I'm so grateful to those of you who are reading past the malware messages. Thank you.
This is a nice, ordinary week, I hope. A little baseball, a little track (both boys ran a mile in practice last week! They are so proud of themselves, and rightly so), maybe book group if I'm lucky. Wishing you and your loved ones the same.
Monday: Armagnac chicken
Tuesday: taco Tuesday
Wednesday: Wednesday Spaghetti. I am trying the avocado spaghetti from pinterest, but I know that would be of no interest to the boys in the house so we'll see how that goes.
Thursday: Dining Out for Life--a fundraiser night where local restaurants give 33% of your tab to AIDS charities. Our favorite pizza place is on the list so we'll do our usual Friday pizza on Thursday.
Friday: Leftovers. I know, unexciting but sometimes that's how it goes.
Hopefully we'll get a little more springlike weather next week and can grill some of the things still hanging out in the freezer this weekend.
Have a great week!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Deceptive Calm
Oh, Spring, you tease.
Last week brought us 86 degrees--awesome in June, a little less so in April. Then the flu moved in--one boy (small) and one husband (no modifier needed). Add to that the closing of one little league field and the shifting of the schedule and we may just have a "catch our breath" week here on our hands.
Fun development of the (otherwise dominated by state testing) school week: our school is participating in the Bonnie Cabbage Giveaway, so my 3rd grader is growing a cabbage. They are special "oversize" cabbages so we'll see how it goes!
Also: new find for us: Freddy's Steakburgers. Opened in an old Arby's, it's a great little hamburger and custard place. Food is good, prices reasonable, and the kids are hooked. And to be honest, so is mom.
Meanwhile...
Monday: Sick dad=lazy dinner. He gets soup, kids get quinoa pesto, mom gets leftovers.
Tuesday: Happy Taco Tuesday to me....
Wednesday: Wednesday Spaghetti, my next-favorite day of the week.
Thursday: Freezer cleanout. I have some Trader Joe's stuff to use up and some other randomness.
Friday: Night out, and not pizza! It's a celebration at my alma mater, and the kids' school night at the Phillies, so it'll be fun and busy.
Have a great week! Sorry for the complete lack of inspirational eating but I really just needed a plan for my sanity!
Last week brought us 86 degrees--awesome in June, a little less so in April. Then the flu moved in--one boy (small) and one husband (no modifier needed). Add to that the closing of one little league field and the shifting of the schedule and we may just have a "catch our breath" week here on our hands.
Fun development of the (otherwise dominated by state testing) school week: our school is participating in the Bonnie Cabbage Giveaway, so my 3rd grader is growing a cabbage. They are special "oversize" cabbages so we'll see how it goes!
Also: new find for us: Freddy's Steakburgers. Opened in an old Arby's, it's a great little hamburger and custard place. Food is good, prices reasonable, and the kids are hooked. And to be honest, so is mom.
Meanwhile...
Monday: Sick dad=lazy dinner. He gets soup, kids get quinoa pesto, mom gets leftovers.
Tuesday: Happy Taco Tuesday to me....
Wednesday: Wednesday Spaghetti, my next-favorite day of the week.
Thursday: Freezer cleanout. I have some Trader Joe's stuff to use up and some other randomness.
Friday: Night out, and not pizza! It's a celebration at my alma mater, and the kids' school night at the Phillies, so it'll be fun and busy.
Have a great week! Sorry for the complete lack of inspirational eating but I really just needed a plan for my sanity!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Springing All Around
Yay! It's spring! So, what's that low moaning sound? Why, it's me, grumpymom, annoyed at the baseball schedule. I'll live. And I'm spoiled. But I am annoyed that I never remember to just jot a note: Can my child PLEASE be on the same team as at least just ONE OTHER CHILD from our town? Please? Because sometimes I need to carpool and even from the town next door it's 20-30 extra minutes in some other busy family's life if I can't make it to the start of a game.
And then I feel so guilty because I watch the Sandy Hook parents try to keep the rest of our kids safe and the wave of shame is too much to bear.
Anyway. On that cheery note, we plan our week.
Sunday: Grillin'. Big sale at the Co-op means yummy meat for all. Grilling steaks, and I have brussels sprouts, asparagus, and maybe some potatoes? I'll have to check.
