This Saturday is The Dinner Party. I am sure as hell not planning much of a regular menu when I am so pre-occupied with Not Losing It. I am making things as easy on myself as possible, Internet.
So here’s my meager menu:
Dinners for the Week of April 16-21:
- Today: Mulligatawny Soup
- Wednesday: Tacos
- Thursday: Crockpot BBQ Pork with Baked Potato
- Friday: Out
- Saturday: DINNER PARTY
- Sunday: Crap, it’s Easter do I have to do something special? Maybe beef tenderloin.
I know YOU aren’t fretting about my dinner party, Internet. What’s on your menu this week?
Oh I am absolutely fretting about your dinner party. And so I too am taking it easy on dinners this week.
My easiest, easiest dinner, and I am looking forward to this, is that I am working on using up all the cans of hearty soups I bought a couple years ago for Just In Case Emergency Food. So several cans of soup into a pan, get a bag of rolls from the bakery, and I am DONE.
I also did Breakfast for Dinner this week, which is one of those meals that seems quick/easy but uses up all my pans and takes forever. Why do I keep thinking it’s quick/easy? But it was good, and now I want fried potatoes every night.
On Easter we will all be too full of Easter candy to eat dinner, so it’s Make Your Own night.
SAME! I always think, “Breakfast for Dinner! Easy!” But it is NOT, quite.
We’re having lots of our old standbys, including Taco Tuesday. I maybe accidentally invited over the neighbors for Easter dinner (on a day when I’ll be in choir allll morning), and am fretting now about buying new napkins and Easter decor and serving something special, instead of the boxed cake mix I was planning to serve my family. Ack. WHY??
Of course we are fretting over your Dinner Party! And can’t wait to hear the full report. I *think* we are hosting dinner at our house. I say “think” because my beleaguered friend has not yet confirmed that they are coming, I guess I need to figure that out…
I am hosting Coach’s family for Easter on Saturday. I am making lasagna which is a very labor intensive recipe, so I am relying on left overs from when we were out of town for Irish dancing world championships and left kids home to fend for themselves to feed us until then. Maybe cheese pizza on Friday. I am baking soda bread though, and that is always a huge hit here. I will be hosting at the same time as you, and will have very different issues. Will my in laws irritate me to the point that I ask them to leave? I will keep you posted.