September 27-30, 2010: Around Weeknight Dinners

this recipe.  Though we'd intended to consume it all, nosotros had leftovers that carried on to to a greater extent than weeknight meals.

this one); Michael fried them.  I managed to repurpose these 2 crumbing elements for the gravy, thickening the liquid amongst the flour as well as adding a piddling love apple tree sauce to the mix.  We added a handful of spinach leaves to our plates as well as called it a meal.  The tofu/sauce combination made me really happy - I'll definitely utilisation this approach 1 time to a greater extent than (... though I mightiness teach DIY on the seasoned flour).

Two nights later, it was the polenta's plow for repackaging.  By as well as thus it had firmed into a solid slab, thus Michael sliced it into chunks as well as gently reheated it inward the frypan.  For the brain consequence he cooked onions, a tin of beans as well as a tin of tomatoes, flavoured amongst soy sauce, balsamic vinegar as well as a about dried herbs.  We went for the side-salad stand-by again.  This was Michael's favourite repast of the week; it's been a land since we've cooked polenta at dwelling identify as well as I'll recall he'll live on bringing it into our regular rotation.

Our dwelling identify cooking is frequently quite recipe-driven but I enjoyed these to a greater extent than casual combinations.  While none of these meals was especially grand in that place was lots of variety, by as well as large pantry ingredients as well as small, usuable portions of leftovers.  Simple sautés, legumes as well as handfuls of greens experience only correct for Spring.