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From My Pile of Recipe Clippings…

Recipes I’ve torn out of magazines recently… surprisingly most are from Every Day with Rachael Ray, a magazine I love to read but that rarely yields recipes I’d like to try.

• White Chip Orange Cookies, with a little orange zest.
• Mushroom Not-Potpies with Cheesy Parmesan Crust, a hearty vegetarian option for cold winter days.
• Thanksgiving Stuffings, a whole batch of recipes! I’m eying the Apple-And-Date Stuffing for this year’s holiday meal.
• Veal and Olive Ragù with Pappardelle, which I’d make with ground turkey instead.

1 Comment October 20, 2008

Menu Plan Monday, 10/6 – 10/12

With the high holidays and both boys’ birthdays falling around these few weeks in fall, it’s hectic here. I was tempted to ditch a meal plan this week and just take the week as it comes, but I think that will make things more difficult in the long run.

My quick plan for the week:

Monday: Bok Choy with Ginger and Garlic (plus tofu), udon

Tuesday: Meatballs (baked in the oven), whole wheat pasta, roasted kale

Wednesday: Scrambled eggs, bagels, crudite or fruit

Thursday: TBD (Yom Kippur)

Friday: Chicken soup (from the freezer), challah, farm share veggies

Saturday: Take out

Sunday: Slow Cooker Ratatouille (from the freezer), whole wheat spaghetti, farm share veggies

For more menu planning ideas, check out Laura at Organizing Junkie.

3 Comments October 5, 2008

Crumbs, 9/23

• I am deeply indebted to Keirnan, who told me that to avoid tears, she rinses her onion under cold water after she makes the first cut, which slices the onion in half. I tried this and it worked perfectly for me. It’s the first onion I’ve cut in a long time where I didn’t do half the chopping by touch alone, hoping I didn’t lop off a finger.

• Last week when I made chicken soup, I used my regular recipe but threw it in my crock pot on high for 6 hours instead of doing it on the stove. It was one of the best batches of soup I’ve made in a while. I may never use the stove top for soup again.

• J.’s family introduced me to Manero’s in Greenwich, CT a long time ago — eating there was one of their family traditions. The Greenwich branch closed a few years ago, but some of the employees from the restaurant opened up Greenwich Prime Meats to fill the void (their Web site has been down for a while though the store is definitely open; you can read about it on Chowhound). You’ll have to cook your own steak, but they sell the prepared Gorgonzola salad, garlic bread, and fried onions the restaurant was well-loved for. So bad for you, but oh so good.

3 Comments September 23, 2008

When Produce Lies

I don’t need them for another few days, so it didn’t matter that every avocado in the huge display was rock-hard. I was amused by their proclamation, though: “Buy me, I’m ripe! I promise!”

3 Comments August 7, 2008