What I Spent, What We Ate | I guess I've been a little lazy!
What I Spent
I made a menu plan for two week's worth of meals, made a list, and headed to the store.
I spent a total of $227, which is fine, because I'm not anticipating much grocery spending next week (two week's worth of my budget would be $300).
Since it's pretty easy, at my stage of life, to pop in to the grocery store here and there, I think I've gotten a little lazy about carefully planning my grocery trips.
So, this is probably a good exercise for me, and maybe I'll be inspired to keep up the habit even once things get back to normal. It's nice to know I have ingredients in the house for a whole bunch of meals.
Also, it's going to be interesting to see the net effect this situation has on our food spending.
At this point, my grocery spending hasn't been down, but I have to consider that Lisey is now here for every meal (she was out quite a bit before, at work or with friends), and also Mr. FG is eating every meal here too now (no work lunches).
Also, I haven't been able to do much shopping at Aldi, which has definitely made my groceries more expensive.
And we haven't been having a date night, although we could throw it back to our old takeout date nights that we used to do when our kids were little!
What We Ate
Saturday
Fish cake sandwiches, to use up those buns from the freezer!
Here's how I make my fish cakes. They're not very complicated, and if you use a mild fish, the cakes will be somewhat reminiscent of crab cakes.
But way cheaper!
I made potato cubes too (parcooking the potatoes first is key!), and we had some kind of produce but I don't remember what.
Sunday
I tried a recipe for coconut noodles from the ATK quick family cookbook, and it was just too heavy on the coconut milk for my taste.
Monday
I made pork quinoa bowls from the ATK Bowls cookbook (which I now have from the library indefinitely due to the library being closed!)
Tuesday
Shrimp and ravioli in pink sauce for more of us; ravioli with tomato sauce for Zoe!
I cooked some asparagus, but I accidentally overcooked it and it was way too mushy to eat.
Yuck.
Wednesday
I cooked some chicken (which I soaked in this very excellent brinerade), sliced it, and then made sandwiches on toasted and buttered croissants.
Other sandwich fixings: lettuce, Provolone, and this roasted red papper and basil mayo.
I cooked up some broccoli too.
Thursday
I made burrito bowls, since I had some fresh cilantro in the fridge.
Friday
I'm planning to make homemade pizza again, now that I've come up with a non-dairy version that works for miss Sonia.
Funnily enough, our food bill has probably been up (though I don't really track it) since our school is allowing the public to purchase items from their Sysco delivery. This means bulk buying. So I now have 36 pounds of butter (I estimate that will last me about five months--yay for freezers!) and will shortly have a LOT of frozen green beans. 🙂 And now, actual food:
Saturday: Tacos with leftover pork and homemade corn tortillas
Sunday: Barbecue mutton (the meat I pulled off the bones used for stock-making after we butchered a sheep), sourdough biscuits, coleslaw
Monday: Grilled cheese sandwiches, vegetable soup with some of the mutton stock, yogurt with maple syrup
Tuesday: Bunless hamburgers, boiled potato chunks, green salad
Wednesday: Roasted Italian sausage and potatoes, frozen green beans
Thursday: Tacos made with the rest of the mutton, homemade tortillas, frozen peas
Sat: Chili and Salad
Sun: Stuffed Peppers and Salad
Mon: Salmon, Rice and Asperagus
Tues Chicken Rice Bowls (like a Chipolte Bowl)
Wed: Seafood (shrimp, scallops, fish)and Veggies over Pasta (or rice for the gluten intolerant)
Thurs: Turkey Breast, Kale Salad, Pasta
Fri: Leftovers soup and a salad
Our grocery bill has been up for two reasons: 1. I'm not currently shopping at Aldi. 2. I'm not letting us get way low on supplies-which I typically do between trips to the store to avoid food waste. We aren't hoarding, but I"m no longer letting our freezer empty completely either. I've also been purchasing a few cans each week of vegtables-something I rarely do bc we prefer fresh or frozen.
