Menu for week ofMarch 26, 2012

We are having lamb this Sunday. Costco has a pack of lamb chops that I am going to freeze half and cook half. Lamb and mint are a perfect match, I make a mint pesto that is a step up from the traditional mint jelly. I am having technical problems with creating recipe pages, but will keep trying to get them resolved. I am going to try my hand at brining a pork tenderloin to see how it turns out. The coke sauce is a big experiment, I hope I don't ruin a perfectly good pineapple in the trial.

Sunday - Lamb chops mint pesto eggplant manchego basil stack

Monday - Grilled brined chicken with red pepper chimichurri and grilled zucchini salad

Tuesday - Brined coke pineapple pork tenderloin w/ grilled broccoli and brown rice

Wednesday - Spinach salad w/ crumbled bacon, crostini and fried egg and grilled asparagus

Thursday - Jamaican Jerk chicken thighs w/ pineapple salsa

Friday - Grilled shrimp scampi w/ wild mushroom polenta, mixed green salad

Week of March 19, 2012

Asparagus is in season. It will be on lots of menus for the coming weeks. We can't seem to get enough of it. it is a busy work week. On Sunday, I will make the roast pepper and chimichurri sauces, cook the salmon, prep the cakes and brine the chicken. That should reduce the daily dinner prep to about 30 minutes. I am working to include one vegetarian night into our week. I seem to have no new ideas on that subject, just a pasta fallback.

Monday - Grill Pork chops with asparagus

Tuesday - Salmon cakes w/ pepper dressing brown rice and  salad

Wednesday - Flank steak with cilantro chimichurri grill pots and tomato salad

Thursday - Lemon spaghetti with strawberry spinach salad

Friday - Grilled rosemary brined chicken with grilled broccoli

Spring Break!

I am not making a menu this week. We are on spring break. Tonight, I am making seared shrimp and scallops with roast pepper sauce, arugula salad and crusty bread. I am working on cleaning out the freezer, which always lends to an interesting week of meals. Clean the freezer week happens about every three or four months. I go through the freezer and cook up everything that I wouldn't want to leave in the freezer beyond 4 months. Lots of recipes have been born during clean the freezer week. It is a time to get creative. The best part of clean the freezer week, though, is the Costco restock.

Menu for Week of March 5, 2012

The weather is becoming so mild. I will plant my garden this weekend. It is a modest garden, mainly comprised of herbs, which saves money at the grocery, while adding loads of flavor. Each year I try my hand at tomatoes, but the Texas heat seems to zap them around the first of July. Here is my menu for next week.


Monday - Tomato roast pepper spread w/ bison sausage. 

Tuesday - Lemon rosemary brined chicken, baked tomatoes and roast potatoes

Wednesday - Eggplant manchego basil stack with bread and salad

Thursday - Baked Salmon and asparagus herbed cous cous

Friday - Pulled pork tacos with Mexican cole slaw