We ended up following my dad to my brother’s house, where we spent the weekend. It was a nice, unexpected visit, and Poppy came home with a new set of songs from “Glee.” She spent a good part of this morning singing “Halo / Walking On Sunshine” and doing a very Martha Graham dance to “Alone.”

What does this have to do with this week’s menu plan? Nothing. How’s that for a segue? (Oh! Speaking of segues, I saw a guy riding around on a Segway at the science museum on Saturday. Apropos of nothing, again, but it made me laugh.)

Monday: Grilled cheese sandwiches & tomato soup.
Half of this equation is a known winner with Poppy. Someday, she’ll discover the joy of dipping the sandwich into the soup. I’m holding out that hope, anyway.
Tuesday: Shredded beef tacos
Wednesday: Vegetables korma
I’m trying to cut our meat consumption back to two or three meals a week, so when I saw that Amazon was offering a year-long subscription to Vegetarian Times for $5, I signed up. This will be our first effort from the magazine.
Thursday: Fish sticks with mac & cheese.
I’m not especially looking forward to this one, but it’s Make What You’ve Got week. So this is what we’re having. The kids, at least, will be thrilled.
Friday: Festival of appetizers.
I’m going to make some bite-size sausage biscuits, chicken salad in phyllo cups (both from Paula Deen) and a veggie tray so our sitting in front of the TV and watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics will be all festive-like.