standard weekly meals
i grew up in a household, with a mother, who scheduled our dinners thusly:
// weekly menu
today would be scalloped potatoes, i have it in mind that maybe i should make them to honor my childhood. anyaway, most lunches consisted of leftovers, or sandwiches including grilled cheese if we behaved.
growing up, eating was standard british + canadian prairie fare. when i moved to the pacific northwest, seafood entered the equation. salmon, mussels, oysters. now after twelve years in southern mexico my meal traditions have evolved immensely.
memelas, barbacoa, tlayudas, mojarras, trout, tasajo, cecina, quesadillas, moles (coloradito, amarillo, pipián), chicatanas, chapulines.
food preparation takes a little longer here. we prepare fresh salsas, sauces, and tortillas. we take out time in the evening. we have no schedule of what to eat, we usually make what was freshest from the market down the mountain from us.
but most days, we are working. so the quickest snack is a quesadilla with quesillo, chapulines, and salsa matcha. that is our go to. if we are feeling fancy and the garden allows it, we will add some epazote, hoja santa, or squash blossoms. that, i would say, is our standard meal.
sometimes, when feeling especially nostalgic, i might put one of my childhood meals on the table for us. what i don't miss about that childhood food, was that it was rarely fresh. prairie life in canada in the 80s and 90s meant a lot of preserved and canned ingredients. though something strange i do missed of thosed canned foods, no matter the meal, we always had pickles on the side ... now? i make fresh escabeche, and it is a fine replacement!