{"id":448,"date":"2009-03-30T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2009-03-30T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T05:20:00","slug":"the-monday-menu-march-30-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/30\/the-monday-menu-march-30-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monday Menu: March 30, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/iris1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/iris1.jpg\" alt=\"iris1\" title=\"iris1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/iris1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/iris1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSpring is here!  See the flower?<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">Too bad there is snow in the forecast for this week.  Fluffy white snow&#8230;flowers&#8230;spring is dead.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">In honor of the winter-like weather, I&#8217;m making a Thanksgiving dinner to say goodbye to March.  Comfort food to help me get through the snow predicted for Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Monday:<\/strong>  California grilled chicken sandwiches with avocado, chips and salsa, baked french fries<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Tuesday:<\/strong>  Turkey breast, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/paula-deen\/southern-cornbread-stuffing-recipe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">cornbread dressing<\/a> (with the leftover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.underthehighchair.com\/2009\/02\/wfd-chorizo-black-bean-soup-with-corn.html\" target=\"_blank\">cornbread <\/a>from last week), sweet potatoes, green beans<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Wednesday:<\/strong>  The last soup night until next winter.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Thursday:<\/strong>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\/archives\/almost-cheeseless-pasta-casserole-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Almost Cheeseless Pasta Casserole<\/a> from 101 Cookbooks, spring mix salad (I was having a hard time deciding what this night would be, and then I saw feta on sale and remembered I had this bookmarked.)<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Friday:<\/strong>  On the road.  We&#8217;re going snowboarding and bringing the kids.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><strong>Saturday:<\/strong>  Bringing lasagna for a crowd, sides to be provided by friends.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><br clear=\"all\">I hope it&#8217;s warmer wherever you are! <br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/orgjunkie.com\/\" targer=\"_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>Spring is here! See the flower? Too bad there is snow in the forecast for this week. Fluffy white snow&#8230;flowers&#8230;spring is dead. In honor of the winter-like weather, I&#8217;m making a Thanksgiving dinner to say goodbye to March. Comfort food to help me get through the snow predicted for Tuesday. Monday: California grilled chicken sandwiches [&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-448","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\/448","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=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}