Weekly Menu and A New Addition to the Household
Meet Lucy!
Lucy arrived Saturday afternoon via an American Airlines flight from LaGuardia to O'Hare. The story of how and why we got her is kind of long, and I'm sure I'll share more over the next few weeks. In short, my uncle is very ill, so Michael and I decided to help my aunt out by taking Lucy. She is a four-year-old Border Terrier, and is already right at home in our house. Friday was a bit snotty on day one, but seems to be adjusting OK. She actually allowed Lucy to play with her for a bit yesterday. So interesting to watch the alpha dog dynamic in play. Dylan is THRILLED to have a dog that she can walk. Friday pulls way too hard on the leash for a child to handle her, but Lucy is a little thing, and exactly the right size for Dyl.
Anyway, the house is as chaotic as ever, but we must like it that way, right?
This week's menu:
Sunday: Last night Michael cooked dinner, and it was great. Homemade burgers, sliced potatoes and onions cooked in a foil packet on the grill, French green beans
Monday: Marinated skirt steak, potato salad (a joint Michael/Danielle venture, made yesterday), iceburg wedges with bleu cheese and crumbled nitrate-free bacon
Tuesday: Something without red meat!!! I'm thinking eggplant casserole and steamed artichoke
Wednesday: Spaghetti night? I might have something else, but I can NOT remember what else we bought.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday I'm in Santa Barbara with my ladies, so the family will have to fend for themselves. I know hot dogs are on the menu for one of the nights.
Lucy arrived Saturday afternoon via an American Airlines flight from LaGuardia to O'Hare. The story of how and why we got her is kind of long, and I'm sure I'll share more over the next few weeks. In short, my uncle is very ill, so Michael and I decided to help my aunt out by taking Lucy. She is a four-year-old Border Terrier, and is already right at home in our house. Friday was a bit snotty on day one, but seems to be adjusting OK. She actually allowed Lucy to play with her for a bit yesterday. So interesting to watch the alpha dog dynamic in play. Dylan is THRILLED to have a dog that she can walk. Friday pulls way too hard on the leash for a child to handle her, but Lucy is a little thing, and exactly the right size for Dyl.
Anyway, the house is as chaotic as ever, but we must like it that way, right?
This week's menu:
Sunday: Last night Michael cooked dinner, and it was great. Homemade burgers, sliced potatoes and onions cooked in a foil packet on the grill, French green beans
Monday: Marinated skirt steak, potato salad (a joint Michael/Danielle venture, made yesterday), iceburg wedges with bleu cheese and crumbled nitrate-free bacon
Tuesday: Something without red meat!!! I'm thinking eggplant casserole and steamed artichoke
Wednesday: Spaghetti night? I might have something else, but I can NOT remember what else we bought.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday I'm in Santa Barbara with my ladies, so the family will have to fend for themselves. I know hot dogs are on the menu for one of the nights.
Here's a marinade I use for skirt steak just about every week -- my very picky kids love it, and it doesn't take long to put together:
http://verbatim.blogs.com/verbatim/2007/06/dinner_and_part.html
Posted by:Karen | Monday, May 05, 2008 at 12:53 PM
welcome new doggy~ what a cute dog.
good luck on your event. Here we mariade our steak with montreal Steak spice, soysauce and olive oil, not very "new or exciting" but all eat it!
tonight I'm doing shepards Pie
Posted by:Kyooty | Monday, May 05, 2008 at 02:47 PM
No one I know has a border terrier... I have always wanted one, admired them from afar. Sweet, smart...but I have heard they can be runners. Have fun with her!
Posted by:Tricia | Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 12:19 AM