My cooking weekend

The coming week is going to be clogged with have-to's, so I did some cooking ahead. It's all too tempting to want to run to the newly-established Asian Buffet. I started with Tuesday night's Halloween alternative at church. I made 27 burritos, which all disappeared. But I had beans and meat left over. ENCHILADAS :So I made tortillas Wednesday night and made 18 giant enchiladas. The sauce is easy, and way cheaper than buying it. Ditto for the tortillas. We worked on one pan of enchiladas and froze the other pan for later. TABOULI: We've been hungry for this yummy Middle Eastern salad for awhile, and I have all the ingredients on hand except for the bulgur. So I soaked some soft white wheat and sprouted it. This morning I spread some in a big jelly roll pan and dried it in the oven while we were doing morning chores and getting ready for church. I'll do the rest tomorrow. Now all I have to do is run it through the handmill and it will be bulgur. I can already taste the tabouli! The heck with politics! Good, nutritious food is never out of line. SQUASH: A large supply of winter squash begs to be used. So last night I found one that wasn't keeping very well and cut up half of that.one. Then I cut up another one. We like Kabocha-types, but they are very dry. So when I baked them (without the seeds, of course, and cut in eighths) I added an inch of water in the pan to soften and moisten them. We had some with salt and butter and a touch of Parmesan. Tonight we'll do that again with our canned ham. And tomorrow, I'll make "pumpkin soup." It's another favorite, especially with onions. BEETS: Tomorrow is my last not-so-crammed day for awhile, but I can put a few of those giant beets on to cook. They go well with lots of foods, and I have a recipe for Russian salad that uses beets, boiled eggs, sweet pickle sticks and a mayonnaise-based salad with dill in it. If I don't serve that every now and again, my husband asks for it. And once the beets are cooked, the rest takes about ten minutes. Now I have several meals ahead, and the rest of the week should go smoothly. There's another church potluck coming up next Sunday. Wonder if they would like tabouli?

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