Comments on: something simple http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/05/07/something-simple/ A peek into our kitchen Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jennifer Hess http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/05/07/something-simple/#comment-2457 Jennifer Hess Fri, 09 May 2008 13:17:46 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/?p=269#comment-2457 Thanks, Claudia :) Trust me, I can understand your desperation - NYC spoiled me, and it has been a bit of an adjustment to not have immediate access to all of the goodies in Union Square! Oatmeal Cookie Guy - Hi and welcome! I generally spend a bit of time on the weekend sketching out our meals for the coming week. I think about the proteins we have on hand, factor in whatever we buy fresh at the farmers' markets or elsewhere, and then write down an outline for the week. Nothing is set in stone, but I like having a general idea of what our meals are going to look like, and I also like to leave some flexibility in there, so if, for instance, something that I had taken out to thaw from the freezer isn't quite ready for the night I had planned, I can swap in a meal from later in the week in its place. I'm not sure if that makes any sense - but it has worked for us. :) Marie - Thanks! It's coming, I know it is... now I just wish it would stop RAINING! Thanks, Claudia :) Trust me, I can understand your desperation - NYC spoiled me, and it has been a bit of an adjustment to not have immediate access to all of the goodies in Union Square!

Oatmeal Cookie Guy - Hi and welcome! I generally spend a bit of time on the weekend sketching out our meals for the coming week. I think about the proteins we have on hand, factor in whatever we buy fresh at the farmers’ markets or elsewhere, and then write down an outline for the week. Nothing is set in stone, but I like having a general idea of what our meals are going to look like, and I also like to leave some flexibility in there, so if, for instance, something that I had taken out to thaw from the freezer isn’t quite ready for the night I had planned, I can swap in a meal from later in the week in its place. I’m not sure if that makes any sense - but it has worked for us. :)

Marie - Thanks! It’s coming, I know it is… now I just wish it would stop RAINING!

]]> By: Marie http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/05/07/something-simple/#comment-2454 Marie Fri, 09 May 2008 00:48:04 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/?p=269#comment-2454 Oatmeal cookie guy, snap out of it! :-) The whispering Cornish hen - I like that idea. Suuummmer, suuuummer. Looks yummy. Oatmeal cookie guy, snap out of it! :-)

The whispering Cornish hen - I like that idea. Suuummmer, suuuummer.

Looks yummy.

]]> By: Oatmeal Cookie Guy http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/05/07/something-simple/#comment-2449 Oatmeal Cookie Guy Thu, 08 May 2008 17:57:20 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/?p=269#comment-2449 How far in advance do you plan your menus and shopping? I'd like to cook dinners like this more often--really I do. But by the end of the day it's just so much easier to pick up a prepared salad and a package of prebreaded and cooked chicken breasts... How far in advance do you plan your menus and shopping? I’d like to cook dinners like this more often–really I do. But by the end of the day it’s just so much easier to pick up a prepared salad and a package of prebreaded and cooked chicken breasts…

]]> By: claudia (cook eat FRET) http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/2008/05/07/something-simple/#comment-2448 claudia (cook eat FRET) Thu, 08 May 2008 13:10:41 +0000 http://www.lastnightsdinner.net/?p=269#comment-2448 man have i ever missed your food. that right there just looks like the perfect plate i've got ramps, but no pea tendrils... and i actually mail ordered the ramps off of ebay i should look a bit harder around town i know they exist stop laughing at me i'm a desperate woman man have i ever missed your food.
that right there just looks like the perfect plate

i’ve got ramps, but no pea tendrils…
and i actually mail ordered the ramps off of ebay
i should look a bit harder around town
i know they exist

stop laughing at me
i’m a desperate woman

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