WIS, WWA | and a few other things
A couple of things before we get to food:
One
I forgot to upload a picture of a cake that The Frugal Spinster had decorated! Somehow it didn't make it into the set that I included in the post.
I added it now, and you can click here to admire her cake-decorating skills.
(scroll down just a bit in that post to see the cake!)
Two
After some of you googled to find my CBN interview, which The Frugal Spinster mentioned, a few readers said, "Oh, it's so fun to hear your voice finally."
Sooo, you might want to know that I have a very tiny, quite-neglected YouTube channel. There are some videos on there of me talking, though, if you want to hear my voice. 😉
What I Spent
I spent $70 and none of it was remarkable enough to report on.
What We Ate
Saturday
Sonia was with friends for dinner, and whenever that happens, I'm always all, "TIME TO EAT SOMETHING WITH CHEESE."
So I grabbed some cheese tortellini from the freezer, boiled it, topped it with jarred sauce, and called it dinner.
Sunday
I made Swedish pancakes, but I mixed up an oat milk batch for Sonia.
This batter is so easy, it's not much of a bother to make a real-milk batch and an oat-milk batch, and since I like real-milk pancakes better, that's what I do!
Monday
A mish-mash night; some of us ate butternut squash soup, and some of us ate ham sandwiches (because not everyone likes butternut squash!)
Here's the recipe I usually use to make butternut squash soup, by the way.
And incidentally, even the people at my house who don't like squash soup DO like butternut squash rolls.
Tuesday
Thai red curry and sweet potatoes over rice, plus broccoli and a fruit salad. The red curry recipe is from Dinner Illustrated, and I really like it!
Wednesday
Leftovers for the main course, plus a big green salad.
Thursday
I took Sonia out to buy some supportive shoes for walking, and she and I got dinner at an allergy-friendly restaurant I'd been wanting to take her to. 🙂 At home, Zoe was the designated chef and she made mac n cheese. 😉
Friday
My mom has been telling me about these Brussels sprout tacos that she's been making for herself and my dad. I am a serious taco lover, and I like Brussels sprouts ok, but I am honestly skeptical about combining tacos and Brussels sprouts.
My mom's going to make some of these tacos for me tonight, though, so I will get to judge them for myself. I'll keep you posted!
What did you have for dinner this week?
(and also: have you had Brussels sprouts tacos??)
Beautiful cake! Those swirls must take a steady hand.
Also, I am curious to hear how the Brussel sprout tacos turned out. At first, it sounds a bit strange, but then again I love other cruciferous veggies in my tacos such as cauliflower and shredded cabbage, so why not!
This week's menu:
Sunday: Roasted cauliflower with pasta, salmon cakes.
Monday: Lentil soup, cooked up a frozen cheese pizza on the side.
Tuesday: Pasta salad from the leftover pasta from Sunday, sausages on the side.
Wednesday: A vegetable gratin, fried potato hash and fish sticks
Thursday: Risotto with a side of sautéed tomatoes, onions, beans and avocado
Today I want to make a big salad that will make nice leftovers for the weekend, and pull out the rest of the pizza I have in the freezer
I am constantly amazed by your low grocery spending. Do you include your meals out or is that a separate category? I apologize I know you wrote about this previously, but I couldn’t find the post.
Brussels sprout tacos sound very interesting. Can’t wait to hear!
Frugal Spinster, your cakes are beautiful. What an amazing skill that is! I hope you find a way to share it with others again.
I spent $27 this week. I needed it after an extremely expensive week last week when we seemed to run out of everything at the same time.
I was home alone Monday - Friday. My husband is back on travel rotation. For lunch and dinner, I primarily alternated between two dishes. I made a batch of ground chicken with Southwestern seasonings, black beans and roasted corn which I ate in salad, tacos and Burrito bowls. I also made Egg Roll in a bowl. Wednesday evening was the only exception, I had an open face tomato sandwich with Burrata cheese. The tomatoes are starting to ripen here and are delicious.
Wishing everyone peace and good health.