Kristin, no elk???? Your menu makes me think of a quote from The Hobbit--"Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer," said one of the trolls.
My food bill has been up because, like Sarah mentioned, I'm not hoarding but I am keeping more on top of keeping foods on hand than I normally would. Also, I'm not going to Aldi right now--last time I went it was a mob scene and I want to avoid that.
Kris: Mutton is the new elk.
On Wednesdays, we eat mutton.
Kristin--funny!
Kristen--Is that a quote from somewhere? I feel like you've made a joke that I'm not catching ....
My husband has done our last two rounds of grocery shopping since I’m working full time and don’t have a lot of free time. I did all our shopping before (mostly Aldi) and he did not. He probably wasn’t the best person to go shopping and did a lot of panic buying as in packaged things we don’t normally like granola bars, fruit snacks, packs of crackers, hamburger helper and spaghettios. So we’re set if suddenly our electric goes out?!? Anyway, it made him feel better and we’re not spending much money elsewhere, so I guess it will be ok in the end. We won’t starve either way and my imperfect produce delivery is still available so I can get my veggies. He did have trouble finding a couple things so following recipes will be interesting from here on out! Might need to try some more type of shelf cooking without recipes!
I think a lot of people are buying a lot of shelf stable, convenience type foods. Rice, instant mashed potatoes, and ramen all seemed in short supply here!
I am definitely spending less because I really stocked up at the end of February when all this started. I was nervous about people going crazy and not being able to get things and I wasn't at all concerned about the virus. I was 50% right since people did go crazy buying things but the virus is way worse than I expected (especially since I live outside of Detroit where there are so many cases).
Monday - Spaghetti with various frozen garlic bread and breadsticks that had been hanging around the freezer for ages
Tuesday - Murphy's Pie (cabbage, carrots, and ground beef in a pie crust) and homemade applesauce
Wednesday - Homemade chicken noodle soup and french bread
Thursday - Tacos...I tried making homemade flour tortillas with a recipe that guaranteed soft and flexible tortillas but that did not prove to be the case unfortunately
Friday - Homemade pizza but I'm not sure which variety of pizza I will make
It’s hard cooking 3 meals a day during our shutdown. So I have been making larger amounts at dinner and eating leftovers for lunch
Sunday- Roast Beef sandwiches with mushroom and onions, Oven fries, and salad. This used leftover beef. I am gluten-free so I didn’t have bread.
Monday - Egg Roll in a Bowl
Tuesday - Make your own pizza night
Wednesday - Chicken pot pie
Thursday- Enchiladas
Friday - Not sure - thinking roast chicken, greens and cornbread
Monday:waffles sausage strawberries
Tuesday: Asian shredded chicken in slow cooker cucumbers and ranch Mac n cheese
Wednesday: can’t remember
Thursday: brats on the grill sliced apples and baked chips
Friday: French toast bacon cuties
During quarantine we eat our big meal at noon. We fend for ourselves the rest of the day!
I anticipate a similarly priced grocery haul once I actually go.. I organized the pantry and freezer and decided I would push through past the first of the month and let those who need to get to the stores to replenish do so.. WITH the exception that I did make an early Thursday morning run to the local produce/bulk market cause I heard they had bulk bags of yeast!! YES!! So I grabbed that, some regular and hi gluten flour and replenished some baking supplies!
Monday- Beef roast and carrots served with fresh rolls and instant mashed taters...
this roast was not very good.. I bought it at a store I don't often frequent and it was just not tasty or tender.. so odd...
Tuesday- Salsa chicken, black beans and rice with corn cake on the side!
Wednesday- Chicken Parry Parm- just as basic as it sounds! I cooked chicken patties and layered with sauce and mozz.. served with Penne pasta and garlic bread from the freezer- fresh fruit on the side.
