29 Oct – pork chops with onions, squash, mashed potatoes, peas, kale salad

28 Oct – dinner at Pho 79 – Hu Tieu with veggies and tofu

27 Oct – leftover sandwich from lunch–Turkey and artichoke from Panera (not pictured)

26 Oct – tacos

25 Oct – spaghetti (some of us added sauteed broccoli and onions), salad

24 Oct – our friend Linda's retirement party my Dad hosted at the Town and Country Club. A lovely party. Salad, salmon, steak, veggies, potatoes, molten chocolate cake.

23 Oct – burgers, sweet potato oven fries

22 Oct – spaghetti, garlic bread

21 Oct – chicken and salad

20 Oct – my husband cooked. tamales, tacos.

19 Oct – "can we have Indian?" well, no Indian restaurants really close, and I am no Indian cook, but I improvised. took the skin off chicken thighs, dredged in paprika, white pepper, coriander, and garam masala, sauteed in hot sunflower oil. kind of like blackened catfish. Chicken, basmati rice, packaged dal with plain yogurt, curried sweet potatoes with onions (not as good as Diane's, but at least she gave me an idea to work from), cauliflower

18 Oct – chicken with carmelized onions and garlic, roasted brussel sprouts, roasted cauliflower, hash brown, salad.

17 Oct – returned home to a delicious dinner made by my husband.  

Venezuelan chicken, black beans, rice, fried plantains.

16 Oct – Anne and Anna campout at Governor Dodge State Park, Dodgeville, WI. Diane made sweet potato curry on brown rice with sour cream on top. Yum!

15 Oct – in Madison at Paul and Jeanell's. Paul cooked. and Norman was there. Nick Ray and Amelia joined us later. Sausages, onions and sauerkraut, potato salad, green salad.

14 Oct – Chicago hot dog, squash, mashed potatoes and gravy

13 Oct – roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, squash, salad. 

I sprinkled the chicken with lots of paprika and a little white pepper, stuffed it with a whole head of garlic and roasted it in a cast iron dutch oven at 425˚ for 1.5 hours. about 30 minutes in I drizzled it with olive oil. the last 15 minutes, I covered it.

12 Oct – pork chops, brown rice, broccoli with sauteed onions, salad

11 Oct – #16 Pho Ga at Pho 79.

10 Oct – yum, leftover Pork Milanese, baked sweet potatoes, salad

9 Oct – my in-laws' 50th wedding annivversary dinner

my husband and his sister cooked and hosted.

it was too dark for good photos.

the menu:

"A Taste of Italy"

Prosecco

Acqua Frizzante

Antipasto

Crostini alla Florentina

Preserved Meats Platter

Primi

Spinach Lasagna

Pinot Bianco Alois Lagender

Rosso Salice Salentino

Secundi

Pork Milanese

Arugula Salad

Dolce

Biscotti

Orange and Grapefruit Salad

Limoncello

Cafe

8 Oct – tacos

7 Oct – leftover Chinese (no photo). wish I had been at my oldest son's house. look what he and his roommate made.

Fried potatoes with mint yogurt sauce, spinach salad with cranberries, caramelized sweet potatoes with cinnamon.

6 Oct – made myself a big salad of veggies from last week's farm box. youngest had eaten. husband was out. forgot to take a photo. was busy cleaning and watching the first game of the post season – Twins vs. Yankees

5 Oct – take out Chinese from Fresh Wok.

4 Oct – pasta and sauce, salad.

3 Oct – burgers, home fries. youngest son made ice cream sundaes for dessert. what a delicious twist he added – a psrinkle of cinammon.

2 Oct – pizza from Galactic Pizza. forgot to take a picture.

1 Oct – tacos at 11pm after we went to a movie (Social Network). forgot to take a photo.

30 Sept – work party. forgot to take a photo of the fabulous beef stew and wild rice that Jason made.

29 Sept – chicken sans dumplings. but with baguette.

28 Sept – redux – Chicago-style hot dogs, beans, kale salad. Jonathan joined us.

27 Sept. Jonathan & Marissa came over for Monday Night Football. 
My husband cooked. Chicago-style hot dogs, beans, kale salad.

26 Sept – missed my birthday party at my parents', since Lou was sick. they brought the food over. scrumptious marinated chicken, wild rice, avocado & orange salsa. Banana cake.