I don't often make peas because well, my husband finds most recipes with peas boring. Last night was Asian night in our house and I tried a curried peas and tomatoes recipe to go along with our main Indian dish. Oh, yum! My husband even had more than one serving. He said "this is actually an interesting dish" so I'll definitely be making them again.
Oh, in case you're wondering about my Asian night comment. Now that I'm well in my second trimester (yes, I'm expecting my own little sweet pea this winter!) and not relying on giant crockpots full of doubled and tripled recipes to freeze in order to feed the family each night I'm back to cooking most days each week, which means back to making international food more often. How much more? Well, I'm experimenting with a new way to menu plan. Each day of the week minus one is assigned a continent. If I need to plan a meal for that day of the week I can think of recipes from that continent (or the oceans if you wanted to add a just fish night).
Monday: North America
Tuesday: South America
Wednesday: Europe
Thursday: Asia
Friday: Oceania
One day on the Weekend: Africa
We'll see how this strategy goes. So far so good. It has certainly streamlined menu planning.
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