As you can see, like most kids the A-man loves his pasta. Which is great because even though I've bragged that he eats everything, we do have to do some concealing of vegetables to get as many down as we'd like. Pasta is a good way to do it.
In order to save time during the week I've taken to cooking two or three pots of food on Sunday and then freezing them into individual servings. This way T. gets food to take to school and I don't have to cook every day or think about planning meals more than just minimally. Honestly, I never thought I'd be the kind of person who planned out weekly menus but, yup, here I am with a menu sheet on the fridge and a master grocery list written out in OmniOutliner. Gone - at least temporarily - are the days when dinner was a glass of wine, a hunk of epoisses berthaut and some bread.
This week I did three dishes: orzo with cheddar, peas and carrots; berry compote for yogurt, and spaghetti with a red pepper-tomato sauce, spinach and feta.
I know there are some people out there that can do a whole fresh meal every night, but these days, if I want to get any of my own work done at night - and sometimes I'm way, way, way too knackered to - I have to plan ahead. At least this way I'm not defrosting Duncan Hines pizza every night.*
I think I'll do a chana masala this week, and maybe some sheperd's pies... Or maybe I'll pull out that Le Creuset tagine I've been ignoring for the last five years and do a chicken with preserved lemons and olives dish and some couscous.
* -- I'm not saying we don't do pre-packaged foods, either. We aren't afraid of a good frozen organic burrito, that's for sure.
1 comments:
sigh...we too are beginning to make a big pot/casserole of something on sundays to at least get us through a couple of days. I think it's the only way to do it if you're trying to do some work, raise a beautiful boy and still try to eat something fresh and delicious!
ps I'm so glad he likes the dal!
sutapa
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