Weekly Meal Plan #7
Just when I feel like we’re starting to settle into a weekday routine, I realized I’m gone for dinner two nights in a row this week. One day is curriculum night for Virginia’s class, and the next evening I’m in New York City overnight for a conference and to see a play. So, it’s a bit of an off week for me, cooking-wise.
I’ll make this corn & bean chili for the girls one night I’m away. For the second night, I’ll let them and the sitter have a go at one of the Marley Spoon meal kits (see below).
I’m hoping to give flax “eggs” a try in this English Muffin recipe this week, too. Has anyone used flax or chia eggs? I know this isn’t a new trick, but it’s a new one for me, and curious to give it a try.
There are grapes begging to be used up in the fridge, so I’ll be making raisins, hopefully, today. I realize how ridiculous that sounds, and know Michael is eye-rolling me somewhere, but I’m very excited to have these for my holiday baking this year. I’ve already set reminders in my calendar for mid-October to make the gingerbread dough from Classic German Baking (it requires almost two months “aging” in a cool, dark place before baking).
I just picked up two bunches of concord grapes at the farm stand, so these Concord Grape Muffins will be happening at some point this week (I’ll also seed and freeze some grapes to make muffins well into winter!). That’s it for me this week. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. xo-Jennie
Marley Spoon (ordered General Tso’s Tofu & Chicken Stir Fry Wraps from this week’s menu)
Soaking chickpeas to make these falafel & creamy tahini sauce
All-Purpose Dough for Pizza Friday
These Date, Tahini & Chocolate Truffles are great guilt-free snacking throughout the week. I haven’t made them in a while, but Virginia reminded me of them a few days ago, so they’re on my To Make list this week, too.
Eight years ago: Creamy Homemade Ricotta, Sunday Best Homemade Waffles, Sweet & Savory Tomato Jam, Coconut Peanut Sauce Beef, and Baked Fish Tacos.
Seven years ago: Concord Grape Muffins, 10-Minute Lentil Soup (great for InstantPots!), English Flapjacks, and Carrot “Fettuccine”.
Six years ago: Homemade Chocolate Snap Cookies, How to Make the Best Scrambled Eggs, A Master Plan, and In Search of An Anchor.
Five years ago: Blackberry Conserves, Thoughts on a Clear Blue Day, and Homemade with Love Photo Shoot (see how the cover photo was shot).
Four years ago: Apple Breakfast Bars, Hazelnut Thin Crisp Cookies, Prosciutto & Fried Egg Tartine, and Postcard from Paris.
Three years ago: Sunday Evening Thoughts and When Life Imitates Art.
Two years ago: Whole Grain Concord Grape Muffins (dairy-free, too), and Honey Spice Cake.
One year ago: Honey Chamomile Spice Cake, Turmeric & Ginger Roasted Cauliflower, Oatmeal Banana Muffins, About a Girl, Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, Basil Cashew Pesto, Salted Thyme Chocolate Chip Cookies, and How to Dry Fresh Herbs.
Cair
The link for the corn and bean chili leads me to want to see the play you’re seeing, but doesn’t help much with dinner. I found the recipe on your site but thought you’d want to know.
Cathy Dolata Diaz
Hi Jennie – I noticed in your picture that you slice your Challah bread. At Easter, we eat something very similar which my family calls Plechunka (although a recent google search leads me to think we’ve been mangling the term Polish Chalka all these years!). Our tradition is to pass the bread around the table and each person breaks off a piece for themselves. The braids of the bread really facilitate the process. For some reason, we all feel it’s bad luck to cut the bread with a knife. Invariably, someone new will show up for the holiday each year and we practically shriek if they approach the bread with any type of cutting implement.