Weekly Menu (2018-2022)

[rascal]

I'll get you recipe from our book.

Russ

 

[Windigo]

Looking forward to Tuesday, I'm looking at a paneer as well. Can you post it please?

Russ

I'm afraid not yet, because I had totally forgot that we're going to an Indian restaurant on friday for Valentine's dinner. I'll plan it later this month most likely.

 

[medtran49]

We, once again, have carryover from last week.

Cast iron pizza

Pork belly buns with pickled veges

New:

Sunday gravy with pasta and garlic rolls

Vietnamese short ribs over coconut grits

Indonesian chicken with rice and pickled veges

Roast chicken with squash casserole and smashed potatoes

Ramen noodle bowl with shrimp, pork belly and various veges

Heavy in the Asian part of the world this week.

 

[Morning Glory]

Very nice menu medtran49

coconut grits

What are coconut grits?

 

[medtran49]

Very nice menu medtran49



What are coconut grits?

Grits made with coconut milk. Recipe is in new issue of Food Network mag.

We're still cleaning out freezers. Only protein we are buying is the whole chicken for roasting.

 

[Mountain Cat]

Tonight I am making chicken avgolemono soup with orzo. Tomorrows lunch will be pizza at the community center, with dinner being a portion of pork loin roast that I hope to make sous vide. With an apple sauce I'll create at the time. The side will be steamed kale.

 

[Morning Glory]

avgolemono

Coincidentally I was throwing around a few ideas (developing recipes for the recipe challenge) and jotted down 'avgolemono beans?'.

 

[Mountain Cat]

Coincidentally I was throwing around a few ideas (developing recipes for the recipe challenge) and jotted down 'avgolemono beans?'.

That sounds good!

 

[TastyReuben]

This Week's Eats

• TastyReuben
• 23 Feb 2020

Just curious, for those who plan, how/when do you do you plan?

I usually sit down on a Saturday afternoon, grab a couple of cookbooks, have a peek in the freezer and the fridge, then go from there.

I try and do one beef, one pork, one chicken, one main course salad, one pasta, one dessert, and one breakfast. I generally don't count making bread. These are loose rules, though, as this week, I have two beefs and no pasta.

First, I go through and write down all the meal titles and the source (cookbook, online), then I build my shopping list from that, then I go through any paper coupons I have (more and more rare these digital days), and finally, through the store's app for any digital coupons.

I actually write my shopping list twice; the first time, as I go through each recipe, and the second time, to organize it and mark which ones I have coupons for.

All told, it takes me about an hour or so.

How about you?

 

[medtran49]

Indonesian chicken

Bayoubaisse, which we had last night

Hot dogs and crowns

Dirty rice and collard greens

Bahn mi sammies

Meatloaf, green beans, and mashed potatoes

Tostados with chorizo and refried beans

We are still working on using things up in the freezers, so unless we get a craving for something like the roast whole chicken last week, the seafood for the bayoubaisse or the odd thing like chicken livers as part of the dirty rice, we aren't buying proteins.

The menu gets made on Friday or Saturday generally, and we make the shopping list as we add the meals. The dishes are either things one or the other of us has been wanting, or a new dish out of a food mag or a TV show.

We don't really use coupons, just shop the BOGO and other sales from the online ads, unless Craig happened to pick up a paper ad, buying staples and other household items when they are on BOGO. Produce gets bought as needed.

 

[Morning Glory]

We are still working on using things up in the freezers

You are doing better than I am. I got as far as a freezer inventory and have used one item so far.

 

[medtran49]

You are doing better than I am. I got as far as a freezer inventory and have use one item so far.

With 3 stuffed full freezers, it's going to take us a while. Craig inventoried 1 of them and we've mostly been working on it, with a few things here and there out of the other 2.

 

[TastyReuben]

Luckily for me, we just have the bottom freezer in the fridge-freezer combo in the kitchen, and the top bin is full of ice.

I still have a hard time remembering to "shop the larder," though.

 

[CraigC]

Score! Went into the deep freezer looking for andouille, which I thought we were out of and found a whole gallon bag full of individually vacuum sealed packages! Plus one package of tasso. Maybe red beans and rice will make an appearance on the menu soon. Already have dirty rice for this week.

 

[medtran49]

Carry overs from last week AGAIN!

Dirty rice and collard greens

Bahn mi sammies

NEW

Blackened snapper, collards and hushpuppies

Texican pork sammies with horseradish bacon potato salad

Roast lamb with squash casserole and EPCOT cheese bread

Beef stew with corn cakes (tonight)

Cajun chicken salad