What’s For Dinner
Today’s veggie box came late, and held: a big bunch of chard that is maybe not QUITE so beautiful as those that have gone before; three small-to-medium leeks; a big bunch of kale; a large fennel root, with fronds; a head of Napa cabbage; a bag of baby bok choy; 3 oranges; 3 lemons; about a pound of small red potatoes.
Menu plan:
Thursday lunch: braised bok choy with garlic (my toddler LOVED this last time I made it)
Thursday dinner: baked polenta with chard (yes AGAIN, don’t judge me–it’s delicious)
Friday lunch: kale with bacon (I made that today for lunch, and the sight of my baby stuffing his face with dark curly greens was OMG HEARTWARMING)
Friday dinner: steaks, and either roast asparagus or brussels sprouts (I’ve been kind of craving both)
Saturday lunch: we’ll most likely get crepes at the crepe place where they fawn over Robin
Saturday dinner: potato-leek soup
Sunday dinner: it’s Sam’s birthday, and he’s requested spaghetti carbonara and strawberry-rhubarb pie. I don’t know if I’ll even be able to find rhubarb this time of year, but I’ll try. Since we’re having people over I think I’ll supplement with a salad and home-made bread.
Monday lunch:boiled cabbage with butter and salt, maybe some bacon
Monday dinner: pork chops with roast carrots and fennel
Tuesday lunch: leftovers
Tuesday dinner: chicken pot pie — Sam asked for turkey pot pie after Thanksgiving, but I was too worn out. Now I’m more recuperated, so we’ll see what we can do.
As usual, oranges and lemons will be left to their own devices.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Mmmmmmmm….chicken pot pie sounds great! We have a pie crust and leftover turkey in the freezer. Maybe I’ll have to make that next week. I also love roasted fennel and brussels sprouts. Yum yum!
December 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
What is chicken pot pie?
December 4th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Generally it’s chicken meat, peas, carrots, and a creamy sauce baked in a pastry shell. But the recipe I want to try cooks everything in a skillet and uses biscuits on top.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Err… what’s a skillet?
And would those be sweet biscuits?
December 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Oh — no, not your kind of biscuits. American Southern biscuits!
I can’t put html in comments, so I’ll make a new post to give you some pictures.