I spent a couple of days at my parents last week and was cooked for by my Mum. We had a lovely swordfish dish on Tuesday night and then steak and chips on Wednesday, and there really is nothing better than a home made chip! The highlight of last week for me was the Shrimp and Grits, I completely forgot to take a photo of it, but I loved the texture of the grits, which I added loads of cheese and butter to. I adapted one of the recipes from Jamie's America, which I bought last week, which added meatballs to the recipe, and the meat and prawns worked really well with the smokey flavour of the Old Bay.
I also participated in a snack swap through Live Journal this month and received my box of goodies over the weekend. I swapped with a lady in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and all the snacks she sent were local to her area, the nearest five minutes away and the furthest an hour away!
I rifled through the box a bit before I remembered to take the picture, but this is all the fantastic stuff I got, all laid out.
I have already eaten the whoopie pie, which I loved, and demolished half the block of Hershey's chocolate, which I kinda like, although its not as creamy as English chocolate. The pie is a shoofly pie, made out of molasses and looks really tasty, and I cannot wait to try the apple butter.
This week is fairly simple fare, mostly from my freezer stash as I have to write an essay and won't have much time for cooking.
Sunday
Lunch: English Muffin Cheese on Toast
Dinner: Out at an Asian Fusion Restaurant
Dinner: Out at an Asian Fusion Restaurant
Monday
Lunch: Macaroni Cheese, Salad
Dinner: Vegetarian Chilli in a Tortilla with Cheese and Sour Cream
Tuesday
Lunch: Hot Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad with peas
Dinner: Chinese Style Fish Soup (Ken Hom)
Dinner: Chinese Style Fish Soup (Ken Hom)
Wednesday
Lunch: Fish Finger Sandwich, Salad
Dinner: Steak Pie, Potato Gratin, Veg
Dinner: Steak Pie, Potato Gratin, Veg
Thursday
Lunch: Coriander Potatoes with Chickpeas, Salad
Dinner: Chicken and Bamboo Shoot Stir Fry, Jasmine Rice (Chinese Food Made Easy)
Dinner: Chicken and Bamboo Shoot Stir Fry, Jasmine Rice (Chinese Food Made Easy)
Friday
Lunch: Pesto Potato Salad with tomatoes, Frankfurters with Mustard/Ketchup (Bento)
Dinner: Out for dinner with a friend
Dinner: Out for dinner with a friend
Saturday
Lunch: Salad with Cheese, Smoked Duck etc
Dinner: Spaetzle with Sausage and Tomato Sauce
Dinner: Spaetzle with Sausage and Tomato Sauce
Are you kidding? My parents live 20 minutes from Lancaster, PA!! That box reminds me of home :-) Man I love shoofly pie...
ReplyDeleteHow bizarre! It was a fantastic selection of snacks and I got very different things from the last one I did, she came from Texas. I'm looking forward to trying the Shoofly Pie tonight!
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