Week 31

We had a nice weather tease this week and it has put my mind more on gardening, than cooking. So this is a bit uninspired. Anyhoo, I am going to try and do a pizza Friday type of thing, thought with the hubband schedule, trying anything on a weekly basis never works really well. Also, two different slaws. I don't know what that means, I may have a slaw problem.

So here it is mateys:

Pizza - I am going to try the homemade crust and salad pizza idea from DALS (Dinner a love story blog - awesome blog).

Shrimp Rolls and veg slaw

Pulled Brisket, slaw, and pickled onion on tortillas

Garden burgers and sweet potato fries

Kale and bean soup, bread

Pasta with tomato cream sauce

And, perhaps, a pie (Blackberry and apple)

Week 30

Greetings from the land of the sick. We have all been trading around a lovely cold that has left all in the family feeling achey and bitter. What better way to start the week, right? From how I feel at the moment, this meal plan seems much too ambitious. But it is written in hopes that my head will stop feeling as though it is made of cement and that my bones will stop complaining whenever I am not in the horizontal position.

Go Team:

Steak and Guinness pie - (Jamie at Home, p. 342), served with broccoli (or kale) - I have made this before and I remember it being a pain. But it was good, so maybe a once a year type project.

Roast carrot and Avocado salad (Jamie at Home - p. 370)

Sesame noodles - (Time for Dinner - p. 150)

Fish and wild rice, broccoli

Wagon Wheel pasta with goat cheese, salad (Time for Dinner, p. 87)

Still haven't made pink milk cake. Will report on its awesomeness next week.

Week 29

Ahoy. Ahoy. Ahoy, from the depths of winter armageddon 2011. Henry hasn't had school in a week. We have all been imprisoned by snow, then ice, then snow. Apparently, when snowed-in, I like to bake. I made muffins! Bread! More bread! This is some sort of coping mechanism in order to stay sane while staying home ALL day. I am the opposite of agoraphobic, I get ansy when I don't leave the home. So here is the meal for the week. Valentine's day is fast approaching. I don't have any big ideas for our meal yet, but I do plan on making a large strawberry milk cake. And that is a stupendous plan, indeed.

So here it be:

Crepes - taken from the Time for Dinner cookbook - p. 160. I like this idea, it's like a French taco. Or a snobby taco. And this veg slaw on the side.

Peppered Steak with mustard sauce. Sweet potato fries. Or frites. I plan to make a flank steak instead of a filet, though.

Sour Cream Enchiladas a la Pioneer Woman. Crispy green salad with it.

Salmon with coconut rice.

Homemade Pizza. Trying to make the dough myself with this recipe.

And of course, pink milk cake.