I've got to do a lot of unglamorous "stock up" cooking this weekend. But there will definitely be a cream of roasted tomato soup and the first pumpkin muffins of the season. I think a batch of peanut butter granola and some mocha cupcakes need to make it on to the roster as well.

Right now, I'm making a curried zucchini soup. Then it'll be an Indian eggplant dish, Bhurtha. One of my absolute favorites!!

It may be the official first day of autumn but it is 100 degrees here in Northern California. Until it cools off, it is hard for me to get that excited over eating cozy fall foods. But tonight I will be making the prune plum pie posted here a couple of weeks ago and preparing the apple strata breakfast casserole to enjoy tomorrow morning. Blue cheese burgers on the grill and baked steak fries will be this evenings meal and the rest of the weekend is still undecided. But at least I know breakfast and desert is taken care of!

Sweet potato and black bean enchiladas, and pasta with short rib tomato sauce. I think some roasted jalapeno hummus too.

I plan on using up some brown bananas for muffins and then a pasta with cream sauce, chicken and broccoli my kid's favorite. On Sunday, my husband is making me my favorite meal ever. Perfect roast chicken, gravy and rice and green beans and then I will make a buttermilk cake with whipped cream and strawberries for dessert.

Those enchiladas sound GOOD. Got to put sweet potatoes on the grocery list.

Cooking up some penne in cheese and garlic sauce right now, which will be served with brussels sprouts. Roasting some beets as well. I wish I had the energy to make apple crumble but Friday has me exhausted as usual so perhaps tomorrow.

Challah bread pudding with red pears and raisins is in the oven right now. Scrambled eggs cooking stovetop.

Freezing carrots, onions, and chopped celery later. And gorging on the last tomatoes of the season (if I can get my hands on them) at tomorrow's CSA run.

Having friends over for dinner tomorrow, going to try my hand at coq au vin (properly) for the first time! Serving it with roasted fingerling potatos, fresh bread and salad. Dessert will be chocolate peanut butter whoopie pies - it is my boyfriends pre-birthday dinner and anything chocolate peanut butter is his favorite (real birthday is next week but we are going out that night). Wish me luck!

I'm making the Tomato Cobbler from Homesick Texan's new cookbook! It's in the oven now, and I can't wait to try it!

I'm all about Ina Garten's first cookbook this weekend, and in particular planning to try her recipe for raspberry corn scones. Cookbooker is hosting a cooking challenge, where you can win a cookbook. Besides, the recipes look fabulous!

I want what mskapay is having!

I'm definitely ready for pumpkin and pears! We had cinnamon raisin french toast for breakfast that went over really well. Tomorrow will be a pumpkin pull apart bread and Sunday will be spice doughnuts for breakfast (!!) and meatloaf (pioneer woman's is our favourite) and potato galette for dinner.

Just made a kale salad with lemon juice, avocado, red onion and chopped almonds and a burrito made with whole wheat tortilla filled with refried beans, brown rice, grilled red onion and red pepper, diced jalepeno and avocado. The weekend is off to a great start!

honey cake

nothing too special - hummus, a batch of barley for a salad, carrot bread. just to stock up for the upcoming week.

For me, weekend is about desserts. Actually, I need try a lot of recipes so we'll have a smooth Thanksgiving this year. :)

the artichoke olive biscuit bread again (very easy & very good) and probably some kitchen sink pie.

For those of you keen on my enchiladas, the recipe is here: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2333.
I've made it a few times and it's very good. But um, all the fiber has an effect.

Hummus is here: http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Roasted-Jalapeno-Hummus/32313/

And short rib sauce is here: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/03/short-ribs-in-tomato-sauce/.

The last two recipes are untried but I know they will be faboosh.

We're not cooking! We're going to the Vendys on Governors Island on Saturday and volunteering at Landmark Feast on Sunday. Nom nom nom.

I haven't the faintest idea. Recently I returned to work very unexpectedly after almost 20 years of being at home. My kitchen is topsy turvy, and the way I did most of my meals doesn't work at all with my new schedule.

My cooking life is in upheaval.

