{"id":4336,"date":"2010-01-10T23:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2010-01-11T00:58:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T05:58:13","slug":"the-monday-menu-january-11-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/10\/the-monday-menu-january-11-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monday Menu: January 11, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/leaves-floating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/leaves-floating.jpg\" alt=\"leaves floating\" title=\"leaves floating\" width=\"535\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/leaves-floating.jpg 535w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/leaves-floating-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI needed to be productive this past week.  I needed to be organized.  Neither of those things happened, even with a determined effort on my part.  Internet connectivity became a problem Wednesday, only being resolved today.  C&#8217;est la vie.  I&#8217;m working my way out of it right now, literally.  I&#8217;ll be here for a while, so feel free to say hi.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">Tonight when we were grocery shopping in an attempt to salvage at least a portion of our weekend and start the week off right, the bitter cold really got to me, and I started thinking about the 45-degree days in San Francisco last month.  When you&#8217;re sitting in -12 degrees trying to load a car with four kids and five bags of groceries, 45 degrees sounds absolutely divine.  Plus, the peace and calm in this picture from the Japanese Tea Garden is something I need right now as I head into a new week.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><br clear=\"all\"><strong>Monday \u2013 <\/strong>(Repurposed) fish tacos with guacamole, <a href=\"http:\/\/kalynskitchen.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/mango-salsa-with-red-bell-pepper.html\" target=\"_blank\">mango salsa<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingbytheseatofmypants.com\/recipes\/margarita-shrimp-with-spanish-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish rice<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Tuesday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/the-pit-beef-comes-to-us\" target=\"_blank\">Pit beef sandwiches<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/notwithoutsalt.com\/2009\/08\/13\/oven-fried-onion-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">onion rings<\/a>, saut\u00e9ed green beans<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Wednesday \u2013 <\/strong>Potato leek soup (I&#8217;m taking <a href=\"http:\/\/foodwoolf.com\/2009\/12\/easy-potato-leek-soup.html\" target=\"_blank\">this recipe<\/a> as a base and running with it) and whole wheat brioche from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0312545525?tag=fooformyfam-20&#038;camp=213381&#038;creative=390973&#038;linkCode=as4&#038;creativeASIN=0312545525&#038;adid=033P1Y7E7JTE4CH58N4B&#038;\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Bread in 5<\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Thursday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theperfectpantry.com\/2009\/11\/nishiki-rice-recipe-chicken-turkey-fried-rice.html\">Chicken fried rice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/ahi-tuna-potstickers-with-ginger-soy-dipping-sauce\" target=\"_blank\">ahi tuna pot stickers<\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Friday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/2010\/01\/southwestern-pulled-brisket\/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwestern pulled brisket<\/a> (I knew this was going on the menu right after I read it), using the extra shells from the fish taco night with vegetables aplenty to go along with it.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week on <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food for My Family<\/a> this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/baked-beans-the-basics\" target=\"_blank\">Basic Baked Beans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/tilapia-with-a-basic-white-sauce-to-round-out-the-week\" target=\"_blank\">Baked Tilapia with White Sauce<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div style=\"border-width: 3px; border-style: dotted; border-color: black; \"><center>Never miss a recipe!  Have them delivered right to your <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/foodformyfamily\" target=\"_blank\">RSS feed<\/a> or to your <a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=foodformyfamily\" target=\"_blank\">inbox as an email<\/a>!<\/center><\/div>\n<p><center>For more menu plans:<\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/orgjunkie.com\/category\/menu-plan-monday\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/orgjunkiempm1.jpg\" alt=\"orgjunkiempm1\" title=\"orgjunkiempm1\" width=\"306\" height=\"145\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/orgjunkiempm1.jpg 306w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/orgjunkiempm1-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed to be productive this past week. I needed to be organized. Neither of those things happened, even with a determined effort on my part. Internet connectivity became a problem Wednesday, only being resolved today. C&#8217;est la vie. I&#8217;m working my way out of it right now, literally. I&#8217;ll be here for a while, [&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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-menu-planning","7":"category-the-monday-menu","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336","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=4336"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4349,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions\/4349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}