WIS, WWA | $89
What I Spent
I spent:
- $24 at Lidl
- $26 at Safeway
- $18 at Sam's Club
- $21 at Mod Pizza
So, $89 for me.
What We Ate
Saturday
We had pulled pork sandwiches, salad, and watermelon.
Sunday
I had bought a marked-down package of chicken tenderloins; I froze half of them, and the other half I breaded with panko and pan-fried to make chicken fingers.
Zoe and I dipped those in sauce and ate them, with watermelon on the side.
I didn't fry all the breaded chicken that night, so the next day I fried the last few pieces, cut them up, and made a salad with them for my lunch.
Monday
I made a very odds-and-ends kind of dish using stuff from my pantry and fridge.
I broiled some sliced zucchini with Parmesan, sauteed some green peppers and Italian sausage, and then mixed all of that with some couscous + some garlic oil and spicy chopped jarred peppers.
Tuesday
A bunch of freezer stuff!
- stuffed shells
- tomato sauce
- Parmesan cheese
- browned Italian sausage
Wednesday
Zoe and I had a little shopping to do, so we went out for dinner together at Mod Pizza.
Thursday
I made a half recipe of baked ziti, and we had watermelon on the side (a theme of this week, apparently!)
Friday
I think I will make a chicken taco salad, to assist with some of my freezer contents!
Well, we ate, and I have no idea how much we spend....but Zoe has your smile 🙂 I never noticed before.
Yes! Several of my kids have smiles with some similarities to mine. 🙂
@Jody S., I noticed the same thing!
WIS (brace yourselves): $21.50 at Trader Joe's last week that I forgot to note last Friday; $15 at the grocery outlet; $30 at Price Chopper; $25 at Wegmans; and (gulp) $603 on the annual 1/4 steer. But remember that the steer provides a year's worth of beef not only to me, but to the neighbors and friends I sell a large part of it to at my cost.
WIA: Oddly, my best meal this week wasn't based on beef, but on duck. I found two packages of D'Artagnan duck leg quarters Reduced for Quick Sale at Wegmans. I roasted these with a little five-spice powder and some potatoes. Nom nom nom!
@A. Marie, Your 1/4 steer is cheaper than ours (ours will be ~$850) but still worth it to me to have a year's worth of beef in the freezer from a local farmer.
@A. Marie, May I ask you ladies what does a 1/4 of a steer amount to in weight; cost per pound? Thanks.
@JEG, I'm going to answer your question in some detail, since the couple from whom I buy the beef provided a detailed and fascinating breakdown of the charges this year. (Vegetarians and vegans, feel free to skip this.)
I bought 254 lbs. ("hanging weight") of beef. "The processor weighs the steer after butchering and removal of parts that are not used for meat."
My $603 charge includes the following. All figures given are my 1/4 share in each category.
"Cut and wrap": $205. "This includes the cost of butchering, cutting into serving sizes, packaging, and freezing."
"Our charges": $368 (and I think they don't charge **nearly** enough for this, even though I'm benefiting from it). "This includes cost of purchase of the calf and associated feeds for young animal, purchase of hay for winter months, veterinary fees for castration and dehorning (and other medical attention if required)."
"Trucking costs": $30. "Cost of transportation to bring home calf and take steer to butcher."
@A. Marie, So that is a cost of $2.37 per pound? That's a great deal!
@mbmom11, you bet your socks it's a great deal. My assorted neighbors and friends who buy from me agree.
@A. Marie,
I don't think I've ever seen duck for sale in a grocery store. Maybe I'm not looking properly or I don't go to fancy stores?
@Rebekah in SoCal, it all depends on your grocery stores. But Wegmans here in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US is what Katy at the Non-Consumer Advocate would call a "fancy-schmancy" grocery chain, and scoring a RFQS deal on D'Artagnan duck (a "fancy-schmancy" line of poultry and rabbit) felt to me like hitting the Daily Double. I adore duck.
