But what I really mean is to channel Biz and say "tastes like ass". Because this weekend I bought some fruit at Ralph's. And it sucked. I bought pears which were hard and tasteless, and apples that were mealy and gross. I mean, it's October. Apple season, right? Ugh, how can the apples be mealy and tasteless? They were galas.
The last two pears and the apples are getting turned into applesauce with some better fruits this weekend, from my boss's tree and the CSA. I bought the apples before the boss brought in the fruit.
I am a fruit snob. From now on, I will stick to Trader Joe's for apples (pink ladies, never mealy) and cantaloupe, the farmer's market, the CSA, or my boss's trees. Actually, last week I bought pears at Tri County Produce, and as expected (based on the store name), they were quite good.
The rest of the week has gone along as planned:
Saturday: burned chicken, mashed potatoes, salad. At 8 pm we were eating the still burned but no longer raw chicken, that was finished in the oven.
Sunday: More of the chicken made into quesadillas with guac, green beans, mashed potatoes
Monday: The last of the chicken and some frozen meatballs, broccoli, mashed potatoes
Tuesday: Chicken fingers, tater tots, Indian spiced cauliflower
Wednesday: Crockpot Indian Butter chicken, mashed potatoes, steamed cauliflower with feta. Now, why I didn't make the Indian spiced cauliflower the same night as the Indian butter chicken...I dunno, I'm weird that way.
Thursday: The last of the Indian chicken with some mashed potatoes and maybe more potatoes if we run out of mashed. And...it looks like carrots. I think that's the only veg left in the fridge.
Friday: Wow, I thought the curry chicken would take me until then, but it probably won't. So probably we'll have grilled cheese sandwiches with a vegetable.
Lunch for the adults is Spaghetti Amatriciana. I cooked up a pound of pasta and it makes 10 lunches. Plus we're eating leftover veggies, hard boiled eggs, and carrot sticks.
Breakfast for the kiddo has been pancakes that I made on Sunday morning and froze. I've been eating yogurt with fruit or toast, depending on whether it's a workout day or not. Toast if it's a workout day.
The mashed potatoes were quite good and not really pictured. You can kinda see them under that curry chicken. We got chives. So, they have chives, butter, milk, cream cheese, and sour cream.
The Indian spiced cauliflower was great. I used the aloo gobi spice mix. I steamed 1/2 head of cauliflower (it was a big head) for 3 minutes in the microwave. I then sauteed it in one Tbsp oil in a skillet until it started to brown. Cauliflower absorbs a lot of oil. Then I added the spices and stirred (I used 1/4 of the spice mixture, because the full recipe has a full head of cauliflower AND potatoes), and added 1/4 cup of water, covered, reduced heat, and simmered about 5 minutes until done.
On that note, I still have a kid's lunch to pack before bedtime. On a new-mommy note, I'd like to add that my 3 month old baby has slept 8-10 hours for three nights in a row. From about 7:30 to 4:30 or 5:30. I may have to revise my statement that he's the hard baby. His big brother didn't sleep that long until 8 months.
And he's so snuggly. I'm lovin' the snuggles I get from my boys. Pure heaven.
2 comments:
I'm convinced that some types of apples are just not worth taking a chance on. It's pink ladies and honeycrisps all the way for me!
That sucks when stuff tastes like ass, but a great idea to make it into applesauce!
Snuggly babies are the best - wow, that's amazing he sleeps so much. But my daughter slept 20 out of 24 hours - no joke.
I was still in my apartment and Hannah was less than six weeks old. She woke up at 6 in the morning, I fed her, she stayed up for abour an hour and she fell asleep so I put her in her crib.
At six PM! she was still sleeping, and I called my Mom in a panic. She said "just wake her up." Duh.
Some of my friends didn't even see her eyes open for months because she slept so much. And now, at almost 21, she's still a great sleeper!
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