I had the opportunity to sit at Barnes & Noble by myself for an hour or so last week, and I spent most of that time reading magazines in the Starbucks cafe area. I hadn’t intended to buy a drink, but I felt guilty about taking up space there and reading a bunch of magazines that I wasn’t going to buy. So I had a caramel brulee latte, and it was great.

(I mention this because one of this week’s recipes is from a magazine I looked at that day.)

On the one hand, it isn’t a library. I always kind of feel like I should buy at least one magazine before perusing it. (I never actually do buy one, though. “Feeling” so rarely equals “doing” in my world.) On the other hand, they wouldn’t put the magazines right next to the cafe tables and so very far from the checkout if they didn’t expect people to sit down and read them. Right?

Anyway, here’s what we’re eating this week:

Monday: Eggs & veggie sausages

Sometimes it feels like this is all I ever cook.

Tuesday: Spaghetti

The children will both eat all of their spaghetti if I make garlic bread and withhold it until they’ve cleaned their plates. Maybe I should make garlic bread with ever meal.

Wednesday: Hawaiian chicken

This is from the most recent issue of Cooking Light, which I did not buy when I was at Barnes & Noble.

Thursday: Bean & potato gratin

Thursdays are supposed to be Bittman Bean Night, according to my menu planning template. That hasn’t been happening with great regularity, though. This, however, is a Bittman bean recipe. So maybe this is the start of something.

Friday: Pizza

If all goes according to plan, we’ll be having dinner with my brother. He’s fallen deeply in love with the new Dominos pizza, so I’m guessing that’s what we’ll be having.