Monday: Soccer tryouts, though in a fit of irony, neither of my kids has the slightest hint of interest. Ok then. I am trying to stay all neutral about it in case they change their minds, but my inner mommy is doing a happy dance of joy to escape that logistical nightmare next fall. (Irony, of course, because their dad runs the intramural/peewee soccer leagues in town. And like the cobbler's kids with no shoes...the boys grew up with a dad too tired from playing soccer with all the other kids in town to go play with them Saturday afternoons so they grew up with no great love and some slight resentment of the game. Ah well.) But, since Dad needs to be at the tryouts, something quick and easy, and in this case, that's pulled pork sandwiches from the crockpot at my husband's request. I'm happy to grant it. Might also do kale chips and roasted cauliflower from my pinterest board. To be positive: I really helped out the compost pile last week. Less positive: that's some expensive dirt I got going there. So I'm trying to be better about using the veggies I have.
Tuesday: I love my taco Tuesdays. Really I do.
Wednesday: Wednesday Spaghetti is really gaining in popularity in my book too. Wednesday is also "Eat Your Vegetables" night at my moms' group with the idea being: how do you sneak veggies in to your kids' diets? I don't do much sneaking but will probably make quinoa pesto for the buffet of sneaky veggies. That or the Trader Joe's "stir fry" (multi-grain with veggies frozen concoction)--both good.
Thursday: Leftovers. I can tell you now, it'll be pork for the parents, taco for older boy, and spaghetti for younger boy. Call me Kreskin (if you're old like me).
Friday: The pizza was a big hit last week so we might repeat. But it's also "fun and fitness" night at school and I'm not sure how slamming down pepperoni pizza fits in to that theme. So we'll see.
So, that's the week I hope will be. The state testing is this week and my oldest (who is taking it for the first time this year) is freaking out. Here's hoping that calms down after Monday. Wishing you a peaceful, successful, freakout-free week!
Monday, April 1, 2013
Recuperation
So, I misled you, dear readers, and off we went to Atlanta and Macon for the break. It was awesome. We ate local or semilocal the whole time--even our chains were Moe's and Waffle House. Shrimp & grits at the Buckhead Diner, home cooking in Macon near Mercer, peach milkshakes and fried green tomato sandwiches at the Rookery....and lots of awesome non-food related moments, too, of course, but this is a food blog. Possibly my favorite? The seder, with an olive and an orange added to the plate. I adored that.
This week:
April fools! Tuesday on Monday: tacos.
Tuesday: Lego Build (so there's a method to the madness)
Wednesday: fundraiser night at Iron Hill (anyone local: if you want to come out to dinner for a good cause, let me know and I'll get you a coupon; it supports my moms' group this Wed.)
Thursday: Oh, I'll have to cook something. I think I'll make the chicken from the gyros recipe and skip the gyro part. Works for me.
Friday: The kids are doing backflips that Lent is over and we can get back to pepperoni pizza on Fridays, so who am I to say no?
Have a great week!
This week:
April fools! Tuesday on Monday: tacos.
Tuesday: Lego Build (so there's a method to the madness)
Wednesday: fundraiser night at Iron Hill (anyone local: if you want to come out to dinner for a good cause, let me know and I'll get you a coupon; it supports my moms' group this Wed.)
Thursday: Oh, I'll have to cook something. I think I'll make the chicken from the gyros recipe and skip the gyro part. Works for me.
Friday: The kids are doing backflips that Lent is over and we can get back to pepperoni pizza on Fridays, so who am I to say no?
Have a great week!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Spring Break!
Woo! I am still education nerd enough that spring break makes me excited and uneasy at the same time! I always feel like I should be heading off somewhere like the cool kids but really--I'm a homebody at heart, and so are my kids. Happily, we live in an area with enough to do that we can be tourists without going far. But it does mean that meals will be loosey-goosey for the week.
Monday: leftover pork from last week (yum)--my husband, best dad ever, turned the "I don't think I like pork" whining into AwesomeSauceFest--he got out everything saucelike in the fridge and had a dipping contest. Even Mr. Picky loved the sriracha and was bragging that he didn't take any milk after a big bite of it. I do not get this boy. A vegetable=poison, but hot chili sauce? Bring it.
