Another box of vegetables arrived on my counter yesterday evening (via Ben) so it must be time for a weekly wrap up of our veggie success. We spent last weekend removing glue from our cement floor in the basement which was an extremely messy job, that I am very happy is over. After a very long work day on Saturday, I whipped up another batch of Easy Summer Quinoa. I stepped up the spice level this round, and we both enjoyed it. We also enjoyed a bottle of white wine and an evening free of projects. :)
Monday night after a very long day of work, I arrived home at 7:15 and was STARVING. Luckily, I had put the chicken in the marinade before work for our Greek Chicken Gyros. Ben started grilling the chicken and zucchini when I was about 20 minutes from home, so when I walked in the door all I had to do was whip up the tzatziki sauce. Now, if you read the recipe it says something about letting the cucumbers sit for 40 minutes before your make the sauce. I decided to let mine sit for 4 seconds, while I whipped the food processor out of the pantry. I also didn't measure any ingredients and estimated the amounts of things. Guess what? It was still delicious, and instead of 40 minutes to make the sauce it took about 5. Maybe it would have been super amazing had I let the cucumbers sit for 40 minutes but I doubt it. We had a side of grilled zucchini that Ben sliced and tossed in olive oil before grilling. Travis, my brother in law was visiting, and he decided the recipe was a success as well. After dinner we went out for ice cream where we realized Trav is still about 7 years old and can't eat a dish of ice cream without becoming covered in it...hahaha. It was very fun to have him visit!
About the pictures of this dish....I forgot, my body was so hungry I didn't even remember until Tuesday that I didn't take pictures.
I had left over tzatziki sauce that I ate today on a salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes (from the grocery store) and pita bread. Also, I just realized there was recipe to make your own greek flatbread....that probably wont ever happen, especially not on a work night.
Tuesday night we had burgers with Sauteed Kale and Kohlrabi, the same recipe I used a few weeks ago. This time, I used my new mandolin I purchased at Crate and Barrel and my fingers were not sliced open. It was a rather nice change. Then we spent the night scrubbing the basement floor so we could paint it later in the week. We really have the most glamorous lives!
Wednesday I went to Happy Hour and I ate zero vegetables for dinner. It was lovely, don't get me wrong I love to cook, and I am enjoying our veggies but I love sitting down ordering a beer and some appetizers and having someone else cook. Ben went to his own happy hour and then painted the basement floor- Thanks Ben!!
When I was menu planning, I figured I had Friday off, so why not throw a whole boatload of food on Thursday night. I arrived home from work last night, and made Lettuce Wraps again, Glazed Turnips and Roasted Fennel with Parmesan. The lettuce wraps were good again but this time I used left over Romaine...it was kind of a disaster. The butter lettuce we used the first time worked much better. Last time we had turnips I just put them with some sweet potatoes and totally covered up the taste. This time I glazed the turnips (and burnt a few...I got distracted trying to put the new veggies away) and we both enjoyed them. I also took one of my most dreaded ingredients and made a dish both Ben and I enjoyed. I wont lie, instead of tasting fennel all we tasted was salt and cheese...yum! Next time we get fennel I should probably make something where you can taste the fennel but we ate it, so I will call it a win! I even remembered to take a picture but I just looked at it, and it is terribly blurry. So we will call it a fail on the week for pictures, sorry. Just pretend all my dishes look just like the pictures on the recipe.
What is in the box for this week? A pretty good assortment but just when I thought I was free of the beets....we got more beets last night. Seriously, enough of the beets already. I know some people like beets but I am not one of those people (I think, I have never tried them). I would try them but I am too scared of dying my counters purple, and really don't think potential buyers would be impressed by that, so for now, no beets. But everyone who likes beets, let me know, maybe you will get a surprise gift!
Here is the list for this week:
1. Zucchini
2. Cabbage
3. Beets
4. Bell Peppers
5. Lacinato Kale
6. Sage
7. Carrots
8. Long Red of Tropea Onions
9. Cucumbers
I have some good things planned for this week. I am off to spend the next hour painting the basement floor with my husband. Then we are going out on a date because we both deserve it after this week!
Cheers,
Ali
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