Gentle Readers, The Practical Cook has finally gotten wise in her old age. When a week calls for multiple “cook and take” moments, make the same thing. Why stress out if you can batch-cook (or at least batch-shop)? This week I’ll be making cornbread twice for special occasions, once in a tractor pan and once as corn muffins. Chocolate-dipped strawberries, same thing. I almost made four different dishes (for four different events), but decided it would be better to actually attend the events as opposed to nap through them.
Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
But I digress. Here’s how the Weekly Menus shaped up:
Weekly Menus: 2/12/2012
And the Four-Square Grocery List:
Four-Square Grocery Shopping List: 2/12/2012
Which all translates into:
Sunday: Cornbread and veggie chili
Two for one here. I’m making Tractor Cornbread by special request, and I am going to test another bean recipe from the Bean by Bean Cookbook by Crescent Dragonwagon. Winning.
Monday: Breakfast for Dinner
It is cold, windy, and miserable here (I mean hello, get over yourself winter). That says “grits” to me. I’m Southern, what can I say.
Tuesday: Sammies and Soup
One of my favorite ways to repurpose leftovers and clean out the freezer, as you know!
Wednesday: Potluck!
Though my friends in the U.K. are surely shivering at the word and the notion, it’s a school potluck, and we’re taking corn muffins. The students are providing dessert, and rest assured, I’ll report on it.
Thursday: Taco Night!
Simple, festive, is there anything more fun?
Friday: Leftover Surprise
We are continuing our quest to eat down our reserves. I want to go into the weekends (when we often do field research) with a cleaner fridge.
Saturday: Dine Out!
This should be an adventure. More on that upcoming.
What do you take to potlucks, cookouts, etc? Do have a go-to dish? Post a comment below. It’s fun. I promise.
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Coming up, just in time for Valentine’s Day: M & M’s Smackdown, Peanut vs Peanut Butter.
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