I made a second batch of pumpkin bread this morning. Second batch in a week, I should specify. The first batch went wrong somehow and resulted in a very stodgy, goopy mess that I threw away after exchanging multiple Paul Hollywood quips with my husband.
Today's batch is better. I mean, it's not going to win any beauty pageants. (Why doesn't it ever RISE?) And it was still slightly stodgy, which I don't understand. (Okay, I didn't leave it in for the full 65 to 75 minutes the recipe suggests, but when I checked at sixty minutes, the toothpicks came out clean! That should mean DONE and NO STODGE!)
Stodginess aside, it tastes wonderful. Bonus, my house smells wonderfully of cinnamon and cloves and pumpkin.
Speaking of pumpkin… It's making its way into the menu again this week. You should be aware that I don't really like pumpkin. Pumpkin bread – okay, and maybe a smattering of other pumpkin desserts – is the lone exception. But my husband suggested it, and then he suggested another pumpkin recipe when I wasn't properly enthusiastic about the first one, and a) I try to accept his dinner suggestions because I want to encourage him to help me with the Sisyphean task of coming up with meals to eat day in, day out, every day, day after day, until death, and b) he clearly is in a pumpkin frame of mind, so why not feed that craving?
My range of expressions as I go through the Pumpkin Stages of Acceptance. P.S. I look nothing at all like Kristen Wiig.
This week is supposed to be damp and cooler if not cool, so I am going all out with the hearty meals.
Dinners for the Week of September 23-30
- Chicken Shawarma with Steamed Broccoli: We haven't had this old favorite in awhile; it will be good this week.
- Beef with Sugar Snap Peas: I'm just in the mood for this?? Feels like it bridges the gap between "fresh and summery" and "nourishing and warm" pretty well. I might throw in a red bell pepper if I'm feeling fancy.
- Apple Cider Glazed Pork Chops with Green Beans: This is a recipe that I used to make ALL the time… and yet I can find no record of it on my blog! Has it really been THAT long since I've made it? Well. Time to fix that.
- Ground Beef Tacos: My daughter is having a friend sleep over this weekend; the last time she slept over, she was deeply disappointed that we didn't have tacos for dinner, which was what I'd served the previous time she'd been over. This time, I will make tacos once again. It's really a gift for all of us.
What's on your menu plan for this week?
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