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 […]
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 […]
Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Tuesday called for: Protein: Salmon Starchy Side: Quinoa Vegetable: Parsnips Before we started following a menu plan, salmon was always the go-to fish in our house, and we’ve narrowed it down to a fine art as a result. Since the plan began though we’ve been eating so many different varieties […]
Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Sunday called for: Protein: Baby Back Pork Ribs Starchy Side: Beans Vegetable: Okra Good ribs are like a rite of passage, many struggle to find just the right method that can reliably produce delicious, fool-proof, fall-off-the-bone ribs. I haven’t mastered it yet, but was really happy with the results. […]
Sicilian Fast-Food … So imagine if you will some cooked rice, rolled into a ball, breaded, and then deep fried; delicious. This historically Sicilian treat is often stuffed with a variety of tomato or meat sauce, cheeses and other tasty fillings. Whether served as arancini con burro, con funghi, con pistacchi, con melanzane or even supplì, this bite-sized […]
Overview … This Sunday my weekly menu plan called for: Protein: Cod Fish Starchy Side: Potatoes Vegetable: Eggplant I must confess, the original menu plan called for haddock, but my local grocer actually had big beautiful cod loins available and I couldn’t resist the opportunity. I felt bad not visiting my fishmonger but the loins looked amazing […]