on the menu

I was making my menu plan and grocery list this morning, and thought some of you might be interested in knowing what's on the menu chez moi this week. (I read a post on Neighbor Jane's blog about the law of diminishing returns – she always has good food for thought – and it made me think of recipes. I just get tired of things if I make them too often, so even though we have definite favorites that I return to again and again, I have to mix things up and I love to try new recipes.)

And yes, I realize I use far too many parenthetical asides. I can't help it.


Crockpot sweet & sour chicken (I'll be adding carrots and using sweet & sour sauce instead of the bbq sauce; this looks just like an old recipe of my mom's that I had forgotten about but remember fondly.)

Sourdough pizza with squash, bacon, and caramelized onions (Holy cow, I cannot wait to taste this!)

Homemade chicken noodle soup (because I love homemade noodles. and chicken.)

Pasta ricca al gorgonzola (because we love meat & blue cheese combinations and all I have to buy is the ground beef!)

Carrot, coconut & curry soup (because I have a serious weakness for carrots and coconut milk)

Warm autumn salad (We looooove roasted veggies.)

Homemade flat bread (looks like naan, ooh la la!)

Artisan bread with a twist (The same recipe I make in the Dutch oven, only shaped into baguette-ish loaves and with less wait time. A hit with my family.)

Brown bag microwave popcorn (so clever!)

Cookies of some sort, most likely these.

As you can see, I have been using Tasty Kitchen a lot lately for new recipe ideas. I have several cooking/recipe blogs in my Google Reader and SO many starred items to try... Also, I just really love squash. And carrots.