And if you all don't mind my telling yet another DH story, here's this one. On my first birthday after we started living in sin together (we got together in March 1978 but didn't marry till October 1979), we went to a "fancy-schmancy" restaurant, and I ordered duck a l'orange. When it arrived at the table properly blazing, DH gave me an adorable wink and said, "Make a wish and blow out your duck."
@A. Marie,
That's a really cute story!
Aldi sells whole ducks in their frozen section.
@A. Marie, love that story. keep them coming, please. i will never tire of reading your dh stories. may his memory be a comfort to you.
@A. Marie,
Love that story!
Our Wegmans had duck RFQS too but we already have one in the freezer so I didn't get any this time.
This week all week has been very humid, and very busy. We had homecooked meals every day but most of it was cooked during the weekend and combined with odds and ends during the week.
Tonight we will be visiting family with medical challenges and we will probably have something delivered there.
I was just wondering if you are already thinking about some "make and freeze" meals for when your nurses program starts? Or do you think it is too early in view of the self defrosting freezer and the potential freezer burn-
I could make some meals ahead and freeze them in my chest freezer! That one isn't self-defrosting, so food can stay in there for quite a while.
We've had a very scrappy week, but I did spend $121 on our favorite BBQ take out for my son's birthday yesterday. I hope there's enough for another meal.
@Rose, I bet he turned five years sold again at your birthday thoughtfulness. That BBQ must have been delicious. Was he surprised at the special watch?
@Erika JS, No, he picked it out, ha! I think watches are a dumb thing to spend on unless you really need it*, but when he was about 10 and taking ancient Greek at gifted child camp, he announced his name was Captain Omega and to this day, nearly 20 years later, his friends usually call him "Captain." So he wanted an Omega watch and found a pretty old one at a decent price.
*I have sensory issues and can't stand long sleeves or watches.
@Rose, I had a friend who couldn’t wear collars in certain materials. If my mother wore sunglasses, she couldn’t hear well. So, she never felt comfy wearing them while driving,
Love Zoe's hair color! Great picture of you together!
Me too. I think she looks so good with the red!
Zoe looks so pretty in that picture. 🙂
WIS: 97.65 @Aldi, 40.10 on take out pizza, and 40.83 on box wine for a total of 178.58 this week.
WWA:
Fri: salad (lettuce, cucumbers, blueberries, feta and balsamic vinaigrette) Aldi cheese take and bake pizza with pepperoni added.
Sat: hotdogs on buns at the pool, leftover salad and nachos with salsa and avocado when we got home.
Sun: corn on the cob, zucchini fajita filing over rice.
Mon: leftover corn on the cob, chicken burger patties (frozen from Aldi) on homemade buns and topped with chipotle cheddar cheese.
Tue: watermelon, Sunday gravy (on a Tuesday) made with pork ribs, chicken sausage and frozen meatballs from Aldi and served over spiral pasta and topped with shredded parmesan.
Wed: watermelon, leftover Sunday gravy (just meatballs left) on homemade hoagie rolls and topped with shredded parmesan.
Thu: watermelon, vegetable curry (zucchini, yellow pepper, onion, coconut cream) served with garlic naan from Aldi.
Tonight: focaccia and probably kale salad.
Have a nice holiday weekend, everyone! And Kristen, happy blogiversary!
Your dinners looks so good! And now I need to buy some panko and make my own chicken tenders. (: This week at my house:
Monday - kitchen closed - I cannot remember what I ate...I think it was a Lean Cuisine pizza, then straight to bed as I had to work another 12 the next day.
Tuesday - Fruited Chicken Salad on rest of the croissants, citrus and cayenne chips, sliced melon
Wednesday - Stuffed Bell Peppers, corn
Thursday - Skillet Chicken with mini potatoes, carrots, and onion served in a bowl like stew. Very tasty!
Friday - Creamy Pesto Shrimp and Linguini, the collards I never cooked last week
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed, but I will take leftovers for lunches and have a focaccia pizza for dinner one night
Happy weekend!
