To the food project, it is now day 6 and our fridge is pretty empty. I'm not sure what we are going to do for dinner. This project takes a lot of work and planning. The good news is that I went on an adventure to the Woodlands and found the Disney Store! Where I did not buy a set of Sally and Jack (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) mugs to not fit in our too full cabinet of beer pints and Disney mugs, nor did I partake in the pre-sale of Cars 2 that came with super cool lithographs that I am going to frame.. *ahem* that is of course *ahem* if I did so happen to make these purchases.... *shifts eyes* Anyway.... this was of course a side trip to finding Great Harvest Bread company. Which I found, no thanks to Google maps... WE NOW HAVE BREAD!!!
After almost a week of our food challenge, I have learned that bread might be a key factor. See the husband gets grumpy when he has to wait for food. And for some reason, he, this week, has been incapable of preparing his own dinners. I am proud of him, with a little nudging, like premixing the tuna, he did manage to get some lunches together this week and not starve. Dinner for some reason is another story. And since I got home late almost every day this week, making dinner was difficult.
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| Tuna wraps with home made whole wheat tortillas |
Lets see... Monday was pasta which was easy. Tuesday was... oh, meatloaf!! I missed the first part of the movie the husband was watching so I could make the meatloaf so we would have dinner and lunch the next day. The movie was still good and the meatloaf came out well. Except for too much mustard... Generally my meat loaf is ground turkey, oatmeal, an egg, cheese, cooked onions, usually spinach (this time I added grated squash and carrots that I cooked with the onions since I am out of frozen spinach) and then herbs. I scoop them into mini loaves because they bake faster. And yes they are pre-portioned that way... which would help if you only ate one, instead of two or three...
On top I usually mix mustard, ketchup and brown sugar. But two out of three of those ingredients are on the banned list for this challenge. So I took the leftover sauce from the pasta on Monday and mixed in the mustard and some honey in place of the brown sugar. But since I dont measure anything, I added a bit too much mustard. We liked them anyway. And the husband didn't mind the mixed in veggies.
Wednesday... since I cant remember what we had on Wednesday it must have been leftovers. Thursday was of course the Indiana Jones Feast!
Which included Smoked Trout spring rolls with a side of plum-ginger sauce paired with St Arnold Weedwaker. We both liked that beer.
Then ancho glaszed pork served on corn Arepa with avocado and pickled jicama, paired with St Arnold Octoberfest. The pork was amazing!
The third course was curried potato and black eyed peas soup paired with St Arnold Elissa IPA. Neither one of use were impressed by that course.
The fourth course however was quite good. A fresh pita with chickpea and cucumber salad, saffron couscous, mint tabouli and slow roasted lamb with garlic tzatziki sauce. Paired with St Arnold Divine Reserve 11 Double IPA. Yum Yum! I might have to make tabouli soon.
Then for dessert we had fantastic pecan baklava, creamed goat cheese (yum!) and pomegranate sorbet that "will melt in your mouth as the Nazi's faces melt on the screen" The dessert was very very good! And it was paired with St Arnold Chardonnay Barrel Aged Cask Conditioned Farmers Brown Ale. Which was nice and sweet to go with the dessert.
Last night was nothing fancy. I made some more pasta and sauce. Since we both came home late that was fine with us.
I need to hit the store this weekend and really stock up so that next week is a lot easier. And make some rolls and things I can freeze for later in the week. We don't have any dinner plans to break up the week this time to save me from some cooking! I should probably go do some dishes to, I have to wash the mugs I didn't buy....They are sooo cute!
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