Friday
Short version: Filet mignon, oven fries, green salad with vinaigrette, strawberries and cream
Long version: Cubby and A. were camping in advance of their hunt the next morning, so they had a packet of hamburgers and boiled potatoes to heat up in their campfire.
We had the much fancier version of meat and potatoes at home, in honor of my sister, who very much likes steak. I made the oven fries with some more of the rendered fat from our last meat chicken, which makes for some extra crispy fries.
My sister brought the strawberries. Happy children.
Saturday
Short version: Barbecue meatballs, garlic bread, coleslaw, baked pears with cream
Long version: I got three quite small heads of cabbage out of the garden last week, and used one to make coleslaw. It made just enough for the five of us.
The pears were some we had gotten from the gentleman at church. A bunch were ripe, and my sister had made a ginger syrup for cocktails (sliced ginger root steeped in simple syrup--yum), so I baked some peeled and diced pears in the ginger syrup. Very good.
Sunday
Short version: Taco feast, the ugliest cake in the land
Long version: My sister had also brought avocados, limes, and tortilla chips. They were GIANT avocados, the biggest I'd ever seen. Just three of them made a ton of guacamole, which we ate with chips and then used liberally on our tacos. Those were ground beef taco meat and homemade corn tortillas.
And now . . . the cake.
Poppy wanted to bring cupcakes to school on her birthday, so I made six cupcakes for her class and then a thin cake with the extra batter (Grandma Bishop's chocolate cake, of course) and frosting (half a recipe of this one).
I had some trouble getting the cake out of the pan, and I didn't really have enough frosting left to cover the sides of the cake, so it was . . .
Monday
Short version: Lots of leftovers, raw cabbage, brownies with vanilla ice cream
Long version: We had steak, meatballs, and taco meat left over, as well as lots of guacamole and chips. So everyone had various combinations of those, plus some raw cabbage on the side.
As we had had cake the night before, and Poppy had her cupcakes at school, I made brownies Sunday to have on her actual birthday. It was a day I had to work, so it was good I could make something ahead. I had some ice cream we bought a couple of weeks ago that I had been saving, and she was very happy with her birthday dessert.
Tuesday
Short version: Italian sliders, pasta with pesto, green salad with vinaigrette
Long version: One of these days I should actually post a "recipe" for Italian sliders, just so I can link to it and not have to explain every time that it's just very small hamburger patties seasoned like meatballs, then fried and topped with marinara sauce and mozzarella (or, in our case, asadero, cheese).
This time I didn't want to dirty another bowl to mix the meat with spices, so I just salted and peppered them right in the pan as they were cooking, and I couldn't even tell a difference. Lazy win.
I used some leftover pizza sauce, too, which means it was extra lazy.
The very last fresh pesto from the very last fresh basil I pulled out of the garden last week. I do have some frozen cubes of pesto, but not enough. It's never enough.
Wednesday
Short version: Bunless cheeseburgers, fried mushrooms and green beans, bread and butter, carrot sticks with curry dip
Long version: How many days of ground beef in a row is too many? Probably this many. Too bad!
I had taken out about six pounds of ground beef on Saturday, and needed to use it up. I was going to just have tacos with the leftover taco meat, as it was a work day for me, but the kids had ground beef nachos at school, so I made cheeseburgers instead. And fried mushrooms! AND curry dip!
I know you are all awed by my great efforts in the kitchen.
And why did I have green beans in with the mushrooms? Because I had some frozen green beans and room in the pan with the mushrooms and garlic. That's pretty much how my kitchen works.
Thursday
Short version: Roast beef with tomatoes and onions, baked potatoes, fried cabbage and onions, still-frozen green beans
Long version: I figured it was time for a break from the ground beef. So we had roast beef instead.
This is the sort of thing that happens when you buy a whole steer for your freezer.
I actually went to all the work of larding the meat with slivers of garlic, which I usually consider too tedious to bother with. It is kind of tedious, but delicious.
I filled the perimeter of the Pyrex pan the meat roasted in with tomatoes, onions, and olive oil. Why? Because there was room in the pan. Are you seeing a theme here?
Also, I had some tomatoes I had pulled out the garden last week on the same day as the basil that were starting to look kind of sad, so they needed to be salvaged. It made a kind of sauce for the meat, which was a nice side benefit.
I had half a very small head of garden cabbage in the refrigerator that I sliced and fried with the other half of the onion after I had put onion in with the meat. Because you should always just cook the onion.
