Time to get to work on the dinner plans, starting with tonight, when those fantastic Maryland blue crab cakes on sale at Whole Foods for $9.99 a pound are calling me. Nothing easier, sauteed in a little olive oil, with a squeeze of lemon after. If you'd like to try them as an appetizer, rather than going for the entree, the Pearl Street store has previously offered them in cute little half sizes, in addition to the full size cakes. Last time I looked, the Superior store only had the full size, but the seafood guy there quickly whipped them into mini-versions for me, which I of course could have also done myself. A little herbed rice (recipe from Boulder's own Happy Noodle restaurant) from Bon Appetit would be good on the side.
On to Saturday's plan, I'm thinking of seafood and turkey sausage gumbo from Bon Appetit. Instead of catfish, I'll use the fresh tilapia that's $6.99 a pound at Sprouts, and ubiquitous chicken sausage would be fine instead of turkey. For the side salad, don't forget that Whole Foods has a wonderful price on organic red or green leaf lettuce right now, just $1 a head. Astute blog readers and watchers of the calendar can probably guess where I'm going with this dinner plan, but I won't totally reveal it yet.
To finish off the weekend, we should take advantage of decent weather before next week's storms move in, jumping on a chance to break out the barbeque for the Harris Ranch boneless New York strip steaks that are just $4.99 a pound at Sunflower. Grilled yam spears make a great side, and organic yams are 99 cents a pound at both Sunflower and Sprouts. For something green, we'll continue the smoky theme with sauteed kale with smoked paprika from Bon Appetit, particularly since Whole Foods has organic kale for just $1.50 a bunch. They also have organic mini peppers at $2.50 for a 16 ounce package, and those go great on the grill as well.
And that will get us through the weekend.
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