Thyme for                         Cooking

raclette cheese,  6oz (180gr) 1

Fireside Dinner

1-Fri.
eggs,  1 2 Raclette, with Traditional Garnish  
shredded cheese,  1 1/2 cups (6oz, 180gr) 2,5 Individual Apple Crisps  
1/2 cup milk (or 2 tbs yogurt and water) 3 Spinach Timbale with Tomato Sauce 2-Sat.
Greek or plain yogurt,  4oz (125ml) 5

Braised Pork Braised /Mustard Onion Sauce

 
    Potatoes Braised with Bay and Mustard  
    Red Cabbage  
    Chicken and Barley Soup 3-Sun.
    Onion Biscuits  
    Pasta / Smoked Sausage & Red Cabbage 4-Mon.
    Tuna Enchiladas 5-Tues.
potatoes,  6 - 8  medium  1,2,7 Chicken and Barley Soup 6-Wed
apple, cooking,  2 - 3 1,2 Homemade Taco Chips  
red cabbage, 1 about 2 1/2 - 3 lb (1500gr) 2,4,7 Pan-Seared Steak / Spicy Browned Onions 7-Thurs.
celery,  7 - 9 stalks (ribs) 3,5 Roasted Potatoes  
carrots.  6 - 7 medium 3 Red Cabbage  
green bell pepper,  1 smallish 5    
   
Pantry Items to Check
 
    good olive oil,   
    olive oil, all
    flour, 1 - 1 1/4 cup 1,3
frozen spinach,  6oz (180gr) 2 cornstarch, (corn flour, maizena) 4 - 5 tbs 2,5
    brown sugar, 5 - 6 tbs 1,2,7
    oats, rolled or oatmeal. 2 tbs, or 1 tbs flour 1
    cinnamon, 1/2 tsp 1
    whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup  or more white 3
cured meats, sliced thinly,  assortment of 1 baking powder, 1 tsp 3
  Prosciutto, salami, sausage  6oz (180gr)   garlic powder, for taco chips 6
pork, loin,  1 1/2 lb (750gr) 2 paprika, for taco chips 6
bacon,  3 - 5 strips.  (4oz, 125gr) 2 chili powder, for taco chips 6
chicken, 2 thighs/legs with bone 3,6 sesame seeds,  
chicken breast, with bone  or not  1 3,6 dried basil, 1 tsp 2
smoked sausages/bratwurst,  12oz (350gr) 4 bay leaf (laurel), 6 leaves 2
steaks, 12oz (350gr)  London broil, flank 7 bouquet garni,  1 3
  whatever looks good   dried dill weed,  
    dried herbes de Provence,    
    dried oregano, 1 tsp 3,6
    dried parsley,  
    dried rosemary, 1 tsp 7
pickled cocktail onions 1 dried summer savory,  
pickled gherkins, little ones in vinegar 1 dried sage,   
bread, something from the bakery 1 dried tarragon,   
tomatoes, whole, 15oz (450gr)   2 2,3 dried thyme,   
apple juice,  1/2 cup (4oz, 125ml) 2 ground ginger,  
    I buy children's juice boxes   ground cloves,  
sweet corn,  15oz (450gr) 3 ground nutmeg,  1/4 tsp plus 1 pinch 1,2
green chiles,  4oz (120gr) 5 mustard seed,   
tuna,  9oz (270gr) 5 whole grain mustard,   
tortillas,  corn or wheat,  8 5 Dijon-style mustard, 3 tbs 2
    soy sauce,   
    mayonnaise,   
    ketchup, 1 tbs 7
    Parmesan,  1/4 cup   optional 7
    tomato paste, tube,   
white wine,  1/2 cup 2

teriyaki sauce, 

 
red wine, 3/4 cup 2,7 Worcestershire sauce,   2 tbs 7
    chicken stock, 2 3/4 cups (22oz, 650ml) 2,5
    beef stock,  1/2 cup (4oz, 125ml) 2
    chicken base, paste or powder,  1 tbs 3
    butter, 4  - 5 tbs, 1,3
    garlic, 2 - 3 cloves 5
    onion, 7 - 8 2,3,5,7
    shallots,  
    maple syrup,  
    capers,  
    lemon juice,  
    olives, green pimiento stuffed,  1/2 cup, 5
    bread crumbs, dry,  
    barley, pearl,  1/2 - 3/4 cup 3,6
    brown rice,   
    Arborio rice,  
    polenta,  
    Basmati rice  
    lasagne noodles,  
    pasta, bite-size-farfalle, penne, 1 1/4 cup 4
    white Balsamic vinegar,  
    Balsamic vinegar, 1 tbs 7
    tarragon white wine vinegar,  
    cider vinegar,  
    red wine vinegar, 1/2 cup sub cider 2
    truffle oil, optional,   
    walnut (or sesame) oil,  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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