Category Archives: Weekly menu

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 →

I am feeling pretty good about ourselves. We made everything on last week’s menu. That’s a lot of cooking. We tried a couple of new things with so-so sucess and had some favorites as well. This week includes a special … Continue reading →

Due to the fact that it has been raining cats and dogs here for the past few days (this is extreme weather for Californians) and we have not been out to the grocery store, the menu has been revamped for … Continue reading →