Anyway, we still have to eat, so here's what we're having this week:
Monday: Spice-rubbed rib-eye with Bar Americain Steak Sauce, Grilled Potatoes with Spicy Tomato Mayonaise, and steamed fresh peas
For Aaron's birthday back in May, I bought him a Bobby Flay cookbook to inspire him to use our new grill. He decided he didn't really want it, but never took it back, and now we're stuck with the cookbook, so we're using it tonight. We also have some fresh peas from my parents' garden which need to be used (and Sophie gets peas for the first time tonight!), so those will be accompanying this dinner as well. Fresh peas are one of my favorite foods, hands down.
Tuesday: Perfect poached eggs and sauteed kale on toast, fruit salad
As adventurous as I usually am in the kitchen, I've never tried to poach an egg the traditional way. Well, I'm trying it this week. Wish me luck!
Wednesday: Macaroni and Cheese, brats and hot dogs, broccoli
This is a request from Gabbie, and I don't know why I'm giving in, because she almost never eats the macaroni and cheese even though she swears that she will! I was inspired this recipe for the macaroni and cheese, so I think I'll try something similar, leaving out the taco-type ingredients (and then making it as written next time, because, yum!).
Thursday: Garlic Greens and White Beans over Polenta
I may be the only person in my family that eats this meal, but it sounds completely heavenly to me. There will be leftovers and other options for the nay-sayers if there are any. I'll win them over on polenta eventually, I swear!
Friday: Pot Stickers, Vegetable Fried Rice
I have been making pizza of some sort every Friday for a couple of months now, but I think it's time to change it up and do home-made take-out type dishes. We all love pot stickers, and I have a pound of ground pork in the freezer, so these fit perfectly. The fried rice is an awesome way to use up extra CSA vegetables that we haven't gotten to yet. Plus, I love fried rice like no one's business.
Saturday: Fajitas on the Grill, Southwest Corn Dip
We bought a beautiful skirt steak yesterday, and I think fajitas (something like this recipe) sound like the perfect way to use them up. Yum! Also, the first corn is arriving at Farmers' Markets in the area lately, so I will be there ready to grab a bag full of fresh sweet corn.
Sunday: Something with Zucchini, fruit salad
I have zucchini coming out of my ears lately, so I need new ways to use them up. This recipe for zucchini pie/quiche is a strong contender, and uses up a bunch of other stuff I have in the house already.
Preschool Lunch Ideas:
What do you send with your kid for lunch? My preschooler has recently decided to eshew all foods that were previously deemed the only foods she would eat and I'm at a loss. She would eat yogurt and crackers every day for every meal, accompanied only by candy, if she could get away with it. Which she can't. So help me out, if you would. I'm fresh out of ideas!
I poached eggs for the first time the traditional way a few weeks ago, and it took me a few eggs to get the hang of it, but they turned out so incredibly delicious! I was pretty proud of myself.
ReplyDeleteAs far as what Andrew gets for lunch...well, we cycle through a lot of the same things. He loves turkey or ham with veggie or plain cream cheese rolled up in a tortilla and sliced into pinwheels. His all-time favorite thing for lunch is a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Sometimes he asks for a "little pizza," which is just pizza toppings and sauce melted on a mini bagel. Sometimes, if I'm feeling particularly lazy, he gets the Chef Boyardee mac and cheese, which he loves, and although it's so processed, at least it doesn't have any preservatives, so that's something (at least that's what I tell myself when I feel guilty about it). On the side, it's usually pretzels, yogurt, fresh fruit, or a vegetable -- or a combination of those things. It's always a crap-shoot, though. I never know if he's going to eat what I send or not. But he always, always eats better at daycare than he does at home.
Thanks for the shout-out on the mac and cheese! The cream cheese and milk method has almost 100% replaced the butter-flour-milk method for me.