Monday was a gorgeous day, sunny and 70ish. We took advantage of it, heading back down to the playground at 5:00 with bikes and friends and a hodgepodge picnic dinner of fruit and summery fare.
And then the rest of the week led straight into autumn of the chilly damp gray sort. Notice how my concept menu, drafted Tuesday, directly reflects same:
Chickpea-Lentil Delish (Tues)
Lentil-Barley Stew* (Wed)
Beans and Rice (Thurs)
Colcannon* (Fri)
Saturday Date Night, WooHoo!
Pot Roast (Sun)
How about you? What meals do you crave when it’s gloomy and gray outside, or in?
*I really must post this recipe. Someone remind me, okay??
October 16, 2009 at 9:36 pm |
Last week we had a string of dark, rainy, dreary days, so I pulled out the crock pot – homemade chicken noodle soup, potato soup and beef stew. Yum. The house smelled wonderful all day.
October 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm |
Chili! Or something with mashed potatoes. Those dishes sound great–definitely post some recipes!
October 20, 2009 at 2:14 am |
Craving lots of carbs: mashed potatoes or baked potatoes, lasagna, potato soup, (any soup) with bread-machine honey wheat bread….. here come the winter pounds.
October 20, 2009 at 5:29 pm |
Lots of soup and pumpkin pie. And hot tea with honey. Mmmmmm.
October 22, 2009 at 11:46 am |
Thanks for all the comfort thoughts!! Baked potatoes, oooh, yes. Of course, it’s back to 70 this week… but next week I’m going to get out the crockpot again. Great idea. There’s the yummiest ever black-bean recipe in my archives.