I realize I forgot to get parsley. Since everything else in it is pantry, that will push it to later in the week after I acquire some.
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Hope you feel better soon, and get take out!
Nothing I can see is budding here at our house two blocks from Boston, but as usual, son and I are getting intense pollen allergy symptoms at the very start of the season. We started Allegra a couple of days ago and it’s helping. When I get allergy symptoms, respiratory viruses flock to me in eager anticipation, so it’s a double whammy.
Yes, people who are sick need to warn us! Take care!
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Tackily responding to my own post - that red lentil curry is fantastic.
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Downtime here this morning was several hours. I managed to snag a study room at our town library, though, so free WiFi and a private room for the morning - better than the “open space” setup at my office, and I was home before lunch.
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Reporting on a successful recipe is the opposite of tacky!!
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I looked at it and it sounds like my mashup of two curry soups plus more veggies, delicious!
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You’ve got me wondering if some of the ground beef I have to use up should become meatloaf 
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Meatloaf is always good!
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I never use parsley in it, but I am not a huge parsley fan.
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Cooking for 3 in southwestern Ontario
Monday: take-out fried chicken and hot wings
Home-made coleslaw
Home-made mixed salad
Baked beans from a can
Home-made lemon oregano skinless chicken thighs for me
Purchased Portuguese custard tarts for the dining companions.
Tuesday:
Dutch Frikadeller from the freezer
Maybe Stamppot. Trying to use some russet potatoes up that have a texture my DC dislikes, so I figure mashing them is the way to go.
https://maastrichtmagazine.com/stamppot-is-a-traditional-dutch-dish/
Kind of a sabich platter, with eggplant, and eggs.
Wednesday:
Tuna cakes
Thursday:
Roast lamb
Friday:
Fish to be determined
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I love your menu. I love more your planning it.
DH and I find the daily dinner ritual calming and something to look forward to, despite outside forces. Prep and cook something we like or are interested in - not necessarily expensive - sit down together in our home, bond, and enjoy. It’s our little moment, and a well received end to a busy (and sometimes confusing) day.
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You are so kind, thank you. Truthfully, menu planning is a chore but I also enjoy it. Maybe even more than the cooking.
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Greetings, People.
Another busy week laying in this year’s garden. Plus, have some people coming over today to measure windows for a replacement job, and next week, will be having the floors insulated. In two weeks we start a kitchen-refresh: cleaning and painting all the walls, shelves, cupboards and drawers in both our small kitchen and pantry . I’m planning on culling out and reorganizing my kitchen gear at the same time. I’m anticipating a big improvement when it’s all over.
So, snapping out of our winter snooze and moving forward for another year.
For the next few weeks, it will be quick-and-easy-cooking for two adults in the PNW.
FRI: Pork, cabbage, and noodle stir-fry.
SAT: Chicken soup.
SUN: Steak. Ina’s spinach gratin. Spuds of some variety.
MON: Halibut chowder. Focaccia.
TUE: Quiche with leftover spinach gratin. Green salad.
WED: Pan pizza. Salad greens.
THUR: Teriyaki chicken. Cucumber salad. Rice.
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Getting our windows replaced was one of the easiest and best things we’ve done for/to our house. Hope you have a similarly good experience.
I am always jealous of all the halibut you have. It’s so expensive here, and one of the few white fish LLD likes.
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Great to hear of your positive results with the windows. It was a big decision to make, but I’m (most of the time) feeling happy we pulled the trigger.
The hali is definitely a bonus. We keep fingers crossed that we bring some home from these trips (which primarily target salmon), as the price here in the stores is ridiculous, also. In either case it’s nice to be able to offset some of the vacation costs by filling our freezer with our favorite seafoods (I side with LLD on this one).
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Especially if you happen to have an older house, modernizing the windows makes a huge difference.
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Spinach gratin sounds very appealing. I also had one from Jacques pepin bookmarked during the gratin DOTQ, and a spinach soufflé from him or someone else. Have to buy spinach!
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Happy Pi Day, everyone.
English Fish Pie, or maybe a Curried Fish Pie for supper tonight.
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