next weeks menu...

so my PW cookbook came and it is wonderful. I picked it up yesterday a the post office and read it cover to cover like a regular book in the 6 hours before I went to bed. Yes, that is how wonderful it is. Really and truly, Ree Drummond could be my neighbor and i think she is a cousin once removed. She and my mom could be best friends and I am sure that if I accidentally happened upon her place in Oklahoma, she would probably invite me in for dinner and would soon know this as a mistake because I would never leave.

Just to let you all know, its been a secret goal of mine this summer to loose the rest of the baby weight that I gained while preggo from Case, and since school has been out I have done a good job, I've lost 5 pounds in two weeks! its been excellent. However, as I read this great cookbook last night, I decided I might never return to a size four, especially if I begin cooking all of the wonderful recipes out of this book. I suppose eating delicious food might just be the death of me and I could live like that without being my stick-self that I used to be. Some however might contest that I still am a stick, although they don't ever see my muffin top. I am sorry if this is too much information.

Now on to the real reason of this post, I just wanted to share with you the menu I will be making next week, starting on Sunday, the day after my return from SLC - I need a night to recuperate.

Please, if you read this and decide it sounds delectable, I would be honored to have you over for a meal, or two - just remember we are in the midst of remodeling so you'll feel like a real cowboy when you walk into the downstairs bathroom and and notice there is only a toilet, you'll need to do your hand washing in the sink in the kitchen. But please, just give me a heads up and I will welcome you into my home for dinner.

Oh yea, the dicotamous key:  B - breakfast L - Lunch  LD - late dinner/lunch S - Supper D- dessert (pretty easy for simple minds like mine)

Ok, menu a la mcspaddens via the PW Cooks Cookbook and the healthy beef cookbook:

Sunday June 13

B - cinnamon rolls with maple coffee sauce
LD - rib eye with whiskey cream sauce and onion strings
D - blackberry cobbler

usually on Sundays we have a late lunch/dinner because its after church before we eat

Monday June 14

B - buttermilk biscuits with eggs and sausage
L - chili
S - grilled steak with mango salsa
D - lemon granita

June 15  Tuesday

B - french breakfast puffs
L - cowboy calzones
S - grilled beef tri-tip with carmalized 3 onion sauce

no dessert today, I don't think I can handle dessert everday, it would be an overload

June 16 Wednesday

B - sour cream pancakes
L - left overs from the previous 3 days (sorry, Im not good enough to be a gourmet cook yet)
S - chicken fried steak with PW mashed potatoes

same reason as Tuesday on the dessert. I need to loose some calories, not gain them!

June 17 Thursday

B - marmalade muffins
L - mac and cheese (homemade thank you very much!)
S - Tenderloin Cranberry and Pear Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

If Eric wants dessert today, he can have ice cream. or blackberry cobbler or granita. or all of the above. needless to say, I'm really not much of a dessert eater, but he loves the sweets.

June 18 Friday

B - maple pecan scones - truthfully, I'm really looking forward to these. Although I don't like sweets much at all, these sound delectable and I really don't like coffee either, but I think I will have a cup on this day because I really love scones. really. I do.

L - scones. I think today is a day for scones all day long.
S- chicken spagetti

June 19 Saturday

B - bacon, eggs and toast
L - I think I will save room for dinner and we will have an LD
LD - Cowboy sandwiches with potato skins and mocha brownies
D- mocha brownies

Ok. If I can manage to survive the week becoming a cooking extrodinaire, I will continue with the yummy menus throughout the rest of the summer. If not, I will admire all of the great cooks out there and possibly consider hiring one for my house.