http://www.oururbanvillage.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:56:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...by life! It's one thing after another, and the blog gets pushed to the side. The biggest interrupter has been grad school. I started off the semester behind because I dropped a class and added another and was a week behind. I am also interning at two schools because that is part ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/blog-interrupted/ (If you want to play, check out Mrs. 4444's site.) 1. Memorable food this week: -broccoli mashed potatoes. mash the broccoli into the potatoes. Easy and good. -French onion dip sandwiches with carrot and broccoli coleslaw. I loved the coleslaw because it wasn't made with mayo. I'm a mayo hater. It was ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/friday-fragments-5/ I was doing well keeping up with my recipes. Then, Thursday, I got distracted by by this book: My first book of 2010 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I tried to read this book a couple of months ago, but could not get into it. I ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/distracted/ Looks like I'll be taking on the Rachel Ray recipes this week. Sometimes I'm a fan, sometimes I'm not a fan, sometimes her meals do not take 30 minutes!!!!! Monday - Salmon with Brown Butter and Broccoli Mashed Potatoes (Rachel Ray magazine Oct. 09) Tuesday - Turkey Bacon and Kale Minestra (Rachel ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/menu-planning-monday-2/ It was 15 month well baby check up day! Whoopee! Waited an hour and 20 minutes in the waiting room, to be called in to see the doctor for about 10 minutes. We also had to wait around some more in a small room where Eli finally knew ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/wordful-wednesday-4/ As I sit here, eating my tiny cup o' Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream and reminisce on dinner, I have to say it was just alright. Rather uninspiring sadly. It could be a reflection of my day. I spent 2 hours too long at the doctor's office for ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/roasted-garlic-chicken-just-eh/ The Prep I was able to prep the cheese, portion out the pasta, and cut and clean the cauliflower. So much easier to work with non-meat ingredients. I'm hyper paranoid about meat and spreading some disease. The Process Not even 1 second after I took out a bowl, Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle Yum started ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/three-cheese-macaroni/ This was almost dubbed a dinner catastrophe, with the kids deciding to roll around right under my feet at the oven. Noah constantly picking on Eli, Eli constantly in every cabinet going for all the glass items. (Yay, we need to close those cabinets.) I also had some struggles with ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/salmon-with-lentils/ The meals are planned for January. They are all taken from some of my favorite cooking magazines. The recipes sound tasty and let's hope they turn out that way. This week's plan: Monday - Salmon with Lentils (Food Network mag Oct 2009) Tuesday - Three Cheese Macaroni (Food Network mag Oct 2009) Wednesday - ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/meal-planning-monday-2/ [caption id="attachment_654" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Chicken Tikka Masala"][/caption] I'm going to start making a habit of finding at least one recipe for Kyle to make on the weekends. He's such a great cook! This weekend he made Chicken Tikka Masala from Cook's Illustrated Sept/Nov 2007 issue. I admire and drool over the ... http://www.oururbanvillage.com/chicken-tikka-masala/