Week 200

Ello Mates. This is a dispatch from the couch bed. I have been on the couch bed for the bulk of the morning and afternoon. Considering this lack of energy and vim and vigor, I feel that I have made a VERY ambitious meal plan for this week. My brain and eyes are bigger than my energy levels. So we will see how much of this goes to waste! And a happy, happy new year to all!

Snack Dinner for the new year:
Pigs n Blankets
Ranch Pinwheels
Twice-Baked Queso Potatoes
Roast Beef Sliders
Hummus and Veggies

Shepherd's Pie + Salad

Roasted Radicchio (p. 234 of Salt Fat Acid Heat) + Roasted Chicken Thighs

Buttermilk Roasted Chicken (p. 340 SFAH) + Butternut Squash (p 263 SFAH)

Chicken and Garlic Soup (p. 333 SFAH) + Bread

Kuku Sabzi (p. 333 SFAH) + Roasted Potatoes 

Cranberry Orange Rolls - to ring in the New Year!

Week 199

I am hiding in the office trying to put this together. Bedtime is in ten minutes, will I make it?? Probably not.

Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner (nomnompaleo) + Sweet Potatoes

Barefoot Contessa Corn Chowder + Bread

Mushroom Cabbage Lasagne + Salad

Baked Chicken Thighs + Everything Carrots

Chilaquiles Casserole + Refried Beans

Chicken Cordon Bleu + Veggies

Cut-out Cookies

Pomegranate Buttercream

Week 198

Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. Do I want to do any of this? No. Do I want to go to the store? Nooo. Do I want to do anything but be on the couch bed today? No.

But here it is! Our menu. Elliott requested that we make a pie together and eat it outside in the "clubhouse". This is an adorable request and I will honor it. I will not, however, make crust from scratch. That is the worst.

Orange Chicken + Cukes

Apricot-braised Potroast + Potatoes + Carrots

Chicken Cordon Bleu + Asparagus

Red Beans n Rice (Instantpot!!)

Green Soup + Bread (my kids will cry!)

Roasted Sweet Potato + Chickpeas

Pizza!

Orange Cranberry Bread

Cranberry Pie Crumble 

Week 197

Snack Dinner - for decking the halls and trimming the tree!

Carnitas + cukes + Everything Carrots

Carnitas Stirfry

Italian Sausage and Kale Casserole + Greens

Sweet Potato Enchiladas + Mexican Rice

Honey and Garlic Salmon + Brussels