What's for Dinner?

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wonderful d elly! My grandmother made the best tomato soup when I was young... such wonderful memories.

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make tomato soup for lunch - easy -
make early: cucumber salad for fridge

dinner: chive risotto cakes
spinach sauteed with pine nuts and feta
(prepared by butcher - dijon chicken)
pears are going bad so are the apples... maybe make applesauce out of them.

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some things this week:

Some ideas unfolding:

breakfast: honey vanilla pound cake
oatmeal with raspberries

fish: depends on fish market
ideas so far: salmon with dill sauce
Prosciutto roasted bass with autumn vegetables (as they are still available)
mustard roasted fish

easy tomato soup

salads:
white bean and arugula salad
Israeli Cous Cous and Tuna from a jar salad
roasted butter squash salad with warm cider dressing

veggies:
spinach
brussel sprouts with bacon and balsamic roasted

desserts: stewed rhubarb and red berries with vanilla ice cream

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last night I made spaghetti squash with home made tomato sauce, dh wanted Italian sausage, I had a cucumber that needed using so I made cucumber salad

today: I have chicken stock I made that needs using. (made another rough tomato soup... I didn't like it as much as pureeing tomato soup.) we had this for dinner with sandwiches.

I will also boil some eggs just to have

my menu changed

Wednesday
Israeli tuna cous cous salad by Ina Garten


make the pound cake for when dd younger comes home


I still have some danish blue cheese that needs using. thinking of buying some pears to go with it.

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I should be making corned beef and cabbage but, I thought I would wait until after St. Paddy's day as it all goes on sale

My menu changed completely as I found fresh walleye today!
I love panko crusted fish but dd older is here; so, I will broil it
I have different colored carrots and I am thinking of making a multi colored salad with french vinaigrette.

lunch: stopped at the little Italian Deli this morning for cured black olives for the israeli salad and bought artichoke pasta dish for 5.99 (not bad for eating out)- fresh homemade pasta - artichokes-capers- tomato-garlic-pepper flakes... I had my left over cucumber salad with it.

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last night ate out with dd younger.

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dd younger signed up for an Enthusiast class for cake making and sculpting in Chicago - a 3 day - 5 hour class - we used to buy our cakes from a women our family knew and she stopped baking for others.. now with the class ... dd younger can bake for our family parties

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dd younger made a celeriac and potato puree and I made scallops and added basil oil to the top and chives as per ina garten ... delicious

dd made a celeriac salad just like my grandmother used to as well... we had left over celeriac mmm mmm good - she is becoming quit a good home cook - like my grandmother

I have been looking at adding all types of salads to our lunches - they just need a little prep ahead of time - ie balsamic beet salad needs beets cooked ahead and a new favorite for summer: grapefruit avocado salad... sounds weird but delicious

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ribs and barbecue sauce, cut up veggies tonight got lots of compliments

I am making the beets today and cutting up some of the fruit today for tomorrows salads:
wash the lettuces and paper towel them
for tomorrow: beet and arugula salad with herb goat cheese
regular salad with artichoke hearts marinated, different type of lettuce, tomato, avocado, carrots, cucumber, olives dressing with scallions, garlic and vinegar and oil.
fruit salad

dd younger... her homemade lemonade

I will never buy precut fruit again... they charged me 20.00 for a small bowl.

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I have to make the pea soup before the home bone goes bad!

last night we had omelets and fruit and boston lettuce salad

I put roasted red pepper, chives, basil, parsley, shallots and wild mushrooms and for the cheese parmesan