Last week, the family was mighty pleased with the weekly menu. It was a rare confluence of the ideal meals for the weather. And as a bonus, two full meals of Portuguese Bean Soup and Chicken Tortilla Soup safely tucked away in the freezer for 'one of those days' that inevitably come up.
More cold weather is forecast, so I'm aiming for spicy-warm, lighter fare in anticipation next week's Thanksgiving Day meals and leftovers. My secondary goal is to use the bag of shredded carrots and another very large bag of baby green beans, both of which seemed like such a good deal at the time. Here's what's cooking this week.
Sunday
Breakfast for Dinner. One of my children's school food-class project was to prep, make and clean-up a full family meal. Eggs to order: 1 scrambled, 2 over-easy, 1 "rubber" egg (over-easy, but with a hard yolk), bacon, scones, from-scratch hash browns and fruit. No, this is definitely not light, but we'll have the whole week to work it off.
As a special treat, husband made apple-cranberry pie with homemade pie crust. We like it when he practices for Thanksgiving!
Monday
Salt and Pepper Shrimp, using chicken. While this is faster and prettier using shrimp, it's still mighty tasty with chicken. Rounding out the meal with fresh green beans, rice and poke avocado stacks based on an Alan Wong's recipe in the Blue Tomato. This falls squarely into the spicy-warm yet lighter meal category.
Sunday
Breakfast for Dinner. One of my children's school food-class project was to prep, make and clean-up a full family meal. Eggs to order: 1 scrambled, 2 over-easy, 1 "rubber" egg (over-easy, but with a hard yolk), bacon, scones, from-scratch hash browns and fruit. No, this is definitely not light, but we'll have the whole week to work it off.
As a special treat, husband made apple-cranberry pie with homemade pie crust. We like it when he practices for Thanksgiving!
Monday
Salt and Pepper Shrimp, using chicken. While this is faster and prettier using shrimp, it's still mighty tasty with chicken. Rounding out the meal with fresh green beans, rice and poke avocado stacks based on an Alan Wong's recipe in the Blue Tomato. This falls squarely into the spicy-warm yet lighter meal category.
Tuesday
Misoyaki salmon, edamame rice and more green beans. This should finish out the green beans and the last of the shredded carrots.
Wednesday
A Diners, Drive-ins and Dives-inspired meal. The featured dish was apple brie pancakes with a side of meat. I need something fast for carpool-Wednesday, so it'll be black forest ham, honeycrisp apple and brie sandwiches, grilled. In theory, this sounds fab, so let's hope it's not another Bacon-bok-choy-tomato pizza debacle.
Misoyaki salmon, edamame rice and more green beans. This should finish out the green beans and the last of the shredded carrots.
Wednesday
A Diners, Drive-ins and Dives-inspired meal. The featured dish was apple brie pancakes with a side of meat. I need something fast for carpool-Wednesday, so it'll be black forest ham, honeycrisp apple and brie sandwiches, grilled. In theory, this sounds fab, so let's hope it's not another Bacon-bok-choy-tomato pizza debacle.
Thursday
Thai Chicken Curry. One of my daughter's favorite meals. Spicy and rich, but full of vegetables and pineapple to minimize the heaviness in the dish. If there are any more green beans left, they're getting thrown into the mix.
Friday
Hot and Sour Soup. Finishing the week going tofu-only for a light but satisfying, spicy-warm meal. Right in time to start preparing for Thanksgiving!
Eat Well. Be Well.
Thai Chicken Curry. One of my daughter's favorite meals. Spicy and rich, but full of vegetables and pineapple to minimize the heaviness in the dish. If there are any more green beans left, they're getting thrown into the mix.
Friday
Hot and Sour Soup. Finishing the week going tofu-only for a light but satisfying, spicy-warm meal. Right in time to start preparing for Thanksgiving!
Eat Well. Be Well.
