{"id":1007,"date":"2009-05-03T22:06:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T03:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2009-05-05T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T12:18:30","slug":"the-monday-menu-may-4-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/03\/the-monday-menu-may-4-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monday Menu: May 4, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00405-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00405-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"dsc00405-640x480\" title=\"dsc00405-640x480\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00405-640x480.jpg 535w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00405-640x480-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">It&#8217;s May!  Where did April go?  I remember when I was planning for our snowboarding trip the first weekend of April, and now here we are in May, already preparing for summer.  This has been a busy weekend full of gardening, baby births (welcome, Baby Wales!), bridal showers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.concertforkatherine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">benefit concerts<\/a>.  I have barely had a moment to think, but I did get <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/the-kitchen-sink\/planting-an-herb-gardenin-a-pot\" target=\"_blank\">my herbs planted<\/a>, and Ole got our new garden area finished.  Now it&#8217;s time to fill and plant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00420-640x4801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00420-640x4801.jpg\" alt=\"dsc00420-640x4801\" title=\"dsc00420-640x4801\" width=\"535\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00420-640x4801.jpg 535w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc00420-640x4801-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">Tuesday is Cinco de Mayo, and we&#8217;ll be celebrating, not Mexican, but Cuban style for our friend Jen&#8217;s birthday.  We do have quite a few Mexican-inspired dishes this week, though.  I&#8217;m excited to share our build-your-own burrito recipe (look for it to appear Monday evening).  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><br clear=\"all\"><strong>Monday <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/build-your-own-burritos-steak-style\" target=\"_blank\">Build-your-own burritos<\/a>, guacamole, pico de gallo, blue corn chips<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Tuesday <\/strong>\u2013 Cinco de Mayo &#8220;Cuban&#8221; potluck<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Wednesday <\/strong>\u2013 BBQ ribs, baked beans, tangy coleslaw<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Thursday <\/strong>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/beyondsalmon.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/scallop-ceviche.html\" target=\"_blank\">Scallop ceviche<\/a>, crab legs, rice, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooklocal.com\/?p=729\" target=\"_blank\">asparagus with pancetta<\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Friday <\/strong>\u2013 Sun-dried tomato pasta with grilled chicken, spring mix salad, <a href=\"http:\/\/bakingbites.com\/2009\/01\/whole-wheat-popovers\/\" target=\"_blank\">whole wheat popovers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s May! Where did April go? I remember when I was planning for our snowboarding trip the first weekend of April, and now here we are in May, already preparing for summer. This has been a busy weekend full of gardening, baby births (welcome, Baby Wales!), bridal showers and benefit concerts. I have barely had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,41],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-1007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-menu-planning","7":"category-the-monday-menu","8":"tag-menu","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1101,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}