Lighten up this fall with these quick main meals! Slow food fast. Healthy Meal Planning: Eating healthy while on the run to the cabin or the football game or where ever your busy life tempts you to pull in and pick up (also saving gas and cutting down on carbon emissions as you're waiting your turn to drive up :-

All menu items will be left fresh for you, except as noted, to eat on all week (after that, you'll want to freeze them). Service is for 4 to 8 portions each. Gift Certificates: If you choose to give this service as a gift to a new Mom, a bedraggled “working all summer just to try to earn a dollar” college student, or a valued client (or whomever), gift certificates make welcome gifts and are available. Please call for details.

The kitchen table service includes one choice from the Garden and one choice from the Feasts.

A whole buncha Green! All serve 6-8

Choose One of the Following:
• Chipotle and Cabbage Salad (cool salad with a little kick of smoked jalapeno pepper)
• Creole-Marinated Vegetables (broccoli, carrots mushrooms artichokes red onion and cherry tomato splashed with a Creole mustard vinaigrette)
• Marinated Blue Cheese Cabbage Salad
• Pear Salad with Tamari Pecans and Blue Cheese
• Western Waldorf: Apples, red grapes and fennel in a Dijon Dressing
• House Salad Bar: lettuce, sprouts, tomato, cucumber and carrots with Dressing that Biscuit makes all by herself:
  • Sesame Soy Vinaigrette
  • Honey Walnut Dressing
  • Basil Vinaigrette
  • Blue Cheese Dressing
  • All American French
  • Aunt Edna's Garlic Italian
  • House Vinaigrette (my whimsy at the time)
  
  
  

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  Choose One Of the Following

  feasts

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  Vegetarian:
  • Stuffed Zucchini filled with cheese, potatoes and chilis
  • Red Bean Gumbo with Greens
  • Cajun Style Chipotle Jambolaya
  • French Zucchini Tart on a Hazelnut Thyme Crust:zucchini and mascarpone cheese custard in a beautiful herbed hazelnut shortbread crust
  • Butternut Squash and Hazelnut Lasagna
  • Roasted Eggplant and Zucchini Lasagna
  • Mushroom, Spinach and Artichoke Lasagna
  • Baked Manicotti Puttanesca: manicotti filled with creamy cheese and topped with a slightly spicy olive, red pepper and garlic tomato sauce
  
  
  
  Biscuits Fabulous Fakes (these are when you might not be ready to make the scary leap into tofu):
  • Beef-ish Rice Casserole: American Chop Suey without the "chop", faux beef with celery, onion, rice and tomatoes
  • Puff Pastry Pot Pies: all the good stuff; carrots, celery, edamame (what?) onion and seitan (again...whaaat?) with a cute puff pastry cap
  • California Zucchini Bake, Dude!: zucchini, onion, rice, cheese and veggie burgers
  • No Sheep Here! Pie: beef-ish crumbles flavored with Uncle Frankie's Black Dog Ale, peas, carrots and topped with taters!
  
  
  
  Poultry:
  • Black Dog Tater Topped Pie: Ground turkey and vegetables laced with homemade Black Dog ale topped with savory mashed potatoes (as shown on the first page of my web site)
  • Herb and Butter Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables (serves 2, 4 times)
  • Lemon Garlic Roast Chicken and Potatoes (Serves 2, 4 times)
  • Baked Penne with Chicken, Broccoli, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Smoked Mozzarella
  • Chicken Curry Casserole with Cauliflower, Peas and Potatoes
  • Turkey Thanksgiving Bake: Oh, come on...Turkey Breast with dressing, gravy and cranberries are great anytime of year, and this one you can actually freeze!
  
  
  

  For your Slow Cooker (I'll line your slow cooker so clean up will be a simple toss):

  • Biscuit's Famous NC Style Pulled Barbecued Turkey with Southern Barbecue Sauce
  
  
  • Chicken AdobOh!: Savory chicken thighs slow cooked over steamed rice
  • Country Captain
  • Chicken with White Wine and Tarragon
  
  
  
  Fish:
  • Crab Imperial: Crab and white fish casserole
  • New England Fish Chowder Casserole: Just like the chowder, only in a thick rich casserole that can be frozen.
  • Soy Glazed Salmon with Shiitake Mushrooms and Bok Choy
  • Salmon and Leek Pot Pie topped with Puff Pastry
  
  
  
  Pork:
  • Baked Ziti with Crumbled Italian Sausage
  • Baked Ravioli
  • Polenta Lasagna with Sauteed Bell Peppers and Sausage

  For Your Slow Cooker:

  • Braised Pork Loin with Sweet Potatoes, Orange and Cilantro
  • Country Style Pork with Beans and Sausage
  • Three Sisters Stew: rich stew of beans, corn and squash PLUS chorizo sausage, zucchini, beer chilis and spices
  
  
  
  Beef:
  • Traditional Lasagna
  • American Chop Suey Casserole: a tomato-ey family favorite rich with macaroni, ground beef, onions, celery, red and green peppers

  For Your Slow Cooker:

  • Country Style Pot Roast with Gravy (With recipe for Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms for leftovers!)
  • Southwestern Pot Roast (with recipe for Beef tortilla casserole for left overs!)
  • Hearty Beef Stew

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