What's Cooking This Week in Findley Lake

I finally got to Erie County Farms during daylight hours. Usually I hit there at 5pm on Fridays, tired, slow, and fighting the last minute crowd. Sometimes workers are actually clearing off the counters.

This past Friday, a friend and I drove in at noon. What a difference 5 hours makes! While I bought my usual assortment of fresh veggies and meat, what was really difference was having the energy to do something with it once I got home.

Friday afternoon I made Cock-a-Leekie Soup using the chicken/leeks/purple potatoes that I'd bought. Put some of the pork into marinate for Thai Spicy Pork. Bagged up the rest of the chicken breasts, boneless pork chops and roasts, and cod, then got them right into the freezer. Usually I'm too tired to do more than stuff the meats into the frig and hope I get back to them.

Saturday cooked up the Thai Pork and made a pan full of Roasted Winter Veggies using a buttercup squash/fennel bulb/red onion that I had bought.

Sunday, today, I plan on blanching some of the kale and freezing it. The rest of the kale I'll cook completely. Then I'll set up my freezer suppers (about 2 or 3) of Thai Pork, baked sweet potato, and kale using divided freezer ware. Sunday supper is half of the roasted chicken that I bought Friday (other half went straight to the freezer). The side will be the Roasted Winter Veggies plus Roasted Garlic as a condiment for the meat.

Monday, I plan on making my own bastardized Hot and Sour Soup. Got the pork and tofu, bean sprouts, then either some frozen Asian veggie mix or some broccoli and mushrooms (also from my shopping expedition).

Tuesday is suppose to be fish and coleslaw (Friday's shopping)

Wednesday is suppose to be steak salad using a head of Boston lettuce and red onion. I may substitute Thai Pork chunks as they are already cook.

So what does it mean when I cook? It's usually a sign that I feel good. My family, like an army, runs on it's stomach. Most of the meals I'm cooking are also providing enough food for two or three other nights. This works perfectly into my plans for Turkey hunting next week. Amongst the chaos of my life, I have an outlined supper menu for the week posted on the frig (just an aberration this week). Next week will be a reprise of this week so I'll have very little cooking, just nuking. Sounds like a plan for the little hunting homemaker, me!