March 28, 2026

WEEKLY MENU 03.29.26

Good Friday is part of the Weekly Menu 03.29.26. Do you know what that means?

We’ve got Breakast for dinner during the Weekly Menu 03.29.26! We’re also doing the one thing most likely to induce groans from all the boysies (and maybe our beautiful DIL): Easter Egg Coloring! I refuse to make the boys cry the way my mom made us cry when the eggs just Would. Not. Stop.

Granted, there were a lot of us. Eight kids meant that we’d need at least two dozen eggs if we each wanted to color two eggs. But my mom scoffed at that quantity. Two?!? How about a dozen or more each? Plus a couple of dozen extras, just in case. My mother was relentless. We burnt our fingies for hours coloring those damn eggs. And for what? Sure, DOLD liked himself some egg salad, and he’d eat a couple of deviled eggs at Easter, but surely, we could have taken care of those requirements without boiling and decorating 18 dozen eggs.

Mom decorated with eggs. They were everywhere.

We didn’t hide them outside or anything. They decorated every surface known to man. She even had a footed display container. They were out for a week or better before Easter. And they stayed out. Of course, only the prettiest eggs made the cut. The ones my brothers made (like the mud-colored ones) got to go in the fridge for actual consumption. Of course, the average price of a dozen eggs in those days was $.84. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $3.50 per. Not too different.

I try to do better. I usually boil a dozen eggs. Okay, I boil two dozen to allow for breakage. Everyone still groans when it’s time to get to work. Look how happy they were. This is probably twelve or thirteen years ago.

Look how happy they look about coloring eggs! I’m less than pleased with the “Gold” egg color. I’m not sure what I expected for $1.49.

There is one tradition they do like: Breakfast for dinner.

A favorite among the boys is Pancake Good Friday Dinner. Another throwback to growing up, I make pancakes and serve them up to the boys while they sit at the counter, fork in hand. They eat them as fast as I can make them. I use a recipe from Joy of Cooking (affiliate links follow – see Disclaimer Page for details), which is super simple, but Bisquick is a viable and quick option as well. As an aside, if you only ever buy one cookbook, it should be Joy of Cooking. As a reference manual alone, it is unsurpassed.

My mother ate her pancakes “German Style”. I don’t think that’s official or anything, but she was of German Heritage, and that’s what she called them: smear a fair amount of butter across the entire pancake and sprinkle copiously with sugar. Roll it up and enjoy. YUM. I honestly think it’s the only way she got any pancakes at all.

What’s for eats besides pancakes on the Weekly Menu 03.29.26?

Sunday dinner on the Weekly Menu 03.29.26 is as easy as it is satisfying: Chicken Pot Pie. I found some puff pastry in the freezer and wanted to use it up. I’ll make chicken stew, which is nothing more than gently simmered chicken paired with baby potatoes and whatever other veggies I’ve got on hand, usually corn, peas, and carrots. I make a roux (equal parts butter and flour, cooked for a minute or two in a skillet) to thicken the stew, then put it in individual ramekins, sprinkle some shredded cheddar on top, and cover with puff pastry. The “pies” go into the oven and are baked according to the directions on the puff pastry box.

We’re rounding out the menu with pork chops, chicken soft tacos, and Italian Sloppy Joes (meat sauce on garlic bread, topped with some mozzarella). Looks like it’s going to be a good week.