October 27 - 31

Monday, October 27

Keeping it simple tonight -- we're playing the pasta card, and it's only Monday.  Feels like it's gonna be a crazy week, so we'll start off with baby steps.  And so:

Pasta with tomato sauce and Italian sausage.  Just like what it sounds.  Probably whole wheat penne, some sauce from the freezer (made sauce this summer, and found out that about 100 tomatoes makes about 12 cups of sauce...  so we savor it a bit at a time) and some sausage tossed in to keep the meat-loving members of the household happy!

Tuesday, October 28

Southwestern Turkey Soup

Wednesday, October 29

Grilled cheese sandwiches!!!  (see Monday, i.e. crazy week)

Thursday, October 30

Grilled salmon:  mix up some maple syrup and balsamic vinegar, drizzle it on...

Warm spinach salad

Friday, October 31

Happy Halloween!  I imagine dinner will be fun-size Milk Duds.   Maybe Hot Tamales.

October 20 - 27

Monday, October 20

Fish tacos:  Cook some flaky fish (whatever looks good at the store this weekend) and season with fajita-like spices.  Make tacos with chopped red bell pepper, red onions, shredded cabbage, whole grain tortillas, cheese, salsa, sour cream.  Maybe black beans too!

Tuesday, October 21

Pasta Fagioli Soup

bread

Wednesday, October 22

Black eyed pea patties

sliced tomatoes

sour cream for dipping

Thursday, October 23

Pasta with Prosciutto and Spinach

Friday, October 24

Take out, baby!

Saturday, October 25

I think we might eat out tonight.  Meet up with Phil's high school friend.

Sunday, October 26

Believe it or not, we bought half a season of Lions tickets this year, so we'll be at the game today.  We'll probably be stuffed full of tailgating food.  Haven't planned that far yet, but probably some sort of ribs will happen.  Maybe burgers.  Something grilled and really bad for us.  But it will complement beer well.

October 13 - 19

So, it's supposed to turn from balmy to cool and rainy this week...  I tried to think about that when I picked food.  Cool and rainy = soup!  I love soup!

Here goes...

Monday, October 13

Penne pasta with wild mushrooms

Tuesday, October 14

Grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches

• Lovely crunchy whole grain bread
• Cheese:  maybe Edam...  I think there's some in the fridge
• Big big slices of tomato

Sauteed broccoli with balsamic vinegar

• Cut it up, saute it in some olive oil.  After a few minutes, a little bit of water to steam it.
• Salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar right at the end

Wednesday, October 15

Ham and Bean Soup

Thursday, October 16

Roasted salmon

• Salt and pepper, put it in the oven at about 400 for 10 - 15 minutes

Brussels sprouts

• Cut big ones in half
• Put in pan in oven with garlic and olive oil.  Cook in oven at 400 about 20 minutes, until they begin to brown and crisp at the edges
• Sprinkle a bit of parmesan, cook for 5 more minutes 

Couscous with onions and pine nuts

• Saute some chopped onions
• Toast some pine nuts in a pan
• Cook couscous, stir onions and pine nuts in

Friday, October 17

Take out, baby!

Saturday, October 18

It's our anniversary, but it's also the night before I run the Detroit half marathon, so I'll need my typical pre-race carb meal...  pizza and beer

Sunday, October 19

Running the race in the morning, so we're going out to big brunch after that.  Probably just munchies the rest of the day.

My Dear Friend Dave...

I've heard you haven't been able to decide what to make for dinner.  I created this blog to give you some ideas.  Enjoy!  Love, Karen