Sunday

Pear and blue cheese flatbread (recipe in the comments from March 20, 2008)
Salad with blue cheese vinaigrette

Hot tea
Oreos
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My mom is arriving for a week tomorrow. She'll be here through Easter and we were hoping for some quality spring time with her. Of course,all the weather reports indicate that our recent spate of incredibly beautiful weather is going to end for the duration of her visit, plunging us back down to near-freezing temps and even forecasting some snow! Sigh. Regardless, the last night before her visit seemed like a good time to have a dish with blue cheese, and, now that she's lactose intolerant, she avoids that even with lactaid. This is a very light dish, with a gourmet flavor, that ends up being far more than the sum of it's parts. We didn't find whole wheat pizza dough this week and are trying it with white, which was fine, but I like the wheat a bit better.

Prep Notes
Difficulty: Easy
Chopping: Red onion, sage, pears, shallots
Time: 30 minutes
Make ahead: You could pre cook the onions for the pizza, but I would do the rest last minute.

Reaction
J: "Unusual gourmet!"
M: "Good for the change of seasons!"

Friday

Smoky corn and black bean pizza (recipe in the comments from January 26)
Sliced oranges with cinnamon

Hot tea
Oatmeal raisin cookies
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This is an easy dinner and, boy, do we need it! It's been a crazy week of planning for the move, having prospective new tenants for the house we're renting now over to look it over, trying to keep things normal for T, packing, etc. Anyway, we need a relaxing night and this is it. Tasty, easy, and comforting - if unusual. We made a few changes tonight (more BBQ sauce, yellow pepper) and both liked it, but not as well as the original. That said, we think the original could use a tweak too. Maybe red onion next time.

Prep Notes
Difficulty: Super easy
Chopping: Tomato, oranges
Time: 20 minutes, 12 of which is cooking
Make ahead: This is actually good cold, but I make it fresh since it's so fast.

Reaction
J: "Is it pizza or is it BBQ?"
M: "It's like one step away from perfect. What is that step???"

Monday - Delivery from Cottage Inn

Thin crust pizza with black olives, sweet red peppers, broccoli, and onion
Traditional crust pizza with Italian sausage, green olives, fresh tomatoes, onions, and extra sauce
Antipasto salad

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Well today was just one of those Monday's. I had even made rice ahead of time for our curried fried rice recipe (check back tomorrow!), but we just couldn't wrap our minds around cooking. So Cottage Inn delivery came to the rescue. It was good and exactly the rest we needed from an already long work week!

Prep Notes
I love delivery

Reaction
J: "This new topping combo is the ultimate interpretation of 'pizza' " (thin crust)
M: "Something is missing, but I don't know what."