Weekend Dinner Ideas, Including Easter

Good heavens, another holiday upon us, but I have practically zero time, and am tired to boot, so this will be quick and easy, both in terms of dinner plans and writing time.

Tonight will be especially quick and easy, sticking with the Friday fish tradition and taking advantage of Whole Foods' sale on their lovely roasted red pepper & fennel salmon burgers, which are $7.99 a pound through Tuesday.  The Lundberg gourmet rice blends I always have in stock from Vitamin Cottage and Sprouts sales add a festive starch, so I'll just need some quick green like kale or chard to round it out.

Saturday will be more ambitious, but since I have it in mind to do two big dishes for reheats this week instead of one, it will be worth it.  With previously frozen Alaskan wild cod fillets so low at Sprouts at $4.99 a pound, that spells one last winter-like stab at a favorite, New England seafood chowder from Bon Appetit.  I love this one, because it includes kale, the last of our winter butternut squash, and the surprise of curry powder (which as I've previously mentioned is probably not really a surprise, given New England's sailing history).

Sunday will be the Easter ham, coming from either Whole Foods or Vitamin Cottage.  I don't mess with the ham since it's a fine one, although there are a ton of recipes for glazes, etc., if you want to spend more time with it.  For the potato side, I'm going to experiment with asiago, potato, and bacon gratin from Cooking Light.  I'm hoping to find something almost as delicious as the potato gratin a friend brought to our Thanksgiving feast, but since hers was loaded with gruyere and sour cream (undoubtedly a lot of butter too, and this was from a Boulder runner), something just a little close will do.  Asparagus will also have to be on the table, either simply roasted or steamed, or another recipe we've enjoyed from Cooking Light, asparagus with balsamic tomatoes.

Which gets us through the Easter weekend, with leftovers to look forward to!