The menu for this week is a bit pork-heavy, because the pigs my brother has been raising (We split one with another family, and his family split one with another family) have just come back from the butcher. I am a little sad because I was hoping to get some lard out of the deal, but no such luck. They had to butcher the pigs early because a neighbor informed the Marshall that *someone* was keeping pigs closer to their house than 900 feet (a county ordinance my brother was unaware of). They gave us 30 days before mandating the execution, but still there was really only enough lard to make the sausage. Bummer.
Anyway, we have some other interesting happenings this week; namely the fact that tonight is our family birthday celebration for July (yours truly, on the 20th) and August, as well as a welcome home party for my brother in law who just returned from Iraq. The birthday person's family does the cooking...and since dh baketh not, and little unborn Joshua cannot do much in the kitchen yet, it meant I threw together a lasagna (yesterday, to bake today) and an ahhhhhmazing chocolate cake. This is seriously an incredible whole wheat cake recipe. I think the secret lies in using melted bakers' chocolate instead of cocoa, as well as almost all of the leavening ingredients being liquid. You get a cake that is moist and delicious! I doubled the recipe and made layers, and since dh is not as chocolate obsessed as I, I'm throwing a white chocolate ganache between the layers instead of the dark chocolate ganache I'll be using to top it. Just wanted to throw in a little variation to make him happy since the other cake will be an ice cream cake and dh cannot have too much pasteurized dairy without getting sick. We will have 2 Italian lasagnas and one Brazilian Lasagna (courtesy of my sis), so I'm pretty sure my lunches at work this week will consist of leftovers of our own lasagna.
OK, so that is the info on the week; without further ado, our menu plan:
Monday: Lasagna (Other family members are making the freshly milled whole wheat bread, and the salad). Decadent Chocolate Cake.
Tuesday: Quinoa Risotto (using leftovers from the freezer because it is my late night at work) and sauteed squash.
Wednesday: Salad with grilled chicken
Thursday: Pork steak (this is actually from the freezer...needed to use it up before we get to our new pork reserves) w/mashed sweet potatoes and steamed veggies.
Friday: Leftovers (another late night)
Saturday: Pork Roast w/ Potatoes (from our garden!!) & Carrots (organic from the store...ours do not seem to be ready yet)
Sunday: Leftovers (there is always more than enough roast)
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