Remember how I said we had a hard day a couple weeks ago? Well, that continued into a couple hard weeks. I realized I never posted last week's menu plan, so I will just post two weeks of our menus this week, in case you need meal ideas. In these two weeks we have had a celebration of Amelia's birthday that we made as happy as we could under the circumstances.

Things are not any different, really, than they were a week ago, but somehow it has felt much harder since Thursday. We know that our endurance is going to be tested for an even longer time. We are more and more soured and disappointed in our ill-named justice system. I'm having a harder and harder time holding everything together.

This next week holds a couple family and extended family birthdays, so we have another birthday party coming up on the weekend. We are definitely getting our share of cake. Other people are even making it, so I don't have to do that, which is lovely. We are still cooking from our freezers as much as possible to make room for the mutton (and some poultry we need to harvest). We should have the mutton in a few weeks, which will be lovely. That is something I truly love about our area, how much easier it is to purchase pastured/foraging meat on the hoof so we know where it comes from and how it was raised.

Thank you to all of you who still read here and pray for our family. Thank you also to our parish family who keep showing up and supporting and serving our family, both openly and in ways we don't see.

• Sunday
  Breakfast: Leftovers, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Ham, Sides/Salads/Bread/Fruit/Desserts brought by Parish, Flourless Chocolate Truffle Cake
• Monday
  Breakfast: 'Aish Baladi ou Joubneh, Sliced Cucumbers, Brined Olives, Fruit, Milk, Tea and Coffee
  Dinner: Chicken Ghaza*, Arabic Style Rice Pilaf, Arugula Salad, Leftover Cake
• Tuesday
  Breakfast: Vanilla Yogurt with Granola, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Pasta with Baked Feta, Tomatoes and Arugula, Grilled Country Herb Sausages, Fruit Plate
• Wednesday
  Breakfast: H'ejazi Style Ful*, Bread, Sah'awiq, Sliced Radishes, Kalamata Olives, Fruit, Tea with Honey, Mint, and Rosewater
  Dinner: Seafood Paella, Bread, Fruit Plate
• Thursday
  Breakfast: Fried Halloum, Sliced Tomatoes, Radishes and Cucumbers, Olives, Bread, Canned Peaches, Tea with Mint and Rosewater, Coffee
  Dinner: Leftovers and Fruit
• Friday
  Breakfast: Peanut Butter Toast with Honey, Fruit, Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Falafel, Khoubz Araby, Sah'awiq, Duqqus, Taratoor, Moroccan Beet Salad, Fruit Plate
• Saturday
  Breakfast: Vegetable and Cheese Scramble, Bacon, Fruit, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Hot Ham and Turkey Swiss Sandwiches on Rye, Half Sweet Bread and Butter Pickles, Chips, Fruit Plate
• Sunday - Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist and Iconographer
  Breakfast: Pancakes with Buttermilk Syrup, Sausages, Strawberry Mango Salad, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Sub Sandwiches, Fixings/Chips/Pickles/Salads/Fruit/Dessert brought by Parish
• Monday
  Breakfast: Egg and Cheese Biscuit Sandwiches, Sliced Apples, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Creamy Poblano Chicken, Cuban Yellow Rice, Sliced Mangos
• Tuesday
  Breakfast: Vanilla Yogurt with Granola, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Potage Parmentier, Bread, Canned Peach Halves
• Wednesday
  Breakfast: Potato, Pepper and Onion Breakfast Tacos with Salsa, Suprèmed Oranges and Red Grapefruit, Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Pasta with Sauce from Freezer, Garlic Bread, Sliced Apples
• Thursday
  Breakfast: Shakshouka with Nabulsi Cheese, Toast, Suprèmed Oranges and Red Grapefruit, Mint Tea with Honey and Rosewater
  Dinner: Leftovers and Fruit
• Friday - Feast of Saint James of Jerusalem
  Breakfast: Peanut Butter Toast with Honey, Fruit, Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Ramen with Vegetables, Mandarin Oranges
• Saturday
  Breakfast: Date Crescents, Sausages, Fruit Plate, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Potato and Poblano Stew, Grilled/Broiled Chorizo Sausages, Tortilla Strips, Leftover Cake

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.

Labels: Birthday, Church Year, Faith and Morality, Family, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Prayer Requests, Tales from the Kitchen