Hello everyone and happy Friday. I went for a lovely dinner out last Wednesday to a Southern Indian restaurant and had some fabulous food. Our meetup organizer contacted the restaurant owner in advance and arranged a tasting menu for our group. I really enjoyed tasting different dishes that I’ve never had before and the neelagiri mushroom was hands down my favourite dish. I didn’t like the king fish curry too much - I love curries but I discovered that I am not a fan of king fish. I hope to join another dinner sometime this fall. In the meantime, a couple of meetup groups I am in are starting to schedule more events then my film society starts up at the end of September. It’s nice getting out of the house. Onto my menus for this week:
Today: Take out lunch from a nearby deli. I ordered a porchetta sandwich with garlic mayo and I can attest that they did not skimp on the garlic! 
Good thing I am working at home today! Tonight I will have a Greek salad for dinner.
Saturday: Chicken cacciatore. No salad on the side since there will be a few veggies in the sauce.
Sunday: Salmon trimmings and scallops.
Monday: Stir fry and rice.
Tuesday: Chicken gyro salad inspired by Smitten Kitchen: I have some pre-made chicken skewers purchased at Costco and I will be buying tzatziki and pitas from the Persian grocery store so the only part I will make myself is the salad.
Wednesday: Hamburger casserole. I found the recipe in my recipe file but I didn’t make note of where I found it. It consists of ground beef sautéed in a skillet with zucchini, green pepper and tomato. I will have some egg noodles on the side.
Thursday: pasta with tomato, goat cheese and basil. Side veggies TBD.
Saturday afternoon will be spent shopping in Chinatown and Sunday morning I will be going on a walking tour of centretown and we will be learning a little about the architectural heritage of the area.
Have a nice week everyone.
