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Duck Breast with Roasted Potatoes and Cucumber Salad

  One Of My Favourite Meals On The Menu Plan! This Tuesday our menu plan called for the following: Protein: Duck Vegetable: Cucumber Side: Potatoes   A Duck Breast Dinner Doesn’t Have To Be Expensive I get very excited when the menu plan deals us duck for a main dish, it makes me feel like I […]

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Poached Trout with Leek and Potato Hash

  So Healthy Yet So Delicious This Wednesday our menu plan called for the following: Protein: Trout Vegetable: Leeks Side: Potatoes   Poached Trout When I come back from our local fishmonger with fresh trout, I can hardly resist the temptation to poach it and serve it with a simple vinaigrette. This is quite possibly one […]

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Dairy Free Mac and Cheese with Roasted Kale Chips

Dairy Free Mac and Cheese with Roasted Kale Chips   Best Comfort Food Ever This Sunday our menu plan called for the following Protein: none, time for a protein-free comfort casserole Vegetable: Kale Side: Pasta, which of course became the main instead ;)   Gluten Free Dairy Free Mac and Cheese Please Sometimes you have to […]

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Braised Beef Stew with Gluten Free Biscuits

This Saturday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Organic Beef Vegetable: Lots of them Side: Gluten Free Biscuits   Organic Braised Beef Stew Almost every weekend I think to myself, “have I braised anything too recently to do it again?” This weekend the craving was too strong and I simply had to make […]

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Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Butternut Squash and Fennel Salad

  This Tuesday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Pork Tenderloin Vegetable: Fennel Side: Squash I love when we have squash, it’s such a versatile food, maybe next menu plan should include more of it … ok, enough thinking out loud. Pork Tenderloin Is A Nearly Fool-Proof Ingredient Seriously, the only way to […]

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Sole Meuniere with Shrimp Salad in Endives and Roasted Black Eyed Beans

Black Eyed Sole This Monday our menu plan called for the following: Protein: Sole or Flounder Vegetable: Endives Side: Black Eyed Peas So we’re a bit all over the map with this one, let’s just say the motivation here is French, rustic, with a touch of class.   Sole Meunière I’m still learning about the […]

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Crispy Baked Cod with Maple Glazed Carrots & Roasted Potatoes

Fish & Potatoes Rule … This Tuesday our menu plan called for the following: Protein: Cod Vegetable: Carrots Side: Potatoes Fresh cod is always such a delightful dish to prepare and serve, it’s almost like the snack food of the fish world. When combined with yummy potatoes it almost doesn’t matter what the vegetable is […]

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Seared Arctic Char with Sautéed Brussel Sprouts & Cumin Basmati

You Can Go Far With Some Char This Monday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Arctic Char Vegetable: Brussel Sprouts Side: Basmati Rice The fresh fillets of char at Jimmy’s this week were very reasonably priced so I couldn’t resist getting an extra to freeze for later. Brussel sprouts weren’t officially on the […]

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Gluten Free Chicken Pot Pie with Roasted Beets

Pot Pie Warms the Soul … This Sunday our menu plan called for the following.. Protein 1 (for Carnivores): Chicken Protein 2 (for Pescatarians): Bay Scallops & Tiger Shrimp Vegetable: Red & Yellow Beets Side: none (one-dish pot pie trumps having an added side) This second menu plan sees us enjoying many more of our old-school […]

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Baked Sea Bass with Sautéed Cauliflower & Jasmine Rice

Overview … This Wednesday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Sea Bass Vegetable: Cauliflower Side: Jasmine Rice My trusty fishmonger Jimmy came through as always with two lovely fresh bass cleaned up and prepared before my eyes. After eating so much potato over the holidays rice is back in style for a long […]