Monday, April 30, 2007

Week of April 28 - May 4

Saturday:
  • Pizza from the Italian Pie Shoppe
Sunday:
  • Baked Potatoes w/Green Chile-Cream Cheese Sauce, Jump Up & Kiss Me, p. 243*
  • Shredded Brussels Sprouts salad
      • Carrie: The sauce was quite good but I had two issues with it: (1) it was too thick - I'd keep some tomato juice (or veggie stock) on had to thin it, and (2) it didn't make enough for four potatoes - I'd double this recipe.
Monday:
  • Pasta w/Cannelini Beans and Broccoli, Jump Up & Kiss Me, p. 95
  • Tomato vinaigrette
      • Carrie: This was an easy and tasty pasta recipe. It calls for steaming the broccoli beforehand, but I think the broccoli got a little overcooked, so I'd steam the broccoli for a shorter time. The tomato viaigrette that Benjamin whipped up was excellent: grape tomatoes, cilantro, and a homemade dressing - yum!
Tuesday:
  • Vegetarian Gumbo
  • Wild and brown rice
      • Carrie: Benjamin had the great inspiration for using up some ingredients we had in the fridge and pantry: a vegetarian gumbo! We used Emeril's recipe as a guide, omitting the meat, using vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, and adding canned tomatoes and fresh zucchini that we had laying around. Boy, was it great! A nice kick but not too hot. The roux gave it a velvety texture. I had it for lunch several times and never got tired of it!
Wednesday:
  • Indian!
Thursday:
  • Veggie bratwurst
  • Broccoli rabe
Friday:
  • Black Eyed Peas w/Mustard Greens, Jump Up & Kiss Me, p. 143
  • Rice
      • Carrie: I haven't been too impressed with the recipes from our new cookbook, but this one was easy, hearty, and tasty - a perfect combination!
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* We recently purchased Jump Up and Kiss Me from a used book store and added it to our cookbooks library.

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