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Meals for two, in a damp and chilly North Cheshire.
Friday - burgers
Saturday - Purple sprouting broccoli with anchovy dressing. Followed by chicken with a mango salsa and saffron roast spuds (Delia Smith, How to Cook Book 1). Cheese for afters (we have Single Gloucester and Worcestershire Hop)
Sunday - Lamb chops, houmous, Gazan Salad (Yasmin Khan, “Zaitoun”)
Sunday was leftover takeout Syrian mezza, homemade Lebanese-style fried garlic tomatoes and lamb meatballs.
Monday was homemade shake & bake chicken thighs and quarters, pasta with Carbone brand marinara, chard with garlic and vinegar, Waldorf salad, German-style dill cucumbers (to last all week). Strawberry rhubarb pie from a grocer.
Tue: stuffed eggplant, protein to be determined. Potatoes to be determined.
I do agree, having eaten a lot of different frozen pizzas over the pandemic. The most palatable (to me anyway) was CPK (bbq chicken, but there are others), which while not “real” pizza in the takeout sense, is tasty as its own food group.
If you ever go to TJs, they have a couple of frozen flatbreads that are good.
I wish we lived near a TJs … when we did we often had one for a quick lunch on weekends.
DH does not like thin crust either so that rules out several good options for a quick slice.
Actuals for the last week of March, cooking for 2 in MN. Where I was at last able to retrieve the (Christmas decoration) artificial garland from the mailbox pole, just before we got another 6 inches of new snow - Mother Nature’s April Fools gift. Lots of large-batch mains with reheats and rotating sides again this week.
Mon - Coronation chicken – Chutney chicken over spinach and brown rice. Half recipe.
Tues - reheat Tater tot, green bean, ground beef casserole.
BAKED Orange Yogurt Scones
Wed: noon - Pork & sweet potato w navy beans chili. Kings Hawaaian rolls.
Wed dinner - John Wayne casserole (half recipe) with prepared cornbread stuffing as topping in place of biscuits as crust, and w/o the 2 shredded cheeses. Base was great but that stuffing is too salty for me, and I added cheese to the leftovers. Guac, tomatoes, and corn chips.
Thurs - reheat Pork & sweet potato w navy beans chili. Kings Hawaaian rolls, shredded apple/carrot salad on spinach, red grapes
Fri: (Schwans) frozen breaded fish, brown rice, (bag) salad, red grapes
Sat: reheats - lunch - Pork & sweet potato w navy beans chili,dinner - John Wayne Casserole
Sun (today): Salmon, peas, deli potato salad
I broke my foot and am on crutches with no weight bearing, so my ability to cook is extremely limited for the next 4-6 weeks. I can just about manage simple dishes if I am able to balance in one spot and have someone collect ingredients for me. My DH is doing more cooking lifting, so I’ve got a grocery pickup order ready with convenience foods; he can cook but time and energy are limited between full-time work and wrangling our almost 6-yo. Here are my easy ideas (unspecified veg sides will come from CSA):
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Sorry to hear that, Christina, and hope you recover quickly.
When I had my knees replaced and was similarly using crutches. a friend loaned me his “perching stool” which allowed me to rest my backside on it and still be at a height I could cook somewhat. I needed to be more organised than usual, making sure I had everything within arms reach before I perched.
@ChristinaM so sorry to hear that! I’ve been there - had good luck with putting a smaller desk chair on wheels (like this) in the kitchen, so I could roll around rather than walk between the fridge, stove, and sink.
Bummer! Sounds like you have aced the menus. Hope there is wine time scheduled and you have a pile of books you have been waiting to read. Please take it easy!
oh gosh Christina! I guess you will get some enforced rest…sending best wishes for a speedy recovery! Maybe your son can help out with handing ingredients and opening the oven. I wish I were nearby so I could drop off some food and entertain your son for a while. And I hope you can get some good food delivered.
