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Menu Monday
Jun. 28th, 2009 07:45 pmNear me, there's a store that specializes in foods from the South Pacific. I mainly go there to buy New Zealand lamb, which we prefer, and to look in the aisles for foods I've never tried. During my mom's visit, I made sure to take her to check it out -- she and I share the love of interesting foods, and the thrill of a bargain. (The New Zealand store has lamb for $2.10 a pound. Around here, you really can't beat that.)
We bought:
* Goat chops
* Lamb chops
* Frozen mussels (no shells -- they also had mussels in the shell, but my mom calculated that she got more for her money this way. ;-)
* Cheesy poofs from Fiji whose name I've forgotten (they had a big "O" on the packaging and were shaped like little hoops)
* A Cadbury Crunchie bar from Australia
* Some mixes from India (Idli, Jilebi, and Dosai (which came with a free packet of sambhar mix)
* Coconut milk
I want to make goat curry with some of the goat meat, and I'll certainly cook at least some of the lamb chops simply, with garlic and maybe a little mint salt, but I'm also looking for suggestions for all the meats.
Tonight, we'll heat and eat a bunch of the leftovers from mom's visit, and we need to eat lightly for a while. My mom is a big foodie, and loves to buy (and cook) tons of food, so our pantries are full to bursting. Tomorrow night, we'll have a huge salad, for sure, and then use a light hand with the meat for a while, with the exception of the corned beef I had to put in the fridge to thaw so there would be room for all the lamb and goat. The kid would love it if we ate meat at every meal the way my mom's household does, but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
someotherguy and I really don't do that well on an all-meat-all-the-time routine.
Sunday (tonight): Leftovers: Ribs, rib roast, mashed potatoes, chicken soup, and whatever else I see in the fridge that needs eating
Monday: HUGE salad
Tuesday: Corned beef and cabbage and potatoes
Wednesday: Indian foods (probably something like curried garbanzos, dosai, coriander-roasted green beans and/or sauteed mustard greens, chutney, and rice, but we'll see. Might make palak paneer if I feel up for it.)
Thursday: Veggie chili and cornbread
Friday: Mussels in garlic butter; rice pilaf; salad
Saturday: TVP-and-chorizo tacos
Sunday: Pasta with veggies; salad
We bought:
* Goat chops
* Lamb chops
* Frozen mussels (no shells -- they also had mussels in the shell, but my mom calculated that she got more for her money this way. ;-)
* Cheesy poofs from Fiji whose name I've forgotten (they had a big "O" on the packaging and were shaped like little hoops)
* A Cadbury Crunchie bar from Australia
* Some mixes from India (Idli, Jilebi, and Dosai (which came with a free packet of sambhar mix)
* Coconut milk
I want to make goat curry with some of the goat meat, and I'll certainly cook at least some of the lamb chops simply, with garlic and maybe a little mint salt, but I'm also looking for suggestions for all the meats.
Tonight, we'll heat and eat a bunch of the leftovers from mom's visit, and we need to eat lightly for a while. My mom is a big foodie, and loves to buy (and cook) tons of food, so our pantries are full to bursting. Tomorrow night, we'll have a huge salad, for sure, and then use a light hand with the meat for a while, with the exception of the corned beef I had to put in the fridge to thaw so there would be room for all the lamb and goat. The kid would love it if we ate meat at every meal the way my mom's household does, but
someotherguy and I really don't do that well on an all-meat-all-the-time routine.Sunday (tonight): Leftovers: Ribs, rib roast, mashed potatoes, chicken soup, and whatever else I see in the fridge that needs eating
Monday: HUGE salad
Tuesday: Corned beef and cabbage and potatoes
Wednesday: Indian foods (probably something like curried garbanzos, dosai, coriander-roasted green beans and/or sauteed mustard greens, chutney, and rice, but we'll see. Might make palak paneer if I feel up for it.)
Thursday: Veggie chili and cornbread
Friday: Mussels in garlic butter; rice pilaf; salad
Saturday: TVP-and-chorizo tacos
Sunday: Pasta with veggies; salad