FamMenu for 5/23-5/29

LATE MENU again, sOrRy!!!! I have been one busy lady, so give me some slack would ya' ?! Just Kidding...Had a great class full of fun people last week...then a Celebration 5K for Caroline, then a Fam wedding...then laying out in the sun by the pool...mulch spreading madness...cranky 2 year old...and now...just ordered my tomato plants from Gurney's!!! Super excited about that! I ordered four "Mortgage Lifters"- tried those last year from a cottage neighbor---AWESOME!!! and 6 "San Marzonos" for making the ultimate Italian dishes!  Hoping to have my fam over next Monday to kick off Summer- supposed to be 81 and sunny, WoOpWoOp!!! So here is my plan for the menu this week...

Monday: We had Cantonese Flank Steak, Sauteed broccoli with grape tomatoes and garlic,  twice baked potato salad and strawberries

Tuesday: Tandoori Spiced grilled chicken, jasmine rice, "Riviera" salad- spinach, strawberries, pecans, poppy seed dressing

Wednesday: Portabello Mushroom Risotto, Italian style sauteed broccoli, homemade bread

Thursday:Tacos for the kiddies and Maddie- Hubby and I have a Business dinner...@ Founders with Todd & Rhonda! YAY!

Friday: Moobie night- pizza with the lovies---any good family movie ideas-oldies but goodies? Seems like we have seen EvErYtHiNg!

Saturday: Grilled ish of some sort...maybe my herb rubbed salmon with maple dijon drizzle, YUM!!! A great big salad with lots of veggies and homemade croutons and penzey's buttermilk ranch!

Sunday: More grillin' and chillin' me thinks...grilled steaks, corn on the cob, grilled vegetables, a DELISH Tomato/fresh mozz/basil salad...with my own BASIL! my herb garden is doing well :0)

Have a great Kickoff to Summer Memorial Day week---weekend! Let's hope the ten day forecast lives to be true!!!

Class tOmOrRoW!!! +local maple syrup+local honey

Hello my Chef Robin peeps!

Hope you will be coming to my class tommorow night, still have a few spots open meet me at DreamMaker!...here's what we are having!

Fresh & Healthy for Spring
 
Easy Spicy Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups
A quick and delish weeknight meal- this baby focuses on big bold flavors -ginger, garlic, green onion & sesame- matched up with lean ground chicken & veggies, served in a delicate lettuce "wrapper"
Seaglass Riesling
Pesto Pasta with Roasted Pepper & Spinach Chicken Sausage
Homemade pesto has a beautiful bright green color- and is full of healthy monounsaturated fats(and it tastes AWESOME!:) paired with some of the newer,  healthier chicken sausages & pasta
Cupcake Chardonnay

California Style Avocado & Grapefruit Salad with Citrus Glazed Pork TenderloinFresh baby spinach, creamy avocado, citrusy grapefruit, and spicy red onion topped with a citrus glazed grilled lean pork tenderloin- a perfect summer meal!
New Age White
Herb Seared Salmon with Maple Dijon DrizzleI actually crave this dish regularly- what makes it so flavorful is the homemade herb rub and the tangy-sweet maple Dijon sauce. YUM
Cotes du Rhone
Cantonese Style Flank Steak with Sesame Cucumber Carrot SlawA simple marinade Gives the flank steak a sweet-Umami edge. Top it off with a crispy slaw made with a rainbow of fresh veggies and a salty-sweet Miso vinaigrette...Mmmm
Tilia Malbec Syrah

10K DONE! now onto the 15...WOOPWOOP! and a menu....

I finished my 10K succesfully at just under a 10 minute pace...so 1 hour, 1 minute, 30 seconds. Not too bad for this cheerleader-soccer player become mother, and then a runner!!! I have a great healthy class this Friday, check it out on the left column of my blog... Fresh & Healthy for Spring!  So this week I'l be perfecting those recipes and incorporating them into my menu.... What else...hmmmm...a wedding Saturday YAY Amanda and Brad! Taking the whole fam to that. Last week of Girls on the Run for Caroline, I'll be running the 5K with her Saturday :0) A quiet week beyond that. Let's hope it warms up again!

