Today was National Pie Day, at least according to the PR pitches I received last week. To celebrate, I designed a menu for tonight that contained two pies – deconstructed chicken pot pie and lemon cream tart. Technically, neither is really a pie, but at least the dessert was round. The deconstructed chicken pot pie [...]
With a bag full of vegetables from the Mariquita Farms mystery box languishing in the fridge, I really needed to come up with a menu plan this week. Also, we are into full scale winter sports, so making sure I have something ready when we get home after a game is important to everyone’s sanity. [...]
Not sure what that title means, but I was hoping to convey that unless I get a menu plan together this week, we are going to be eating a lot of take out. Just too busy, we are. I did visit the farmer’s market this weekend with Soo, and brought home Celery Root, Rainbow Chard, [...]
This weekend’s Farmer’s Market was fabulous! At my favorite greens stand, I picked up a bag of baby beet greens and a pound of purple potatoes. At another organic stall, I found some fresh asparagus. And just next to that, baby artichokes from Castroville, the home of Artichokes! Here is my menu plan for the [...]
More rain is scheduled for this week, and with that, I definitely feel like comfort food. Yesterday, a few of us were chatting about our favorite way to cook vegetables, and roasting was by far the preferred method. Everything from brussel sprouts to sweet potatoes taste better when roasted with olive oil and a sprinkle [...]
Again, this week, I pulled my menu plan together Saturday night, so I could take advantage of the Farmer’s Market on Sunday morning. After a quick perusal of the Sunday newspaper, I jumped out of bed and swooped through the market to pick up key ingredients. One of the stands I like offers a whole [...]
Saturday morning I was so excited by all the new recipes I wanted to try that I went ahead and made my menu plan starting this weekend. I plan to cook 5 days this week, with one day for leftovers and another for takeout (got to love Friday Movie Night). Here is my menu plan [...]
With all the rain, and a holiday week, I need some quick ideas for dinner. I threw this menu together this morning, while standing over the latest edition of Cooking Light, with my iPhone right next to me. Easier to make my shopping list that way! Here is my Menu Plan for the week of [...]
Wow, I had a whole week off from blogging! I did not really plan it intentionally, but after cooking our own Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, November 29th, we had enough leftovers to get through most of last week. Add in a couple nights out (BlogHer Holiday party at Tres Agaves and dinner with friends) and [...]
