A Week in Review

Last weekend I spent the weekend with over 200 teens from across Texas and Oklahoma learning out Judaism using our senses. When I get back from a weekend away, much of the following week feels like I am playing catch up-hence the reason I haven't posted all week.   As with most weeks, there only ended up being 3 nights that I cooked at home based on my work schedule, David covered Wednesday and lunches for us for a few days.

This week we cooked all but one dish out of the January/February issue of Every Day Food. It is published by Martha Stewart Living but the recipes are simple and don't require too much time or fuss-great for week night cooking!

Monday night was Roasted Salmon and Vegetables with Herbed Orzo.

http://www.marthastewart.com/872744/roasted-salmon-and-vegetables

This recipe was so easy and amazingly delicious. The girls loved the salmon and I could not believe how quickly it came together-this definitely could have been a nice dinner for company, not for just another Monday night. It is a keeper for sure!

Tuesday was breakfast for dinner with Egg Florentine Breakfast Sandwiches and Clementines.

http://www.marthastewart.com/872926/egg-florentine-breakfast-sandwich

On Tuesdays we often go to the gym right after we pick up the kids from school so there is not a lot of time for cooking dinner. These egg sandwiches came together quickly and were another great use for the fresh spinach from our garden! David said he liked them but could have just done the spinach sauteed with garlic. I thought the sauce in the spinach was the best part. We'll have to agree to disagree on this one!



Wednesday David made the girls favorite Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes and Turkey Bacon (a Weight Watchers Recipe)

http://www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-chip-banana-pancakes-152337

David has gotten quite fancy with his pancake shapes lately. This is his latest creation. He sent me a pic while I was at work and I was totally bummed that I couldn't be home for pancake night!

For the rest of the week's lunches, David made Asian-Style Salmon Burgers (using the extra salmon and vegetables  from Monday).

http://www.marthastewart.com/872746/asian-style-salmon-burgers

Friday was spent at a congregational dinner at Temple for our Scholar in Residence Weekend
Saturday we hosted our monthly "Shabbat Dinner Group" with the theme of Copy Cat Recipes. It's a pot luck and we had a lot of great dishes this month!

Sunday is normally grocery meal planning and grocery shopping day but today was our youngest daughter's 4th birthday party so we ate out with family after the party. A blog about the party will be posted soon as I am getting lots of questions via Facebook about the cupcakes we made.  Grocery shopping will probably have to wait until Tuesday night as we have plenty of food in the house and could use the night to start on thank you notes and a plan for the rest of the week.