Cooking with kids: Fooey’s turn
**Monday’s menu: Falafels, pitas, hummus, and tabbouleh.
**Woot for Dad: All freshly made by Kevin (with the exception of the pitas). I was in Toronto, so he said he’d take care of supper. And he did.
**Must remember: Very popular meal. I added hot sauce to my stuffed pita.
**Tuesday’s menu: Chili in the crockpot. Leftover rice and lentils. Leftover tabbouleh salad.
**Because: Brief turnaround time between swim lessons and soccer.
**Must remember: People are getting tired of Mom’s chili. Sorry, people.
**Wednesday’s menu: Pasta with pesto. Pan-fried shrimp. Turkey broth noodle soup. Cabbage salad.
**Happily: Used frozen pesto made last summer, but only had enough pasta to make half the portion I usually do for our family. Therefore, added the noodle soup to the mix. Used turkey broth frozen from Christmas, added some leftover pesto for flavour. Threw this meal together in under half an hour.
**Thursday’s menu: Leek and potato soup. Roasted squash. Cornbread. Leftover cabbage salad.
**Tuber time: I have 50 pounds of potatoes in the cold cellar, so we brainstormed uses, such as this potato soup. It really could hardly be better. CJ devoured it. So did Albus. So did I! But we also thought up: oven fries and mashed potatoes. There must be more of a variety, right? Send suggestions.
**Friday’s menu: Baked potato bar at church.
**Because: Community-building. And I don’t have to cook or do dishes.
**Also: Speaking of other uses for the potato.
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**Weekend kitchen accomplishments: Four loaves of bread. Four loaves of banana bread (baked at 7:30pm on Saturday night, just before heading out poetry book club; they were still in the oven when I left, so Kev had to finish the task.)
**Cooking with kids: Sunday supper. Fooey’s turn. Indian theme.
**Menu: Saag paneer. Tandoori shrimp. Homemade samosas. Basmati rice. Raita. Cabbage salad. Take-out naan bread and pakoras. Tropical fruit salad and banana bread for dessert.
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**One last thing: A friend I’ve made through this blog (a poet and writer and mother who lives on the other side of this country) asked whether I’d mind if she posted her own spin-off of The Week in Suppers. Of course I said yes! Check out her first installment. I was interested to see what her fall-back meals were. And I want the recipe for her lentil loaf!
**One more one last thing: My TNQ giveaway open until Friday!
oooh, can I do a week in suppers occasionally? Probably not every week – I would link back to you.
As for potatoes: I’m just working on a mushroom gravy recipe and they suggest serving it over mashed potatoes. Doesn’t that sound good?
Our recent favorite is Cottage Potatoes:
http://thriftathome.blogspot.com/2011/10/sunday-dinner-cottage-potatoes.html
I’ve also seen recipes for eggs baked in potatoes, which I think is clever.
What about latkes? I found a good recipe at NYT for Apple and Potato Latkes (I blogged those too).
heee, this kind of question is so fun for me to think about! Good luck with your potatoes.
Thanks for the suggestions, Margo. And of course you are welcome to blog The Week in Suppers!
Two potato ideas for you: spanish tortilla (basically sliced potatoes inside of omlet). And to extend your baked potatoes to jacket potatoes – potatoes + baked beans, brocolli and cheese sauce and/or any other stuffing that builds a full meal. Both of these have the advantage of relatively easy prep / pre-prep for those busy weekdays!
Do you double-bake the jacket potatoes, ie. bake them, then stuff them and bake them again? Or do you just add toppings at the table? Sounds delicious!
Latkes with apple sauce! So good.
Thanks for the link love. We should figure out how to make a “Week in Supper” badge. And by ‘we’, I mean your husband.
Ha! You called it, Marita. I’ll get my husband on it. 🙂