QOTW: What is for dinner?

[Guest guest]

At a loss to come up with an interesting set of

questions of the week this week, I thought we

could just share what we plan on making for dinner.

It doesn't matter what day of the week you want

to share about. Share one day, or share your week's

worth of dinner ideas.

 

QOTW for October 5th-11th, 2008:

 

1. What do you plan to have for dinner this week?

 

2. Do you plan your menu in advance?

 

3. How often do you try a new recipe?

[Guest guest]

> QOTW for October 5th-11th, 2008:

>

> 1. What do you plan to have for dinner this week?

I shall be eating that red lentil soup for the next few days - I'm

only half-way through it :-( Financially things are a bit tight so I

have been going through the group files and my cookery books looking

for recipes that will use up staples from my cupboard like lentils

and split peas and which only use a few ingredients. Last week I made

a lemony Ethiopian lentil soup which I believe I saw in the files

here and which was lovely, a north African lentil and chickpea soup

which I will post here and the Turkish lentil soup I had the problems

with - are we seeing a Mediterranean lentil pattern here?

 

> 2. Do you plan your menu in advance?

Often I do plan in advance. I did a lots of cooking in August and

then froze 3/4 of what I cooked so I have been living from the

freezer.

 

> 3. How often do you try a new recipe?

When I was vegetarian and working full time I got into a bit of a rut

and I used to eat the same things day after day. Since I started

eating a vegan diet, I'm eating a much more varied diet. My aim is to

try at least 1 new recipe per week - some weeks I don't manage this

but then I'll make 3 new recipes in the same week. This week I plan

to try a chickpea and garlic soup recipe plus a vegan chocolate

brownie recipe from How It All Vegan.

 

Christie

[Guest guest]

QOTW for October 5th-11th, 2008:

 

1. What do you plan to have for dinner this week?

 

In no particular order and not necessarily together

 

Indian sausages

 

Hearty Barley Bake

 

Chick Pea Cutlets

 

Roasted peppers with lots of onions and garlic

 

Roasted sweet potatoes

 

Veggie Frittata

 

Soup, soup and more soup

 

 

2. Do you plan your menu in advance?

 

When I'm busy on a quilting project, the meals get planned. When I'm just

having a day of housework or rest, the meals don't get planned much. I had

supper planned for tonight but my husband just informed me that he's having a

couple of slices of watermelon instead of a meal. That's fine. I'm sure I have

a single serving of a veggie meal in the freezer. Works for me

 

3. How often do you try a new recipe?

 

 

 

Not as often as I should.

 

I try new recipes more in the winter and usually only on Sunday morning. Why?

I have no idea but I think when I was a single mother of 4 teenagers and working

full time that was the only time that I could be sure of the kids sleeping in

and not getting in my way. Saturday was for shopping and laundry and Sunday

morning for cooking. I've got a list of new recipes ready for the winter.

 

I'm hooked on a lot of blogs with great recipes.

 

Audrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

On 6 Oct 2008, at 12:42 pm, feralvegetarian_moderators wrote:

 

At a loss to come up with an interesting set of

questions of the week this week, I thought we

could just share what we plan on making for dinner.

It doesn't matter what day of the week you want

to share about. Share one day, or share your week's

worth of dinner ideas.

 

QOTW for October 5th-11th, 2008:

 

1. What do you plan to have for dinner this week? I don't plan but I

have a lot of squash on the front porch looking at me through the window

 

2. Do you plan your menu in advance? I have tried several times I

need to try harder

 

3. How often do you try a new recipe? as often as one strikes me as

interesting. Could be once a week or once a month

[Guest guest]

Dinner this week -

Mon.     oat cereal, blueberries, milk

Tues.    bean soup, crackers, applesauce, ice water

Wed.    grilled cheese sandwich, radishes, fresh peach slices, iced tea

Thurs.   baked potato, tossed salad, lima beans, oatmeal cookie, iced tea

Fri.       buttered noodles, slaw, pound cake, ice water

Sat.      split pea soup, peanut butter stuffed celery, strawberries, iced tea

Sun.     cheese pizza, beer

 

 

 

 

Audrey Z Burrows <quiltbug

 

Monday, October 6, 2008 1:37:43 PM

Re: QOTW: What is for dinner?

 

 

 

 

QOTW for October 5th-11th, 2008:

 

1. What do you plan to have for dinner this week?

 

In no particular order and not necessarily together

 

Indian sausages

 

Hearty Barley Bake

 

Chick Pea Cutlets

 

Roasted peppers with lots of onions and garlic

 

Roasted sweet potatoes

 

Veggie Frittata

 

Soup, soup and more soup

 

2. Do you plan your menu in advance?

 

When I'm busy on a quilting project, the meals get planned. When I'm just having

a day of housework or rest, the meals don't get planned much. I had supper

planned for tonight but my husband just informed me that he's having a couple of

slices of watermelon instead of a meal. That's fine. I'm sure I have a single

serving of a veggie meal in the freezer. Works for me

 

3. How often do you try a new recipe?

 

Not as often as I should.

 

I try new recipes more in the winter and usually only on Sunday morning. Why? I

have no idea but I think when I was a single mother of 4 teenagers and working

full time that was the only time that I could be sure of the kids sleeping in

and not getting in my way. Saturday was for shopping and laundry and Sunday

morning for cooking. I've got a list of new recipes ready for the winter.

 

I'm hooked on a lot of blogs with great recipes.

 

Audrey