Menu for Week #17

I was working on a recipe for macaroni and cheese this week so that dominated my cooking.  We did make two pots of soup, double our goal.  We had two hambones in the freezer and wanted to reduce that by one.  This didn’t save space because we froze 2 quarts of the soup for later.   Sweet potato were on the original menu but we found early artichokes on sale so we’ll have the tubers next week.   

Last week's menu:

Monday

• Lemon chicken orzo soup (a similar recipe here)  The beautiful wife suggested this soup; it was good. 
• Salad

Tuesday

• Skip’s Macaroni and Cheese (recipe here)
• Salad
• Dessert:  ice cream with strawberries

Wednesday 

• Skip’s Macaroni and Cheese (yes again, working on the recipe)
• Salad
• Dessert:  pulled my oatmeal-chocolate chip and walnut cookies from the freezer and enjoyed the with a little vanilla ice cream

Thursday

• Steamed artichoke (on sale at Sprouts, couldn't resist)
• Beth’s Vegetarian Enchiladas (leftovers)

Friday

• Split Pea Soup with Hambone, recipe here (needed to use the leftover hambone in the freezer)
• Salad

Please comment:  What seasonal favorite are you excited to have on your menu this week? 

Comments

[Mameelynn]

I just found your blog yesterday and I have been reading from the start and I love it! I'm just excited that the farmers market starts up this week here so I'm excited to see what they have! I am loving all of the info on your site but I was wondering if you have any way to find out the fiber vrs sugar ratio for homemade breads? I always make my own bread and I would love to be able to see how it rates on the scale. Thanks!

[skip hellewell]

Hi Mameelynn

It's very rewarding to receive comments such as yours.

You asked about the ratio of fiber to sugar in whole wheat bread. We use Nancy O's recipe (http://www.wordofwisdomliving.com/home/our-daily-bread.html?currentPage=2#comments) and it makes four loaves from 1/3 cup of honey. If you use all whole wheat flour you'll get about 4 grams of fiber per slice. Doing the math on the honey, the ratio is about 4 grams fiber to 1 gram sugar. That's pretty good. It might be a little better as the yeast consumes some of the sugar for energy.