Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
4/23 to 4/29
I didn't do a meal plan last week and it definitely made a difference. We only got food delivered once, though. But the "what will I make today?" stress was a pain! Much more of a pain than spending an hour making a meal plan for the week.
Saturday 4/23
Friday 4/15
Ver receta completa...
Saturday 4/23
Lunch: leftover lettuce wraps
Ground Turkey Lettuce wraps
1 small onion
2 small carrots (or 1 large)
4 leaves/stems bok choy
1 lb ground turkey
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
shake crushed red pepper
head of lettuce
chop and sautee onion, carrots, and bok choy stems
add 2 tbso soy sauce and cook down
add ground turkey, season with black pepper
add rest of soy and hoisin sauce
add more ground pepper and crushed red pepper
wash and chop bottoms off lettuce leaves.
dinner: out
Sunday 4/10
breakfast: eggs
lunch: out
dinner: crock pot turkey chili w/ chard
Monday 4/11
breakfast: cereal
lunch: leftover arugula pasta
dinner: pork chops, roasted beets w/ sauteed beet greens, broccoli, salad
Tuesday 4/12
breakfast: cereal
lunch: leftover chili
dinner: radish top soup, salad
Wednesday 4/13
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: pbj
dinner: pizza with arugula pesto (recipe below) and ranch, bacon, tomato, greens, cheese
another pizza with pepperoni, red sauce, cheese, mushroom
salad
Thursday 4/14
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: leftovers
dinner: pasta with greens and arugula pesto
arugula pesto
1 cup arugula
a few spinach leaves
3tbsp garlic
4tbsp olive oil
5-7 sundried tomatoes
salt, pepper, sugar (1tsp of each)
4 tbsp parmesan cheese
4 tbsp crushed almonds (or any other nut)
sautee onion and other veggies (asparagus, tomato, greens) with 1 tbsp olive oil and a couple tbsp of the pesto., cook 1lb pasta, mix everything together.
Friday 4/15
breakfast: oatmeal
lunch: leftovers
dinner: bbq pork ribs with potato, greens
pizza dough
Pizza dough:
Mix all the ingredients until they come together into a messy ball. Lightly cover the ball in the bowl you mixed it in for about 20 minutes. Then, mix the dough an additional 5 minutes. No worries if your dough doesn't look nice, neat, or consistent. The dough should be just tight enough to form a sticky ball. Put it in a sealed container in the refrigerator. The container should be big enough so that the dough has room to double.
The dough needs to be in the refrigerator for 24 hours. After a day, pull it out and give it a quick knead. I usually put mine back into the fridge for another day. The long, slow fermentation is needed to give the crust flavor. You can use it after 24 hours, but it’s not as good.
Ver receta completa...
- 1 tsp Fleischmann’s RapidRise Highly Active Yeast (not active dry yeast)
- 1 cup warm water (not too warm or the yeast will die)
- 3 cups of all purpose flour
- 1.5 tsp salt
Mix all the ingredients until they come together into a messy ball. Lightly cover the ball in the bowl you mixed it in for about 20 minutes. Then, mix the dough an additional 5 minutes. No worries if your dough doesn't look nice, neat, or consistent. The dough should be just tight enough to form a sticky ball. Put it in a sealed container in the refrigerator. The container should be big enough so that the dough has room to double.
The dough needs to be in the refrigerator for 24 hours. After a day, pull it out and give it a quick knead. I usually put mine back into the fridge for another day. The long, slow fermentation is needed to give the crust flavor. You can use it after 24 hours, but it’s not as good.
When you're ready to bake, divide up the one ball into tennis size balls. Whatever you don’t use can go back into the fridge or to make a sheet pan of focaccia. Leave the balls you are going to use on the counter, covered with a large bowl and let them come up to room temperature, usually about an hour. I find that letting the dough "un-cool" is one of the most important things. Otherwise, you get dough that's uncooperative and tough to work with! After an hour, your dough should be pretty soft and pillowy. While you wait for your dough, preheat your oven.
