{"id":4421,"date":"2010-01-17T22:57:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T03:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=4421"},"modified":"2010-01-19T00:56:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T05:56:52","slug":"the-monday-menu-january-18-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/17\/the-monday-menu-january-18-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monday Menu: January 18, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/a-bowl-of-eggs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/a-bowl-of-eggs.jpg\" alt=\"a bowl of eggs\" title=\"a bowl of eggs\" width=\"535\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/a-bowl-of-eggs.jpg 535w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/a-bowl-of-eggs-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been a weird week around the country.  I&#8217;ve been having trouble focusing on the here and now in my life as I think about the here and now of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natalienortonphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">online friends<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tothinkistocreate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">friends of friends<\/a> who are hurting and of all the hurt and pain going on in Haiti.  I&#8217;ve been looking for ways to help, ways to show I care and ways to be more appreciative of what I have and am blessed with daily.  I&#8217;ve have been focusing more on my family, but I have also volunteered myself and commented on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dealseekingmom.com\/help-for-haiti-what-you-can-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">sites<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsgabycooking.com\/help-for-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\">that<\/a> are <a href=\"http:\/\/saffronandblueberry.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/haitian-relief-effort-comment-to-raise.html\" target=\"_blank\">donating<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/amyleavittphotography.com\/blog\/?p=701\" target=\"_blank\">money<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingthesaints.com\/2010\/open-hands-helping-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\">for<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookingninja.com\/240-Haiti-Relief-Suppport-Comment-to-help-raise-funds.html\" target=\"_blank\">comments<\/a>.  Commenting is easy.  We should all do it.  I want to do more, and the road to recovery will be long, unfortunately, so I know I will have a chance.  I just need to figure out <del datetime=\"2010-01-19T05:56:27+00:00\">the when and the where.<\/del> I can&#8217;t wait to share!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><br clear=\"all\"><strong>Monday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/agoodappetite.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/wine-braised-chuck-roast.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wine-braised chuck roast<\/a>, roasted red potatoes and carrots<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Tuesday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Classic-Tuscan-Flatbread-103423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Flatbread<\/a> pizza with prosciutto and basil, spring mix salads<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Wednesday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andreasrecipes.com\/2007\/07\/15\/tequila-lime-chicken-fajitas-and-the-great-chicken-marinade-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tequila lime chicken fajitas<\/a> with all the fixings, leftover Spanish rice<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Thursday \u2013 <\/strong>Corned beef in some fashion. I can&#8217;t decide between egg rolls, <a href=\"http:\/\/simplyrecipes.com\/recipes\/corned_beef_and_cabbage\/\" target=\"_blank\">traditional with cabbage<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/paninihappy.com\/classic-reuben-panini\/\" target=\"_blank\">reubens<\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Friday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/spicy-sweet-savory-seared-ahi-tuna\" target=\"_blank\">Seared Ahi tuna steaks<\/a>, steamed rice, <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/sauted-ginger-garlic-green-beans\" target=\"_blank\">ginger garlic green beans<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Recipes from last week here at <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food for My Family<\/a> this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/potato-leek-for-surviving-winter\" target=\"_blank\">Potato Leek Soup<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/the-kitchen-sink\/5-ways-to-cook-more-often\" target=\"_blank\">my thoughts on how you can cook more often<\/a>.  I&#8217;ll be sharing our fish tacos this week, a reader request.  <\/p>\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<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a weird week around the country. I&#8217;ve been having trouble focusing on the here and now in my life as I think about the here and now of online friends and friends of friends who are hurting and of all the hurt and pain going on in Haiti. I&#8217;ve been looking for ways [&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":[332,331],"class_list":{"0":"post-4421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-menu-planning","7":"category-the-monday-menu","8":"tag-earthquake","9":"tag-haiti","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421","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=4421"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4433,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421\/revisions\/4433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}