Merry123-In December, I went back to work full time and I have a hard time cooking what I want to cook as opposed to what works. I've recently had to sacrifice entire Sundays in order to get ready for the week ahead-it really helps!

This weekend, I'm making some of my freezer meals-perhaps a batch of muffins. I honestly don't feel very well, a few people in my office have been out sick this week and I think I'm coming down with it.

I've got a loaf of oatmeal bread on the go right now, for sandwiches throughout the week and, most likely French toast for Sunday's breakfast. A big batch of spicy black bean soup with some garlic sausage and yoghurt biscuits is also on the menu, and I'm making a batch of beef and chive potstickers to freeze.

Dinner tonight will be finalized after a trip to the farmer's market, but it's definitely going to involve a braise, and perhaps a kale salad - especially if I can find some lacinato kale. I'm also planning a simple coffee cake for dessert, using the last of the peaches I canned last summer.

I'm having leftovers for actual meals, but making a tiramisu cake from Smitten Kitchen for a friend's birthday tonight, and going to a dumpling making party tomorrow at which I will make my dumpling specialty, Georgian khinkali with lamb and pork. Can't wait for that!

Pears and chocolate. I harvested over 150 pears off my $1 pear tree in the garden, and they'd been wrapped and left to ripen, the first batch is ready to use now. Today for lunch it's crepes with sauteed pear, homemade soft goat cheese, toasted marcona almonds and lavender honey. Tomorrow it's experimenting to come up with new chocolate candy bars so I have something else to gift come Christmastime. Next weekend the apple harvest begins.

Killing chickens and a duck today, smoking said duck tomorrow, ha!

It has been decided that we will indulge in cinnamon and clove monkey bread and fresh apple-pear syrup for dinner. While watching cartoons. In our jammies.
Dinner tomorrow will probably be fava beans with roasted mushrooms and leek sauce. And later this week I want to make the pumpkin and feta muffins from 101 Cookbooks.

Dinner tonight: twice-baked potatoes stuffed with broccoli, caramelized onions, and goat cheese, served with a side of green beans topped with almonds and a big glass of Lambrusco. I will also be making a half-batch of tollhouse cookies with dark chocolate chunks. (I had a not-great week. Cookies make it better.)

It's 90 degrees here today, so tonight's dinner will be grilled Andouille sausage, peppers, and onions with multi-grain baguette, corn pudding, and salad.

Tomorrow, we'll have our usual Sunday morning full English breakfast, then maybe the summer veg mac and cheese from ezrapoundcake. And a couple of dips: Baba Ganooj and Spinach Dip, both from Cook's Illustrated.

Fall has definitely come to my part of the world - dinner out Saturday but roast beef with roasted onions and tomatoes, mashed potatoes, roasted butternut squash and brussell sprouts and prepping for the week on Sunday. I think I'll roast some extra squash so I can make pasta with butternut squash, chile and parmesan sauce - new recipe, I hope the family likes it.

Last night (Friday) was corn macque chou with corn from my CSA and grilled hot links. With a sliced tomato from the garden. Tonight was fried green tomatoes (ditto on the source) with shrimp remoulade on top. Tomorrow will be miso/veggie soup with wontons stuffed with a roasted winter squash puree I made earlier in the week for a risotto. Which rocked ! I *should* use some of the glut of tomatoes for soup, or roast some. Possibly on the agenda, along with possibly an apple pie with the first apples from CSA.

I'm making a batch a Raw Coconut Fudge. Delicious (healthy!) treat.

Usual post-run, post-farmer's market omelets for brunch, acorn squash roasted and stuffed with sausage and spinach for dinner. Good for both of us getting over this cold! Maybe soup tomorrow...

Sunday night dinner was cottage pie with CSA everything! Onions, scallions, carrots, acorn squash, garlic, minced beef, potatoes + red wine. Perfect for fall.

Two meatloaves (one for dinner and one for samwiches), cabbage, mashed turnips, hamburgers (sandwiches again) and cooked a ham( samwiches and way cheaper than deli meat) I hate eating the same thing for lunch everyday.