Thirty-fourth Sunday

Thirty-fourth Sunday: The Original Menu
Grape juice
Meat loaf, peas and carrots sauce
Mashed potatoes
Cheesed cauliflower
Parker House rolls
Lettuce and cucumbers with thousand island dressing
Raspberry short cake with meringue
Sand cookies
Coffee

The meatloaf is served surrounded by the peas and carrots sauce, which is made from fresh carrots and peas that are cooked until soft, then seasoned and mashed. I just can't imagine that it has a very pleasing color or wouldn't remind people of baby food, but perhaps this recipe was created before Gerber released its strained peas?

Thirty-fourth Sunday: The Modern Menu
Stuffed peppers
Peas and carrots
Mashed potatoes
Cucumbers and radishes
Angel food cake

As usual, the original menu is too much food for only two people, especially on a warm summer day like today! Both Brian and I love meat loaf, but I associate it more with the fall and winter than summer, so I substituted stuffed peppers, which is more of a summer dish. I use lean ground turkey instead of beef. The mashed potatoes were made from leftover red skins that a friend couldn't finish during dinner at the Big Rock Chop House and the angel food cake is leftover from last weekend's seafood party my friend hosted.