WIS: Aldi: 150.93 Hungry Harvest: 30.11 total: 181.04 (Look at me controlling my Aldi spending this week! And this included 32.00 worth of Easter candy, so I give myself all the gold stars this week.)
WWA:
Sat: salad, leftover arroz con pollo, leftover spicy tofu and broccoli.
Sun: salad, battered and fried fish fillets, leftover colcannon, lemon broiled asparagus.
Mon: salad, veggie burger taste test (family preferred protein over the "ones that had whole peas falling out of them"), sauteed mushrooms, peppers and onions, sliced tomatoes, homemade sourdough buns.
Tue: sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumbers and avocados, spicy tofu chili with shredded cheese, sliced sourdough whole wheat bread.
Wed: salad, air fried leftover Reuben bites with ketchup, an apple for one kid who was still hungry.
Thu: salad, broiled tilapia fillets, Ethiopian spiced collards and jasmine rice.
Tonight: salad and focaccia (husband added teff flour to the dough, so we will see if it tastes anything like injera. My guess is it won't be detectable, but I'll let you know.)
Happy Friday everyone!
@Becca, funny, but I actually prefer the veggie burgers that have peas falling out of them rather than the ones that taste more like meat (perhaps because the texture of meat is what I don't like)!
@Kristina, made me laugh! They do fall out! I prefer them also.
@Kristina,
I was the lone dissenter in that I loved the one with the peas, but alas I was voted down. I thought the fake meat flavor was kind of weird, but I've gotta go with the burgs the kids will eat ya know? Peas surreptitiously dropped on the floor benefit no one, unless you count the cat who will enjoy batting them around for weeks because it takes that long for me to vacuum under the table.
@Becca, those little dried up peas on the floor? We have them too!
My grocery spend has been huge...
This week we have eaten loaded potatoes. lamb tagine, spaghetti, roast pork chicken and needlesand I don't remember what else I cooked.
That cake is GORGEOUS!!
Saturday: It was my birthday, so we had steak, strawberries, veggies, and potatoes, then pumpkin pie for dessert.
Sunday: Hot dogs and brats, leftover sloppy joe, strawberries, corn, and dessert was dinner yummy cake pops that a sweet lady at church gave me for my birthday.
Monday: Ham, peas, and potato salad
Tuesday: Pizza and a movie for the kids and I while my husband was eating pizza at a meeting
Wednesday: IP macaroni and cheese and ham, corn, and blueberries
Thursday: Rice and bean burritos with cranberry sauce to use up the last Granny Smith apple and bag of frozen cranberries. My kids didn't care about the weird combination!
Friday: Lentil soup and salad
I spent $101 @ Kroger and $52 @ Costco. Hooray for a week of more normal spending! This expense includes the stock up of a few staples like 25 lbs of rice & some chicken broth.
Saturday - I honestly cannot remember what we ate but it was some kind of mish mash of leftovers at home.
Sunday - I roasted a chicken in the crockpot with Southwestern spices and made a large pot of pinto beans. We made burrito bowls with rice, guacamole, cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and home canned salsa.
Monday - Leftover burrito bowls
Tuesday - I made a large green salad and we ate that with the remaining roasted shredded chicken on top.
Wednesday - More leftover burrito bowls for some, and some had leftover corned beef and cabbage.
Thursday - I cooked up two pounds of navy beans with bbq sauce, molasses, onions, green peppers from our garden, garlic, and crushed red pepper. When the beans were almost done chopped hotdogs were added and voila homemade beanie weenies. Not fancy but very yummy. We ate these with homemade coleslaw and some banana nut bread that I made.
Friday - clean out the fridge night for us!
Happy weekend all!!