Tuesday: Duh.
Wednesday: I am loving this new anchor night. Noodles, please.
Thursday: Holy Thursday. Not sure what we'll do here. The semi-Seder is a decent plan but only my husband likes lamb-qua-lamb so maybe Indian? Palak paneer for bitter herbs and lamb biriyani? We'll see. That might be pushing it even more than nachos and zeppoli.
Friday: Good Friday. So, not much.
Saturday: pick up the ham and try not to pick at the ham. We also have a neighborhood egg hunt. I know I'm bringing water and ... I'm sure I'm going to get something else but I am not sure what.
Then it's Easter, and brunch with the family. Wishing you a wonderful break, if you are having it, and a lovely week either way!
Monday: leftover pork from last week (yum)--my husband, best dad ever, turned the "I don't think I like pork" whining into AwesomeSauceFest--he got out everything saucelike in the fridge and had a dipping contest. Even Mr. Picky loved the sriracha and was bragging that he didn't take any milk after a big bite of it. I do not get this boy. A vegetable=poison, but hot chili sauce? Bring it.
Tuesday: Duh.
Wednesday: I am loving this new anchor night. Noodles, please.
Thursday: Holy Thursday. Not sure what we'll do here. The semi-Seder is a decent plan but only my husband likes lamb-qua-lamb so maybe Indian? Palak paneer for bitter herbs and lamb biriyani? We'll see. That might be pushing it even more than nachos and zeppoli.
Friday: Good Friday. So, not much.
Saturday: pick up the ham and try not to pick at the ham. We also have a neighborhood egg hunt. I know I'm bringing water and ... I'm sure I'm going to get something else but I am not sure what.
Then it's Easter, and brunch with the family. Wishing you a wonderful break, if you are having it, and a lovely week either way!
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Alas, Poor Reader, I Hardly Knew Ye
So, right when I need it most, Reader is shutting down. Boooooooo. So, now I have a deadline to finish debugging my blog.
Sigh. So here we are another week. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Last week went well; I finished my grad class! woooooooooo! So we jettisoned the Thursday crock pot for Friday. And then Friday discovered it was quite bland and not a hit, so off to two nights of pizza it was.
This week:
Today, my kids were outraged that there was no family celebration of St. Patrick's Day, so we pulled one together. I poached a salmon, for the first time ever. De-lish. I also made sprouts (cabbage like, but tastier) and we'll have corned beef and cabbage for dinner.
Monday: Joanne's Pork Tenderloin
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday--special papal edition! Tacos + Nachos (Nacho=nickname for St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, of which the pope is one), and Zeppole (for St. Joseph's Day, and to celebrate the pope's Italian heritage!).
Wednesday: Noodles.
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: March Madness Party. Not sure what we are bringing.
So, nothing exciting but a good week overall. Have a happy day, all!
Sigh. So here we are another week. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Last week went well; I finished my grad class! woooooooooo! So we jettisoned the Thursday crock pot for Friday. And then Friday discovered it was quite bland and not a hit, so off to two nights of pizza it was.
This week:
Today, my kids were outraged that there was no family celebration of St. Patrick's Day, so we pulled one together. I poached a salmon, for the first time ever. De-lish. I also made sprouts (cabbage like, but tastier) and we'll have corned beef and cabbage for dinner.
Monday: Joanne's Pork Tenderloin
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday--special papal edition! Tacos + Nachos (Nacho=nickname for St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, of which the pope is one), and Zeppole (for St. Joseph's Day, and to celebrate the pope's Italian heritage!).
Wednesday: Noodles.
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: March Madness Party. Not sure what we are bringing.
So, nothing exciting but a good week overall. Have a happy day, all!
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Not Sure How the Pageviews Are Going Up...
But I wish any of you coming to the site good luck and know I bear you no ill will.
Hi again, and welcome to my stripped-down version of my meal planning.
Last week, I went hot and heavy in to my friend's blog, trying both her pad see ew and gyro recipes. I hope she posts some new stuff soon, because, yum. Pad see ew I talked about in the last post; as to the gyro: the chicken is prepared in a yogurt base, exactly like my all time favorite grill recipe. This has more oregano (makes sense) but otherwise--not a lot of difference. It was delicious and my only regret was not making a ton more. I will know better next time.
