What We're Eating 2/15-2/21

 Originally this whole week was forecasted with rain. Thankfully it looks like the sun might come out for a day or two, but I'll only believe it when I see it. I confess that I'm terribly sad that we haven't had substantial snow nor is it in the forecast. I'll just continue to eat bread to make myself feel better about this and look at pictures of snow in other places to make myself feel bad about this.

Monday: Lasagna. There's a frozen one in the freezer (where else would it live) that needs eating. It will be eaten on this day. 

Tuesday: King Cake and Jambalaya. This was a last minute call. Pretending we're someplace warm like New Orleans on the first sunny day since last week. Maybe I'll even make some French 75s for the grownups- whoever they are.

Wednesday: This is one of the sunny days in the week so we'll probably have grandma and Ryan over and this looks good: Olive Walnut Pasta. UNLESS we get our new stove delivered. In which case, we'll order Chinese so we can spend one day just look at its perfection. Update: We got our stove, so we spent the afternoon staring at it until we were brave enough to bake a beer bread and make granola. We didn't want to sully the stovetop so we ordered Chinese. 

Thursday: Risotto. I've been talking about making this for a while now. Risotto and Creamy Braised White Beans.  It's  gross out here today. A fierce ice storm was predicted and while there is ice and freezing rain, it's mostly just gross, but everything is shut down. It's how we roll here in North Carolina. I made the Risotto and roasted butternut squash early in case we lose power. I'll still probably braise those beans or herby oil them up. We also made these shortbread brownies which are delicious. 

Friday:  Cheesy Black Beans. Or Loaded sweet potatoes! OR Some kind of sweet potato enchiladas even though my daughter thinks enchiladas are disgusting.

Saturday: Earlier in the week I was going to make: Olive Walnut Pasta. It seems as good a night as any to make it. 

Sunday: It's been too long since we've had noshies and I'm feeling that it might be appropriate. In fact, a lot of what I make is often noshies because I like to eat a lot.