I'm not sure I can get behind that taco idea - there's just too many other wonderful things you can put into a tortilla. And Brussels sprouts are a great side. However, having said that, I'm sure I would give it a go! This week:
Monday - Cilantro Lime Chicken on a bed of baby greens and avocado
Tuesday - Spaghetti and Meatballs, spinach on the side
Wednesday - took my daughter to a Mexican restaurant for dinner
Thursday - Garlic Butter Salmon with brown rice and green peppers
Tonight - I think I'm going to heat up some Coconut Shrimp and served it with a salad
Saturday - BBQ Brisket, pintos, coleslaw, Lay's (Dad's favorite), pickles and onions, Bug Juice (a nod to Boy Scouts). Maybe some cookies? This is an informal memorial for my late husband. Family only, out in the country.
https://cannaryfamily.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-memorial-plans.html
Sunday - I will likely cook a pork chop and enjoy it with any leftover sides from Saturday
Onward, to April!
This week was about leftovers. I made a roast chicken, then made chicken tortilla soup with some of the leftover chicken. Then I made pork carnitas, then we had pulled pork sandwiches, then last night I made Brunswick stew with the leftover pork and chicken. FRUGAL AT LAST!
Not sure about tonight. There's cornbread left from last night that I served with the Brunswick stew. Maybe some chili.
WWS: $33 at mystery shop, will be reimbursed for it, so $0.
WWA: Sat: I was home alone so I ate leftovers.
Sun: takeout pizza (not included in food budget!)
Mon: chipolatas, mashed potato with shallot gravy, braised red cabbage
Tues-Thurs: I was at work apt and so ate homemade beef & bean empanadas with chimichurri over salad every night
Fri: pork carnitas over big salad with copycat Chipotle's chipotle-honey dressing (Once Upon a Chef website)
BTW: I thought that Mr. Frugal Girl had taken over cooking on Sundays. Did that end?
@BettafrmdaVille, Do you get that little thrill eating food you got for free? On those days I always have a little extra smile when I look at a zero cost meal or snack.
@Lindsey, I absolutely do! The empanadas were particular tasty in that way in that the beef and egg [wash] were free from the mystery shop, the stock was made from kitchen scrapes, the onion, red peppers and empanada disc/wrappers were bought on sale/Ibotta rebate and the olives were free from my local Buy Nothing group!
I have never even heard of Brussels sprouts tacos. I'll eat sprouts, but they're such a pain to prep, I'd rather just eat cabbage. I did make some delicious mushroom tacos for a dinner party once that included vegetarian guests.
Anyway. At our house this week, I was winging it so much I might as well have been a bird in the kitchen . . .
Saturday: Breakfast sausage patties, leftover pigs' feet chili for my husband and son that I pulled from the freezer, rice, raw cabbage for the kids
Sunday: I finally cooked the last piece of lamb lap from the ram we butchered almost two years ago. The lap is a continuous boneless breast piece that is quite tough and fatty. Not much meat on it and I don't really enjoy cooking it or eating it, so I also cooked the pieces of ram my children had carefully diced up for me when they asked to help butcher this most recent time. Both kinds of meat were marinated in olive oil, vinegar, garlic, and salt. The lap was cooked covered in the oven for a few hours at 350 degrees, while the dice was fried in some of the fat rendered from the lap. We also had baked potatoes, pureed calabaza (winter squash) from the freezer, cucumbers and carrots with ranch dip, and pots de creme
Monday: Chicken fried rice made with rice I had purposely saved for this, plus the chicken from the stock I made over the weekend as well as a random piece of cooked chicken breast I found in the freezer, plus some already-cooked onion from the refrigerator, plus green peas, broccoli, and green beans. Fried rice is a new favorite food for my children. I don't actually know how to make it, but since they've never had it anywhere else, they think the way I make it is the right way. 🙂
Tuesday: This was the day I had to sub at school unexpectedly, and the plan I made on the bus ride home had to be nixed because I was out of milk. So I ended up making a skillet meal for the children with a bit of leftover taco meat, a bit of leftover rice, salsa, and grated cheese. Three children also had a corn tortilla with cheese with that, and the fourth, who is running track and is always hungry, also had a potato I cooked in the microwave for him. They also all finished it off after dinner with a piece of bread and cream cheese each. My husband had the last serving of the diced lamb heated with feta cheese, plus another microwaved potato and some calabaza. I had two fried eggs with pinto beans, a corn tortillas and cheese, and calabaza.
