Hello from outside of Boston, MA, where I am feeding two adults and 1 small black cat. The weather continues to be all over the place, with near 80 degree temps last week and now more seasonal temps ~50F (in the 20s when I got up this morning). It is supposed to creep back up to the high 70s later this week.
Sunday - One Pot Alfredo, with shrimp
Monday, Wednesday - fish burger, based on the idea of tod mun pla but probably with different seasoning (ginger, garlic, maybe curry), green salad
Tuesday - Arctic char tacos on corn tortillas, pipian from the freezer
Thursday - Andrha style curry with fluke (sauce and fish, separately, from the freezer). Basmati rice and peas.
Friday - our weekly sushi delivery
Saturday - tbd, I am leaning toward the King Arthur No Fuss Focaccia and some cheese/charcuterie.
He gets Stella and Chewy’s Rabbit twice a day, plus a Dr. Wysong rabbit snack at both meals as a kibble topper. Lots of water. Temptations chicken flavor snacks. Rough life!
It was a busy weekend with family, eating, cooking, socializing. Came back on the redeye but couldn’t sleep last night for obvious reasons, so currently in zombie mode. I did cook to distract myself last night, so at least there’s some food at hand to stress eat.
Ideas for the rest of the week:
— Chicken quesadillas or green arroz con pollo (either Bayless with poblano or Jinich with spinach) to use up the roast chicken
— Cheater’s Kathi rolls (flour tortilla, egg, frozen kababs, pickled onions, zhoug)
— Some kind of pulao / biryani – chickpeas, chicken, or shrimp
— Want to repeat Shiu mai burgers but I might make meatballs and steam them to serve over rice. Might also try chicken thighs instead of pork.
— Still want to eat those Korean beef and tofu patties / wanja jeon, will use either the NYT recipe or the Maangchi I’ve made previously .
WED: Lentil soup. With about 10 different varieties in my collection from which to choose, I’m leaning towards either Milk Street’s Turkish Lentil Soup or The Pasta Project’s Umbrian Lentil Soup. Yogurt naan.
Hi, all! Cooking for 2 again in Chattanooga, where we’ll be taking it day by day. Kids leave tomorrow, and I have the feeling the house will feel extra empty this time. Thank goodness for a little cooking to keep me busy!
Breakfast: Chocolate scones from an Alice Medrich recipe
Saturday: Steamed fish, crisper clean-out slaw, rice
Sunday: Scallop tea rice, flan. Should probably do something with the cauliflower lingering in the fridge.
Monday: Spaghetti with broccoli and garlic.
Tuesday-Friday: TBD; some combination of leftovers and takeout, I imagine.
Have the best week possible for you, with some happy cooking in there!
Hello from Ottawa, Canada where the weather continues to waiver between summer and fall. It’s finally the end of the week and it’s shaping up to be a lovely weekend since I have a couple of activities lined up yet I am still able to squeeze in some rest time. My menus for this week look like this:
Today: I had Korean fried chicken for lunch today so I will make a creamy peanut slaw for dinner.
Tomorrow: Off to the library in the morning to take part in a casual book chat. It’s like a book club but you discuss the book you are presently reading or a favourite one you have already read. This is my first time participating so it sounds like fun. Then tomorrow afternoon and evening there are back-to-back football games since it is nearing the end of the Canadian Football League season. The finals are on this weekend then the Grey Cup is the following Sunday November 17th. Football and cycling are really the only two sports I like and since I can’t get the Tour de France anymore I have to settle for football. Dinner will be pork and green bean stir fry.
Sunday: Off to do a little shopping. I would like to pick up a new agenda for 2025 and maybe continue my search for stretchy pants to wear for yoga. I’ve been looking for them for a few months now and they are not as easy to find as I thought. Dinner with be a risotto with leeks and sundried tomatoes.
Monday: Remembrance Day in Canada. I will watch the ceremonies that will be broadcast on tv in the morning then off to the War Museum in the afternoon. There is an exhibition on women war artists that I would like to see and I was going to go on a Thursday evening when the museum is free but I haven’t gone yet. The war museum is free on Monday so I will head up in the afternoon to see the exhibition. I will have gado gado for dinner using the recipe in my Moosewood cookbook.
