Weekly menus, thank you Mother Nature!

With the Super Snow storm we had last week, I get to repeat two of my dinner menus- one client was nice enough to call and tell me not to bother coming in. However, the other one wasn't so generous. The day after the storm and since I'm a gimp ( I still have the pain in the back), it took my husband literally hours to get the path made as you see in the picture below. That path- that is in our driveway- never got the other path made. Instead, we kinda flagged down a truck that had a plow in the front. That truck- that's another story! It took the truck 3 hours to plow our small driveway....



This is what the weather looked like as the storm began. This is the weather I drove in to get to one client. Not bad, right? But the winds were up to 70mph and it came in all different directions.






This is the wide path down our driveway- not wide enough for a car....
Getting back to today's post, it's a good day to make up menus- I should get a head start on next week!
This week's menus are as follows: I don't usually note a dessert because I'm always looking for something quick in the event I don't have enough time on that particular day. Today, I'm going to make fresh fruit over vanilla yogurt and Apple Pudding Cake with Cinnamon-Butter Sauce. i don't know where I got the recipe- it looks like it came from one of those small books you'd see while standing in the check out aisle. As I read through the ingredients, I see it calls for Gold Medal Flour- so I think this is from a Gold medal Flour magazine/cookbook.
Lasagne
Garlic Bread
Corn

Stuffed Shells with marinara
Spinach Salad with Chicken
Jello
Snicker Brownies

Mostaccioli
Tossed Salad
Herb Bread


Chicken Alfredo
Broccoli salad
Rolls/biscuits

Korean Beef , grilled
Grilled scallions
Rice
Cooked corn
Orange Jello

Veal Stew
???

Ah, the question marks! That means I'm not sure what I'll make . I have to say one of my favorite sites for finding something quick is called The Mixing Bowl. You join, add recipes, share recipes; there are groups within Mixing Bowl that you can join, i.e. College Cooking or Apples, Cooking with Passion or Girls Get Together, Dishes, ( people post pics of some of their favorite dishes)My 'Go-To' Recipes or The Spice Rack. In fact, I was just going to post a cookbook that I have had for years. i don't even know if The Spice islands Cookbook is made anymore. Computers are the best thing if you never have to worry about Internet service. But someone posted this site for more information on what spices to use for what foods:lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciqspice.htm
I'm thankful i have time today to sit and blog as it has been quite awhile. The weather is lending itself to doing something indoors today- kinda grey and as I write this, big fluffy snowflakes are falling!
Here is a link to The Mixing Bowl- check it out. I think it's fun! www. Mixingbowl.com

Cooking on a boat

I'm so happy to have saved these menus from the trip our family took to the BVI's....16 years ago- how it can be so long ago?! We sailed on a 70 ft. boat.
It was one of the best family vacations we took; but they all seemed extraordinaire. And this one, we chartered a boat that had a captain, a cook, and a third mate. Our 5 boys were all beginning to 'assert themselves' and the thought of being with our oldest, who was 13 at the time, seemed like we entering a doomed chapter. Au contrair! Captain Dan and mate Christy, our cook, had us all entertained. The toys!! We didn't need much to entertain ourselves and our environment was so much for any of us to take in.
I want to share with you our weekly menus- and these meals were made 16 years ago and we made our boys eat or at least try. I wonder if Christy is still cooking like this....miss these people; they were so wonderful to us.
Our breakfasts were all made to order so the boys had some freedom!
Sunday
Red Snapper with coconut milk in parchment paper with Banana Sauce
Stir fry vegetables
Tomato Pasta
Pavlova

Monday lunch
Chicken slices over lettuce, cucs, croutons
potatoes, apples, vegetables with creamy dressing

Monday Dinner
Salsa
Shrimp skewered over Tuna
Flaming Plantains
Roast potatoes and onions
Honey Carrots
dessert: can't remember!

Tuesday lunch
homemade pizza
salad: red cabbage with raisins, carrots, pecans, apples
Tuesday dinner
Crayfish
steak with red potatoes stuffed with sour cream and bacon
Baked tomatoes in foil with melted cheese
Salad

Wednesday lunch
Pasta with chicken and bacon in a sauce
Spinach salad

Wednesday dinner
Vegetable Kebobs
BBQ chicken
Tuna steaks
potatoes with cheddar and chives, mint, thyme, parsely
S'Mores

Thursday lunch
Turkey/cream cheese sandwich with jam
ham
tuna
Spinach salad with big red strawberries
Thursday dinner
Pork Roast with pineapple sauce over rice
Plantains in tomato garlic sauce
Battered Broccoli
Minted Mousse

Friday lunch
steak salad
marinated tomatoes with cheese

Friday dinner
Swordfish with Mango salsa
Bean dip
Molded couscous
sauteed yellow zucchini
chocolate pecan tart

Saturday dinner ( I forgot Saturday's lunch! Maybe we had it in town)
Veal with tomato basil sauce
pesto pasta
parmesan cheese cauliflower
white chocolate bread pudding

Sunday lunch
pineapple, tuna pizza
Prosciutto, pepperoni pizza

Sunday dinner
Lamb roast stuffed with goat cheese
Boiled Potatoes
red beet fritters
sauteed sweet potatoes ( in Hennessey)

Special memories, new family expressions, and an intro to fine food!