1. Salmon with Basil Aioli and Quinoa w/ broccoli (Oops, I totally forgot to get broccoli.)
2. Leftover Night (voice/choir)
3. Slow Cooker Pork Chile Verde w/ Zataran’s rice
4. Roasted Lamb Shoulder w/ Heavenly Mashed Potatoes w/ salad
5. Leftover Night (or eggs, bacon, hashbrowns)
6-7. Out
Meal planning when Art is gone is always strange. I feel like I avoid using meat in the freezer since I don’t want to make something that he’ll be sad about missing out on. Not to mention most of our cuts are in roast form which can make them a bit too much when it’s just Lance and me eating. This is pretty foolish though since what’s the point in having all of this glorious meat if I’m not actually using it?
On the other hand: FISH! Yummy, delicious fish.
In the past, I’ve tried to pick (recipes and then go fish out the meat from the freezer to meet the (recipes’ needs. After narrowly avoiding crushing my foot when a roast fell from the freezer this evening, I’ve decided that I’m doing it backwards. In the future I should pick a few cuts and then find (recipes to match. This will keep my feet safer than trying to paw through the freezer to find a cut that’s buried under pounds of frozen stuff. This week I picked out a small lamb arm roast and a huge pork loin roast. Those will go in meals 3 and 4. I admit, I feel a little bit guilty using this high quality pork in a slow cooker recipe but oh well!
Lance and I are going out of town for meals 6 and 7 so I’ve tentatively planned a second night of leftovers since I feel we’ll have a lot of food leftover at the end of the week. I don’t want to go away and leave a fridge full of food with no one home to eat it.
New (recipes are from the internet – no cookbook this week.