Wednesday: Work again, but a better plan this time. Two cans of commodities pork chunks fried in chicken fat with two big diced microwaved potatoes, salt, paprika, and onion powder. My husband and I had the last of a jar of sauerkraut in the refrigerator with this, plus more calabaza. The kids had raw cucumber.
Thursday: Finally home to cook. Pot roast with barbecue sauce, rice, pinto beans with butter and vinegar, raw fennel, roasted carrots, and some canned peaches for the kids at the end
Tonight: Pizza. I've been meaning to make pizza for one of our meatless Lenten Fridays and am finally getting around to it. One will be cheese, one will have peppers, onions, and olives. And we'll have a green salad, because the last of the lettuce is threatening to expire in a grisly brown death.
@kristin @ going country,
Um...you guys...am I prepping brussel sprouts wrong? All I do is toss them in a strainer and rinse them. I don't know if my husband cuts the bottoms off or not, but I'm guessing he doesn't...I'll ask. I think all he does after that is bounce them around in a bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper and then air fries them. I would not be surprised to learn that we are eating tablespoons of extra dirt, but no one's been complaining so...maybe the pepper hides it? Ha!
@Becca, Traditionally, each sprout is supposed to have an "X" cut on the bottom to help it cook evenly. That takes awhile for a bunch of people. But what really takes a long time is prepping them from the garden, which is the only time I've ever had them. Like, on the stalk. They have to be individually cut off, trimmed, cleaned . . . ugh. I'm sure there are prepped ones at the store, but I'm also sure they don't taste as good as the ones out of the garden. And I don't like them enough even straight out of the garden to trust the store version. 🙂
@kristin @ going country,
I see...I've never tried growing them. I just checked with my husband. He says he only cuts off the bottom if they look iggy, and sometimes he cuts them in half if they are bigger, but otherwise not much prep. I don't think he's ever scored them-not sure that would make much difference in an air fryer...maybe it would but it sort of falls into my "meh" category (you know along with vacuuming under furniture and mopping anything ever).
I have not had Brussels sprouts taco and honestly, I had never even tried one until I was 51. Our Harris Teeter had a bag of them marked down to $1 and we were on a veggie kick, so I thought, you love cabbage and every other green known to man (except lettuce - yuck!), so why not?
I put them on a baking sheet, coated them in oil, sprinkled some Montreal steak seasoning - my go to spice for anything - and roasted them. I loved them! Who knew? I am curious to hear about the taco though.
@Jennifer, I loved the Brussels sprouts I roasted this way also (just S&P, no real seasoning) but oh, they upset my stomach so much. No idea why, and haven't tried to dig into why, but since the rest of my family did not deign to eat them, I guess we don't need to try again. So sad — such good flavor.
I always thought I hated brussels sprouts because of the way my mom made them in the 70s. She's a great cook but those sprouts---yuck.
Then about 3-4 years ago, I was eating at a restaurant with a friend of mine. I'd order the meatloaf and mashed potatoes, and he and I were yakking away so I didn't pay attention to the vegetables, thought, "Huh, those look like little cabbages," ate them, thought they were good and then the penny dropped. My entire life was a lie! Brussels sprouts are good!
Ooh, did she boil them to death? That seems to have been the way with veggies in the 70s.
Not sure. Maybe they were just frozen or old? You are correct, though, the 70s was not a happy time for vegetables, ha!
@Rose, I never had brussels sprouts until the past few years. Our favorite restaurant slices them, pan roasts them with olive oil and some herbs, and they are so good.
@Karen., Brussels sprouts, like broccoli or cabbage, can produce a lot of gas! Which causes upset depending on where things are in the pipeline...,try taking a Beano first. (:
@Rose,
I saw a farming documentary a while back that explained that the sprout varieties of the 70s were very bitter and this coupled with the ‘boiling to death habits of 70s cooks’ made them an unappetising option. However recent new varieties of sprouts have had this bitterness bred out of them, hence a sweeter sprout and no need to do the annoying cross thing in the bottom of them. I just remove any icky leaves and boil, roast or steam them.
