Week of April 14 - 20

Saturday: Event: Benjamin to Mumbai

• Enchiladas - combination of a couple of recipes:
  
• Black Bean and Rice Enchiladas, all|recipes.com
• Potato and Bean Enchiladas, all|recipes.com
• Salad
• Carrie: This was excellent! I used the first recipe as the main recipe, but instead of the brown rice, I used the roasted, spiced potato cubes from the second recipe. I also substituted enchilada sauce for the picante sauce and salsa - some went into the filling, lots more went on top. Really flavorful and filling!
  

Sunday:

• Egg Thread Soup with Asparagus, Eatingwell.com
• A nice crusty bread
• A selection of cheese odds & ends
• Carrie: This was a nice, delicate soup. The flavors were almost too mild to my taste, but that is probably so as not to overwhelm the asparagus, which was lovely. I thought there were too many egg threads and it made the soup too bulky. Not sure I'll make this again, but I'll definitely seek out another asparagus soup recipe.
  

Monday:

• Slow-cooked Chili, all|recipes.com
• Carrie: This hit the spot! Sautéed the ground beef and onions the night before (no, this was not vegetarian) and put everything in the slow cooker pot to set overnight in the fridge. Put it on low in the morning for about 10 hours. Nathan's game would up going very long, so how fortuitous to have a hearty chili waiting for him. The two of us nearly cleaned the whole thing out (save one serving for lunch the next day).
  

Tuesday:

• Pizza
• Corn/Edamame mix
  
• Carrie: Yes, very unimaginative. Nothing more to say.
  

Wednesday:

• Indian!
• Carrie: Another unimaginative dinner, but I'm never disappointed in the Deep frozen Indian dishes. I ate this thinking of Benjamin having the real deal this week!
  

Thursday:

• Salmon Burgers
• Salad
• Carrie: Got home from work and checked our stock. We had some salmon burgers and buns in the freezer, a tomato, and an onion. Sounds like a meal to me!
  

Friday:

• Emily's Excellent Taco Casserole, all|recipes.com
• Carrie: I was about to leave work and I thought I'd skim all|recipes.com for dinner ideas. This recipe was exactly as promised: quick, easy, one pan. Well, I turned it into two pans by sautéing onion and green pepper with some cumin, but it sure was easy! The 6 cups of tortilla chips seems like a lot, but they do compress down and keep everything together nicely. Chili, cheese, onions, tomatoes, sour cream - what's not to like? It's not gourmet, but it hit the spot!

I didn't do much planning this week beyond Monday, and it shows. But there were a few winners in there. I hope to get back on track when Benjamin returns this week.