finishing up some leftovers that we have in the fridge, and doing a few days of the Master Cleanse (juice fast). This is something I enjoy doing every now and then, but its difficult to do when TD is here and expects to be fed.

Menu Monday

Bleargh---We are on a water boil advisory, and have been so since Saturday night. We are even supposed to use boiled water to wash our hands and to wash dishes. This is a big pain in the ass. We aren't really following this and hoping that the dishwasher sanitizes things.Thankfully Cambridge is not on the same water system, so we will have regular water at work tomorrow.

Also, it was 85 yesterday. This means that it was 85 in our house. This plus no water, led to a headache, which made me very grumpy. I pretty much sat on the couch all day yesterday and dreamed about when we will have central AC. ...Soon!

Thankfully I went to the store on Friday, so we at least have something to eat this week. Although I realized I didn't buy enough fruit or veg, so I will have to stop by on Tuesday.

Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Pot roast with smashed potatoes and zucchini
Tuesday: sausage wraps, sweet potato fries, green salad
Wednesday: Tofu with sweet potato and broccoli and miso vinaigrette
Thursday: Pasta carbonara with green salad
Friday: Neptune Oyster with my Sis and her BF! Yay!
Saturday: bean burritos with green salad

Menu Monday

A couple of new recipes are on board for this week...

Sunday: braised porkbelly with asian greens
Monday: Salmon croquettes with roasted vegetables
Tuesday: Miso vegetables with tofu
Wednesday: Refried black bean burritos with red peppers
Thursday: pad thai with shrimp
Friday: Grilled sausages with sweet potato fries
Saturday: Tuna noodle casserole

Menu Monday

Now that the job and wedding are behind me, I can devote a little more energy to cooking. Spring and summer are my favorite times of year for cooking because of all of the fresh produce available. In reality, spring and summer produce is a LONG way off here in New England, but it still puts me in the mood. This week I need to figure out what to do with the 2 lbs of pork belly I have in my freezer--Time to use everything up! Here's whats on the plate for this week (going back to the weekend). 

Saturday: Linguini with shrimp, tomatoes and garlic with steamed broccoli (recipe below)

Sunday: Venison and barley stew with green beans

Monday: Fritatta with smoked turkey, broccoli, and feta

Tuesday: work event for me, TD will have ravioli with marinara

Wednesday: Black bean soup with cornbread

Thursday: Pasta carbonara

Friday: Sausage wraps, baked sweet potatoes, green beans

Linguini with shrimp, tomatoes, and garlic

Prepare 1 lb linguini according to directions. 

Rough chop 1 lb tomatoes

1/2 lb shrimp with shells (rinsed, frozen is fine)

2 cloves garlic minced

2 T parsley minced

red pepper flakes to taste

In a large skillet, sauté garlic in olive oil, when garlic begins to turn color, add shrimp and pasta water to barely cover. Simmer shrimp on low for 3 minutes or until they begin to turn pink. Add tomatoes and heat through. Once tomatoes begin to simmer, add parsely and pepper flakes. Toss sauce with drained noodles. Serve with grated parmesan.

Menu Monday

This week is a short one for me--I have a work event Tuesday evening and I leave on Wed. for BIG JOB INTERVIEW.

Sunday: Marinated tofu with veggie stir fry and peanut sauce, served with Brown Rice (This is an old fave from my CSA weekly vegetable basket days in Northern CA--tonight it was just with carrots and cabbage--sigh)

Monday: Dumplings with veggies and rice

While I am gone TD will be eating frozen chicken strips, pizza and canned soup. He's pretty excited...

What's on the plate for this week?

TD and I are finishing grant applications and I am preparing for a job interview for next week. So meals this week are pretty easy.

Sunday--Whole wheat pasta with homemade merguez sausage and grilled red peppers, green salad

Monday--Potato soup with bacon

Tuesday--Fritatta with broccoli, cheddar, and smoked turkey

Wednesday--Pork and chive dumplings, steamed broccoli, brown rice

Thursday--Spicy "chicken" burgers, cabbage salad

Friday--Chili with beans (Party at our place with work colleagues)

Saturday--Bean burritos with homemade guacamole

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Menu Planning

The main reason TD and I manage to eat at home so often is that I plan out our menus in advance for the entire week (sometimes two!). I keep a calendar in my outlook email and put the menu for every night of the week. That way I can refer back, I usually try not to repeat things within a month, unless its one of our favorites (bean burritos I'm looking at you!)

When TD moved in, I wasn't sure how he would feel about eating vegetarian meals. He has taken to it very well with no complaints! Yay! Since we both are very happy meat-eaters, we do that about half the time. Other than an occasional rotisserie chicken when I'm feeling lazy, we don't buy ANY meat at the store. Everything we eat is wild game from my family's ranch in central Texas, or from my father's and brother's escapades in Alaska. Lately we have been eating Dall Ram from Alaska. We are very lucky to have this great source of healthy, eco-friendly meat available to us. 

Normally I plan meals and make a list on Thursday or Friday, and we go shopping over the weekend. So, what are we eating this week?

• M: TD is out of town, I will eat MORE beans and rice
• T: This is TD's birthday and I have a work dinner event. FAIL! but there will be carrot cake with cream cheese icing. (TD will likely eat a frozen chicken patty--sad)
• W: yellow daal with greens and curried potatoes
• Th: Fritatta with red peppers, cheese, and smoked turkey plus sauteed greens
• F: TD's big birthday dinner to Neptune Oyster!!! We rarely eat out at fancy places these days, so we are really stoked for this!! I may only eat raw shellfish for my entire meal...see above for what we are in store for. Happy Birthday TD!!