November 16, 2010

2010 - Day 317

This week's Monday dinner happened after tutoring on Tuesday this week. We didn't get to eat until 9 PM, but when we did we had a delicious ham, spinach and blue cheese pasta. Wonderful as always.

October 25, 2010

2010 - Day 295

Jay hosted Monday Dinner this week at his newish apartment. It was so delicious. He prepared pork stock and then made a glaze for the pork loin. We then had brocollini with pancetta and rice. It was finished off with an apple pie that Amanda had made. Excellent dinner.

September 20, 2010

2010 - Day 261

I finally made a Monday Dinner again. It had been awhile, but everything is getting back to normal around here. I made a delicious turkey enchilada casserole. It was very good. Then I made the September dessert of the month to go with it. S'more bars and they were incredible.

August 16, 2010

2010 - Day 226

Amanda and I decided that we were going to have Monday Dinner on a budget, since we have lost the ability to budget ourselves in any other aspect of our lives.

As you can see she made her $20 stretch really far. We had clam sauce over linguine. Our veggie was green beans and fresh cherry tomatoes and then of course we had some bread. There were even orange juice popsicles for dessert. The over budget purchase that she made was a new mini pitcher for the apple water she made. Overall it was absolutely delicious. I can see why Jay and Amanda have made clam sauce and pasta several times this week. Although the first time Jay caught the clams himself.

June 14, 2010

2010 - Day 165

Jay and Amanda partook in the huge bbq fest in Madison Square Park this weekend, so neither of them where up for a big Monday dinner. So instead I made an Asian Chicken Salad spread which was delicious. Then I got some mozzarella and tomato as our luxury item.

June 8, 2010

2010 - Day 159

We had to reschedule Monday dinner to Tuesday for this week. It was a pretty healthy soup and salad night and both dishes turned out excellent. We had a chicken spinach salad with red onion and strawberry as well as a cauliflower soup with homemade croutons. My sister said that at the restaurant where she works they make homemade croutons out of jalapeno corn bread. That is almost worth a trip to Madison right now.

May 24, 2010

2010 - Day 144

My mom had told me about some sweet corn they had last week and I had a craving for some of my own. So I made some chicken skewers and sweet potato fries to go with it. I got a little too ambitious with the sweet potato fries and had to put half of them in the fridge to make later this week. Also I was making Jay and Amanda nervous cutting the potatoes. Jay said that I better not cut my finger off, because he knew from experience that was no good. Amanda added that she was too tired to go to the emergency room. I stopped already with the potatoes.

May 17, 2010

2010 - Day 137

Amanda and Jay found a type of onion that is only available for several weeks a year. I will have to get the name . . . Anyway she made a sauce less pizza to use the onions with. It was incredible. That combined with some amazing bruschetta and it was a great meal.

May 3, 2010

2010 - Day 123

Amanda made savory crepes for Monday Night Dinner. Good call, they were incredible. I took a picture of them, but Amanda said they weren't photogenic enough. So here you go instead, proof that it took nearly every dish we own to make them.

April 14, 2010

2010 - Day 104

There were too many pictures to choose from on Monday, because I had just gotten back from vacation. However, Amanda made such a beautiful dinner on Monday, I thought that it should still go up here. She made a delicious cream of asparagus sauce that we had over a breaded chicken breast with asparagus and rice.

February 22, 2010

2010 - Day 53

For dinner this Monday, we had some delicious pork chops. Amanda used panko bread crumbs, and a mustard based sauce and it was all really delicious. We also had great mashed potatoes (thanks mom for the potato masher) and green beans. Jay also got to relive some of the Olympics coverage from Sunday, because I as usual was a little behind.

February 1, 2010

2010 - Day 32

This week for Monday dinner I made an attempt at duck, which is something that I had never cooked before. It was quite a success. Duck breast is pretty expensive, so it better taste good. I have had duck tacos before at several restaurants and have always really enjoyed them. It was really simple to make, I found this recipe on another blog called My Husband Cooks. The recipe called for a homemade salsa as well, which was a lot of fun.