Thursday-Made city chicken( might be an Ohio thing? Pork cubes on a wooden skewer.. browned and stewed in gravy until tender) served over egg noodles with fresh steamed broccoli. I made a TON- I had a pile of meat in the freezer planning an Sunday supper with grandparents.. SOOO I used some to go containers and we will be taking meals over this afternoon along with fresh yeast rolls I having currently rising.
Friday- I have no idea.. pretty much all the leftovers have been eaten this week..
I've never heard of city chicken! It's actually pork?
Yes i am interested in this recipe too!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_chicken
Jessica, I'm from Michigan and I have fond memories of weekends at my college roommate's home. Her mom discovered I loved her city chicken and made it for me a lot. 🙂 Maybe it's a midwest thing? I'd happily come to your home for dinner! Yum!
Meals, hmm. I'll go backwards. Tonight I'm serving huevo rancheros, last night was apricot chicken over rice, Wednesday was Mexican skillet supper, Tuesday was reheated pork from the weekends along with roasted potatoes and asparagus, Monday was cold and icky so I made cheeseburger soup and rolls.
#OhioStrong! Coming at you from Miami County..close to Dayton. Yes! City chicken (pork) is wonderful. When I was a child my mom would roll it in Shake and Bake and of course, bake it. Served with Uncle Ben's wild rice.
I lived in California for a while, they are not familiar with it either.
Do tell- what is city chicken?
I'll do my best 🙂
The previous poster said her style was pork cubes on a wooden skewer. The way the meat markets sell it in Southern Ohio is....a very lean sorta thin piece of pork with a wooden skewer woven thru it. I think the key that makes it city chicken is the wooden skewer. To my knowledge there is not a standard recipe.
I came to the realization when writing the description that city chicken sounds pretty weird. It's pork not even chicken... but oh so good.
I am spending more, too. But I think its because I cannot find my usual things at the store and have to improvise with the more expensive items that are left. Plus, youngest has been home from college for three weeks now and he has been HUNGRY. Here's our menus:
Monday - Stir Fry with Ramen and Pork (and an assortment of veggies)
Tuesday - Take-out Chinese
Wednesday - Pork Chops, Tomato Chickpea Salad, kale
Thursday - Sloppy Joes, chips
Friday - Red Curry Chicken, brown rice, broccoli
Saturday - Pasta with meat sauce, garlic bread (youngest heads back to college)
Sunday - Take-out Fried Chicken and stewed cabbage at home
Dessert this week was Lemon Cream Pie and it was delightful!
Once its back to just Hubby and I, we will eat more simply - back to our diet-y plans!
Yes - we are finding having an 18-year-old boy back in the house has made for a longer grocery list! I thought I had enough bread in the freezer for a while but it has magically disappeared. I am dropping hints about oatmeal for breakfast. Because I found my one forary into the grocery store very stressful and I'm not eager to repeat it.
working from home this is my second week, feel like all I am doing is working and cooking! ugh.... I am sure most are feeling the same. Kids finishing up 3rd week of school at home.
Saturday- pasta, with red sauce, garlic bread (bread in freezer) salad.
Sunday- homemade Chicken pot pie, (with the extra chicken made chicken salad for lunches during the week)
Monday- French toast, pork roll
Tuesday- shrimp in garlic sauce, with pasta
Wen- Fish sticks and Mac n cheese (easy button)
Thursday- chicken cutlet, butter noodles, corn
Friday- Thinking ordering a pizza.
With drought, followed by fires, then floods and now covid19 food is expensive around here. Our meals have been very simple and made up with what we have. I still have some fresh produce in the fridge. For example one cauliflower cost me $8.90 (Aus) so I am trying to use everything to the fullest extent.
Oh wow! That's a crazy expensive cauliflower.
It is true that when you pay a lot for food, it does help make you motivated to use it all up.