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Yay for the start of a very welcomed extra long weekend. WWA:
Saturday - homemade cheeseburger mac skillet (had been planned for the previous day, but life…)
Sunday - grilled pizza (hoisin sauce, sautéed seasoned chicken, grated carrot, red onion, chèvre, cilantro), homemade blueberry pie
Monday - leftovers
Tuesday - ham and cheese sliders
Wednesday- grilled smokies (with sauerkraut for me)
Thursday - souvlaki chicken, green salad, grilled pita, tzatziki
Friday - fish and chips takeaway
Wishing everyone a wonderful long weekend
@kj, we've definitely had those weeks where things have had to pivot. I figure as long as everyone gets fed it's a win haha
We entered the American mainstream this week and were swept along in the tide of chain restaurants: Sonic! Dominoes! Lotaburger! Cold Stone! And I even ordered takeout on my cell phone. I was very proud of myself, yes.
Saturday: We arrived at my parents' house in Tucson this day. My mom had made pork loin, mashed potatoes, and a green salad. Much appreciated after dinner and lunch previously both consisting of burgers and fries.
Sunday: This was the meal I ordered on my phone. An old Tucson Mexican restaurant has a location near my parents' house now, so I ordered from that and went to pick it up. It was all very novel for my children. They're exposed to many new things when we travel. 🙂
Monday: Spaghetti and meatballs, green salad after a day spent driving up to Phoenix to visit my brother and swim in his pool with the cousins.
Tuesday: Last night at my parents' house, and my mom always makes sure to cook fish one night we're there for my fish-loving son. My mom being my mom, it wasn't just one type of fish, either. There were shrimp, mahi mahi, halibut, AND salmon. The sides were just leftover mashed potatoes or spaghetti and sauce. And another salad, because my parents are with yours when it comes to the ubiquity of the green salad at dinner.
Wednesday: We left very early for the drive home, so we actually made it right about dinnertime. I made some rice while I was unloading the car and sliced the rest of the pork loin my mother had frozen and sent wth me. That I fried in bacon grease to heat up, and then I threw frozen peas in the pan, too. I made my own green salad, too, as there is still a LOT of lettuce in my garden, yay!
Thursday: We decided to have the ewe that didn't lamb this year butchered professionally, and unfortunately my husband had to go pick up the meat (two hours away) the day after we got back from our trip. He really did not appreciate a four-hour drive after the 12-hour drive the day before, but he did appreciate the meat. I cooked rib chops for the first meal, just fried in bacon grease with salt and pepper, and they were very good. I also heated up the leftover rice--handily still in its pot, as I had been so tired the night before that that's how I stored the leftovers in the refrigerator--and another green salad. I made the dressing a bit sweet with honey, though, because the lettuce developed a little bitterness during the heat wave here while we were gone. I don't mind it, but I figured my children would notice it more. The honey balanced it out nicely.
Tonight: We don't eat much beef when we're in Arizona, because my (extended) family doesn't eat a lot of beef, so I think it would be nice to have some tonight. Final form to be determined. Maybe I'll marinate some sirloin steak and make that into steak strips and gravy with mashed potatoes. And another salad. 🙂
I've been on a "use it up" mission this week, similar to your fridge mission. My goal was to not buy any groceries except for milk, and I succeeded!
Sunday: Two types of lentils from the pantry went into a dal stew type thing
Monday: Mac and cheese with leftover hot dogs from a weekend trip at the lake
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: Leftover breakfast creation for dinner. It has the last of some cracked wheat, some cherries and the rest of some heavy cream from the fridge, and some pecans from the freezer that I toasted
Thursday: Made some KFC type bowls with a random pack of instant mashed potatoes, a cut up chicken patty, and some peas from the freezer
Friday: Leftovers
Saturday: Out of town for the 4th!
My week to cook.
Sunday-pork chop, corn on cob, sautéed zucchini
Monday-chicken patties, garden salad, cherries
Tuesday-takeout
Wednesday-Italian Chicken Skillet meal (chicken, mushrooms, red pepper, pine nuts, spinach with farfalle pasta), cherries
Thursday-chicken tacos, corn on cob, salad greens
Friday-leftovers!
