I consider tomatoes a staple food, regardless that my BF claims they can’t be a staple. My tomato plants aren’t even blooming yet, but at least are planted (30 of them), so we will be using home canned tomatoes this week. I can’t wait for Caprese – tomato mozzarella basil salad as soon as my tomatoes are ripe!
This week’s menu swap is hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. Make sure to visit and see what’s on the table this week that features tomatoes. My menu is a little late as I only returned from our weekend last night.
Monday: Indian
Butter chicken with yogurt instead of cream and butter (uses lots of tomatoes) , Saag Paneer, brown basmati turned yellow with turmeric and papads for crunch.
Tuesday: Thai
Spicy pad ped with pork and zucchini or green eggplants – whichever the Asian market has, with rice and spring rolls
Wednesday: Italian
Lasagna bolognese and green salad
Thursday:Vietnamese
Pho ga (chicken) with Goi Ga spicy salad if I can figure out a recipe similar to what I had in Chicago once. All those links combined will do the trick I hope. Cabbage, carrots, lime, fish sauce, basil and mint. Sounds good to me!
Friday: Latin American
Red snapper Veracruzana style (Mexican with tomato, olives peppers and capers) and arepas (Venezuelan)
Saturday: Mid Eastern/Turkish
Grass fed beef kabobs. The rest I need to think on. Perhaps a veggie Turkish pide as an appetizer.
Sunday: Taqueria – out to dinner with friends at the local taqueria which is very authentic – no tex mex here!
sounds great and I’ve added you to the round up.
By: Esther on May 27, 2008
at 2:42 pm