Turn on your oven as high as it will go, which for me is 550. Sprinkle the dough with flour and pick it up. Do not use a rolling pin. A rolling pin pushes out any bubbles that have started to form. I stretch out my dough on the counter top (you can find youtube videos on how to stretch pizza dough without a rolling pin.) I also improvised and shaped my dough by turning a metal mixing bowl upside down. I plopped the dough on top (or the bottom of the bowl, rather!), and let gravity do it's thing with a few gentle tugs here and there. The best part about having it sit on top of an upside-down bowl was that all I had to do was turn the bowl right-side up to get the dough neatly on the baking sheet. You can vary the thickness of the dough as you like when you're stretching it out. I like to make mine pretty thin. Lightly brush the dough, face-side up, with olive oil. Now you're ready to load up your toppings.
3 minutes on the baking sheet in the oven, then I transfer the pizza from the baking sheet directly to the oven rack. This gets the bottom crusty. 3 more minutes, then you're ready to eat.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
4/9 to 4/15
Quite a bountiful CSA box this week! It's obvious that things are in bloom. :)
Saturday 4/9
breakfast: eggs
lunch: spaghetti, add chard
dinner: honey ginger chicken stir fry w/ bok choy, salad
Sunday 4/10
breakfast: pancakes
lunch: lettuce wraps (make plenty for leftovers!)
dinner: turkey chili (double recipe) in crock, salad
make quinoa/spinach pilaf & crock pot oatmeal, and chard with garbanzo for week
Monday 4/11
breakfast: cereal
lunch: quinoa/spinach pilaf
dinner: arugula/bean salad, fried paprika chicken
Tuesday 4/12
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: quinoa/spinach pilaf
dinner: veggie linguine (risotto style)
cook greens with bacon, garlic, onion, chicken stock, sundried tomatoes, seasonings (thyme, basil, oregano).
toss with pasta, cheese, and arugula
Wednesday 4/13
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: leftovers
dinner: mashed turnip, "fried" chicken strips, bok choy w/ carrot, salad
Thursday 4/14
breakfast: waffles
lunch: leftovers
also prep tomorrow's dinner
Friday 4/15
breakfast: oatmeal
lunch: leftovers
dinner: ribollitta (sub greens stems for celery), garlic bread
Monday, April 4, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
4/2 to 4/8
Saturday 4/2
breakfast: eggs
lunch: leftovers
dinner: beef stew, coleslaw
beef stew recipe
dredge raw beef in flour/lawrys/pepper mix, add to crock
add carrots (3), potato (4), onion (1), frozen peas (1-2cu), frozen corn (1-2cu)
cover with chicken broth
Worcestershire (2tbsp), soy (1tbsp), fresh thyme (4 twigs), pepper, dash of red wine
cook on low, 6-8 hours.
during the last hour, add greens (1-2cu)
serve with biscuits (cooked in oven)
Sunday 4/3
Ver receta completa...
breakfast: eggs
lunch: leftovers
dinner: beef stew, coleslaw
beef stew recipe
dredge raw beef in flour/lawrys/pepper mix, add to crock
add carrots (3), potato (4), onion (1), frozen peas (1-2cu), frozen corn (1-2cu)
cover with chicken broth
Worcestershire (2tbsp), soy (1tbsp), fresh thyme (4 twigs), pepper, dash of red wine
cook on low, 6-8 hours.
during the last hour, add greens (1-2cu)
serve with biscuits (cooked in oven)
Sunday 4/3
breakfast: pancakes
lunch/dinner: asian chicken/greens
marinate sliced chicken breasts in premade orange peel sauce
cook with red pepper, onion, greens
serve over brown rice
marinate sliced chicken breasts in premade orange peel sauce
cook with red pepper, onion, greens
serve over brown rice
Monday 4/4
breakfast: cereal/waffles
lunch: leftovers
dinner: steak, potatoes, salad
Tuesday 4/5
Tuesday 4/5
breakfast: cereal/waffles
lunch: sandwiches/leftovers
dinner: sausage soup
sausage soup (custom version :P)
Directions
Wednesday 4/6
store for: mushrooms, eggplant, red pepper, cucumber
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: sandwiches/leftovers
dinner: mushroom stroganoff, salad
Thursday 4/7
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: leftovers
dinner: salad, eggplant parm
eggplant parm:
broil thin eggplant slices, brushed with olive oil, 5 min per side
mix 1 egg, half a container ricotta, greens, garlic, oregano and basil
roll eggplant around ricotta mix, or arrange like lasagna. top with cheese and sauce.
Friday 4/8
breakfast: crock pot oatmeal
lunch: leftovers
dinner: split pea soup w/ sausage (or TBA based on CSA box)
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