1. Lostathon Appetizer Day – Beef Nachos, Spinach and Artichoke Dip, Crispy Polenta Triangles with Brebis
2. Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls
3. Tilapia with Balsamic Butter Sauce w/ Roasted Turnips w/ salad w/ Balsamicy Pasta Caprese
4. Caesar Salad Pizza Delivery pizza due to the very late table delivery
5. Grilled Marinated Chuck Steak w/ Balsamicy Pasta Caprese w/ Roasted Turnips w/ salad
6. Pesto Chicken w/ Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Garlic Chives, and Basil
7. Smoked Beef Brisket w/ Garlic Chive Mashed Potatoes w/ salad Leftover Taco Pizza
Garlic Scape and Basil Pesto
I have not yet finalized this menu since I just got home yesterday and have been pretty busy recovering from last week and getting ready for the week to come. I’m running out to the grocery store today to get the ingredients for today’s Lostathon and then I’ll get the rest of the menu filled in to do the bulk of the grocery shopping tomorrow.
The main challenge for this week, now that the CSA has started up again, is the challenge you’ll be seeing for the next 20 or so weeks – use up all the CSA veggies! I’ll be using cabbage in meal 2, turnips in meal 3, lettuce in meal 4, garlic chives in meals 6 and 7, and a whole bunch of good things in the pesto. Meal 5 will use the beautiful tomatoes that I picked up, I just haven’t put much thought into how yet.
Today is the last ever episode of Lost which is something like two and a half hours long. Before that we’ve got an hour recap special and, before that, we’ll be watching Tuesday’s episode that we weren’t able to watch since I was out of town. We don’t normally watch so much TV, but it’s Lost! This is a Big Deal! I thought it would be fun to have an appetizer die and forgo real meals as part of the celebration, so we each picked the appetizer we wanted most. Art picked Spinach and Artichoke Dip, Lance picked Nachos, and I thought that the Crispy Polenta Triangles would be a fantastic vehicle for the Brebis cheese I got in West Chester. It should be a very tasty sort of day!
The other goal that I’m attempting to work on is updating old pictures in my blog. I like the way the pictures with the light box turn out so much better than my pictures pre-light box, so I’m slowly going through old posts, remaking the (recipes, and posting new pictures. This week I’ll be updating pictures for Beef Nachos, Spinach and Artichoke Dip, Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Garlic Chives, and Basil, and Garlic Scape and Basil Pesto. (My goal is two a week, but this week had other plans.)
Have a tasty week and if you’re ever in West Chester, PA, stop by Jazmine – the town’s newest Thai restaurant. It’s delicious!