WIS: Only $46.16, which helped make up for the Tearoom extravaganza a couple weeks ago. Went to the Neighborhood (not the BIG) Walmart for, among other things, organic zucchini and Baby Bella mushrooms, because so many people shop at this “little” Walmart that the produce turns over very quickly and is much fresher than at the other stores. And they sell Jiffy corn muffin mix for 25 cents. AND I finally found tomato paste in a tube! I’d heard rumors that such a thing existed but could never find it. Now my life is complete.
WIA: A roasted zucchini, corn and barley salad with za’atar and herb oil that was really delicious but had 17 ingredients and took all of Saturday afternoon to make. It made a LOT of salad so put half in the freezer (I think it will reheat fine) and but also had to eat some of that every. day. all. week. long. For breakfast yesterday. And mushroom ravioli with portabella mushroom pasta sauce and rosemary and olive oil focaccia.
Happy Fourth! I hope at least some of you will get an extra long 4-day holiday weekend.
@JDinNM, Oh, and here's an article from this morning's Guardian to ease your mind if (unlike Kristen) you're not eating enough kale:
"Seven out of eight US kale samples recently tested for toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” contained high levels of the compounds.
The testing looked at conventional and organic kale bought at grocery stores across the country, and comes after Food and Drug Administration analyses conducted between 2019 and 2021 found no PFAS contamination.
The findings “stunned” researchers who expected to find low levels of the chemicals, said Robert Verkerk, founder of the Alliance for Natural Health non-profit, which produced the paper.
The kale was sent to an EPA-certified lab and tested with the same method used by the FDA. Bagged and loose kale was bought at Stop & Shop, Whole Foods, Weis and Publix food markets. Among the brands that showed PFAS contamination were Nature’s Promise Organic, GreenWise, By Nature and Palmetto Gardens. Only loose kale from Baker Farms did not contain the chemicals.
"Organic kale had higher levels of PFAS, which Verkerk said was “a bit of a shock finding”. He added that the group tested kale because it “wanted to look at an archetypal healthy vegetable” that was high in protein, which PFAS compounds bind to. The source of the contamination is unclear, but Verkerk said he suspected tainted water was probably to blame, though it was also possible the kale was grown in fields where sludge was spread."
Yum. Bon appetit!
Well, THAT is frustrating!
It's enough to make you throw your hands up in the air and give up in confusion.
@JDinNM, tomato paste in a tube is a game changer! We use the cans for recipes that call for enough, but most recipes don't use even the tiny cans.
@Natalie J,
So strange about the tomato purée in tubes that’s the main we have tomato purée in the U.K. we have the tins but tubes have been around for ever. I love to mix it with garlic purée also from a tube onto the base of a pizza.
Saturday - husband was out with some friends so I invited another family over for a play date and then ordered pizza for all of us. Dominos delivered a completely wrong order (must have grabbed someone else’s), we aren’t picky though so still ate it and they gave us a coupon for a free pizza for later so it worked out.
Sunday - I made a lasagna, which I really enjoyed since I don’t usually have the time to make something like that during the week . It also gave us good lunch leftovers for the whole week
Monday - vegan creamy vegetable and wild rice soup. This was made with coconut milk which I love in soup, the rest of the family was not so enthusiastic so lots of leftovers for me
Tuesday - bbq chicken (cooked on the stove but used bbq seasoning and sauce), butter and Parmesan pasta for the kids, I ate mine over a chopped salad, steamed broccoli and corn muffins from the freezer for everyone
Wednesday - Italian sausage, baked beans, steamed broccoli and carrots
Thursday - I have a monthly evening meet up with some friends and my kids always get upset when I leave so I make Mac n cheese with lil smokies for them to soften the blow. I ate the rest of my chopped salad kit (finally figured out I can save half and keep the dressing in the pouch so it doesn’t get soggy)
Friday - Trader Joe’s orange chicken and fried rice
@LB, I love those chopped salad kits and I always do that same thing for our 2-person household: separate the dressing pouch/toppings from the salad so the salad greens stay fresh as long as possible. It's always tempting to make up the entire salad all pretty in a big bowl and then toss everything together. But, the reality is that then the salad would just get all wilted over time since the two of us wouldn't be able to eat it all in one sitting, so it would probably get thrown out.