Saturday: home-made pizza
Sunday: chicken tikka masala with lemon basmati rice
Monday: leftovers
Tuesday: store-bought frozen meals: chicken fricassee for my SO and quinoa/bean chili for me
Wednesday: vegetable curry with basmati rice
Thursday: spaghetti bolognese
Friday: fish in beer batter with potatoes and spinach
How are things for you all over there in Germany? Are you under stay at home orders in your area?
Monday: Chicago style Hot Dogs with baked beans and potato chips
Tuesday: Pulled Pork with Home Fries
Wednesday: Tacos (cooked by the kids)
Thursday: Chicken Fajitas
Friday: grilled pineapple and misc. Veggies; cedar planked salmom
I have noticed our grocery bill going way up. I used to buy certain items at different stores to get the lowest prices, but now I just buy everything at the regular grocery store to limit my time out in the public. Its been a weird food week, though. We used up a bunch of random odds and ends when the fridge died. Other than that, I’m having a hard time remembering our meals for the week. The new fridge is thankfully here and I think a meal plan would be a great idea for me this week.
I'm the same way. I used to visit lots of different shops to hunt down the best prices, the clearance items, the BOGO products--using coupons whenever possible. I almost never shopped online. Now the script has flipped! Now I'm "foraging" online and rarely going out.
Our food bill has been up a little, but, like you, I think that will level off. I opted to have groceries delivered on Wednesday. We’re not sick, but hubby has an essential job, so has a fair amount of exposure to the public. I keep reading that the best practice is to act as though you’re the one infecting others, so I thought a no contact delivery was better than me going to the store. Aldi wasn’t an option, so I ended up ordering from Wal-Mart, which seems to be a little more expensive than Aldi, plus there’s tipping the delivery person. I’m trying to order two weeks of groceries at once to cut back on the delivery fees, so for the beginning of the month we’ve already spent a lot of the grocery budget. Again, I think that will level off since I don’t anticipate buying any groceries in the coming week.
We’ve had a cold snap here, so went heavy on the soups (potato, broccoli cheddar, and chili) this week.
Your chicken croissants look delicious! I think we have everything to make those, so they may make their way onto our menu soon.
Last week was the first time I found that several of the food items I needed were not in stock. I'm not eating grains, but even if I did eat rice, I couldn't -- it was gone from the shelves. An irritating thing is that I might have found some missing items at another store, but I can't go to six stores trying to find one or two items, since that's just multiplying the exposure factor and I have my husband's as well as my own health to consider. I went to two and called it a day with what I had.
From what friends and I can tell, some people are still stocking up and leaving the shelves bare. The stores have begun refusing to check out more than one of some items, but still there are empty shelves. And I don't want to get started on the entire families that come together to stores and the parents let the kids run loose around the store, ignoring distance rules.
My main grocery store in the town where I work has suspended the pick up option, don't know why, and I'm too far away since I'm at home now for them to deliver. Our close to home stores are scheduling days out for pick up, are often out of stock or don't have pick up at all, and none deliver. Funnily enough, the independent pet supply store where I buy my pet's food IS doing curbside pickup.
Any old way:
We had:
Bacon, green beans and cauliflower with cheese -- I can now eat most dairy products, yes!
Shrimp with salad, two times. It was a big bag of shrimp 🙂
Hamburgers (bunless for me) with parsnip fries.
Cabbage sauteed with onion and sliced kielbasa.
Tacos, with no red pepper, tomatoes or salsa for me; on cassava tortillas for me and flour tortillas for him.
I'm shopping again today, so here goes. After we were officially shut down by the governor this week, some stores have changed their policy even more. I hope that if nothing else, we might see more items back on the shelves.
