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We did much better this week than we did the week prior. Really, Craig did much better as he ended up bearing the brunt of most of the cooking responsibilities this week. If it's even possible, it seemed like this week was busier than last. Work continues to be a bit crazy and in addition to our weekly French class, we also took a Knife Skills class at Brooklyn Kitchen on Tuesday.

Thanks to some clever advanced planning on Craig's part, we actually followed most of the meal plan.

Meal 1: Creamy mushrooms with polenta, green salad
Craig made this later in the week, one of my late nights at work. I was craving comfort food, which usually means pasta for me. So while Craig ate his mushrooms over polenta, I ate mine over pasta covered in grated parmesan. For some reason, Craig really dislikes making green salads, so no leafy greens with this meal.

Meal 2: Turkey sausage and potato hash, collard greens
We had this after our class at Brooklyn Kitchen. We didn't get home until 9:30; if it hadn't of been for Craig's forethought, we would have eaten out. Craig boiled and diced the potatoes and cooked the collard greens Sunday night. All we had to do we saute the potatoes with the sausage and heat up the greens. In about 10 minutes, dinner was on the table.

Meal 3: Butternut squash soup, cabbage salad
I made this soup late Sunday night and we were able to eat it throughout the week - a few times for lunch and once for dinner. I tried a different approach with this soup and added ginger and red pepper. It turned out pretty tasty, I'll share the recipe soon. No cabbage salad though, we stuck with a green salad.

Meal 4: Cauliflower in tomato sauce, polenta, green salad
Another late night at the office, another meal that Craig ended up cooking. We went with couscous instead of polenta and Craig added some of our frozen corn as well. It was delicious and filling. And of course, no green salad.

Meal 5: Rice with onions, cabbage salad
The only meal that didn't happen. I blame our bad influence friends Maegan and Nick, since they made us go out to dinner with them on Monday.

And that's the week. Check in a bit later to see what we have planned for the upcoming week.



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