Sunday, July 17, 2011
Menu Plan: July 17 - July 23
Since I was trying to mix things up a little with the starches I served, I had sweet potatoes several times. We discovered that Jerome loves them even more than we expected. He was even asking other family members if he could eat the skins off of theirs, when they had eaten the insides out. So, we'll definitely be eating more of those. In the garden, we've harvested the absolute last of the garden peas. One variety we will never grow again: Champion of England. There must not have been many other competitors when they named that variety. They turn to starch almost instantly, there are many small pods and misshapen ones. However, we did not want to waste them, so we treated them as starches and roasted them with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic. They were crunchy and delicious. Next year, though, we are planting about six times the peas of the variety we liked (Green Arrow) to eat and blanch and freeze for the winter.
Our Saturday night was rather busy, so the turkey dinner was moved to tonight. We grilled lamb chops rubbed with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano (delicious), served with roasted peas done as I described above and baked sweet potatoes. I used coconut flour in the salmon croquettes last week, which was really tasty, I may do that in the future, even if we get gluten/wheat back.
- Sunday
Breakfast: Polenta with Maple Syrup
Linner: Spicy Turkey with Rice* - Monday
Breakfast: Hash with Fried Eggs, Coffee
Dinner: Leftovers from Sunday (I deliberately made a huge amount) - Tuesday
Breakfast: Potato and Garlic Scape Frittata, Mint Tea
Dinner: Italian Sausage, Potato and Pepper Bake*, Salad - Wednesday
Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs, Home Fries
Dinner: Gnocchi alla Romana (I'm going to try to make it with corn meal and water and fry them in olive oil - we'll see) with Melted Onions, Sauteed Green Beans - Thursday
Breakfast: Polenta Cake with Raspberries
Dinner: Braised Short Ribs, Steam Sauteed Carrots (using olive oil) and Roasted Potatoes - Friday
Breakfast: Dirty Eggs, Mint Tea
Dinner: Falafel, Kalamata Olives, Salad - Saturday
Breakfast: Tunisian Shakshouka (without the lemon juice, using sweet potatoes), Mint Tea
Dinner: Lamb with Okra, Tomatoes and Onions, Brown Rice
Bought:
Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
From the Garden:
Scallions
Chives
Dill
Thyme
Parsley
Garlic Scapes
Various Greens
Labels: Family, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Tales from the Kitchen
