Meal Plans for a Stay Home Order: Volume 3

Inspioration Image: the kitchen in the Global Modern Farmhouse, shot by Spacecrafting Photography

This week Dave took the opportunity to try lots of new recipes, most of which were deemed “keepers.” (A keeper is a recipe that all of us like, or a recipe that gets at least 2 votes including at least 1 kid vote and are deemed easy enough to go into rotation. This makes it sound much more formal than it is!)

Saturday: Curried beef handpies with mixed green salad

Dave made the pizza dough but I’m sure you could use pre-made. Everyone loved these!

Sunday: Easter dinner! Spiral ham, roast potatoes, steamed green beans, and tarragon shallot egg salad sandwiches (this is my favorite recipe from the Gourmet cookbook, which was a house warming gift from my friend Marni when Dve and I moved to our Brooklyn row house in 2005!)

Monday: Scallion noodles with ground pork plus sauteed snap peas

Tuesday: Mexican chopped salad (add corn muffins on the side if you don’t mind the gluten)

This has been a favorite for years. I start to crave it with the first hints of spring.

Wednesday: Chile pineapple pork chops with steamed or roasted broccoli

This was easy and good. Don’t skip the red onions. Aldi tends to have pineapple for a much better price point than other stores!

Thursday: Zucchini fritters with dill yogurt and simple sauteed chicken

Shockingly, the kids deemed this the best way to eat zucchini (which they hate)

Friday: Pulled chicked with chipotle chilies plus corn (we warmed up frozen) and rice

Dave and I thought this was good if not exciting, but both kids deemed it a keeper. We squeezed lime on it for a bit of acid and some of us topped it with feta (cotiga would be perfect) or guacamole (which we have been buying pre-made form trader joes). Dave used the pressure cooker but there is also a slow cooker option

Let me know if you try any of these and if you have requests or recommendations for plans.

Heather