Must Go Mondays

    During the week, we try to have s theme for the week days; we do this for a few reasons. The first is to offer structure. 8 people (and all those pets!) in one house can get chaotic, a little implied structure is helpful. Second, it helps ensure that we don't have the same tired thing everyday, but also helps us narrow our choices. Third, it helps us focus on how to use all of our yummy ingredients from our bountiful basket. And finally, well, its just fun!
   We took a family vote (which consisted of my mom and I discussing it and then telling everyone what we decided who needs a democracy when we have the perfect monarchy? buwahahaha). This is what we decided on:
   MONDAY= Must Go Mondays. This is the day of the week we serve up any left overs, use ingredients that are starting to look not so fresh, or have been hanging about long enough.
  TUESDAY= Spirit of Taco Tuesdays. While the appeal to just make some easy to throw together tacos comes to mind, this is actually the day that we set aside to try Latin American type dishes (or even dishes from Spain, or Portugal, or... I'm sure you get the idea)
   WEDNESDAY= West Indian Wednesdays. We actually need to find a better name for this day lol. Our intention, really is ANY kind of curry dish. This can included Thai or any other nation. We kinda have a secret obsession with all things curry and need to limit ourselves (for the sake of others) to only using it one day a week.
   THURSDAY= Throw It In A Pot Thursday. This day is just for Leona. She is the master of throwing random stuff in a pot and calling it good (which is usually not accurate because it usually comes out FABULOUS). She gets a little annoyed with my additive of wanting to make repeatable dishes, so this is also a day that she is aloud to let her freaky flab fly in the kitchen (while I secretly take notes). Add bonus: these are usually one dish meals, and the day of the week we hide the most secret healthful ingredients for those in the house that are not so adventurous or not so interested in eating as healthy as we have decided they should. Don't frown, we love our family and want them to be around as long as possible! As the cookers of the food it is our moral obligation to not cram it down their throats, but to let them eat it themselves with a smile (all be it a wicked smile, from us ha ha).
   FRIDAY= Fishy Friday (<3). This has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with our love for seafood. When I was a child, we lived close to the coast so we had tons of fresh seafood. What we didn't catch, it was cost effective to buy. Living more Inland, seafood is pretty pricey, especially if you have a preference for fresh, not frozen, like us. As you might imagine, we also tend to talk about the good ol' days when we would go crabbing, take family fishing/camping trips.
        So this Monday, we had some ingredients that had to go! The list included: red bell peppers, shredded chicken, and some mangoes. My Son Anre' found a recipe for mango chicken and we gave it a shot. I am not going to reference the source because the end result was so tweaked that it didn't represent the original in any form except that both used chicken and mangoes. enjoy!