Weekday Dinner Ideas

Just a quick summary.  Salmon done a grill pan looks to be in our future for tomorrow, since the new Lucky's Market in Longmont has farmed Atlantic salmon for $8.99 a pound, and our local Sprouts stores have previously frozen wild sockeye fillets for $12.99 a pound.

Then we'll hit the usual easy reheat, which this week is tonight's chicken paprikash from Cooking Light.

Still thinking about that great deal at the Longmont Lucky's on boneless skinless chicken breasts for $1.77 a pound through Wednesday, that day will be crystallized-ginger chicken, which is basically a one pot meal.  My copy was cut out from the Daily Camera years ago, but the recipe appears to have been picked up by a Cooking Light forum here.  The Longmont Lucky's also has organic yams for 77 cents a pound through Wednesday.  As I've been saying, the chicken sale at the Longmont Lucky's is remarkable, given their "never ever" high meat standards.  Sprouts is also offering boneless skinless chicken breasts in value packs for $1.99 a pound through Wednesday.

Thursday will be a super quickie, baked stuffed potatoes, which is just sort of an improv thing.  I'm primarily looking to use up the remainder of some fresh herbs in pots that have been hanging around in the house since the cold nighttime temperatures hit, but will be headed out for planting in our perennial herb garden this weekend.  So simple to do, microwaving organic russets of an appropriate size, scooping out the flesh, and mashing it with whatever appeals, like Strauss nonfat plain yogurt, a bit of cheese, and a bunch of fresh herbs.

Which does it for the week.