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After a long cooking journey in my kitchen, by now Cooking for a Couple or a Family become instantaneous for me. Now all the trouble and thinking starts only when those Guests are arriving. I always spend some time in planning a wholesome menu when Guests are arriving, so that I can be prepared to make some special dishes for the Guests ( yes, yes, I wanna be a Good Host! ).  Sometimes I run out of Ideas or my mind becomes blank in those busy days. Hence I have started putting my Ideas as part of these Menu Plan Series in my blog, so that these Menu Plan Ideas will be handy and I can make them instantaneously also when those Guests are knocking on the door.

Do you  have any Menu Plan Idea or your Favorite Menu to make any day Special? Please share with me I will publish it here.

Here is the piled up Menu Plan Ideas in Different Categories. Njoy!

Vegetarian:

• Comforting Menu for a Freezing Cold Day
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Eggarian:

• Weekend Rescue Menu

Non-Vegetarian:

Festive Menus:

• Ugadi Festive Menu

More are coming stay Tuned or Check here  Menu Plan Ideas.


take care until we meet here again!
-Mythreyi

From the past 3 days it's freezing here in DFW area. Three days ago, a whole night of Freezing Rain happened which resulted in piling up almost 2 inch thick ICE layer on the roads and making everything shutdown in Dallas. The following two freezing temp days ( High 20 Low 10 in F) didn't help in melting that ICE. Luckily it happened on Friday ( School is Closed for Kids) and continued for the whole weekend. Hence I am locked in the house with Kiddos from the past 3 days. There are some power outages in some areas, I am really feeling bad for those households and at the same time being prepared with keeping some candles handy ( just in case).  As we can't go outside and kiddos are bored with being stuck to TV, to break out of this boring routine, I have involved them in cooking today and we put together a Comfort Meal for this Cold Weather.  Luckily I still got some fresh veggies and staples that allowed to make this meal happen. If this continues for another 2 days, i will be out of veggies and may have to rely on Quick Noodles or Mac n Cheese then.


Here is another picture for you with the Snowy Background:

Did you notice the piled up Icy Snow in our backyard in the background?

When my sister called me on Friday night and expressed the change of plans I didn't know that this whole drama exists as I can narrate on this. No, No, drama is not about my sister but about the food menu. ;-)
My sister and family supposed to visit our house for lunch on Sunday, but on Friday night my sister called me and said they are planning to come on Saturday morning it self and I completely assured that it's perfect.
I woke up on the Saturday morning and prepared everything for Abhi, as Abhi has to attend his soccer match along with the picture session today. When I opened the fridge to put the menu together for lunch, the empty vegetables bin made me realize that I haven't done the grocery shopping on Friday night, in the joy of kids McDonald trip which is the result of  my hubby's relaxed getaway at Costco. Cursing him for not picking up the kids and myself forgetting the grocery shopping, I was in the dilemma now, what to make to impress the guests and not to disappoint my sister.

Weekend Rescue Menu

After gathering all the vegetables that I have, I am left with 2 onions, 2 Tomatoes ( yes they are Texas huge size), and Oh Yeah! lot of eggs. I have no Potatoes, Chillies, Cilantro nothing.. Gosh, I never imagined cooking with out Cilantro. Glad, my pantry is full of dry herbs and spices.  I have 1/2 cauliflower and 1/4 cabbage and some red cabbage also. Looking at those Huge Tomatoes, first thing came to my mind is Tomato Rice, feeling nostalgic again, when ever my mom makes Tomato Rice she used make this Masala Boiled Egg Fry which is a best combination to go with. When I am in search of spices for Tomato Rice, I came to know there is another item that is abundant in my pantry , Noodles...... Puuurfect...... Now that makes my menu complete, special and inviting.

I quickly made a call to my mom to get the base recipe for Tomato rice (I always like the way my mom makes), after talking to my mom, I pulled the action trigger and Ta Daaaaaa Here is the result.

Here is my Weekend Rescue Menu:
Tomato Pulao, Masala Boiled Egg, Curried Cauliflower (Baked), Hot Garlic Noodles along with Crispy Spring Rolls ( I don't take credit for the spring rolls, they are from Costco pre-made, just baked them).

Tomato Pualo

Masala Boiled Egg Fry

Hot Garlic Noodles

Curried Cauliflower

My sister probably didn't know until she reads this, that the whole drama I went through to put together this menu, if she thought why the menu was odd ends and not that coordinated (rice, noodles, etc....), she will know now. ;-)

You can see how much my recipes missed the cilantro in the clicks. I am saying it again, Gosh, I never imagined cooking with out Cilantro.

Hope you enjoyed my weekend rescue menu Story, now check out those yummy recipes.

Take care until next time!
-Mythreyi