Spring has officially sprung, and the week is supposed to be cool and/or rainy. To warm up the house and not go completely stir crazy, I have a few extra cooking projects planned.
- Monday Cheeseburgers, veggies, ice cream sandwiches for dessert.
- I’ll also be making some kind of vegetable beef soup for lunches this week.
- Tuesday Friendsdinner! Each Tuesday a group of friends and I rotate hosting dinner. This week is not my night to host, and not my night to cook.
- Wednesday Pasta with smoked sausage, peppers and onions in a faux arrabiata sauce (plenty of garlic and red bell peppers cooked in butter with a hefty dose of red pepper flakes, plus store bought marinara). Broccoli on the side.
- I’ll also make up a batch of chocolate chip cookies (I use Nestle’s recipe with both milk and semisweet Ghirardeli chocolate chips), and a batch of Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip cookies.
- Thursday Breakfast for dinner- I’m trying a new pancake recipe, and serving it up with bacon, fresh fruit, and soft scrambled eggs with spinach. {UPDATE: I didn’t get the pancake batter made in time, so we did french toast instead}
- I’ll be out of soup at this point, and will make up some fresh spring rolls for Friday’s lunch. Quick pickled cucumbers, carrots and red onion, chicken, rice noodles with plenty of mint and cilantro, wrapped up in romaine lettuce and rice paper.
- Friday Stir fried noodles & veggies, chicken skewers (kind of like this recipe but with extra turmeric and ginger in the chicken marinade), lots of broccoli, and dumplings.
- Weekend:
- Saturday breakfast will be
french toast{UPDATE: I have not one, but *two* new waffle irons, so it’s going to be a waffle-palooza! I’ll make my classic buttermilk waffles AND sweet potato hash browns. I also really want to try mashed potato waffles at some point, but probably not until I already have leftover mashed potatoes}, smoked sausage, and fruit. - Lunch to go: spring time and/or summer wardrobe refresh for the kids, they’re both growing extra fast and wearing holes in pants. We’ll pack up a cooler with drinks, sandwiches and veggies.
- Yard. Work. It’s going to take up quite a bit of our weekend time.
- Meatloaf will happen. More soups will likely happen. Hopefully other baking will also happen.
- Saturday breakfast will be
That’s all for now folks! If you have a favorite crockpot recipe, please toss it my way.
CrustyBeth 