Sunday, September 8, 2013

A Week of Eats--September 2



A pretty good variety of things this week!

Clockwise from top left:

  • Being an adult isn't always fun, but one perk is eating a banana split for lunch if you feel like it.
  • Being an adult also means not wasting produce that is past its prime by blending it into a breakfast smoothie.
  • Delectable roasted sweet potato, cucumber and mushroom salad with a simple maple-y dressing leftovers from a potluck lunch with friends last weekend.
  • Oddly named "Asian style fried rice with beans" from BH&G (one of two recipes I followed this week.  I must be an adult!)  I liked that this was pretty much a complete vegetarian meal, but I had to add some salsa to give it a bit more flavor.
  • Quick Friday night dinner thrown together after getting home after 7 PM from work: pasta, pesto, tomatoes, roasted corn and leftover chicken.
  • Saturday's farmer's market haul.  I have barely been all summer, and I was not prepared for all of the fall pumpkins and squash taking over the stalls.  It was a challenge to find salad greens and a few remaining peaches.
  • Breaking up the smoothie routine with sunny side up eggs, toast, jam and nectarine on the side.
  • This dinner probably took less than 30 minutes to put together, but felt rather fancy all the same.  Tilapia on a bed of spinach with lemon butter (microwaved in parchment paper) and curried potato salad.  I would make both dishes again, but use less curry powder and maybe add a dash of nutmeg or cinnamon to the potatoes.


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