Comments on: Meal Plan Monday, January 24, 2011

By: BeyondRiceandTofu

BeyondRiceandTofu — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:17:17 +0000

Ha! I want your cookbooks too! I have them wish-listed on Paperback Swap, but it looks like everyone likes them and isn’t giving them up so easily. Do you know Herbavoracious blog? I won the rice cooker cookbook from his publisher as I was one of his recipe testers recently. Fun!

Yes, creamy polenta is total comfort food, huh? Just like those bean fritters I saw over on your page recently. Something about them said comfort food to me too, probably because I rarely eat anything ‘fried’.

Yes, this week was going to be rougher than it has turned out so far, thankfully. I was recently diagnosed with thyroid issues and have been having tummy troubles so I was headed in for another intestinal endoscopy/biopsy today. Ugh. But when the thyroid came back super high, apparently that can cause tummy troubles too, we decided to wait on any more investigations there until we get the thyroid worked out. So I didn’t have to be knocked out and grumpy today!

But tomorrow and Thursday I get to have radioactive iodine pumped in me to check out the thyroid and see what’s going on. And thus I get to spend more hours at the hospital this week. Yucky. At least I have some good books to keep me company, and yummy food at home awaiting me! Thanks for your thoughts. They are appreciated!

By: BeyondRiceandTofu

BeyondRiceandTofu — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:09:02 +0000

I was spying that one too, Wendy, it’s been bookmarked! Although my husband isn’t a huge fan of pesto for some reason…I just won’t call it that and he’ll like it just fine, me thinks!
We had the broccoli and cheese soup tonight. We liked it pretty well. I think it sat on the warm setting too long and there was a funky ‘crust’ on top when I got home that made me think I burned it. But I scraped it off and gave it to the chickens and it was all good. I did add some yukon gold potatoes to it to give it more body. And I pureed the entire thing at the end as my broccoli florets were fairly large and chunky. Try it out…

By: BeyondRiceandTofu

BeyondRiceandTofu — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:04:44 +0000

Hi Angela – Do you know about Paperback Swap? A great source of cookbooks that you can check out and then swap once you’re done with it…

And thank you for hosting!

By: scrumptious

scrumptious — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:19:38 +0000

Two cookbooks I’d love to own – the rice cooker one and the slow cooker one. I am all about appliances that make my life easier. And lead to fewer dishes to wash!

As always I want to gobble up your entire menu plan, especially those white beans in sage tomato sauce over creamy polenta. Are there any two words more comforting than “creamy polenta?”

Why are you anticipating needing comfort food this week? Are there challenges coming up ahead? I hope everything goes well, whatever they are!

By: Wendy @ Celiacs in the House

Wendy @ Celiacs in the House — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:46:23 +0000

I tried Stephanie’s Pesto Minestrone Soup she posted last week on her A Year of Slow Cooking site. It was pretty amazing soup. I’ll have to check out your choice.

By: angelaskitchen

angelaskitchen — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:35:42 +0000

I have been lusting after that vegetarian cookbook! So many yummy things…

Thanks for participating in the Gluten Free Menu Swap. Your menu is delicious. I love all the links you shared. Now I’m off to check them out!

Have a great week!

By: Menu Plan Monday – January 24, 2011 | Angela’s Kitchen

Menu Plan Monday – January 24, 2011 | Angela’s Kitchen — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:30:39 +0000

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