Last week was my off week for grocery shopping. Today will be the day I go, and it's probably not going to be fun. Everyone will be shopping for the holiday.
WIA:
I thawed stew meat but stew or soup didn't jibe with temperatures in the high 90's and high humidity, so since I had to do something with the meat, I pressure cooked it with seasonings, chunks of celeriac, onions, mushrooms and garlic, then thickened the juices after it was done and served it over cauliflower florets. I had that twice plus lunches.
I made a "Squirrel in the Kitchen" picadillo recipe, substituting pureed beets with balsamic vinegar for the tomato sauce to help make it conform to my diet. I had that twice, too, plus lunches.
I had ordered small steaks in a ranch order, so that was two nights as well. I had summer squash and cucumbers from the yard on the side.
I got my first okra pod this week! If nothing goes wrong, look for okra on my menu for a good while.
@JD, hurray for Team Okra! BTW, did you know that the mascot of Delta State University in Mississippi (where one of my good JASNA friends is a professor emerita) is the Fighting Okra?
I LOVE Zoe's eye makeup... she needs to teach me her secrets.
I also need your baked ziti recipe. That looks DELICIOUS!!!
She is so good at it!!
I guess I haven't posted the ziti recipe; I will rectify that.
@Kristen, Please do post it! I would love to try it.
Have done sooo much eating out. Favorite was taking friends out to a very nice restaurant to celebrate the change in their lives, semi-retirement, after serving as houseparents in a Christian home for 45+ years. They are the best friends ever & I can empathize with them as I retired out a year ago after serving as a church secretary for 45+ years. Not easy on any budget but very much worth every penny.
Man, I need life to chill out around me. It was town fair and softball tournament week. We have eaten in and out, and have had clean laundry and whatever else, but it's been disorganized and not super frugal.
I feel sort of proud of myself that I decided to drain some yogurt to greekify it a bit and now I can make bread with the whey. Then I have some sweet corn that's getting on the aged side ... no idea what the meat will be but at some point today we will have a fairly decent homemade meal. lol.
The bread turned out TERRIBLY. lol. Too much flour, but I baked it anyway .... sigh.
@Karen., I've tried using the whey from making cream cheese in my sourdough bread, and without exception, the loaves haven't risen well and have been too dense. I don't know what's up with that, and don't care enough to find out. I just give the whey to the chickens now.
I found a family owned grocery here that has nice sales all the time. They like the number 1.47 so blueberries, strawberries, black grapes, raspberries, half a watermelon, 2 lbs Granny Smith apples, 5 lbs new potatoes, then 44 cent Hagen Daz yogurts 99 cent dragon fruits. They had spicy pineapple ham in the deli that is really good. Organic pasture eggs 2.22 that have orange yolks. And they have every gluten free product I’ve ever seen if I want to indulge. I did buy gluten free twinkies.
Their ground chuck was 3$ lb and tastes good. With rotisserie chicken from sam’s my grocery bill has really gone down. And a little chili shop in walking distance makes amazing chili cheese fries. happy eating here.
WIS: $145 @ Kroger and $216 @ Costco
WWA:
Saturday: I cooked a top sirloin roast from the freezer and we had some gravy and baked potatoes alongside. There were also snowpeas from the garden and cantaloupe & watermelon.
Sunday: Leftovers
Monday:
Tuesday: Roast Beef Sandwiches on whole wheat bread with lettuce and tomato, watermelon and oranges for dessert
Wednesday: Takeout from a local bbq spot - the best pulled chicken sandwich ever and pretty inexpensive compared to some takeout prices I have seen
Thursday: This was the night I did my Costco run so most of the fam had hotdogs from the cafe & I ate blackened chicken tenders from a local spot because protein is my life
Friday: I have an abundance of veggies from the garden so I brined some chicken last night and I am planning to cook up a stirfry with chicken, snowpeas, zucchini, & peppers and serve that with jasmine rice.
