Menu Monday gets a little reflective this time and looks back at last week too. No year-end soul-searching, I just missed posting last Monday and wanted to include our Christmas feast!

Menu Monday 12/28/09
Christmas Breakfast
Sweet Potato Latkes with Applesauce and Vegan Sour Cream
(Vegetarian Times, Jan 2010)
Chicken and Apple Sausage
Caramelized Delicata Squash Muffins
Christmas Snacks
Mango Pomegranate Guacamole [...]

It’s been so cold that all I want to cook is soup, stew or chili.  In the interests of having one meal this week that didn’t revolve around hot liquid, I added the Turkish Chicken, a recipe I stumbled on when searching for a substitute for hot paprika.  I’m a little worried because I just [...]

I have one of those in-between colds.  I’m sick enough to feel lousy, but not sick enough to just retreat under the covers and sleep.  The cold is starting to feel like a houseguest who demands my constant attention and does nothing in return but be irritating.  And like most difficult houseguests, it won’t leave.  [...]

I’m getting off easy for Thanksgiving this year.  Friends on Bainbridge Island invited us to join them for the big meal.  We’ll just be bringing mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and wine (and Daisy, lucky girl).  My husband is the pie guy around here, so I really just have to make the potatoes.  The rest of [...]

Menu Monday – now on Tuesday!  We’ve also already eaten more than half of what I planned and there’s quite a bit of week to go.  I’m guessing there’s some take-out Thai food in my future.

Menu Monday 11/16/09
Smoky Spinach Salad with Bacon, Roasted Tofu & Almonds
Mexican Black Bean Soup
Slow-Roasted Pork
Cumin-Cayenne Mashed Potatoes with Caramelized Onions
Broccoli