Four for Dinner

Monday: Leftover delight! Tuesday: Carnitas burritos, salad, fruit Wednesday: Petrale Sole Meuniere, broccoli, green beans, potatoes, fruit Thursday: Pasta with tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil I made a menu for the week a couple of weeks ago and was surprised at how helpful it was. It really makes my grocery shopping easier because I [...]

Yesterday the girls and I worked with our friends GJR and SAS to can (jar) ninety (yes, 9-0) pounds of tomatoes. We lost one jar because it broke while it was in the pot processing, and there were a few tomatoes that were past their prime, so we couldn’t use them. Thirty-three jars (20 quarts [...]

It is officially fall. No, it isn’t the autumnal equinox, but school has started and we are in school/activities planning hyperdrive. There is just something about the end of August, labor day and the beginning of school that marks time for me. I wonder how I’ll feel when I’m not on the scholastic calendar anymore. [...]

The girls are still at camp. S & I are finally home after a lot of traveling. I don’t know how people who travel constantly for business do it. I’m exhausted and I’ve done no work. The travel just takes it out of you. That, and not exercising enough. And, eating too much. We are [...]

For some reason, it has been hard to get back on track with writing. I’ve taken a lot of pictures, but I really haven’t been inspired to write about much of what I’ve been cooking. On the other hand, some meals have been very memorable – like the shellfish stew last week. I also made [...]

Busy. Busy. Easy. Easy. Monday: Black bean soup, fresh bread, pineapple Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner Wednesday: Brown Rice salad with Apples (Tyler Florence), cold artichokes Thursday: Steamed fish, rice, green bean salad Friday: Pasta with broccoli and parmesan Plus…2 dz. carrot cupcakes for teacher appreciation on Tuesday at J’s school and 2 dz. brownies for [...]

For the first time in a long time, I’m actually putting a menu for the week together. At the beginning of the week! Wednesday may change because J has decided that she doesn’t want to eat anything leavened this week. She says rice is o.k., but pasta is not. L, newly a bat mitzvah, is [...]

It is the end of the week and I am just getting down to writing what we ate. Not a great planning week. Too much going on. However, it was a pretty good eating week. Monday: Grilled steak, asparagus, baked potatoes and baked sweet potatoes, salad, strawberry shortcake Tuesday: Spaghetti with sausage and tomato sauce, [...]

We have a very busy week this week with school performances, evening meetings, guests and then a ski weekend. Whew. Can’t complain because all are fun and wonderful. But, at the same time, it means we will have to have pretty quick dinners (except for when we have our guests!). Monday: JT’s Sausage and Pasta [...]

It is Tuesday morning, and I just finished baking the cake for S’s birthday dinner tonight. I made a new frosting and changed up my usual yellow cake recipe. I can’t wait to taste it all together. The frosting is…..mmmmmm. It is a “seafoam” frosting, which I decided to try because the regular 7-minute marshmallow [...]