Will the Real Jennie Menke Please Stand Up

Now GET TO WORK!

This is an entry to myself. It is born of unmotivated, sloth-like behavior.

It is raining.

It has been raining for — I haven’t kept track — nine days? It certainly has not been sunny in at least seven days, that I am certain of. We have received over 6 [...]

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    Meatless Monday Twenty Two!

    From a Box!

    This is, without a doubt, my lamest effort to date. But if I didn’t post it, with full disclosure, then I wouldn’t be being honest. We eat this chili mix all the time. And, I LOVE IT!

    Unfortunately, it isn’t always available. The mix is from Tastefully Simple, which a good [...]

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      Meatless Monday Twenty One!

      Three Cheese Griller with Veggie Salad

      This was a surprise Meatless Monday, because I didn’t even know I was doing it until I was almost done.

      Dave is out of town, kids are going three different ways. I’m on day four of refinishing my kitchen table in mid ninety degree heat… End of May [...]

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        Meatless Monday Twenty!

        So, I had bookclub on Monday this week. Didn’t prepare ahead and have Meatless Monday on Sunday. Didn’t cook meatless for my family before I left. Didn’t do much of anything, really. Except have a rotten, horrible day. I can’t remember everything that happened, but Monday was bad, bad, bad.

        I was late to [...]

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          Meatless Monday Nineteen!

          Steamy Kitchen’s Shrimp Fried Rice

          It’s another recipe from The Steamy Kitchen’s cookbook. But in the text, she credits Elise from SimplyRecipes.com for the recipe. It’s all so confusing! Either way, it was easy and delicious.

          I got a new rice cooker for Mother’s Day. An expensive Neuro Fuzzy to replace my very old $25 [...]

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            Meatless Monday Eighteen

            Morel Mushroom and Asparagus Risotto

            If you haven’t read the Morel post from yesterday, please do. It gives background information necessary for truly understanding the nature of this very special Meatless Monday meal.

            No, I’m not talking about the asparagus, that I’m ready to plow under. I’m talking, of course, about the two-year wait for [...]

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              Meatless Monday Seventeen!

              Shrimp Pad Thai

              I’m over-the-moon about this recipe.

              [Now, if by chance, there were anyone under the age of 40 reading this post, I will have lost them with that first sentence. What kind of loser says "over the moon?"]

              But I am. Over the moon.

              I am giving all the credit to the [...]

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                Meatless Monday Sixteen!

                Namaste.

                Indian again?

                That’s what he said. He being Charlie, who contends that he doesn’t know where I got the idea he loves Indian food. Truth is, I think if I keep telling him that he loves it, he’ll actually start believing me.

                Which would be convenient, since the rest of us are deeply, [...]

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                  Meatless Monday Fifteen!

                  I made this “Make-Up” Meatless Monday last week with the kids while Dave was out of town. Somewhere along the way, I got a week behind. This one brought me back on track. It is Sunday night as I write this. We had THREE meatless mondays this week: Monday, Wednesday and tonight, since I [...]

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                    Meatless Monday Fourteen!

                    Linguine with Tomatoes & Shrimp (for lack of a better name)

                    Disclaimer: Recipe adapted from Pioneer Woman’s Penne Pasta a la Betsy.

                    Why didn’t I just make it easy on myself and duplicate Pioneer Woman’s no-doubt delicious recipe? Well, for one — and you should know this by now — I didn’t have at [...]

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