Category Archives: THE SWAP

Poor Shalinee has been out straight lately at work with way too much weighing on her. She has a huge deadline looming for Friday, plus a million other things going on, so her cooking for the swap this week was … Continue reading →

I am very happy to start the new year with this swap menu! I made this combination of dishes twice over the holidays, once for my father and once for my brother-in-law and his wife. Both times, all three items … Continue reading →

In the past couple of weeks, as I’ve been semi-“off”-from work (i.e., Winter Break between semesters), and totally-Nanny-less (i.e., with Meera 24×7), I’ve been doing some much needed catching-up with friends. It has been sooooo gooooood. In the craze of … Continue reading →

The Meal: – Chicken Kofta (aka Chicken Balls) – Basmati Rice – Mango Lassi This meal is a repeat. I made the Chicken Kofta early in our swap-history and the Mango Lassi was a part of a summer swap meal. … Continue reading →

Kyle, Wednesday night, pounding down Shalinee’s Mango Lassi This week for Swap I made Caesar salad. As a “side” I made Spinach Lasagna. Seriously… this salad is so good that it takes center stage and everything else (even the main … Continue reading →

The Menu: – Moroccan Chicken & Butternut Squash Stew – Plain White Rice – Baba Ganoush (from Wegmans) with Pita This stew is my attempt to recreate a dish that a friend made for our family when our son was … Continue reading →

I own a crock-pot. It was a college-graduation-gift from my uncle. I rarely use it. I think over the sixteen years since I graduated from college, I’ve maybe used the crock-pot sixteen times total. But I am a crock-pot cooker … Continue reading →

This week was a no swap week for Shalinee and I. It is Kavya’s 5th birthday week– with her school birthday Thursday, and her big at-home dinosaur party (none of us in either family can wait!!!) on Sunday, there was … Continue reading →

The Meal – Vegetables and Rice Noodles in a Coconut Broth – (Store-Bought) Plantain Chips The recipe for the vegetables and rice noodles dish comes from one of the THREE Indian cooking shows on TV right now.  This is from … Continue reading →

  Mustard-Maple Salmon ~~ White Rice ~~ Green Beans with Garlic ~~ Pumpkin Muffins For this week’s swap I tried fish for the first time. I bought frozen salmon and kept it frozen right up until loading into Shalinee’s cooler. … Continue reading →

Being that Tuesday was Dave’s birthday, I chose a menu for this week’s swap with three of Dave’s Favs: – Chicken & Tater Tots Casserole – Roasted Broccoli – Chipwich Chicken & Tater Tots Casserole This casserole is the only … Continue reading →

This week was one of our staple late-fall-winter-early-spring dinners: Vegetarian Chili and Caribbean Cornbread. We eat this a bunch of times over the course of the colder six months of the year. The J-M bambinos are, literally, being raised on … Continue reading →

The Meal – Cream of Tomato Soup with Croutons – Couscous with Pistou – Spice-Roasted Shrimp I am very excited about this week’s swap meal for one simple reason:  Pistou!  It’s pesto for people with nut allergies…or I guess in … Continue reading →

I’ve been making some variation of this meal at least once every fall since I moved out of my parents’ house… and my mom made some variation of it every fall while I was still living there! There is nothing … Continue reading →