Menu-Plan Monday, July 14, 2008

Grape Tomatoes ripening in my garden

This week’s Menu-Swap is being hosted by Natalie at Gluten Free Mommy.  (Be sure to check out her page for a round-up of lots of great menus!)  She chose peaches as the ingredient for the week.  Both peaches and nectarines are in season right now, and when you walk into the grocery [...]

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Menu-Plan Monday, July 7, 2008

This week’s Menu-Swap is being hosted by Cheryl at GF and Healthy.  The ingredient for the week is raspberries.  Our farmers’ market has been featuring blackberries, so I’m using those instead. I’ve also been eating tons of blueberries lately while they are in season. Nothing more complicated then a handful on top of my cereal [...]

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I’m Back!

But in a limited capacity.  I broke my camera at the very beginning of my vacation, so now it has been sent off to be fixed.  Fortunately, I had bought the extended warranty that protected it against such treacherous and sneaky things as gravity (and owner stupidity).  So I am without camera for 2-4 weeks.  [...]

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Menu-Plan May 19, 2008 and Fish Tacos

Better late than never….
 
Monday:
Grilled Chicken
Potato Salad
Garden Salad
Tuesday:
Out to Dinner with Friends
(Big River Grille)
Wednesday:
Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto
Thursday:
Out to Dinner for Anniversary (#9!)
(St. John’s Restaurant)
Friday:
Either Pizza or Burgers
 
And now for your dining pleasure…
Fish Tacos

From Food & Wine Magazine, June 2008
Ingredients:
2 Hass avocados—halved, pitted and peeled
1/4 cup low-fat sour cream or Greek yogurt
1 small jalapeño, seeded and thinly [...]

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Kebab Party

Food and Wine Magazine had a great idea this month. It was for a “Kebab Party.” The basic idea is that you provide all the meat and veggies, along with a marinade and dipping sauce (or two), and your guests can make their own kebabs with whatever combination of ingredients they choose. They gave three [...]

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Mini-Quiche Appetizers

I’d been meaning to try out a few appetizer recipes, and finally got around to making a few this week.  These little quiche were SO cute and really easy to make!  And they tasted really good too!
 

 
I should have taken pictures as I made them, but I forgot.  Oops.  I also didn’t use a recipe [...]

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