What I Spent, What We Ate | You guys, it's cooled down!
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Today, it feels like fall outside and I AM SO HAPPY.
It's currently a breezy, sunny, low-humidity 60 degrees and my goodness, it is a blessed relief from the muggy and warm weather we've been having all fall.
I know I will get really tired of cold in a few months, but right now I am exceedingly pleased.
And I just thought you should know.
What I Spent
I spent $115 this week, including our Grubhub night and our pizza out night (see below!)
What We Ate
Monday
I made a meal from the Hello Fresh box that my brother didn't need...it was figgy balsamic pork with potato cubes and roasted green beans.
It was pretty good, but somehow the pork tenderloin was a bit dry, even though I only cooked it to the temperature that usually works great for me.
So I'm not sure what went wrong there.
Tuesday
This is the night we did the Grubhub $10/$15 coupon, so we ate some pizza and pasta from a local restaurant.
(The $10/$15 Grubhub offer is available right here, should you want to use it for a Friday night treat.)
Wednesday
I went out for pizza with Mr. FG and the girls had mac n cheese.
Thursday
Turkey chili, with sour cream and Frito chips. 😉
Friday
I mean, I've had pizza twice this week and a girl can only handle so much pizza.
So, whatever we eat tonight, I can tell you that it will be something other than pizza. 😉
What did you eat for dinner this week?
P.S. Sending love to any of you affected by the awful hurricane this week. I am so sorry to see all the destruction it left.
Having a rough week here prepping for the little one's birthday.
Monday: Chicken using a sauce we bought at Wegman's. It was okay but not great. Also had rice and vegetables.
Tuesday: Fish sticks, fries and vegetables. I hate eating frozen food but life is difficult lately.
Wednesday: Tacos
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner: Bacon, cinnamon raisin toast, fruit and eggs
Friday: Leftovers and cleaning up the fridge. I also have to make rolls for our birthday party. At least someone else gets to make the cake this year.
Monday: Bunless cheeseburgers, leftover rice or bread and butter, tomatoes and mayonnaise, sauteed mushrooms and onions, and a soup with leftover chicken, cooked carrots, and rice for the sick boy
Tuesday: Pork chops, mashed potatoes, roasted squash/celeriac/onions, tomato/cucumber/feta salad
Wednesday: Scrambled eggs, rice, collard greens (olive oil and garlic, cooked until soft, because I don't do crunchy greens--it's my southern heritage :-), raw mini bell peppers and grape tomatoes
Thursday: Beef stir-fry--thinly sliced and marinated skirt steak, onions, carrots, bell peppers, broccoli with a sauce of soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, garlic powder, and corns on hand), and a couple of hamburgers I made with leftover meat from Monday.
Tonight: A giant pot roast given to us by very generous people. It was labeled a "seven bone roast," so I don't know exactly what it is, but it's like three inches thick and must weigh eight pounds. I think it might be a chuck roast. Anyway, it's in a low oven all day and I'll stick some carrots and potatoes in there later. There are also apples baking in the oven, and I'll make some curried cauliflower.
Okay, changing "cornstarch" to "corns on hand" might be the weirdest auto-correct ever. What?
lololol i was intrigued by your recipe!
That is too funny. In what scenario would someone need the phrase "corns on hand"?
Shorthand in someone's medical record?
Question: How big was your Hello Fresh box? for 4 people? Was there enough food for hungry teenagers? My problem with the meal service companies is that they are always for 2 or 3 people. We can't order one for three. We are told to order 4 & have extra food...but I don't want to pay $40 for a single dinner. I could go out to dinner if I want to spend $40. I am thinking about using one of the services when my son goes to college next year.
I wish we had such a beautiful day! Instead we're getting rain. Again. Just like every other weekend recently. At least we're not in drought, right?
Monday: pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans with almonds
Tuesday: BLTs with veggies and salad
Wednesday: Jamaican Jerk with turmeric rice and salad
Thursday: leftovers from Wednesday
Friday: Chicken Chili and whatever else is at a chili cook off party. I'm bringing a chili to share, not so much to compete.
We have some serious low temps with snow showers. This weekend will be a high of 28 with a dumping of snow. With that in mind, my menu has revolved around hot meals and whatever was in the house..
Mon-beef enchiladas
Tue- cheese pizza
Wed- chicken soup
Thur- oven fry chicken with yellow rice
Fri- chicken soup
Monday - Rice with roasted brussel sprouts/mushrooms/onions
Tuesday - Cheeseburgers/Veggie burgers, grilled mini peppers, avocado
Wednesday - Broccoli/tomato omelettes, baked fries, melon
Thursday - Leftover lunch take-out: Shredded beef, rice and plantains
Friday - Probably sauteed veggies over quinoa or pasta (my quick go to meal to use up leftover veggies)
I broke down and turned the heat on this morning. 57 degrees in the house is a little low, and my mom was coming over, so... Earliest I've turned it on in years!
Monday: Cauliflower and carrot lasagna, it was super good but a LOT of work.
Tuesday: Repeat of the lasagna.
Wednesday: Spinach chickpea coconut curry.
Thursday: Husband had leftover curry, daughter had leftover Chinese noodles, son had the last piece of leftover lasagna, I had a grilled cheese. 😀
Tonight, I think I'm going to cook up some green beans and serve those with the frozen homemade pierogies I made a while back, with a vegan alfredo sauce. I'm too tired for anything more.
I completely support using the heat at 57 degrees. Brr.
Let's see what I remember:
Monday - pasta, homemade marinara, and reheated/toasted slow-roast pork with visiting family.
