What happened last week? Well...midterms and parent conferences happened which means I had less time for cooking (although I did manage to make, to this date, the world's best meatloaf, according to my husband). This week I am going for ease, because frankly, my eye is twitching indicating that my fatigue level is dangerously high, so I need to take it easy on myself and not plan five course meals, etc.
Sunday
Chicken Taco Chili in the Crock Pot
I have so many dried beans in my pantry that I would like to use them up, so I can start using my homegrown dried beans which are far superior to any store-bought beans. I know I have said it before, but I'm going to say it again, "I love my crock pot. Oh, let me count the ways..."
Monday
Roasted Pumpkin Sage Soup
This morning I hesitantly let my chickens out: out into the yard, that is. This means that my sage is not long for this world. For some reason, they make it their personal mission to scratch up my sage. I suppose I could protect it, but that would require time and effort, one of which I do not have much of and the second I do not have much energy to create. At any rate, I had best use my sage while it still exists, and this is a recipe that works perfectly with sage.
Tuesday
Leftover night!
Hubby has darts (he's in a dart league, and his team is in the running for first place), so it is easier to enjoy leftovers than try to quickly make a meal.
Wednesday
Witches' Brew
The one and only time I found myself in trouble at school was the day my school cafeteria served a soup called "Witches' Brew". Yes, it was Halloween, and yes, I was super excited to be served up some Witches' Brew. So excited in fact that as my first grade class lined up for lunch (we were supposed to wait quietly as the teacher led us to the cafeteria), I could not contain my excitement and sang over and over "Witches' Brew, gonna eat Witches' Brew", etc. My teacher must have been having a rough day altogether (he was typically a mild-mannered guy) and reaching his breaking point; he harshly told me to stop singing and go and write my name on the board (a serious punishment for a first grader). I was so taken aback and upset that I wrote my name as large as I could so that no one else could write theirs. So there! Take that! I bet it took every ounce of his being not to laugh out loud and keep his stern look. At any rate, I serve up Witches' Brew every Halloween (it ends up just being a soup of my choosing, and this year I choose tofu coconut curry with veggies with my own modifications, of cours).
Thursday
Spaghetti Squash with Marinara and Sausage
I grew spaghetti squash this summer, and my two vines produced 30+ pounds of spaghetti squash much to my husband's chagrin. I love the stuff--he doesn't understand why we don't just use pasta instead. Silly man! I like the novelty of creating noodles from squash!
Shopping List
Once again, I do have many ingredients on hand:
- dried beans (pinto and white, 16 oz each...or canned if you prefer)
- chicken breasts (in freezer, thank you Costco)
- chilis in adobo sauce (to spice up the chili)
- chopped tomatoes (still have some fresh from the garden)
- sage
- chicken stock
- pumpkins
- garlic
- shallots
- spaghetti squash
- marinara (have some canned I made myself)
From the grocery store, I will need:
- cilantro
- sour cream (or cream fraiche)
- onions (finally used up all our garden onions)
- frozen corn
- avocado
- red curry paste
- coconut milk
- tofu
- yams
- sausage
Boo Appetit ooooo!
I have cilantro in my garden if you want some.
ReplyDeletehad a peanut squash for the first time tonight 10/28 and it was wonderful. got it out at Deterings on Friday. Hope the twitch gets better. you know, I think a personal day might really help that.
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