Happy 4th of July everyone! Enjoy!
Our teens were out of town (back last night), so we took advantage by having freezer leftovers. I suppose we were also on a freezer cleanout. 😉
-I had three meal delivery frozen leftovers
-My husband had salmon x2, and hamburger patty over salad x2
-We also had grilled chicken over salad
Last night, when my husband picked up the boys at the airport, I made spaghetti & meatballs + garlic bread. It was delicious.
As for tonight, I'm making chicken patty sandwiches, clearing some buns out of the freezer.
Holmestead Harvest $38--This is a little boutique food shop with items from local farmers. I like to support it once in a while. I am not likely to do my weekly shopping. I went to pick up a dessert to take to my quilting group meet and I picked up some peaches to make a sauce for some pork chops, which I am planning for tonight (Friday) and beets and their boness chicken thighs, which are so meaty.
Friday: I don't remember
Saturday: Eggs and sausage and fruit
Sunday: Frozen pizza and salad.
Monday: Orange chicken and rice (to use up the small amount in the jar)
Tuesday: Oven roasted chicken, potatoes and peas.
Wednesday: Tortellini salad with vegetables, and a piece of leftover chicken
Thursday: My boss took the office out for the summer outing. We left Bourne, MA by boat to go over to Falmouth to a restaurant. My husband had the leftover tortellini salad and vegetables.
Tonight: Is up for grabs. I'll check the freezer.
@JEG, peaches and pork chops sound delicious! We recently tried a pork and cherry recipe, and it was really good. Pork and fruit make good friends 🙂
Wednesday, I went to the store, then did some extra prepping/cooking to set myself up for a good week. Thursday, a storm came through and our power was out 8+ hours. Unfortunately, I ended up having to toss all that food, plus the meat, dairy, eggs in the fridge. On the up side, my big (full) basement freezer seems fine. I had previously set up a thing where you place a marble on top of a frozen cup of water. If the water thaws enough, the marble sinks into the cup. The marble was fine, plus the food still felt mostly frozen. Back to the store again today. I’m feeling very grateful that I have the option to buy a second round of groceries.
WIS $71 @ Food Lion
WWA: Friends, I did not turn the stove on this week. It's too hot to cook and we were nearly too busy to eat, as I was finishing up physical therapy part 2 of the summer and my DH and DS were working late. We had homemade salads, both green and fruit, cottage cheese, yogurt, protein shakes, popcorn, strawberries, canteloupe, tomato sandwiches, nuts, cheese, crackers, frozen burrito bowl meal, and one takeout pizza. Hoping for a break in the weather so that I do more than just dust the stove. 😀
I love this time of year! I haven't had the need to go grocery shopping for 1 month. I must go for dry cat food next week and basics will need to be replenished, but not having to go weekly is priceless to me. I have a whiteboard/grocery list framed in the kitchen that states "Don't make me go to town". It started off as a joke about 30 years ago with my daughter and it remains true today!
Here in the Pacific NW - I grow and produce grass fed black angus and angus/hereford beef. This year I charged $3.50/lb hanging weight (means hanging in locker - curing for 10 - 28 days). Then there is the slaughter cost of $75 and cut and wrap is .85/lb. For a quarter of a beef we average 175 - 200 lbs per quarter. That equals to approximately 4.44 per pound. That is hormone free, antibiotic free, grass fed, spring watered. I produce 10 animals per year with a waiting list. My other neighbors and dear friends sell theirs for $5 /lb plus slaughter/cut & wrap. I've had the same families buying from me for decades...win, win, win!
I barter with my cousin who has an ocean fishing boat, he gets 2.5 lbs of beef for 1 lb of ocean fish (halibut, cod, sea bass, salmon & tuna). I barter with his brother for a quarter of beef to be on call (handyman - plumber, electrician, whatever I need).
Harvesting out of the garden: Lettuce, peas, carrots, kale, kohl rabi, zucchini, broccoli, chard, strawberries and cherry tomatoes. Corn is not quite "knee high by the 4th of July" because of the local quail eating 3 plantings...our local rule of thumb is plant 60% for the quail and you might get 40% to grow.
