{kitchen diary}

Wednesday, May 10

simplifying this month by making mediterranean dinners
enjoying a lot of moroccan flavors
finding excellent recipes here from chef parents
planning next month's asian dinners

Monday, May 1

12 best foods (current new cookbook)
kidsregen.org recipes (i love this kids' site)
familyfood (bookmarked from last summer)
elise's hamburger and macaroni recipe (for next meat day)

dinners ---
sun - grilled pork chops (miso/honey marinade), roasted vegetables, steamed rice
mon - udon soup with spinach, shiitake mushrooms, hardboiled egg (i use eden bonito flakes and maine coast sea veg kombu)

Thursday, April 27

how to put together a food gift basket (Whole Foods style)
food for kids
chocolate chip granola bar recipe

Wednesday, April 26

i love checking out other people's carts as well. clotilde's groceries

my shopping cart today --- carrots, mushrooms, bananas, honey, whole wheat bread, raisin bread, berry smoothie, cheese, yogurt, newman's own cookies, and tilapia fillets (so i guess it's fish tonight)

Tuesday, April 25

the first place i saw o'naturals was over at stonyfield's blog, now the word is being spread by treehugger. will have to check it out when in MA or ME.

my no-stress dinner cooking plan--- Mon- pasta or pizza, prep week's salad greens, veg and fruits; Tues- chicken, veg and rice; Wed- leftovers or pasta or soup or red meat (week 1); Thurs- tofu, veg and rice; Fri-fish/seafood, veg and rice; Sat/Sun- bean soup or roasted chicken or tonkatsu chicken/pork or veg main dish; last but not the least, do baking on week 3.

Wednesday, April 19

dinner --- green beans with tomatoes and olive oil, fresh herb kookoo, curried bulgur pilaf with currants

Saturday, April 15

we like using natural egg dyes; after having fun with the eggs, we'll make some open face sandwiches--buttered brown bread/rye, leafy lettuce, sliced boiled egg, sliced tomatoes, chives, anchovy fillet.