Thank goodness for mothers

Hi all!

CONGRATULATIONS Ann Marie and Steve!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joey!
HAPPY 20th Kathy!  I am on the fence to attend mine this October since most of my friends won't be attending.

Truth be told:  I did no planning in advance this week.  I'm a little discombobulated from the trip and was very blessed to have help from my mom.  We picked her up on the way back down from Tahoe and she had a cooler of goodies that have helped with our dinners the last few nights.  She did the meal planning ...

Monday:  I don't know what to call it but my mom bakes a salmon with chopped garlic and ginger, then tops it with herbs (this time:  cilantro), then pours hot oil on top + Pancit + stir fried Chinese brocolli & Japanese eggplant (how political!)

Tuesday:  Chicken adobo + stir fried brocolli & peppers & green beans

Wednesday:  Leftovers ... uber late day for both Mark & me

Thursday:  Potstickers + Farmer's Market salad

Friday:  Out for tavern food to celebrate a friend's birthday.

Saturday:  Gonna try grilling a pizza!

Sunday:  Not sure yet!  Day will likely include roasting a chicken and seasoning meat and tofu.

Tonight is a Farmer's Market night and I hope to use this weekend to re-stock and plan meals for next week to include Monica's daycare meals. Transitions...

This weekend's planning dream:
I like the idea of making a giant quinoa salad for next week's lunches and investigating this new trend of making zucchini and cucumber "pasta" noodles.

Love,
Jennifer

PS:  Kathy-- How do you like the Eating Well magazine?  A colleague was going to give me the last 2 issues to review.