WWA: Sunday - Orange Chicken stir fry
Monday - taco salad
Tuesday - breakfast for dinner
Wednesday - bbq steaks, green salad & zucchini
Thursday - BLT sandwiches with zucchini tots
Friday - Enchiladas, mexican street corn and big batch of refried beans to fill the freezer
Saturday - picnic stuff to take to the rodeo
@Blue Gate Farmgirl, I like it that you too provided a breakdown of costs for your beef. (See my reply to JEG above.) My friends' beef is not spring-watered and not completely grass-fed (that's next to impossible, given our Central NY winters), but I like to think that I'm getting good local beef from friends. And I admire your bartering with your cousins for fish and handyman services!
Kristen, your salad looked scrumptious!
Monday- salad with chicken on top
Tuesday-teriyaki beef over rice and broccoli
Wednesday-spaghetti and salad
Thursday-spinach salad with tomato,cucumber and bacon
Friday-baked spaghetti ( leftover from Wednesday and baked with mozzarella and Parmesan on top) and salad
Saturday-hotdogs, coleslaw, potato salad and apple pie ( at an early Fourth of July dance event)
Awww, you do have the same smile and attractive noses. 🙂
Cool picture of Zoe, who is stunning in that hair color. She can really do eye makeup! The necklace layering is on trend now, kinda like white sneakers are back again. You, Kristin, will be right in style with your nurses shoes.
Hello, this week we ate:
Sunday - My riff on Beechers macoroni and cheese (I was pleasantly surprised to find they sold Beechers cheese at Costco...now if they would only carry Cougars Gold) had spinach salad and watermelon in the side.
Tuesday - Husbands friend went to Yakama and picked up walla walla onions, sweet corn and asparagus for us...so..cob corn, caramelized onion flatbread roasted asparagus and leftover watermelon was what we ate.
Wendsday - Taco salads deluxe
Thursday - Random taco salad leftovers rolled in a tortillas , cob corn cooked in the air fryer ( I was dubious about this at first but it worked like a charm and I didn't melt over a boiling pot of water) and more asparagus (again..in the air fryer)
Friday - Eating out at our favorite sea food place tonight so grilled halibut and various sides is what I'm ordering..yum.
Saturday - I've got some gnocchi so I'll probably brown them up on a sheet pan and then add some peppers, cherry tomatoes, the last of the asparagus and fresh mozzarella balls until all is heated through...french bread from the bakery to go with.
Happy weekend everyone!
@April, Corn on the cob can also be microwaved after being husked, wrapped in a damp towel. Just a couple minutes per ear.
@kristin @ going country,
You can also microwave it IN the husk. About two minutes per ear. Then you cut bottom end off (through the cob) and squeeze the ear out of the husk. All the silk stays behind. It's freaking magical and I didn't believe it until I tried it myself. It only works if the cob is completely cooked though, so it's better to microwave them one at a time.
Zoe is so cute!
Gus wants to know if Chiquita is on Purrr yet, the app for feisty feline hookups. "She's beautiful," Gus says.
Is this the cat version of Tinder? Chiquita says to tell Gus that she's more of a long-term relationship kinda gal. What's the cat version of Hinge? 😉
Isn't water melon a theme for any FG summer? 😀
I have a question about "I didn’t fry all the breaded chicken that night". What's your take on how long meat keeps in the fridge? In my household, we have a constant discussion about this.
I do tend to err on the side of caution with raw meat once it's opened, but this was just sitting in my fridge overnight, so I felt pretty safe!
I’m on vacation right now. Specifically on a cruise up and down the Queensland coast, taking advantage of a very welcome bit of warmth in the very middle of winter.
So because of the nature of that, I couldn’t tell you exactly what I’ve spent, but I’m taking full advantage of being able to have sit down served meals rather than going to the buffets. It’s the same price regardless.
It’s a little scary seeing people with massive piled plates, and then the food waste afterwards