Recipe: Cinnamon Raisin Bread

This is a surprisingly easy recipe with perfect results. I’ve actually made this recipe a few times and incorrectly (!) once and it still came out just right. This bread is great on its own and not too sweet but it’s even better with some jam, butter, or even just a little cream cheese to really bring out the savory flavor of raisin.

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Adapted from Eva Bakes

Menu: A Long Fright

It’s hard to get back to routine after a week of strange and interesting meals but I suppose it’s worth the sacrifice. I’m hoping to get all my cooking done on Saturday and Sunday so that I can coast through the week but we’ll see how much of that actually pans out…

Saturday couscous with vegetables
piroshki (potato, spinach, cheese)

Sunday eggs with toast
arancini and salad

Monday piroshki, carrots and hummus, salad
vegetable stir fry

Tuesday kreplach, biscuits, fruit
fritatta

Wednesday arancini, roasted vegetables, fruit
zucchini pancakes

Thursday coconut lentils, quick naan, fruit
kreplach, biscuits

Friday frittata, salad, fruit
pizza night!

Things to Cook

kreplach
arancini
stir fry
piroshki
coconut lentils
drop biscuits
quick naan

Shopping List

apple
banana
grapes
carrots
cucumber
pepper
onions
avocado
mushroom
cauliflower
potatoes
salad
chicken breast
red sauce
ketchup
nachos
salsa
eggs
mozzarella
ricotta
cheese
green peas
corn
peanut butter
canned tomatoes
black beans
lasagna
flour
cat food

Recipe: Pierogi

These delicious boiled then fried pillowy dumplings are delicious and pretty easy to eat. They’re especially good because they can be made in large batches ahead of time and frozen. I filled them with the usual onions and mashed potatoes but you can put anything in them, even sweet things.

Pierogi

Adapted from Fermenting for Foodies

Weekly Lunches: #26

I have friends coming to visit today which is pretty exciting but it also means that my husband took off work for the next week so I won’t be making any lunches for a week which is fine, everyone deserves a break now and then.

Mushroom Bourguignon, egg noodles, salad, apple
Vegetable Lasagna, salad, tabbouleh, banana
Aloo Gobi Matar, yogurt with kiwi, blood orange
No fry sweet and sour chicken, rice, salad, kiwi
Nachos, Salad, apple

Recipe: Fleischnacka (Meat Snails)

This is a pretty unique recipe from the Alsatian region in France. It’s what you’d get if you combined stew, pasta, and a wrap all at once. While it does take a bit of time I found that you can freeze the rolls and then simply cook them right from the freezer which means this is a great ahead of time meal since the final steps after making the roll is fairly easy. In the future I would process the vegetables for a smoother consistency but I didn’t really mind the texture either, just made them a little harder to hold together.

Fleischnacka (Meat Snails)

Adapted from SBS

Weekly Lunches: #25

I kind of made do this week because I’d forgotten a few things from my shopping list since we shopped on Sunday instead of Saturday but it turned out alright in the end. I’m trying to be consistent in quality but stubbornness and ice got in my way.

Fleischschnacka, salad, yogurt, grapes
Ratatouille risotto, carrots and hummus, apple
Spinach and goat cheese quiche, cherry tomatoes, orange
Homemade Spaghettios, quick naan, grapes
Tabbouleh, carrots and hummus, yogurt with raisins, almonds, and honey

Menu: Listing

Getting through my list of movies still but this week also trying to not be too wild about making new recipes while I catch up with all the ones I haven’t posted yet.

Saturday leftovers
homemade pizza

Sunday eggs with toast
sweet and sour chicken, rice

Monday mushroom bourguignon, egg noodles, salad, fruit
omelettes with smoked salmon and greens

Tuesday sweet and sour chicken, rice, fruit
black bean nachos

Wednesday vegetable lasagna, salad, fruit
aloo matar gobhi, spiced rice

Thursday nachos, corn salad, fruit
pasta with vegetables

Friday aloo matar gobhi, spiced rice, fruit
nachos

Things to Cook

vegetable lasanga
no fry sweet and sour chicken
aloo matar gobhi
nachos

Shopping List

apple
banana
grapes
carrots
cucumber
pepper
onions
avocado
mushroom
cauliflower
potatoes
salad
chicken breast
red sauce
ketchup
nachos
salsa
eggs
mozzarella
ricotta
cheese
green peas
corn
peanut butter
canned tomatoes
black beans
lasagna
flour
cat food

Weekly Lunches: #24

I think I did a great job this week for the most part. Lots of fun and delicious new recipes which means next week will be more standard fare but you can’t be 110% all the time.

Stir fry noodles, salad, apple
Mushroom Bourguignon over homemade egg noodles, salad, kiwi
Blini with salmon, horseradish cream, and caviar, split pea soup, apple
Hainanese Chicken Rice, Acar Kuning Timun, grapes
Lentil Falafel, yogurt sauce, spiced couscous, carrots and hummus

Menu: Movie Watcher

I’ve been crossing movies off my “to watch” list but unfortunately that means a lot of bad movie watching. The upside of that, of course, is eventually I’ll get to a place where I only have good movies left. Probably.

Saturday fancy omelettes
dinner at friends 🙂

Sunday eggs and toast
fish and chips

Monday tabbouleh, cut vegetables, pita, hummus
quiche

Tuesday ratatouille risotto, salad, fruit
spaghettios, bread

Wednesday quiche, carrots and hummus, fruit
enchiladas

Thursday spaghettios with meatballs, fresh bread, salad
risotto

Friday black bean enchiladas
pizza night!

Things To Cook

ratatouille risotto
black bean enchiladas
quiche (spinach and goat cheese)
homemade spaghettios with meatballs
tabbouleh

Shopping List

stock
milk
butter
zucchini
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
onions
cheddar
goat cheese
carrots
cucumber
tomatoes
pita bread
salad
oranges
grapes
circle pasta
ground turkey
bell pepper
mushrooms
parmesan
parsley
canned tomatoes x 2
fish
fries