The days are definitely running together. I had to stop & think what day it is today! I call the days of the week "Nondays" since they really don't feel like any particular day of the week. I am using up the "stash" in my freezer & just getting miscellaneous things at the store. I have extra things like oil, mayo, syrup, etc in my small, but adequate pantry in the garage. This event has forced me into going back to cooking, eating at home & using up leftovers. We are saving money (just 2 of us-empty nesters as of Jan.) because we used to say, "Let's go out, it's easier than cooking for just the two of us." I have tried new recipes that don't require any ingredients I don't already have. Aldi's has been great for milk, eggs & pantry staples. I have to skip their onion dip & ridged chips-yikes!
Just a suggestion.....if Sonia's tummy issues are lactose intolerance she might be able to tolerate a few that I can. I've been lactose-intolerant my whole life (now a senior) and I loathe milk but I love some cheeses.....parmesan cheese is naturally low in lactose ... the kind you shred yourself, Jarlsberg (I get one from Costco in Canada that is lactose-free), extra old cheddar....we're talking two to five years old, not regular supermarket extra old cheese....and Grana Padano....basically, the harder the cheese, the better for me. And, basically, it's all the expensive cheeses! He! He! Good luck Sonia.
We haven't seen any eggs or egg products in our store (just one store for us since husband works an essential job in which social distancing is hard to observe faithfully) in 3 weeks, and we can only buy 1 package of meat and 1 of chicken and 2 of rice. We've been trying to get complete proteins with whole grains and beans and supplementing with tiny bits of meat/poultry so that our proteins last longer.
Sunday-popcorn, maybe?
Monday-fajita-ish soup
Tuesday-blackened tilapia (since we didn't have it last week as planned) with homemade bread and broccoli
Wednesday-GF pasta with chickpeas, lemon, broccoli and parmesan
Thursday-BLTs on homemade bread with canned pineapple
Friday-peppers stuffed with beans and rice and a smidgen of chicken
I don't cook every night, as we have frozen meals and sandwich fixings for nights when the leftovers run out. But in the past week, we had pineapple pork pilaf, which is a box of beef Rice-a-Roni jazzed up with sauteed diced carrots and onions, diced pork and pineapple, and one half cup of the water replaced with the juice from the pineapple. We also had a clean out the freezer fish dinner that used up the tilapia and cod, and then I made a huge pot of chili.
Both the fish dinner and the chili had cheddar-herb corn muffins on the side, which are super easy: add a cup of shredded extra sharp cheddar, a tablespoon of Italuan herb mix and two tablespoons of vegetable oil to a box of Jiffy corn muffin mix and the usual ingredients. Add a little more milk if the batter seems to need it and bake as directed on the box. This makes nine muffins instead of the usual six.
Sat - Chicken Thigh Sheet Pan Supper with Roasted Carrots and Potatoes
Sun - Arroz Con Pollo w/Black Beans and Bread
Mon - Leftover ^^^^
Tues - Homemade Hamburger Helper (from the Little House Living website) with Green Beans and Salad
Wed - Hamburgers and Oven Fries
Thurs - Country Ribs, Baked Potatoes and Creamed Corn
Fri - Tonight is my daughters birthday so she's requested Chicken Fingers and Fries.
I spent about $260 but I'm praying that will get us thru for at least 2 weeks. I'll need bread before then but that is probably it. Our state is now under "Stay At Home" order. I'm an essential worker (I work for our electric company co-op) but my husband is a subcontractor and didn't get called in today so he's probably home for a while.
Stay Safe Virtual Friends!
Saturday: got take out pizza from a small, family owned business we want to help stay alive during this time. It seems weird because we go out for food maybe once every few months (except for the Friday filet o' fish, of course).
Sunday: moose stew, fruit salad
Monday: leftover moose stew, garlic flatbread, apples
Tuesday: salmon chowder, bread, fruit salad
Wednesday: salmon chowder, garlic flatbread (so easy to make!), fruit salad
Thursday: breakfast for dinner
Friday: husband bought frozen breaded fish while grocery shopping, so will try that. Grapefruit. Brownies.
