The BEST Hardboiled Egg Method

No meal plan this week because we are moving on F R I D A Y !!!!!! Until then, we will be eating the leftovers of our Easter Feast. I will post a follow-up on the recipes and how we liked them as soon as I can. Until then, I leave you with the very best hardboiled egg method I know of which came from Elise at Simply Recipes and some shots of what I think are some pretty fantastic Easter eggs.

Meal Plan: March 13-19

Sunday:

Leftover buffet

Monday:

Pasta with pesto and white beans

Tuesday:

Zucchini Frittata with roasted beets

Wednesday:

Tomato Soup and cheese sandwiches

Thursday:

First Annual Flynn Malone St. Patrick's Day Dinner!

Slow-cooked Corned Beef and Cabbage

Colcannon

Irish Soda Bread

Friday:

Corn and seafood chowder

Saturday:

Pasta with tomato sauce

Farms to Visit

White Barn Farm, Wrentham, MA

dried beans!

Tony Andrews's Farm, Falmouth, MA

pick your own peas, strawberries, tomatoes and pumpkins

Make Your Own Tortilla Chips

Recipe from Savory Sweet Life

I can't wait to do this! The warm, handmade chips are what always lure me into my favorite Mexican restaurants!

Meal Plan: November 9-15

Since we will all be home on Wednesday and we travel for Thanksgiving, we decided to spend our day making our own Thanksgiving meal. We have never done it before, so we have decided to stick by the experts for most of it.

Monday:

Salsa and black bean chicken from freezer with rice

Tuesday:

Macaroni and Cheese from freezer with broccoli

Wednesday: Veteran's Choice ~ Thanksgiving dinner

• Salt and Pepper Turkey, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 119 ~Very good! The turkey stayed moist and flavorful. Butter rubbed under the skin will do that!
• Bread stuffing with sage, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 120 ~ Solid stuffing. I think next time we would use a recipe with more add-ins.
• Bourbon Sweet potatoes, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 122 ~ A total winner! We would definitely make these again!
• Our own Roasted brussels sprouts with leeks and rosemary ~ We just didn't get to adding the leeks and rosemary, so we just had them roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper. They were great.
• Green Bean Casserole, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 125 ~ We made this with rice milk, so it was definitely healthier than the norm. We both agreed that it is worth it to fry your own shallots, but we might just use the canned soup next time... if we make it. It doesn't really say "Thanksgiving" to either of us.
• Balsamic-glazed pearl onions, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 126 ~ These were amazing! I am still dreaming about them and they were definitely healthier than the traditional creamed variety.
• Martha Stewart Cranberry Fig Relish ~ Very good. We make this every year. I am not sure I really notice the figs. I may be just as well to leave them out from now on.
• Luxurious Masshed Potatoes, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 24 ~ We didn't get to these and we didn't miss them. Neither of us care too much about mashed potatoes.
• Fannie Farmer Apple Pie ~ We didn't make this until Friday. It was good enough. We used a little too much shortening and not enough apples. We'll know for next time.

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: Leftover sandwiches/wraps on way to Cape

Saturday: on Cape

Sunday: On Cape

Monday:

Baked Chicken with apples and fennel, Everyday Food November 2009, p. 146

Roasted fingerling potatoes

Cranberry Farms

Cranberry Hill in Plymouth

I plan to buy 10 lbs+ for canning and freezing

This was a wonderful experience! Christine and her husband run the operation out of their garage. She couldn't have been nicer! You have to call ahead and she takes cash and check. She told us that this was a low-yield season, but what they harvested were very high quality. Cranberry Hill is an organic cranberry farm. They flood the bog in April and May to wash out eggs of cranberry fruit worms. In growing and harvesting season they use bug lights to deter predators.

Fun Things to Do

Davis Farm Land in Sterling, MA - April through November: animals, water park, apple picking