Comments on: Menu Monday 1/18/2010

By: Becca

Becca — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:28:48 +0000

In honor of all the rain we are supposed to get in Phoenix this week….the menu has a lot of good 'ole comfort foods that serve up well with the sound of rain on the roof (rain is such a novelty in the dessert!)

Monday: Macaroni and Cheese with Vegetable Side and Baked Apples
Tuesday: Grilled Cheese with Chicken Noodle Soup
Wednesday: Pulled Pork Barbecue (in the crock pot) with homemade hush puppies
Thursday: Homemade Vegetable Soup with Beef Broth Base, Egg Noodles
Friday: Breakfast for Dinner: Blueberry Muffins, Pancakes, Srrawberries, Bacon, Eggs and Grits (we sneak flax seed into the breaded items…shhhhh, don't tell the kids!)
Saturday: Tacos with spanish rice, refried beans (rain will be over Friday night…..probably for months!)
Sunday: Spaghetti with fresh bread

By: Tea Trips to London

Tea Trips to London — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:50:35 +0000

My husband is British. We usually have either Cottage Pie or Shepherd's Pie once a week. (Sometimes difficult to find ground lamb locally here in Moncks Corner.) The leftovers are wonderful for lunch the next day. This week it will be a Cottage Pie.

I recently learned how to make Cornish Pasties (at my husband's request – he misses them!) http://bit.ly/8xYKRs and I have a question. The recipe uses rutabaga (called "Swede" in the UK) which I do not care for but it's essential to a Cornish Pastie. Q: Can whole [or raw, diced] rutabaga be frozen? Never having cooked with rutabaga before, I know nothing about them.

If I can get down to Publix and buy some lamb chops, I want to try what is called a Lancashire Hotpot which is basically lamb chops (2 per person), sliced onion, sliced potatoes, and salt & pepper layered in a heavy, cast-iron/enamel covered casserole (and a coffee cup, oops I mean tea cup, of water) and baked for 2 hours.

We don't get home from work until 5:10pm but sometimes I'll prepare a casserole ahead of time and my best friend 2 doors down (who works from home) will come down mid-afternoon, take it out of the fridge, and pop it into the oven for me.

By: @carolinadreamz

@carolinadreamz — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:45:41 +0000

I've had some success, lately, with Stuffed Bell Pepper soup.. very rich and cooks down, over low temp, for hours, in a stock pot.. thickens like chili. I put it in pint freezer jars and microwave it to heat, after its thawed. http://familyhugzrecipes.withaz.net/?p=128

I, also, just recently, froze chili mac, without cheese. After it thawed, I stirred in shredded cheese and microwaved it.

I don't, usually, microwave, but I have a bad back, and I've been cheating, lately.

Good luck with your surgery. ~Heidi

By: HeatherSolos

HeatherSolos — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:23:20 +0000

Of course it's ok. I'm very sorry you're having to go through this.

By: Alice Dick

Alice Dick — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:42:05 +0000

That cabbage and leek soup sounds very intriguing, Heather. Would love to see the recipe.

By: tracy

tracy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:41:23 +0000

Hello Heather and group! I truly hope that I am not out of place to ask for some advice. I am about to go thro surgery for cancer and Doc says I wont be able to much for 2-3 weeks. I always cook from scratch and I am looking for some "t.v." dinner ideas. I have done the meatloaf and mash, turkey and mash, soup, spagetti and I am not in the mood for the sameold when I come home this time. Does anyone have any ideas for something new that I can make to serve 1, I dont have a problem with bulk cooking. It just needs to be freezer and micro friendly. Thank you so much! If Heather doesnt want this to clog up her group, with her permission of course, my e-mail is purpleangel3686@yahoo.com Thank you Heather if you allow this!

By: @carolinadreamz

@carolinadreamz — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:24:24 +0000

Now that its time to go work on dinner, I've managed to finish the menu!

http://fromthecheapseatz.blogspot.com/2010/01/mon…

By: Mrs. Jen B

Mrs. Jen B — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:23:36 +0000

Well now I'm confused. I thought that shepherd's pie was beef. All this time I was wrong!

By: julie

julie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:43:22 +0000

Monday I'm doing "fried" baked pork steaks (bigger-thinner than pork chops)–probably mashed potatoes-not sure what other sides as of right now…still havn't gotten to planning my menus–really want to….just gotta do it……..

By: DanaB

DanaB — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:53:09 +0000

Another oddly eerie heavily foggy morn here in Central Indiana…Happy Monday

http://mywindowswideopen.wordpress.com/menu-thoug...
~