I have mentioned before that having parents who endured what mine did living in Germany during the war, led to some odd habits that my siblings and I acquired and never realized they were odd. One was an obsession with having sufficient supplies of toilet paper. This was reinforced when I lived in bush Alaska, where it cost more than a dollar a roll (not a four pack, a roll). My friends know this and when someone threw me a 50th birthday party, all the guests brought toilet paper...plus I ordered several cases every few months. I am red-faced to admit that before the virus panic, we had 23 cases of toilet paper in the basement, plus more stockpiled upstairs. We have a woman who started doing housework for us one day a week when I was bed-ridden, which also meant my husband could leave the house once a week. Since I have mostly recovered, she still comes in 2 hours a week to do heavy cleaning, like the oven and other things I do not have the stamina for and don't want my husband to take on because he already carries a disproportionate load. Anyway, we had to tell her that we can't use her until the stay in place order is lifted, but we will keep paying her. She depends on the money and, although we are not rich, we can afford to do this. It is also selfish, since I don't want to lose her; after five years, she knows our habits. So, as I am about to give her the money for the month of April in advance, she said she wondered if I would mind paying her in toilet paper since I have so much of it and she and her siblings have had trouble finding any. We looked up the price on Amazon and she left with $300 worth of toilet paper instead of cash and was happy. And I felt less guilty about having so much TP...I have two friends having birthdays this month and I am going to give them each a case of TP.
My mom gave me a bottle of good-smelling soap for my birthday last week, which I thought was quite appropriate for this year. 🙂 But a gift of TP would also be awesome!!
This makes me think of a teacher I knew many years ago, who was a prim and proper middle-aged single lady. She instructed all of us nice young Catholic girls that nice people did not buy toilet paper at a grocery store or K-Mart (it was a long time ago, and there was no Walmart, Target, Amazon, Costco , etc.) What nice people did was order many cases once a year from Marshall Field or Carson Pirie Scott in account and have it delivered. Wow! We snickered at the time but now I wish I could do that!
I'm not entirely sure what impact this will have on our grocery budget. On one hand, I'm having to buy more expensive things (like name-brand flour because Aldi and another's store-brand are out) but I'm also not impulse buying anything. It will probably take a full month before we'll be able to see the full impact.
Saturday - Haluski with sausages and corn
Sunday - Pork chops, fried potatoes, broccoli with cheese for lunch, pizza for dinner
Monday - Chili cheese dogs, chips, peas
Tuesday - Burrito bowls and cantaloupe
Wednesday - Chicken pot pie and pineapple
Thursday - Takeout for my husband's birthday, carrot cake and ice cream
Friday - Pork stir fry and probably pineapple
Haluski is new to me- what is it?
I make mine with waiting chopped onions and chopped cabbage in butter. When the cabbage is a little soft, add cooked noodles, salt and pepper. Very Pittsburgh thing to eat during lent on a Fridays.
My grocery bill is definitely going up, as I prioritize going to fewer stores over going to the cheap and and the good one. Since I'm not eating out, my overall food bill is probably about the same.
What is unavailable continues to boggle me: paper towels I get. Bleach? Absolutely. But dishwasher detergent and oat bran?!? Last night the shelves were literally empty. Fortunately I overbought dish soap (last year, ahem) so my roommate can handwash if necessary.
Monday: Taco night, using ground beef from my dwindling stash. I have only 5 lbs of the inexpensive organic grass-fed beef I bought on sale last year. Whole Foods had a sale just as people were stocking up and I was unable to get any.
Tuesday: Bibs and bobs, IOW, cook whatever we have a little of. This is not a smorgesborg, wherein we have whatever is in the fridge.
Wednesday: Sous vide boneless pork chops, roasted broccoli, and applesauce.
Thursday: Sous vide strip steaks from the freezer, and sous vide carrots because that bag of baby carrots wasn't going to eat itself. Both were browned in a pan after the hot bath.
