Tuesday

Sweet potato and Canadian bacon hash (recipe in the comments)
Salad with creamy vinaigrette

Hot tea

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This is an amazing and unusual recipe. We love hash and make it with a WIDE variety of meats (corned beef, turkey, salmon, etc), but this is very different. The blend of potatoes, the subtler flavor of the Canadian bacon, and the cider vinegar finish make this worth a second hash recipe. This is also very healthy and almost falls into the category of meat as condiment, as there is relatively little meat in the whole dish. We mostly eat this in winter, but have made in it June, writing on the recipe that it is a dish for all seasons. I think we're most likely to have it in fall or winter, but whenever, it is a pleasant and somewhat unexpected recipe.

I'd also like to note that the potato soup I refused to post the recipe for also had celery seed in it. I think it's weird how many of our recipes seem to have overlapping flavors in a particular week. It's as if we were really in the mood for potato and celery seed this week, but we didn't know it until we saw our grocery list. It happens more often than you'd think!

Prep Notes
Difficulty: Easy
Chopping: Sweet potatoes, white potatoes, bacon, pepper, scallions
Time: 35 minutes
Make ahead: Doesn't hash always keep well?

Reaction
J: "Hearty and healthy! A perfect January meal."
M:"Hooray for making a hash of things!"

Saturday

Sweet potato pancakes (recipe in the comments)
Sour cream and applesauce (toppings)
Lemon asparagus

Clementines
Hot tea
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Here is another recipe from The Moosewood Cookbook (You can read about the significance of Moosewood for M & I here). It took us a while to get brave enough to make pancakes, but it's easier than you think. These are sweet and savory all at once and make a wonderful fall or winter meal. They're more filling than you'd think, but not heavy like a deep fried potato pancake. The toppings are essential for added depth of flavor and additional moistness, but not everyone likes both. I think they turn out best when you grate in a food processor (faster for you too) because the product is less wet. If you hand grate, drain the potato and onion well, even adding the salt to them to leech out extra liquid.

Prep Notes
Difficulty: Moderate
Chopping: Parsley, sweet potato, onion
Time: 30 minutes
Make ahead: They're best fresh, but we have been known to snack on them cold right out of the refrigerator.

Reaction
J: "Not exactly latkes, but in the Hanukkah spirit."
M: "A whole latke fun!"