They freeze remarkably well too, just blanche them first and freeze on baking trays them decant into bags so they don’t stick together in an untidy lump. I snagged 5 bags of sprouts straight after Christmas for 10p a bag, froze them as above and we are happily still eating them when I cook a traditional Sunday roast.
@Joanne in the U.K., Now that makes total sense. I remember them being horribly bitter. (And I like bitter, even as a kid.) Mom's asparagus wasn't great either. No one really steamed or sauteed vegetables in the 70s.
@Rose, I remember my mom boiling the vegetables for Sunday dinner for so long once that the polystyrene (yes it was the 70s) tiles on the ceiling fell down. We still ate the vegetables though!!!
Thank goodness we don't cook veggies so long now!
WIS: $82 and some odd cents at Food Lion, entirely on people food, which is $8 under my strict budget of $90 a week. There were no manager's markdowns in the fresh meat case, so I wound up spending a bit over $8 on two packages of ground pork. The store has recently started stocking ground pork again after a two-year absence.
WWA: Sunday I cooked a big pot of chili with turkey-pork sausage, a pot of mac and cheese (because I love chili mac) and made lovely green salads. These made leftovers we enjoyed throughout the week.
Brussels sprouts tacos sound . . . alarming (haha), but they could be good. (?) I hope you will report back your findings to the group! 🙂 Curious what they taste like.
WIS $227.06 (Groceries seem much more expensive in Canada). WWA:
Saturday was red beans and rice (I keep small portions of leftover ham in the freezer just for this).
Sunday was roast turkey breast, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, snicker-doodles. I was planning to make a blueberry galette but discovered someone had been late night berry snacking Saturday night. (I like a big Sunday dinner with dessert.)
Monday was leftover turkey dinner.
Tuesday was hamburger soup. My daughter loved it. The rest of us ate it but if I make it again I will need to tweak the recipe (was a tad bland).
Wednesday was Budget Bytes sheet pan chicken fajitas. Quick, easy, and a big hit.
Thursday was spaghettini with lemon and shellfish which used up small amounts of frozen shellfish and a couple of lemons on their last legs.
Friday (today) is “you’re on your own” staring any leftovers that may survive lunch or one of the chef’s frozen meals I stock so that we aren’t tempted to order in. I am so “done” by Friday night but ordering in has become too expensive to be a weekly thing.
On a happy note, spring has just started to flirt with us his week. This means BBQ season will soon be here and then spouse becomes head chef for a while! Yay!
Never had Brussels sprout tacos. I would try them (I will try any vegetable-based meal at least once :). Used to loathe Brussels sprouts but have warmed up to them lately after trying a (positively addictive) Brussels sprouts appetizer at a local restaurant….
Cheers.
I have had spicy potato tacos. I am really interested in the Brussel Sprout version. Keep us posted.
56 dollars spent last week at Kroger pick up. 18 dollars spent at Aldi.
M- chili Mac
T- cheese lasagna with cabbage slaw
W- leftover lasagna with Caesar salad from a bag. We really like the Dole supreme version
Th- pizza and cucumber salad
F- tuna wraps with sliced strawberries and kiwis.
Sat- eating out brunch
Sunday- burgers on the grill and air fryer potatoes
I love reading what other people eat for dinner. It is very helpful when I’m meal planning, so here is what I ate this week.
Saturday- snack dinner of veggies and homemade, grapes, and chips and salsa
Sunday- homemade tomato basil soup, homemade sourdough, and a spinach salad.
Monday - leftover soup, salad, and bread
Tuesday - went to a friend’s for dinner who served pizza
Wednesday- frozen pizza and sliced strawberries
Thursday - chicken Parmesan, green beans, and fresh fruit
Friday - no idea what I’ll eat yet. I have quite a bit of spinach that needs to be eaten. Maybe I’ll make a Cobb salad.
