Category Archives: Weekly menu

Since our Sunday dinner was frozen eggplant Parmesan (again? They come in packs of two at Costco!), I am just offering up a menu for the week. Hopefully we will be able to stick to it. Since we are going … Continue reading →

Last week’s menu went pretty well with the exception of one day when my shoulder was pummeled and x-rayed by my doctor plus I got two injections so I did not feel like making dinner. Chinese take-out to the rescue! … Continue reading →

We did a lot of cooking this past week. Nonetheless I did punk out on Wednesday and ordered pizza instead of making linguine with clam sauce.  Oh well, I am not perfect and linguine with clam sauce is a pantry … Continue reading →

This week I am trying a more a Mediterranean take on our dinners. In Spain we learned that the local people tend to eat vegetables, whole grains, fish and shellfish, and the occasional chicken or rabbit. Red meats are mostly … Continue reading →

This week is a short week for cooking since we are on vacation starting on Thursday. As usual I will be posting occasionally when we have something especially interesting or beautiful to eat. We did an excellent job with our … Continue reading →

A Persian New Year this week plus a couple of Italian dishes, our daugter’s birthday, and babysitting for the grandkids. Whew, seems like a busy week!

Recently we have been having some difficulty sticking to the menu but I am an optimist, maybe this week? The menu has some old favorites such as cod with chickpea purée and red lentils. I making tabbouleh on Thursday and … Continue reading →

As usual we did not eat last week’s menu totally according to plan so we have the vegetarian tacos left over for this week and ended up eating the steak on Sunday. Not bad, though, we cooked almost everything we … Continue reading →

We did not quite get to all the dinners I meant to prepare for last week so I have shifted a couple of them to this week. After all I have done the shopping for them already. Instead of carrying … Continue reading →