Tuesday - brats, broccoli steam-browned in the fat, hand fruit.
Wednesday - smorgesborg
Thursday - Tex-Mex
Friday - neighborhood gathering, so heavy cocktails, booze, and dessert.
Saturday - Supper Club. I'm making Cold Roast Chicken and a Pumpkin Pieless. I may made a bean side dish if there aren't enough vegetarian dishes.
I admit our meals have been pretty uninspired lately. The most interesting thing we made this week was a one pot chicken broccoli rice dinner. It's filling, easy, and cheap, so I can't complain. 🙂
The downside is that we ate out twice this week. And it was out of sheer laziness, too. I start my self-employed life on Monday, so I'm hoping that will enable me to have more focus for home cooking.
Never enough pizza, I say 😉
Stuck to"Eating From The Freezer/Pantry Plan" from Saturday thru Thursday and can now see the back of the freezer compartment. Well, partly. Did buy fresh produce, milk.
Saturday: Frozen Pizza all dolled up, salad
Sunday: Yikes, have forgotten -- i know it came from the depths of the freezer and was augmented with salad. And was marked down 🙂
Monday: Marked down frozen meal with salad for me; husband grabbed cheap to go for an event. Some kind of Luvo or CedarLane?
Tuesday: Marked down frozen meal with salad,
Wednesday: Marked down frozen beef-stuffed peppers, salad, steamed broccoli,
Thursday: Marked down frozen organic vegan chili (delicious!) to which we added some extra beans, salad, grapes. About $1.20 per serving, incl. extra beans.
Also, made breakfasts and lunches (except Saturday -- cheap Arby's). A lot of processed food, but most of it was actually organic/veggie that no one else seemed to want so deeply discounted at my Ralphs and VONs. Pleased we stuck with it and need to keep going.
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We are getting down to the high 50s tonight in Central Florida. Woot! But I am heading to Nebraska tomorrow to see the grandkids and it is FREEZING there!
Long time reader ever since you used to trade the Friday shopping with simply being mum! Just wondering what state you live in . We want to move to North Carolina and it seems like the weather you describe is pretty close to that. I’m in California now so we’re spoiled with weather but not prices!
Monday and Tuesday- beef tacos with homemade salsa, spinach, beans, brown rice, and whole wheat tortillas
Wednesday and Thursday- homemade sauce made from our garden's tomatoes, pasta, and meatballs
Friday- supposed to be French toast waffles with eggs and sausage, but got out of work too late so ordered pizza
My mother passed away recently, and we've had a number of kind friends bring us meals over the past few weeks. Now I'm trying to get back into the swing of cooking, but am finding that I don't have the physical or mental energy or the focus to make anything too involved. So we had:
Sat: instant pot spaghetti
Sun: cheese ravioli w olive oil and garlic
Mon: tuna salad, grape tomatoes, apples
Tues: foreman grilled chicken breast, heat n serve quinoa and brown rice, peas
Wed: Aldi pizza
Thurs: instant pot chicken taco bowls
Fri: smorgasbord
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss!
I think it's so smart to give yourself grace during this time. You just have to get dinner on the table...it does NOT have to be fancy.
Hang in there.
I am sorry for your loss.
Just back from traveling so didn't make much this week (took us two days even to be able to get to the grocery store!).
We did manage to put together three meals:
Pork green chili that we ate with fried eggs and apple slices
Grocery baked whole chicken with brown rice and a garden salad
Ravioli with strawberry pecan salad
This week has been a strange one. I did have a plan but things never go to my plan. We have had chicken and salad, leftover chicken turned into soup, roasted chicken, rice and vegetables, homemade pizza and cold cuts and salad. We went out for dinner as two of my children had their birthday on Wednesday.
By now I am normally complaining of the heat. Most of Australia is suffering drought. We have had a very drizzly month. Not that we have had a huge amount of rain but I will take what we have had happily and I will enjoy the cooler weather.
This week turned out to be more exciting than planned (not in a good way-- DC1 had to go to urgent care for a boil on her arm, and then the medicine they gave her had red dye in it which gives her hives, and so on) so we ended up eating leftovers and getting take-out a lot. It was a little crazy doing menu planning yesterday and realizing we still had almost all the same meals as from last week's planning. Hopefully this week will be more relaxed and we'll actually make food during the week.
Ooh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Here's to a calmer week!
I recently picked a Cooks Country paperback recipe book. A Main & a Side, really enjoying the recipes
Well, it's been an interesting food week. My chest freezer died. OY! Fortunately I caught it before it had completely defrosted, so I was able to salvage a good chunk of it. I tossed most of the meat because while it was still partially frozen, I didn't want to take any chances. I ended up cooking up tons of once frozen veggies, and I now have a fridge full of cheese & butter. The rest of what was in there was dry goods that were just in there to prolong their shelf life.
Sooooo… Now I'm researching freezers. I'm really thinking of splurging and getting an upright model. Slightly less efficient, but much less of a pain to keep organized. Anyhow, it's been a week of eating what needed to be eaten!
A little late to the party, but thinking about the upcoming week is prompting me to remember what we had last week.
Monday: Sausage Egg and Cheese Sandwiches
Tuesday: ??
Wednesday: Italian Surprise. Aka noodles, chicken, cheese and 3/4 of an open spaghetti sauce that needed used up
Thursday- simple grilled pork chops and mashed potatoes with green beans
Friday- Out to eat with my mom. Not planned, but unexpected family issues made it a quick fill the belly meal.
Saturday- breakfast for dinner
Tonight- not really sure but ground turkey will be the main protein.
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