My family and I are on a new lifestyle adventure. We are slowly going vegan. I have grappled with weight loss for the last 10 years but have never found anything that has worked for me. This is our first week and so far going good. I believe that cutting sugar out completely will be my success. We are also going mostly organic.
Things I have made this week.
1. Lentil Soup
2. Blueberry muffins
3. Fresh potatoes, squash, green beans with mustard dressing.
4. Mushroom stroganoff.
All of my recipes have been amazing.
Cutting out sugar is a great idea. The less sugar I eat, the less I want it. Generally, I have zero problems refusing sweet food these days. I didn't cut out sugar on purpose; our consumption of it just dwindled.
I have never and probably never will be good at tracking anything. Budget, calories, steps, shopping, calendar, meals ... it's a lost cause (know yourself better)!
Honestly I don't think that I've bought anything this week other than four gallons of milk.
As for food, nachos, chili and a cooked-and-shredded turkey breast have been the backbone for most meals. It's been a week of serious randomness.
I do have a question. A friend moved and bequeathed us four bags of frozen okra. We are ... well, not historically an okra family. Suggestions?
Oh, that's not true. We donated $10 per person for the church meals we had Wednesday evening, and a daughter took $10 on a school trip. And I bought a fancy coffee — finally took time to turn off at a shop I have passed many many times in a town of 600, and they served the best breve I have had in many moons. Still under $100 for the seven of us tho.
@Karen., Yeah, our family isn't into okra either. But once I accidentally bought two bags of it thinking it was frozen green beans, so I had to find ways to use them. In a stew like gumbo, it disappears a little bit and the slime is distributed through the liquid. And my kids liked it breaded and fried, because anything is pretty good breaded and fried. Frying is a pain, though, as I'm sure you know. And I have not bought okra since.
@Karen., cook frozen okra with chopped onion and canned tomatoes. Season with salt, pepper & sugar. Even better if you add some corn.
@Karen.,
I really like okra. I tried to grow it one summer...in New England. You can guess how that went. I think we got 4 or 5 pods at most
Anyway, our favorite is to dip them in egg and panko and bake them. We eat it as a breakfast side. I am sure there are added seasonings too but I can't remember where we got the recipe from years ago. Probably add paprika or old bay.
Traditionally it is used in gumbo and we usually do that once a year.
The farmer's market has a couple middle eastern vendors that make orka/tomato dishes (probably similar to what the other poster mentioned) and they are quite delicious.
The cake is gorgeous. I'm glad you posted it.
I forgot to bring a copy of my menu with me so I'll be guessing this week as to What I Ate.
My last grocery shopping (2 weeks ago) involved the use of a grocery gift card from DD and family, so WIS was $17.50 for two weeks' worth of groceries. I was almost cheering as I left the store.
Menu, as best I can remember:
Leftover AIP corned beef, cabbage, carrots and onions.
Chicken and cassava flour dumplings, green beans and... something.
Repeat of the chicken and dumplings meal
Given-to-me Roast Beef and gravy with mashed cauliflower, spinach
Roast beef and gravy with mashed cauliflower with lots of sautéed mushrooms - I love mushrooms
Fried chicken quarters and wings with cut up carrot and spinach.
Tonight is TBD.
Forgot to add, I really don't like Brussel sprouts. Good for all of you who do like them, but to me they are something I happily leave out of my diet. Let us know how the tacos taste. I'm still trying to grasp the concept of fish tacos.
@JD, I’m with you re: fish tacos. Haven’t worked up the nerve to try them! 😀
@Meg & JD:
Fish tacos are the bomb! I hope you give them a shot. I, personally, love Baja style (fried, because.... fried) but seared tuna is delicious as is blackened.
I do not like Brussels sprouts at all. Funny though, I like cabbages.
