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I wanted to share my menu plan for the week. I mentioned in my previous post that I’m training for a Foodie Marathon. This is the basic idea of what my weekly menus will look like. Sunday : Take-out (Pizza) Monday : Chicken Fajita Salad with Poblano-Buttermilk Dressing Cheese Wedge Biscuits Homemade Lavender Ice Cream with Honeyed Pine Nuts Tuesday : Burgers with grilled Vidalia Onions Sweet Potato Fries Corn on the cob Wednesday : Barbeque Beef Subs Red Potato Salad Thursday : Leftovers Friday : Bow Ties with Pesto, Feta & Cherry Tomatoes Baby Spinach Salad with Shaved Parmesan and Garlic Vinaigrette Watercress-Fruit Salad Roasted Salmon with Roasted Plum Tomatoes & Caramelized Lemons Blueberry-Pecan Crumble Saturday : ????? Surprise…. So who wants to come over for dinner on Friday?

Hello, My name is JerseyHousewife…and I’m a FoodNetworkAholic. Food Network’s Chefography week was last week. I was able to DVR most of the episodes I wanted to see. The kids and I have been slowly making our way through each show…with a twist. I thought it would be fun to watch a Chefography episode and then try a recipe created by the chef or cook featured. Here’s how it went down: Chefography: Rachael Ray Food: Summer Shrimp Rolls (Yum!) Chefography: Giada de Laurentiis Food: Stuffed Shells with Arrabbiata Sauce (Double YUM!) Chefography: Bobby Flay Food: Napa Valley Burger with Sweet Potato Fries (Gotta have more!) (O.K. I’ll admit it…I cheated on this one. We actually went to Bobby’s Burger Palace for lunch. I didn’t actually cook.) Chefography: Paula Deen Food: ?? I’m undecided on the Paula Deen thing. I’m not a big fan of southern style cooking. We just watched the Chefography today and I have a newfound respect for Paula. I do have a recipe for her Top Secret C