Christ is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!
We are getting ready for our third family birthday in this "quarantine" now, which has been way longer than 40 days, by the way. 48 days and counting - our governor has extended it through at least May 31. We won't even have Ascension Day free. We are trying to figure out how to navigate that. How are you handling things like that? Are you as done with this as I am?

In kitchen related news, one burner on our stove has been unusable since the week before Holy Week, and another that has not worked at its maximum since we got it, and the repair people at A & E Factory Service, which is the worst company in the universe. Their techs are trying the best they can, but their service and customer service and reliability are miserable. Never use them if you have a choice. We didn't. They are the company that handles Lowe's warranty service. We have had four major appliances break down since August - our refrigerator, which we replaced in August, our dryer, in October, and literally a week later, our washing machine. It took A & E until January to "finish" the calls on our washer and dryer, and still they messed up. Multiple times, they didn't show up without notice, or they would show up, and tell us that nothing could be done until a much later date, with more appointments (some missed again), and didn't have basic parts with them. Now, we were supposed to have someone come on the 17th, and an hour and a half after the window the tech was supposed to arrive we got an e-mail saying that he wouldn't make it. Allegedly, he is coming tomorrow. I am not holding my breath.

Anyway, we are making more progress on the yard and on the garden, which makes me happy. We are making some real efforts to rid our yard of grass, and get rid of the lawn, replacing it with spreading herbs and clover, English daisies, and chamomile, so we will still have something green and springy that we can walk on, but that won't inflame all my allergies and immune response. We are finding ways to make our yard around the house a shadier area, but with deciduous trees, so we will get the sun into the house in the fall and winter, when it is so cold here.

• Sunday
  Breakfast: Eggs in Toast, Oranges, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Cool and Creamy Potato and Pea Salad, Carrot Salad with Harissa, Chips and Salsa, Cake
• Monday
  Breakfast: Ricotta Fritters with Maple Syrup, Sausage Patties, Fruit, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Potato Dressing, Gravy, Coleslaw, Steam Sautéed Carrots
• Tuesday
  Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs with Cheese, Toast, Fruit, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Dan Dan Noodles with Cabbage, Sesame Carrot Salad, Sliced Oranges
• Wednesday
  Breakfast: Yogurt and Jam with Toast, Tea and Honey
  Dinner: Fatayir bil Joubneh, Fried Cauliflower, Arabic Style Rice Pilaf, Taratoor, Harissa
• Thursday
  Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs, Cottage Cheese, Toast, Fruit, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Fancy Hot Dogs, Egg Noodles, Steam Sautéed Carrots, Fruit Plate
• Friday
  Breakfast: Steel Cut Oats with Chopped Apples and Cinnamon Sugar, Tea and Honey
  Dinner: Mejeddarah with Crisp Onions, Yogurt, Fruit Plate
• Saturday - Feast of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
  Breakfast: Pancakes with Maple Syrup, Bacon, Fruit, Milk & Coffee
  Dinner: Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Salad

What is on your menu this week? If you want a recipe, ask and I will provide it as soon as I can. If there are any starred recipes, I will follow up separately with a weekly recipe round up on Saturday.


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Labels: Church Year, Faith and Morality, Family, Fesah', Homemaking, Homesteading, Menu Plans, Pascha, Quarantine, Tales from the Kitchen