Category: Menus

  • February Weekly Menus

    February Weekly Menus

    Need some ideas for your February dinners?  I’ve complied a list of some of our favorites from past years. Week 1 Lentil and Potato Curry, Rice Easy Broiled Salmon Steaks, Red Potatoes with Herbs, Spinach Worcestershire Baked Chicken, Roast Asparagus, Beef Stew, Biscuits Breakfast for dinner: Omelets, Fried Potatoes Chicken Divan (Chicken and Broccoli) Casserole)…

  • Grad Party: Taco Bar for 40

    Grad Party: Taco Bar for 40

    The big party was a great success I think!  I borrowed some long folding tables and one card table, added my own two card tables and used a very sturdy long table to hold the food.  We bought plastic table cloths, and paper plates and napkins plus some decorations. We made: ground beef for tacos…

  • Roast Chicken Legs, Onions, Potato Wedges and Asparagus

    Roast Chicken Legs, Onions, Potato Wedges and Asparagus

    The weekend was so busy I ended up grocery shopping on my lunch hour today. I was busy moving rocks and building new raised beds and shoveling compost and planting radishes, beets and basil. Dinner last night was a frittata with potatoes, leeks, chives, cheese and eggs. When I went grocery shopping today I checked…

  • Hunger Games Book Club Dinner

    Hunger Games Book Club Dinner

    I meet with a lovely group of women every month or so to talk about books. Sometimes we vote on what to read and sometimes the hostess just picks a book–as I did when I picked The Hunger Games.  I’d actually already read it but really liked it and wanted to share it. The hostess…

  • Menu: Steak, Salmon, Potatoes and Rappini

    Menu: Steak, Salmon, Potatoes and Rappini

    Mother’s Day feast yesterday.  We couldn’t decide between grilled steak or grilled salmon so did both!  I also had some Yukon gold potatoes that I sliced and cooked in some olive oil and butter with a bit of chopped garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper. I also made a garlic and rosemary rub for the steaks,…