Still-frozen green beans for the children who do not like cooked cabbage.
Okay, your turn! What'd you eat this week?
baked pork chops, mashed potatoes, salad, garlic bread
ReplyDeleteroasted potatoes with taco ground beef & cheddar on top, toast, broccoli
salmon patties, vegetable casserole, garlic bread
spaghetti with meat sauce, broccoli, garlic bread
hot chicken salad, garlic bread, sweet potatoes, salad
fish n' chips, broccoli, garlic bread
And for tonight, shrimp scampi over spaghetti squash, garlic bread, vegetable or salad
Linda
Another week gone already...time flies.
ReplyDeleteThis week we ate:
Monday - Roast chicken and potatoes, cucumbers, cheese and bread
Tuesday - Had leftover chicken so I shredded it and combined it with cherry tomatoes, zucchini, onions and garlic which I then roasted on a sheet pan, while that was all getting aquainted in the oven I boiled up noodles and tossed with butter..combined it all and called it pasta miscellaneous...Julia Child's got nuthin on me ha ha.
Wendsday - garbanzo bean and sweet potato patties, sauted peppers and sugar peas, bread rolls.
Thursday - More meatball bombs only this time I made them with lamb and feta...yum. green salad as a side.
Friday - picked up another sugar pumpkin so I'll bake that up with some butter and...hmmm...kielbasa and potatoes perhaps to go with...
Oh..I meant to add a very happy birthday to Poppy!
ReplyDeleteOh and as far as your magnificent cake goes...lol...as any kiddo will tell you, if it's sweet it's swell.
Friday-spinach frittata
ReplyDeleteSaturday-beef and pork roasted together, sourdough biscuits, broccoli, bumpy cake (my solution to a cockeyed cake. I sprinkle mini-marshmallows on top of the frosting. The kids love it and it disguises any, shall we say, imperfections. In fact I now get requests for it). However, your cake looks fine to me!
Sunday-the kids loved the roast from yesterday so we had that again, with mashed potatoes. The child that would only eat biscuits yesterday didn't want mashed potatoes so she had yogurt.
Monday-hamburger macaroni casserole, peas
Tuesday-cornbread, broccoli, turnips
Wednesday-stirfried beef and broccoli, pita bread
Thursday-mashed potatoes and cabbage with butter
This might be my first time posting here, if I've done it before I can't remember. A few questions: What does "larding meat" mean? And why did you choose an L for Poppy's cake?
ReplyDeleteHere's what we ate:
Sunday: Soup and rolls at a family member's house
Monday: Buffalo chicken quesadillas and pepper slices
Tuesday: Pizza and salad
Wednesday: BLTs with the last of the garden tomatoes
Thursday: Mexican food with friends
Friday:Rotkohl and sausages. I'm excited for this one!
Natalie: I had to look up rotkohl, and then I got excited for you, because I used to make German red cabbage every year and freeze it so I could have it all winter with the good kielbasa from the butcher shop. Alas, no more good sausage for me here in New Mexico. Anyway. Larding meat refers to cutting small holes in it and inserting either fat (hence the term "larding") or, in this case, small slivers of garlic. It allows the seasoning to penetrate beyond the surface of the meat. And an "L" because that's what her name starts with. Poppy isn't her real name. :-)
ReplyDeleteIf and when I finally get out to NM, I will bring parchment paper.
ReplyDeleteLast week I made a large pot of potato, onion, and celery soup, which I made smooth with my new immersion blender (regular blender died a year or more ago--).
I second that: no one cares if a cake is ugly as long as it's tasty 😋
ReplyDeleteSat: we just joined our village's ski club association, just in time for their AGM and 70th birthday. So we got a free meal at the local restaurant and it was delicious (sautéed mushrooms, venison + spätzli, red cabbage, pear in wine, chestnuts in caramel, brussel sprouts)
Sun: slow-cooked pork cheeks with onions and soy sauce, leeks vinaigrette and rice
Mon: leftover pork heated together with leftover swiss chard gratin served with pasta and parmesan
Tue: big green salad to use up the lettuce, with smoked trout, dill, parsley, radishes, croutons and bread & cheese on the side
Wed: pork cutlets, jerusalem artichokes and leftover leek vinaigrette
Thu: one pot pasta with sausage meat, fennel and white wine
Fri: Off to Vienna, Austria to visit a family friend. We went to her neighborhood restaurant and had pork schnitzel with mashed potatoes and a salad.