Monday: Turkey Meatballs with yummy fresh fettucini, salad with eggs bacon and chedda', Italian Bread

Tuesday: Cantonese style steaks with sesame-cucumber carrot slaw, jasmine rice

Wednesday:  Herb-seared Arctic Char (on sale at Forest Hills Foods this week for $11.99- the fish that is GREAT for you but HARD to find! Grrr) drizzled with a maple dijon glaze...-yum, Spinach Salad with avocado, red onion and grapefruit, sweet tater "fries"

Thursday: Super Easy Spicy Asian Lettuce Cups, yum, brown rice, Sesame soy glazed asparagus

Friday: I have my Fresh & Healthy for Spring class...the kiddies will have pizza :0)

Saturday: We will be at a fam wedding! Dancing till there is no tomorrow!!!

Sunday: Looks to be warm- so Grilling and chilling, perhaps a bit of corn on the cob, grilled baja fish tacos, yum, and a fun dessert for the kiddies... ice cream sundaes!

Have a super-dee-duper week!

A quick menu- 5/9 through 5/15

This beautiful weather has got me outside opening the pool, cleaning out weeded over garden beds and now onto planting- SOoooo my menu is late and full of quick fixermabob types of meals! Plus lots going on with the kiddos and my 10K this weekend, woopwoop! Here ya' go...

Monday: we went to the FINALLY open Florentine's in Belmont-1/2 off pasta! Tasty but the service royally stunk!

Tuesday: T'was taco Tuesday!!!

Wednesday: juicalicious ribs, baked beans, veggies n' dip, fresh fruit

Thursday: cheeseburgers and French fries, corn on the cob (all per my Fred's request:0))

Friday: some sort of tasty pasta to fuel me pre-run! Probably pesto-tomatoey pasta... Salad and bread too...

Saturday: hmmm... Well, I was suppose to go out with the girlz after my 10K- but looks like that may not happen. I am thinking some maple Dijon glazed herb rubbed salmon sounds delish, add in some sauteed green beans and tricolored peppers, rice...Dessert! as a reward for finishing the race- homemade carrot cake OR the Chantilly cake from Arnies, yum.

Sunday: Mediterranean grilled chicken, roasted asparagus, roasted sweet potatoes, salad with blue cheese, dried cherries and pecans-razzzzberry vinaigrette

Here's to a late great week! Enjoy the WARM weather finally! This is our payback for such a coooool spring! Yay!

FamMenu and Happenings for the week 5/2-5/8

Well...last week was busy and somber at the same time. I was teaching my Hand's On cooking class on Monday, when I recieved a text from my Bestie for ages- that her father, who has been fighting a bitter battle with cancer, was in his final stages, and that she was heading up from Kentucky with her husband. This is the friend that I spent my whole childhood with. We did everything together, thus her family was like my family. Her father, who I affectionately called Mr "D", was also my Chiropractor and both he and his wife, Mrs. "D" were two of my biggest Chef Robin fans :0) I got the phone call on Wednesday at lunchtime that he had passed.... My heart goes out To Mrs. "D", Alyssa, Craig & Erica and the rest of the Fam....I love you all and your father was one of the kindest people I knew. His dry humor and belly laugh cracked me up. He will be missed dearly.

So last week was sandwiched with a class Monday and Friday and then all kinds of unpleasantries mixed inbetween and around!. BLAH!!!

Here is hoping for a better week It started yesterday with a nice sunny day and a great 5 mile run ouside. And today my OLD brother (it' s his birthday today :0) Is heading back to Denver to see his girlies, Gisele and Kaylee, so safe travels, bro! Love ya! Training continues this week, only TWELVE days until my 10K woopwoop!!!

 Anyway ,who knows what THIS week will bring, but here is the plan...Stan.... ...the FamMenu:

Monday: May be getting half price Sushi with some friends tonight....if not, Mongolian Beef that I didn't have time to make last week!

Tuesday: Grilled wild Cod with kalmatas, feta and roasted peppers, couscous, roasted "spare-guts" :0)

Wednesday: Spaghetti with meatballs, homemade bread with gruyere, salad with hard boiled eggs, bacon and tomatoes, italian style green beans

Thursday: Gotta go Mexican for the fifth of May! I am thinking the enchilada recipe on my blog...but made with chicken instead! And maybe my Easy Tortilla soup, as well...to get some veggies in! I'll let the kiddies have some ice cream with funnel cakes sprinkled with cinnamon sugar! (they have been BEGGING to make funnel cakes, we got a boxed giftset from Gigi and Grampy months ago!!)

Friday: Mooobie Night! Pizza and ice cream with all my lovies...hoping to FINALLY watch "Tangled" :0)

Saturday:  Pulled BBQ Pork on buns, fruit salad, pasta salad veggies and dip

Sunday: I am thinking...Hubby and I can make something together :0)

Have a great week everyone! Hug your moms, dads, siblings, families  and friends and tell them how much you love them!