So, I hop on Yahoo to get to my email last night and I see this heading (with a picture of a beautiful dish): Easy Meals for the Week. Wow, this is just up my alley. I am tired of (and my kids are sick of) the same meals every week. In fact, they were excited this past week when one meal was all frozen dinners!
I am busy, so I try to cut myself some slack. And, although I have developed a love for my crock pot, even that is getting a bit tiresome. So, Easy Meals for a Week? How can I go wrong? I click on the link and this is what I get:
- Monday – Creamy Pumpkin Seed and Green Chile Posole: What the heck is Posole and where does it come from? How do the pumpkin seeds get creamy? This sounds like an entire trip to the grocery store … maybe the eating is easy but I’m not feeling the “easy” part for the rest.
- Tuesday – Sesame Noodles with Spinach and Salmon: Does anyone have sesame noodles handy and just waiting for use? If they are not white and enriched, I’m not so sure they will get eaten at my house. Spinach is a not-so favorite vegetable in our house but the salmon sounds great. Easy? Hmm, let me keep looking.
- Wednesday – Chicken with Pepperoni-Marinara Sauce: Yea, I can do this. I have chicken, pepperoni and red sauce. Plus, there are three direction points and one is to heat the broiler! Finally seems easy.
- Thursday – Hoisin-Glazed Salmon in Ginger Broth: Ginger broth? Does that come in a can from Campbells? Hoisin? Please, I can’t even spell it. This one has 12 ingredients and I have only one at home … oil. Who is this easy for? Julia Child?
- Friday – Quick Pasta Bolognese: Pasta I can do. The rest, not so much. Plus it says “ready in 40 minutes!” My kids have eaten through the cupboards in 40 minutes. It’s gotta be 15 minutes or less!
- Saturday – Tri-Tip Tacos: Let’s just call them tacos and buy them from Chipotle.
- Sunday – Moroccan Lamb and Celery Root Puree: Oh yes – I keep a supply of celery root puree at my house at all times in case someone drops off lamb (from Morocco). NOT.
- Breakfast – Dr. Oz’s Immunity-Boosting Smoothie: Ahh, now we’re getting down to business. An immunity boosting smoothie and from Dr. Oz no less! This is simply vanilla soy milk, raspberries, banana and frozen OJ concentrate. Yes, I can do this one! And, if I add protein powder to it, maybe we can skip one of meals above and use this as an “easy meal!”
I think it’s time for a fondue pot.
Have a great day!
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