Hi everyone,
Yes, we have perhaps the wimpiest, day-off happy school district. But, given that we are beginning yet another round of colds, the day-off is welcomed! I confess that I altered my menu a little last week. We tried out a recipe from each of you: Kathy's chicken pot pie, Betty's stuffed flank steak, and Jennifer's Scallop and Bean Thread Noodle Salad. These were so goodl! We are enjoying the variety and Steve is stealing all of the leftovers for his lunch (unprompted!) Here is my menu for this week:
Mon: Ropa Vieja (tried out a recipe in my pressure cooker…not a complete success, but I think I'll try again. Cuts cooking time by about a third, which I figure is worth the effort of discovering!), homemade Biscuits, salad
Tues: Stuffed peppers (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/stuffed-red-peppers-recipe/index.html), sauteed kale, salad
Wed: Pasta e fagioli soup (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/pasta-and-beans-pasta-e-fagioli-recipe/index.html), broccoli and mushroom quiche, salad
Thurs: chicken tacos, salad
Fri: Fillo wrapped salmon fillets, steamed broccoli, salad
Sat: stir-fry…I am excited for Jennifer's tips, as I already see some things I've been doing wrong!
Sun: Kohlrabi apple salad and morrocan vegetable stew
Have a wonderful week ladies. I hope that illness will one day leave our households and that we will in fact survive until summer! All is ok though when my little girl is laughing at me this morning (at least I know her motives are still entirely pure!)
Love,
Ann Marie
Yes, we have perhaps the wimpiest, day-off happy school district. But, given that we are beginning yet another round of colds, the day-off is welcomed! I confess that I altered my menu a little last week. We tried out a recipe from each of you: Kathy's chicken pot pie, Betty's stuffed flank steak, and Jennifer's Scallop and Bean Thread Noodle Salad. These were so goodl! We are enjoying the variety and Steve is stealing all of the leftovers for his lunch (unprompted!) Here is my menu for this week:
Mon: Ropa Vieja (tried out a recipe in my pressure cooker…not a complete success, but I think I'll try again. Cuts cooking time by about a third, which I figure is worth the effort of discovering!), homemade Biscuits, salad
Tues: Stuffed peppers (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/stuffed-red-peppers-recipe/index.html), sauteed kale, salad
Wed: Pasta e fagioli soup (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/pasta-and-beans-pasta-e-fagioli-recipe/index.html), broccoli and mushroom quiche, salad
Thurs: chicken tacos, salad
Fri: Fillo wrapped salmon fillets, steamed broccoli, salad
Sat: stir-fry…I am excited for Jennifer's tips, as I already see some things I've been doing wrong!
Sun: Kohlrabi apple salad and morrocan vegetable stew
Have a wonderful week ladies. I hope that illness will one day leave our households and that we will in fact survive until summer! All is ok though when my little girl is laughing at me this morning (at least I know her motives are still entirely pure!)
Love,
Ann Marie
How did the pot pie turn out, Ann Marie? I hope that recipe worked OK for you!! :)
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the sickness. Katie got strep AGAIN 2 days after finishing her medicine . . . this time around it came with a 103.8 fever and some vomiting. She's still not through it. (Those with kids can appreciate the humor factor when you tuck your sick, but recuperating kid into bed, and 5 minutes later she throws up . . . from the top bunk. Not only did she manage to hit both beds on the way down(including comforters, all of which were washed THAT DAY), she scored a bulls-eye hit and deposited most of the contents of her stomach squarely in Sean's open lego box. So now his entire lego collection is soaking in a lovely soup of apple juice, amoxicillan, and stomach acid. (I have never seen Sean, who was in the bottom bunk at the time, move so fast!!) At this point, we can only laugh . . .
Enjoy those smiles! I LOVE this age! Luke will be out of it soon, but Claire is just starting! :) I hope we can share more HEALTHY KID stories soon. Hang in there!!
Love,
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
DeleteThat is a great story…although I can appreciate the "all you can do is laugh" side of it! I'm guessing Sean didn't clean up the lego box?
The chicken pot pie was wonderful! That recipe is definitely a keeper! The kids loved it too, can you blame them though?:-)
Love,
Ann Marie