WIS - $68.44 at Kroger, $8.07 at Meijer, $76.51 total
WWA - hamburgers & fries; pork chops, mashed potatoes & corn; pizza delivery (separate budget line item); salmon patties, fries, broccoli slaw; hamburger “steak”, leftover mashed potatoes & corn; tonight I’m planning on Cajun shrimp, cheesy grits & some type of green veggie.
I rarely weigh in on WIS, WWA because I'm among the readers to whom record keeping doesn't come naturally. But I did go over to the YouTube videos and listen to Kristen playing the Shostakovich. Great job!!
YES! I have had brussel sprout tacos! And I seem to be the only one in the comments so far!
There is a restaurant in STL (where I live) that has them on their menu. I like them. They are a bit salty, but most restaurant food is a bit salty to me.
Recently, we've been on a sweet-potato-black bean-taco kick. Although, come to think of it, I did roast brussel sprouts, and we did add them this week... so yes, I have eaten, like, and made brussel sprout tacos. I do not claim that anything I make is authentic, but hey, we're fed!
Gosh, that cake!
I love Brussels sprouts so will wait breathlessly for your report on your mom's tacos.
There was something on the news morning about how people who are back at work are astounded at how lunch prices have increased. I found myself yelling at the screen, "Well, bring your lunch from home!"
--Last Saturday, homemade pizza.
--We used a gift certificate to buy a meal of Chinese food. The take out portions were so huge we ate it for S/M/T!
--Chicken enchiladas on W/Th.
--Today it is my usual Filet O' Fish and the husband is having mac and cheese.
Breakfast
Egg & blueberries
Lunch
Chicken & salad
Dinner
Salmon & broccoli
I've become a lazy shopper, cook, and eater. I go to Costco every four weeks and get this stuff. Also some quinoa and blend up cooked quinoa, eggs, and water and make crepes I keep in the freezer to turn a meal into a wrap. Also a tub of milk chocolate toffees for yum.
Brussel sprout tacos are common at our local taco shop, and the vegetarians in our family love them!
The tacos...I'd try them. I don't love brussels sprouts but I don't hate them. I'll eat them a couple times in the fall as they come in our produce box.
What we ate:
Sat: homemade pizza-one broccoli & bacon and the other steak & cheese w/mushroom
Sun: Nachos and refried beans
Mon: Sister's birthday so had take out at my parents. Balsamic & prosciutto chicken, bread & oil, Parmesan & lemon chicken wings, mashed potatoes, meatballs, mussels, and cookie & cream ice cream cake
Tues: shrimp, bacon, & grits freezer meal and bread
Wed: Dilly Bean Stew (Alison Roman recipe and one of the best meatless meals we've made. Loved it.)
Thurs: Honey soy chicken thighs, jasmine rice, and grand marnier carrots
Fri: frozen shrimp alfredo meal and a salad
@Jaime, thanks for the dilly bean stew mention. I looked it up and bookmarked it for next week! It looks amazing!
I love sprouts & tacos, but have a hard time envisioning them together, so I'm intrigued! Are the sprouts shredded? I can see that playing out, potentially.
Let's see, what did we eat?
-Baked chicken & roasted vegetables
-Ham & bean soup with bread
-Tacos (beef, not sprouts)
-We had a school banquet for winter sports, so we had Chipotle, and brownies
-Leftovers of the above, minus the banquet dinner
Tonight is pecan crusted chicken over a salad
Beer braised corned beef, cabbage, carrots, side salad, potatoes au gratin.
Vegetable coconut curry over rice
Crockpot sausages & peppers with cheesy crockpot potatoes.
Leftovers
BBQ meatballs, rice, roasted broccoli
Costco lobster ravioli with garlic butter sauce and side salads.
Green salads with chicken, walnuts, gruyere cheese, and cranberry vinaigrette.
Chicken pot pie made with crescents.
I recently had Brussels sprout tacos at a quick taco spot in Miami. They were so good: crispy, well seasoned and topped with pickled onion. It was yummy, but I consider it more of a mixed veggie meal served in a tortilla than Brussels sprout tacos. I had to share because it really is the most interesting meal I have eaten in the past two months.