The gyros were only a moderate hit--as gyros. Only my husband ate them as an actual gyro; the rest had it deconstructed. The tzatziki was excellent and I will make more for just me, no gyro, this week. And I used the extra red onion to make the Smitten Kitchen pickled onions again, which really hit my food happy spot. My mouth waters just writing about them. So a qualified success, as long as you believe in the deconstructed meals version of success (and I do).
This week: I am tired and not doing much experimentation. Today I did a lot of cooking ahead. We'll see how that goes.
Sunday: London broil, asparagus, baked potatoes (sweet or Russet)
Monday: leftover buffet (pad see ew, steak from last week and maybe tonight), brussels sprouts, broccoli
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday. Hoping to use that bag of black beans with this slow cooker recipe. If it fails, no problem; beans from a can with the same taco spices I use for the meat totally works for me too.
Wednesday: Wednesday spaghetti, all by ourselves though.
Thursday: hoping to try a pinterest recipe: slow cooker root vegetable stew. It has zero chance of being popular in the house (soup; no meat; all veggies) but I am looking forward to trying it and I'm the one cooking. Plus, it will finish up a ton of stuff in my house that is on its way out one way or another.
Friday: A little unclear. Pizza night is not enjoyed as much in the no-pepperoni season, and the older one is getting his spacers for his braces this afternoon, so that makes it a challenge.
Also this week: Irish Soda Bread baking. Recipe is on the sidebar. Sigh. I'll see what I can do about pulling it off.
Meanwhile, my third of three grad classes ends this week; wish me luck, I have two papers to write and am totally freezing on them! Deep breaths...Have a great week! (PS--I'm no longer linking to Menu Planning Monday while my blog is quarantined...no point. Hoping I'll get back to it someday, but this is not that day!)
Hi again, and welcome to my stripped-down version of my meal planning.
Last week, I went hot and heavy in to my friend's blog, trying both her pad see ew and gyro recipes. I hope she posts some new stuff soon, because, yum. Pad see ew I talked about in the last post; as to the gyro: the chicken is prepared in a yogurt base, exactly like my all time favorite grill recipe. This has more oregano (makes sense) but otherwise--not a lot of difference. It was delicious and my only regret was not making a ton more. I will know better next time.
The gyros were only a moderate hit--as gyros. Only my husband ate them as an actual gyro; the rest had it deconstructed. The tzatziki was excellent and I will make more for just me, no gyro, this week. And I used the extra red onion to make the Smitten Kitchen pickled onions again, which really hit my food happy spot. My mouth waters just writing about them. So a qualified success, as long as you believe in the deconstructed meals version of success (and I do).
This week: I am tired and not doing much experimentation. Today I did a lot of cooking ahead. We'll see how that goes.
Sunday: London broil, asparagus, baked potatoes (sweet or Russet)
Monday: leftover buffet (pad see ew, steak from last week and maybe tonight), brussels sprouts, broccoli
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday. Hoping to use that bag of black beans with this slow cooker recipe. If it fails, no problem; beans from a can with the same taco spices I use for the meat totally works for me too.
Wednesday: Wednesday spaghetti, all by ourselves though.
Thursday: hoping to try a pinterest recipe: slow cooker root vegetable stew. It has zero chance of being popular in the house (soup; no meat; all veggies) but I am looking forward to trying it and I'm the one cooking. Plus, it will finish up a ton of stuff in my house that is on its way out one way or another.
Friday: A little unclear. Pizza night is not enjoyed as much in the no-pepperoni season, and the older one is getting his spacers for his braces this afternoon, so that makes it a challenge.
Also this week: Irish Soda Bread baking. Recipe is on the sidebar. Sigh. I'll see what I can do about pulling it off.
Meanwhile, my third of three grad classes ends this week; wish me luck, I have two papers to write and am totally freezing on them! Deep breaths...Have a great week! (PS--I'm no longer linking to Menu Planning Monday while my blog is quarantined...no point. Hoping I'll get back to it someday, but this is not that day!)
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