I struck the Mother Lode today. My favorite Euro deli (Arbat) in the Greater Seattle area had frozen yeast dough perfectly portioned into individual piroshky-sized balls. Making apple and cherry piroshky tomorrow!!! Woo-hoo!!
We had a takeout on Wednesday with lots of leftover chili (some of which we froze for a future meal).
We bought a takeout box on Thursday and have been eating our way through it. That night we had box pork loin with lilikoi BBQ sauce, cinnamon whipped sweet potatoes and tomato basil soup. Friday, I sautéed the fresh box marlin and served with the fresh loaf of bread from the box and fresh stir fried cabbage I made from the box. Dessert was cantaloupe and chocolate torte, both from the box. Tonight, I had morrocan chicken, fresh pasta tossed with olive oil and grated parmesean, sliced cucumbers and roasted sweet potatoes. I still have 1/3 of the pork roast, pumpkin rissoto, and a dozen eggs from the box, another cucumber, and two tomatoes.
The pork and chicken and most of the sides were ready to heat and eat in plastic bags. We normally dine out a lot more and aren’t used to dining at home and prepping & cooking so many meals, buying so many groceries (both kids home and 2x/week my mom too). Have been home a ton more than usual. Having some takeout boxes is a nice change of pace for all of us. I’ve been very lucky the kids have been good about shopping and making some dinners.
Those crab stacks look so yummy! I’d have to switch it up a bit, since sadly allergic to crab but I’m sure another protein would work.
Chicken wings last night, everybody inhaled them. Will take 2 easy hours in the oven. Preheat 350. These are regular sized wings.
One large package of Wings (15 + in a pack I think)
1 cup honey
1 cup Soy Sauce
1 cup barbecue sauce
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Seasoned salt
- Line huge cookie sheet with foil. Spray a little Pam.
- Wing is in 3 parts, Cut off that little wing. Leave on the skin, and winglette.
- Place meatier side down and liberally sprinkle with the above seasonings. Bake 45 minutes. Make first martini and wait.
- Take out, turn them over. (I also had a lot of grease, so tipped the sheet in the sink a little to let it run off).
- Sprinkle the meaty side liberally with the seasonings and bake 45 minutes. Make 2nd martini and wait.
- Take out and spread barbecue mixture all over wings. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Take out of oven and serve. May want to let them sit for 5-10 minutes if you prefer to eat with fingers.
We had burgers on the grill and french fries. Haven’t had a burger in months. Perfect meal for a lovely and warm spring day.
I had a huge bunch of sorrel growing in my herb garden and made sorrel soup (Russian recipe).
I drove to a local farm, where for $10 you get a large box. Oranges, limes, lemons, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, jalapeños, string beans, plus. You could pay extra for melons or corn. It was so much, I gave lots to my nice neighbor.
So, I had string beans for lunch, zucchini baked with Parmesan cheese for dinner. My bloody Mary’s taste so much better with fresh limes. My lox and bagel sandwich was enhanced with gorgeous tomato.
Last night, we had one package of frozen ahi tuna in the freezer so we made an Asian marinade for that and grilled it for me and my husband. The kids had grilled teriyaki chicken. We stopped by our local produce stand yesterday morning and saw that they had corn on the cob, our first of the season. It was shipped in from NC and while good, it couldn’t compare to our MD eastern shore sweet corn.
Sadly, our week of gorgeous weather seems to be ending. A cloudy, cool day with showers expected later. I’m making marinara sauce later as well as a large batch of meatballs this afternoon to store in the freezer. So for dinner tonight, spaghetti and meatballs, a salad, and hopefully my husband will make a loaf of sourdough bread.
^ That sounds wonderful @bookworm!
I spent about an hour on food prep this morning - made a grain and kale salad, roasted some chickpeas, hardboiled eggs and made apple/carrot muffins. I should be good for healthy lunch/snack options for the week.
^I love kale and have lots of kale! @FallGirl care to share your grain and kale salad recipe??
One of the podcasts I listen to on a fairly regular basis is Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio. Their online cooking classes - normally only available for fee - are free until the end of the month (May 31) - thought this group might like to check it out!
https://www.177milkstreet.com/school/classes/online-classes
I made Natasha’s Kitchen apple fritter-like “pancakes” for breakfast again. Cut the recipe in half and let the batter rise in a tallish glass bowl inside the Instapot (on yogurt setting). Mister inhaled them. 
We scored some smoked salmon at our Wednesday shopping day, so I made some bagels this morning. They came out surprisingly good??
Last night was clean out the refrigerator! Today, since my middle son and his almost wife are coming over for the first time since their wedding was postponed in March and it’s our breakfast for dinner day I’ve made 2 quiche, cheese blintzes with blueberry and strawberry sauces, a tossed salad, and a cheesecake (cue the sauces for course two!). Everything is make-ahead except the final pan frying for the blintzes. Dairy meal because I mixed up the dates for the holiday of Shavout on which you traditionally eat a dairy meal! But it’s all food my son loves, so it works anyway!
Can I come for dinner @runnersmom ? Yum.
We are having a Skype dinner with the big kid’s little family tonight. We brought them groceries from Costco yesterday, so I am sure they will be having a chicken dish. I marinated some meat for kabobs. That’s what we will be eating - with a side salad. The grill gets a lot of use this time of the year!
I’ve been guilty of getting Sunbasket meals recently which has worked out well. There are only two of us for dinner, there are no leftovers, portions are controlled. The food is also pretty good, but there’s a lot of repetition in the rotation and I find myself ordering the same meals over and over because the alternatives don’t appeal. I skipped delivery this past week so find myself doing food prep today.
Friday I went to Costco and they had a roasted chili lime marinated chicken breast that I picked up. That will be grilled today. Last night we did bowls - ground chicken breast, grain blend, a cilantro cabbage slaw, avocado. I have a ginger molasses quick bread in the oven right now - from Run Fast, East Slow. It called for golden raisins but I couldn’t even find regular raisins at the store! It smells really good.
Can I come to @runnersmom’s dinner too?
We’ll have IP pulled chicken and mango tacos. Not sure of sides yet. At this point, chicken is our most abundant meat, so we’ll have to get creative about what else to do.
My friend and I have a running joke…”what’s for dinner tonight? Chicken or chicken?”
Fortunately I scored some ground beef on Thursday so we had burgers Friday night and rest of it will be made into meatballs. I also found pork chops that we had on Saturday. But after tonight we will be back to a variety of chicken dishes. One thing I haven’t been able to find are pork tenderloins. I always have at least one 2-pack from Sams in my freezer. So easy to quickly defrost in a sink of water and I have so many different recipes for it. Alas, I haven’t seen them in at least six weeks. I’m hoping to find wild salmon this week.
Grain Salad
1 cup whole grains (I used farro)
1 bunch kale, stems removed, finely chopped
2 cups veggies chopped or grated ( I use whatever I have - today it was carrots/celery/tomato/cucumber)
1/2 cup something salty (I used both feta cheese and olives)
1/2 cup chopped roasted seeds or nuts (I leave them out)
Vinaigrette
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup cider vinegar
2 Tbls Dijon mustard
2 Tbls minced shallot or 1-2 minced garlic cloves
Just cook the grains , strain them and let cool, mix up everything else and add to the grains. Pour vinaigrette over salad. Best if you make it the day before.
Thanks, @FallGirl! Sounds easy and delicious.
Thank you @FallGirl I’m making it this week!
Yeah to the feta and olives!