Monday, July 29, 2013

Home for a week

Home from Cincinnati, off to Three Lakes on Saturday!

Sunday:  Grilled tuna steaks (splurge!), corn and black bean quinoa salad (an Eating Well recipe, really good!)
Monday:  Shrimp and garden veggie pasta
Tuesday:  Chicken and noodles, green beans, salad
Wednesday:  Beef (crock pot) tacos, corn on the cob, melon
Thursday:  Quiche, broccoli, fruit
Friday: clean out the fridge leftovers

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

This week Liam will be home for a grand total of one meal, so it makes the motivation to cook even harder to find.  We will leave as soon as he gets off work next Tuesday for a couple days with his folks down in Cincinnati, so I will try to use lots of garden produce before then!

Wednesday: after camp, bike to pool, home via the farmers market, dinner there.  Happy Summer!!
Thursday: grilled shrimp, farro salad with tomatoes, garden produce
Friday: grilled pizza (my Eating Well magazine had some interesting recipes for "pizzalads". . . A salad on a pizza crust.  If I get energetic, I may try one of them!)
Saturday: fish tacos
Sunday: pork from Farmers Market (chops? Tenderloin? Roast?ribs?), green (or purple!) beans cooked with bacon and new potatoes
Monday: garden produce and eggs :)

Have a great week!
Kathy

Sunday, July 14, 2013

MD Menu

Hi ladies,

I'm recapping and forecasting a little with today's menu addition.  I'm really envious of all of the garden vegetable talk.  Our garden plot has turned out to be mostly a hug flop.  I think I would have to be there daily to stay on top of the weeds, and unfortunately I have pretty much lost total control of them.  Commuting to a garden with three kids in 90+ degree weather seemed like such a great plan.  One of these days I might get real!  Oh well, the farmer's market has been doing pretty well for us.  I second Kathy's comments on your recipes Jennifer...would love some cooking instructions.  One of Steve's favorite meals is Adobo chicken!  Love the sounds of all the grilled veggies, Kathy.  I'll try to emulate with whatever fresh things we can find this week! 

Broiled Steel Head Salmon, pesto, Caprese salad
Balsamic pork chops, wild rice, tomato and cucumber salad
Chicken tacos, coleslaw
Beer can chicken, grilled squash, arugula and lettuce salad
Chicken and sausage gumbo with fresh okra, over rice, salad
Spaghetti and meatballs, salad
Fish packets with basil, squash, and leeks on the grill
Crock pot pot roast, corn on the cob, salad
Fried rice with scallops
Chicken adobo, rice

Still dreaming of the squash and tomato salad during vacation.  Cooking would be so much better if we could prepare meals together all the time!    

Love,

Ann Marie

 

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Home again, home again . . .

Back from vacation . . . what to eat now?  Where's Mom??!  Help!!  :)

Here's my quick "on the fly at the grocery store" plan to get us through Liam's trip, etc.

Saturday:  (All from the freezer/garden, and it was awesome!)  Grilled salmon, summer squash, and red onion, tossed with a little soy sauce and some pea pods that were "lightly grilled", all served over brown rice.  (I called it "grill stir-fry".)  :) Salad.

Sunday: Mussels in garlic butter sauce (had them in the freezer from the store, never tried them before, they were awesome!  Kids (minus Grace) loved them too!  WIN!) pesto pasta with broccoli

Monday: Round steak and portobellos (totally ruined the round steak.  Knew I had to cook it very slow so it wasn't tough, but got distracted (KIDS!), grill flared up, meat ruined.  Like eating a rubber tire.) sweet potatoes, tom/basil/mozz.

Tuesday: "Slow and low dry rub oven chicken", edamame, corn, fried rice with pea pods if there are any more in the garden.  (If not, I saw some purple beans ready while I was weeding yesterday . . . YAY!)

Wednesday:  BILL'S PUB!!!  (Kids get a treat for completing their "good manners sticker path"!  Obviously, this is really a treat for me.  WIN-WIN!) 

Thursday: Chard and black bean enchiladas

Friday: BBSGFB (Booher Birthday-Season Grand Finale Bash)  :)  Grilled something + potluck!  :)

Saturday: Dinner at a friend's house . . . they have 5 kids and their oldest is 8.  Should be veeeeeery interesting!!  :)

Its tough to be back from a GREAT vacation!  Hope you all are doing well, and everyone who was traveling is home safe and sound. 

Love,
Kathy