Friday: a Puerto Rican stewed chicken dish, recipe provided by my Puerto Rican co-worker, that uses jarred sofrito I bought in Puerto Rico last year.
Neatest Thing I Heard All Week:
The cashier telling me that lots of people must be buying for their neighbors, because half of his customers were paying for different things separately.
I am so lucky that I accidentally overbought dishwasher detergent at Costco. Several times. Heh.
So I can run my dishwasher for a very long time without a problem.
I do not have a stash of oat bran, though!
My grocery budget has gone up a bit, but there's been a huge drop in my dining out budget line. I knew we ate out a lot, but I don't think I realized just how much... Yikes.
I went to the store again today (had to pick up prescriptions and didn't want to make a trip for nothing). I managed to find bread flour and my sourdough starter has finally kicked it into high gear, so I'm keeping fingers crossed for some crusty, chewy, sourdough success out of my grocery funds.
We also have an imperfectfoods.com box coming on Tuesday. I skipped the veggies in store and just picked up things that weren't an option for my box. And some sour gummies. Because somethings you just need some sour gummies to join you in quarantine.
Hi. Just curious, I have a sourdough starter that I’m trying to understand how to work with. What do you mean when you say it’s kicked into high gear? And suggestions you have would be appreciated.
My bill has been a bit up, but that's mostly because I am trying to go to the grocery store less. I planned 2 weeks worth of meals with a bit of cooking ahead, so I can use the produce when it is good, then freeze the meal and have an easy meal next week. To that end, we are making our own freezer pizzas, so we can use up all the ingredients (like pepperoni--there is always way too much in the package to use up). So, I am hopeful that as long as we don't run our of coffee milk, we are good on groceries for 2 weeks.
Our grocery bill has risen a bit, but our overall food bill is about the same as my daughter isn't having 3 to 5 dollar school lunches every day, and we haven't bought any takeaway food.
Sunday: fish, potatoes and veggies.
Monday: Turkey mince chow mein.
Tuesday: corned beef, mashed potatoes, veggies and white sauce.
Wednesday: ricotta and spinach, and chicken and veggie pastry rolls.
Thursday: fish crumbed or fried, with mash, cauliflower, and broccoli, and white sauce.
Friday: honey mustard chicken and rice.
Our food bill has been stable. I am no longer shopping at Aldi since the shelves are empty. As a front line RN I am not allowed in any store. I have been using Wal-Mart pick up and love it. I start my list online on Mon and keep adding to it throughout week. Will submit tonight. I have become quite the cook over the last 3 week's. We love be8 g home. This pandemic which is very sad has tied our family very close. Kids have not left house 3 weeks
Saturday: leftovers
Sunday: spiced lamb burgers grilled in pita (epicurious), Greek potatoes, Greek salad, yogurt-cilantro sauce
Monday: shrimp (and mushrooms) and grits (seriouseats.com), sautéed broccoli
Tuesday: Vietnamese-syle baked chicken thighs (seriouseats.com), jasmine rice, roasted carrots
Wednesday: pulled pork and black bean nachos (using stale tortilla chips: pantry challenge), with the fixins.
Thursday: prosciutto, arugula and cheese-bits (that had been saved in freezer) quiche, green salad
Friday: homemade pork and cabbage gyoza, with chicken fried rice (made with all leftovers from Tuesday's dinner with added peas and egg)
We have been eating down the freezer ready to move next month. So far we’ve had bread, hot cross buns, sausages, fried rice, bacon, chicken breast, chicken nuggets, fries, cookie dough, wraps and vegetables from the freezer. We also made smoothies with frozen berries.
Hi Kristen.
I need a new lemon zester. Who knew they wear out. I have the micro plane one that you said you have but somewhere you mentioned you preferred a different style. Can you pull up that recommendation?
A friend discovered the lemon curd recipe on the Vitamix site is delicious. I highly recommend, using 1 cup of sugar—not 1 1/2 cups.
Thank you. Stay well!