Planning Ahead - Week of 10/23/2011

Again, nothing to do with the post, but pretty all the same!

Now that you know how we did last week, it's time to list what's on the menu this week. This week is the first time it's truly felt like fall, with temperatures dipping into the low 50's. With the beginning of fall, I always feel like roasts and stews, so we picked up a few pounds of top round from Rexcroft Farms at the market yesterday. I'm still relatively new to the world of roasts, so I tend to follow recipes pretty closely. I'll let you know how it comes out in our weekly update. And if you have any pointers, please share!

Keeping with the autumnal theme, we also picked up a butternut squash. My usual go to for butternut squash is soup, but our meals have been pretty soup heavy lately (here, here and here just to name a few!). This week I think we'll keep it simple, and just stick with simple, roasted squash.

Meal 1: Pot Roast, boiled potatoes, steamed romanesco, green salad
Meal 2: Vaca Frita, rice, green salad
Meal 3: White bean soup (yes, yet another soup)
Meal 4: Pasta with a leek and tomato sauce, carrot and radish salad
Meal 5: Roasted butternut squash, parmesan polenta, green salad

And now I'm off to look up roast recipes......

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