weekly menu recap- week 2

this week i was far less inventive with the multiple menu items. i did however make a five pound batch of new mexican style shredded beef which essentially was the main staple for all the dishes we ate all week. making a large batch of something like that really makes dinners easy all week and it's delicious.


Monday:

• fish, beans & quinoa: pan seared catfish fillets served with garlic cloves halved and sautéed in olive oil and a little butter. long green beans steamed  with whole garlic cloves and tossed in olive oil, lemon juice and fleur de sel. 

Tuesday:

• mock taco salad:  nm shredded beef served over a bed of romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, baby bell peppers, red onion & cucumbers. 

Wednesday:

• nm shredded beef & kamut with a side salad.

Thursday:

• mexican night: on friday night we got back to our routine of ordering out from an awesome mexican place around the corner from our house. I ordered beef fajitas and extra pico de gallo and guacamole. i made kind of a fajita salad with some lettuce and mixing all the other stuff together. nate was able to take my side of rice and beans, tortilla and sour cream for lunch the next day so it worked out fine.

Friday:

• disastrous stir fry: this beef stir fry attempt was a failure on all levels. i tried to save some time by ordering a frozen mix of asian vegetables. the mix has a strange assortment of veggies that once inspected it turned out i couldn't eat much of and they must have been frozen too long because the flavor of what i could eat was unappealing. (this is definitely not worth repeating)