Tonight was simple:

Pan-broiled steak; carrots with butter, salt & pepper; broccoli with lemon, olive oil & pepper; rice with bell pepper, carrots.

Tomorrow:

pan-sauteed pork chops with red cabbage
oven roasted veg (parsnips/carrots/potatoes/onion/garlic)

Scalloped ham & potato casserole. It's s omething I picked up from one of my BH&G cookbooks. The first time I made it, my husband recognized it as something his mother still makes, but she calls it "hot dog pie", with cut-up hot dogs in lieu of diced ham and it has a pastry crust. That's just overboard, in my book- when the main ingrediant of a dish is potatoes, why do you need a crust???

Tonight...just noshing.

We had water crackers, pate, cheese, marinated olives and cornichons.

Not to mention martinis.

Irish (lamb) stew with red wine, followed by Banana bread with toasted pecans, both made from scratch. I just got a wild hair tonight. If I have any strength left I'll make a batch of savory seitan for my vegetarian husband.

Chilli tonight. There's leftover beef stew in the fridge for tomorrow and a leg of lamb for Sunday dinner.

Something with chicken; I haven't decided yet. I just found an unopened jar of 5 spice powder in my cabinet, so I'm thinking about using it. Maybe sauted chicken with 5 spice, lemon & ginger root? Does that sound OK?

Last night flatbread pizzas and salad.

I used red pesto, thin slices of onion and bits of red bell pepper, left-over roast duck, and grated extra sharp cheddar, with a drizzle of olive oil and a bit of cracked black pepper.

Tonight:

Red pesto & olive oil with tiny meatballs over pasta (kind yet to be determined), and salad.

Shrimp and egg noodles tonight.

We were going to have sauteed chicken & mushrooms with blanched broccoli & rice, but I forgot that we have leftovers from a meal out on Friday.

Might mix & match, the leftovers are pasta in a cream sauce!

Oy.
If I don't get to the market today, it's gonna be takeout!

Tonight is chicken, noodles and broccoli in an Asian sauce. This is a super-easy meal and a little on the spicy side, so on a day like today when I'm feeling under the weather it's a good choice.

Tonight is pot luck.

The rest of the chicken & mushrooms, the rest of the pasta.

I think I might make roll-up sandwiches, my husband can have the pasta, and I'll have a side salad or some low-fat cottage cheese (which is no hardship, I love the stuff).

I did pick up a nice little pork tenderloin. There are some really good recipes in this month's Cooking Light. I need to go find it!

Ooh- I love pork tenderloin. I usually marinate it in red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic & herbs for a couple hours then grill it with some halved onions.

Tonight I think we'll have tacos.

Well, we had pasta with meat sauce last night and unfortunately, it's Chick-Fil-A tonight.

:sigh:

School Spirit nite for daughter's school,, they get 20% of the take. You'd think my check for $400/month would be enough..right?