Today I was very happy to see how easy it would be to adapt in 2014 from the ideas in the 1906 International Cook Book by Filippini, which has menus for every meal for every day of the year! Yes, we are changing it immensely -- Chef Filippini tells his readers to do that anyway -- e.g., we indeed are not having three meats for dinner -- but it's very easy to change his menus at least for this coming week in September to be quite easy. Here are some of my adaptations...Yes, they include some already-made items, but I've found some inexpensive options that are made with only the same ingredients I'd make them from myself (anything that's not truly a food makes us feel ill, a Very Bad Idea! including "organic" additives), and surely there is nothing wrong with that -- and often they're less expensive than the raw ingredients in our area!....
breakfasts
oatmeal or cereal with peaches
cornmeal pancakes (he suggests some rum and some orange in them, that sounds tasty!) served with maple syrup and/or confectioner's sugar
grapes
(and the others either leftovers or otherwise super easy)
a lunch
boiled eggs in a simple white sauce with tarragon and parsley
tomato soup
crudités
a few simple dinners
olives
nuts
green salad
roast beef already made
nice rolls already made
potatoes already prepared
green beans
chocolate with toasted hazelnuts
green salad with various other raw vegetables
sausages
potatoes already prepared
nice rolls already made
green salad
vegetable-filled pasta with a tomato sauce, both already made
omelets
green salad
fruit
hash browns
anchovy toast
vegetable soup
In case you're interested, here's a taste of the original menus -- hmm, obviously I adore options.
For the peaches and oatmeal breakfast, the original was:
sliced peaches and cream
oatmeal porridge
stuffed eggs with sorrel
fried whitebait
tripe with Lyonnaise
grilled white potatoes
raisin cakes
For the egg lunch, the original was:
eggs Molet Jacksonville actually from that day's suggested breakfast
that day's lunch was...
tomato broth
stuffed devilled crabs
country captain
pear Charlotte
For the super easy roast beef dinner, the original was:
olives
oysters
salted almonds
shin of beef Liée
terrine of smelts
Brabant potatoes
veal mignons with sauce Bordelaise
string beans Poulette
roast turkey with cranberry sauce
romaine salad
hazelnut ice cream