Hi! We’re back from our DC vacation. It was wonderful (aside from a scary, tree-downing storm last weekend) and relaxing. Got back Monday, and I tried to play catch up by doing tons of chores/errands that day, so we got carry out. After that, this is what we ate:
Fri: cashew chicken from Malaysian Kitchen, added green beans and baby spinach; rice. This has been on my “want to make” list forever, and it was a big hit. The most time consuming thing is cutting up the chicken. I really loved it.
Sat: LLD made a complete signature meal: salmon, arugula salad, warmed naan.
We appear to have a couple mice in the house. Eeek. Creepy and unfortunate. Pest guy came out on Friday while I was away, and all I’ve heard from LLD is that he said “put down traps.” Wow, helpful. So we currently have glue traps down in a few places, but have to be careful so that Lady Berkeley doesn’t get stuck. LLD says he is going to war today, which I think means he’s going to Lowe’s to buy some old fashioned traps. Wish us luck! And have a wonderful week.
PS: had a last minute coffee date with a friend this week and as we were texting about when/where we’d meet, she suggested that she warm up a sour cherry muffin from her freezer and bring it for me. What a wonderful friend! And I thought to myself that if we all lived closer, we’d probably do things like that for each other.
Actuals for this first week of August, cooking for 2 in MN. Where despite my best efforts, I somehow again have ALL of my storage dishes in the fridge with single-servings/ half-servings of leftovers. Local sweet corn and Colorado peaches are both available now, so next week’s side-dishes will be easy to decide once I clear out the miscellaneous.
Mon: reheat asparagus, pork chop, new potatoes, salad
Tues: Perfect Birthday, started and ended with reading new books. Lunch OUT with my husband - Picnic at a State Park, between hikes. Chicken & cream cheese roll ups, tomatoes and sugar snap peas, red grapes, Sunchips, cookies. Later, a free Starbucks iced cafe mocha for the drive home.
Dinner OUT – we split a steak & lobster dinner so we had room for dessert brownie with ice cream.
Wed: Reheated rotisserie chicken, cheesy rice, broccoli/cauliflower mix.
Thurs: hard shell ground beef Tacos w/toppings/fillings including the leftover cheesy rice. Bag salad.
Fri: 3 Bean (with ground beef & bacon) casserole, spinach salad, cornmeal muffins, red grapes, sliced fresh orange
Sat: seasoned pork chops, pasta with a spinach / garlic / mushroom / cream sauce, broccoli/cauliflower mix. red grapes
Sun(today): Salmon, rice, broccoli bacon raisin salad - I make mine with cashews in place of sunflower seeds.
Hi everyone, feeding two adults and a teen in the Boston burbs. DS survived his first week of work - as a CIT at a sports camp - and while I think he’s not destined for a career in working with kids, he got a better appreciation of how hard it can be to work (rather than being part of the ‘audience’). The paycheck definitely helped!
This coming week promises to be complete and utter chaos chez Truman…
The basement work that has been on hiatus for 4+ weeks (the great flood of June) is supposed to finally start tomorrow. I’ll believe it when I see it - paint and baseboards first, then flooring - anyone want to bet on whether the work actually happens this week?
I’m going to the Red Sox game on Weds… box seats! One of the vendors my colleagues are considering working with (on a very sizable project) has invited several of us to join them in the box they’re renting. Woohoo! (DH and DS are understandably jealous. Also irritated that another vendor is doing the same for us next month, lol.)
We seem to have an outdoor infestation of ground wasps (according to our neighbor) and so our pest management company is coming on Thurs. Ugh. Thankfully it’s just outside.
Our house has weirdly fancy toilets and the seat in DS’s bathroom broke and I can’t fix it (because it’s not standard, it’s fancy). This may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back on replacing ALL the toilets in the house - gotta call the plumber tomorrow - at least it’s not an emergency HVAC issue this time.
We leave for vacation early Saturday morning - which means Friday will be a whirlwind of taking the dog to boarding, packing, checking packing lists, repacking, etc.
So, meals for our last week at home. DS offered to cook twice this week since he’s done with camps, and who am I to say no to that?
Sun: “food court chicken” aka buttermilk brined and fried bits. I borrowed Cooking with My Dad, the Chef from our library to try it out - gf meals that are kid friendly - we’ll see if we like this. Bottled sesame garlic sauce for dipping, snow peas, rice.
Mon: DS is making grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup for dinner
Tues: DS is making nachos for dinner (I might be in charge of marinating and cooking the steak tips)
Weds: ballpark food / guys are going out
Thurs: cheese tortellini (gf for everyone) and red sauce, asparagus
Fri: leftovers if there are any, freezer dive if not.
yep, me, too: definitely: I’m trying to virtually send some of the goat cheese and cherry ice cream I made recently (a Jeni’s recipe). We don’t have an ice cream maker so the texture was no where near right, and I will use half the sugar next time…so good!
Good luck with the mice and I hope Lady Berkeley doesn’t get stuck!
Tonight will be leftovers from a southern take-out order: some brisket, fried chicken, pulled pork, baked beans, coleslaw.
Boiled local corn on the cob.
Tomato pie without the crust (tomatoes in a Pyrex dish, topped with the mayo-cheese mix and baked)
Green beans from the garden with dill and vinegar
Monday
It’s a holiday Monday up here in Canada. I usually do ribs on summer long weekends, but we had them Saturday. So- I think I’ll do basil lemon garlic shrimp. Maybe eggplant parm with some jarred marinara sauce.
Tue:
Zucchini fritters, not sure what else
Wed
Roast chicken and potatoes
Thu
Lamb souvlaki, village salad
Fri
Fish, to be determined
Sat
Steak
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I have some fried eggplant with ginger and soy sauce that didn’t go over well on Friday. I might try to make that into fried rice noodles tonight.
I’ll add what I made this past week, since the meals went over pretty well.
Saturday: Southern takeout including ribs and brisket
Friday: salmon with mirin, ginger, mushrooms, garlic ,baked sweet potatoes (baked in foil like a baked potato), fried eggplant, tomato pie
Thursday: Greek meat-stuffed eggplant
Wed: lemon oregano roasted chicken parts with sweet potatoes baked in the same dish
Tue: Take-out lamb Barbacoa and flank steak
Here’s the recipe. I used some excellent quality frozen sour cherries from one of the Boston-area Armenian/Persian markets. Next time I would not add the 2/3 cup sugar to the cherries. The 2/3 cup sugar in the ice cream base is enough for me.
Los Angeles… not my choice, but we’ll spend 5 days in Hollywood and then 3 days in Anaheim. Theme parks, movie studios, biking around Santa Monica, and an Angels game!
I’ve made this salad with peaches or nectarines in place of mangoes during peach season, with or without the chicken, using arugula instead of spinach on occasion. I use white balsamic vinegar instead of raspberry vinegar.
we’ll spend 5 days in Hollywood and then 3 days in Anaheim. Theme parks, movie studios, biking around Santa Monica, and an Angels game!
