Okay, so after this weekend, I have a lot of meals ready to go:
already cooked
chili
mashed potatoes
coconut rice
thawed/thawing
vegetable lasagna
2 chicken leg quarters in an indian marinade
perishable
1 large sweet potato
collard greens (leftovers)
spinach
1 zucchini
Monday: George Takei talk
Chili
(buy more cheese)
Tuesday: not going to dance practice, possibly going to Film Festival closing night part 6-7pm
cook chicken
coconut rice
spinach or zucchini on the side
Wednesday: not watching Lost, first night of Passover
cook greens with bacon rind (for Passover)
bake sweet potato
leftover chili
Thursday: second night of Passover
vegetable lasagna (buy cheese)
Friday: third night of Passover
mashed potatoes
cook greens with bacon rind (for Passover)
any leftover veggies
Wow – I totally lose at Passover.
Now do I want to buy a box of Matzoh so I can look pious in front of my two jewish coworkers? Sliced ham and mayonnaise is really good in a matzoh sandwich.
ETA: And we have Godiva chocolate at work today because it was a gift from the dental librarian. Later in the week, my boss has promised truffles because she has to clean them out of her house before Passover – score!
ETAA: Why don’t I also give you some recipes?
Chili
I make chili from a mix. But it is the best packaged chili mix ever because it doesn’t come out as a single powder. Instead, they put each spice in its own little packet.
I always use chunks of meat instead of ground beef. And I always have to add real onions and garlic.
Then, when I am adding the spice packets, I have started not using the salt packet and only adding a little salt by taste at the end. I’ll add extra black pepper, powdered thyme, worcestershire sauce, a bay leaf (removed later), and a pinch or two of sugar. This time, I also added a couple cap-fulls of Manischewitz wine.
Awesome
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Coconut Rice
Yeah, I totally made this up with no idea whether it would work.
1 part long grain rice
1 part water
1 part (whole) milk
no butter
instead, a chunk of coconut cream, well – a chunk of the fatty solids on top and a dollop of the liquid below. Note – this is different from coconut milk
a pinch of salt
more sugar (about 2 tsp sugar/cup rice… but I didn’t measure)
cook.