The Adventures of Garrett Squared: Menu March 18-27, 2013

Friday, March 15, 2013

Menu March 18-27, 2013

Hey everyone! We finally got some sunshine here!

March came in like a lion for sure! I hope it decides to go out like a lamb--like it is supposed to do!

March is playing with us--cold, snowy, sleety, yucky, overcast, windy--you name it and just when you think "darn! Will winter never end???? Perhaps we should put groundhog on the menu!", you get a lovely sunny day that makes life worth living.

Then, winter comes back with a vengeance!

It's like dancing a tango. Love--Hate!

Today is...LOVE!!!! Sunshine, 70's.

Time to pop up out of my cave to enjoy the sunshine while it is still here before the sunshine bids adieu!

Recap of Last Week:

Monday

Cheddar Garlic Chicken with Red Potatoes & Green Beans with Almonds

YUMMMMMM...4 thumbs up! Note that the recipe called for 2 T minced garlic and 2 t garlic powder. Seemed like a lot for the tastes of the family (my parents, gman and me), so I just used 1 T minced garlic and 1 t garlic powder. I believe I could have just skipped the garlic powder and it would have been fine. We did love it! The potatoes were kind of heated in some water with greek seasoning and were quite tasty too. Love my Greek Seasoning!

Tuesday

Hearty Potato Pan Burger Casserole

3 thumb down--bye bye Potato Pan Burger...funny--we have had this recipe for decades and made it a lot in the past and liked it but now our taste buds have evidently changed.

Wednesday

Ham Steak with Lima Beans & Potatoes

I changed this one to ham chunks with green beans and potatoes cooked together. It's a fav of ours and just sounded good! It was...

Thursday

Savory Onion Chicken

Enjoyed this one too! 4 thumbs up! Keeping!

Now for this week:

MONDAY

Pasta e Fagioli

This is a great recipe that I found over at Farm Girl in the Suburbs and pinned it to my Pinterest Board immediately--and it got to stay! :) When we go to Olive Garden, Gman goes ape over the Pasta e Fagioli and this is excellent! Note that when I made it, I used the red kidney beans and black beans because I didn't have any navy beans. Still GREAT!!!! So, pop on over to Farm Girl's blog and tell her I sent ya! Thanks for sharing Farm Girl!

TUESDAY

Santa Fe Baked Chicken

WEDNESDAY

Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers

THURSDAY

Baked Chicken Parmesan

FRIDAY

Fridays are always Burger and Fries night. We make up some burgers and get out the George Foreman grill and throw the fries into the oven and in about 20 min--yum!!!! AND they are better for you than the ones at the restaurants. However, during lent the Catholic churches around this area really have great fish frys--it's a big deal in these parts and we take advantage for the 5-6 weeks of lent. So, Fish...

Have a great week everyone!

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The Mockingjay

It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to the characters of this Trilogy.

This 3rd and last book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was not remotely what I thought it would be. While the first two books were books about horrific competition and massive loss it was also about the indomitable will to live and thrive of the human spirit.

I thought that this book would be much as the other two. Our heros are tested and then survive to live happily ever after.

But, this book is much deeper and probably much more realistic than that. The thin skinned President Snowden in his extreme anger makes it clear that Katniss, her family and even her village are not going to be allowed to live in the peace that we anticipated after the first two books. To the end that President Snowden wants to see Katniss and everyone who follows her and her courage destroyed, we are drawn deeply into a story of battle both internal and external, love and loss and the dramatic results of a long lived, hard fought war while unsure of who is friend and who is foe.

The end of this book was a loss in many respects. The loss of a group of people to whom I was drawn and the loss of a way of life for those characters. While the war was won, the battles took their toll on all of the characters that we have come to know and love and their lives are forever changed by the end of this book and trilogy.

Catching Fire

This 2nd book in The Hunger Games Trilogy was even better than number one!

I read it in about a day and a half.

I simply could NOT put it down!

The main thrust of this book is the Quell games. Every 25 years the districts must take part in not one but two games to celebrate the domination of the Capitol.

If I go further than that with explanation, I will probably ruin #1 for you, so let's just say that the Mockingjay has a part in this and that the families of Peeta and Katniss as well as Gale are well represented.

The ending leaves us hungry for more at the edge of an abiss...

Now, on to book 3.

PS--Don't start this series without purchasing all three books because you will surely kick yourself if you can't go right to the next book!

The Hunger Games

Book 1 of the Trilogy:
GREAT READ! This was recommended to me by my hair stylist while I was in Missouri. I purchased it for my Kindle, but subsequently passed it up for other reads. My mistake! What an engaging book! Following Katniss and Peeta as well as the other characters in a richly written narrative of the Hunger Games which are a fight to the death each year of children chosen from each of the 12 poor downtrodden districts of the country of Penam for the enjoyment of the spoiled, protected class of people in the "Capital". Gripping and twisting right to the end! I liked it so much that the second I finished I felt like I couldn't let go of the characters and zipped right on to the second volume of the trilogy! RECOMMEND HIGHLY!

Pumpkin Roll

Pumpkin Roll by Josi S. Kilpack~~This book was recommended by another blogger who made it sound so good that I I just had to check t out. I purchased my copy for Kindle and really enjoyed it! The author writes a very fine mystery without using vulgarity or objectionable content which is refreshing. This book was a fun one for the autumn season when our thoughts turn to pumpkins, spices and a nip in the air.

The neighbor is rumored to be a witch and with several other colorful characters of dubious nature, we have a fun Halloween culinary novel.

The nice twist at the end of the story gives an interesting wrap-up to make this book a good light read.

In addition, the recipes sounded so good that I had to copy some of them down and try them--including the Pumpkin Roll of the book title. A good read and good recipes! What's better than that?

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