Menu for the week

M: red & green sopa seca (Moosewood New Classics)
butterbeans & cornbread
Tu: orecchiette w/ butterbeans (Moosewood)
pasta Genovese (Jamie Oliver)
W: Ethiopian lentil bowl (Simply in Season)
fish w/ cornmeal chipotle crust (Moosewood), Southwestern mashed potatoes
Th: red taters w/ green Grannies (Simply in Season), cheese omelet
Middle Eastern lentils and pasta (Moosewood)
F: sweet potato quesadilla (Simply in Season)
potato Florentine soup, cheddar thyme biscotti (Moosewood)
Sa:
Basque skillet beans (Moosewood)

I don't always use recipes-- really, I don't. It's just that I've gotten a couple of new cookbooks recently and I'm trying to familiarize myself with them. Also, I get really excited and just have to try some of the recipes... Then some become favorites, like Jamie Oliver's pasta Genovese and Nigella Lawson's lemon risotto. For dishes like those, I no longer need the recipe.
Speaking of new cookbooks, I think I'm going to order a couple more this week. I saw a great deal on Cat Cora's Cooking from the Hip, which has been on my wish list for awhile. More about it when it arrives...