WIS, WWA | an FG meetup!
Ok, so, one of my readers is organizing a Frugal Girl meetup in the mid-Atlantic area this summer, and I'm gonna be there!
She made a Google form so that we could collect emails for interested readers, and then we'll organize the rest of it via email rather than on here. That way you all can feel comfortable that not everyone on the internet will know the time, date, and location. 🙂
Click here to fill out the Google form.
We're gonna do a picnic type of thing, so it's weather-dependent (we'll hope for a break in the heat!!) and I wouldn't plan on traveling a long distance to come, just in case we have to cancel for the weather.
What I Spent
This week, I spent:
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
- $62 at Aldi
Sooo, $92.
And we did no eating out at all, so yay us!
What We Ate
Saturday
- some steaks because they were on a good sale due to the upcoming 4th of July holiday
- mashed potatoes
- sauteed asparagus
Sunday
- sauteed tilapia seasoned with some Old Bay
- leftover mashed potatoes
- sauteed asparagus (freshly sauteed, not leftover!)
Monday
I ate a tuna melt (handy for trying to meet the protein goal my trainer set for me) and Zoe had a ham sandwich.
Tuesday
On Monday, I had cooked a pork butt for making pork tinga. So when I got home from work, I just needed to do a few more steps to make tacos.
(Brown the pork, then cook it in a sauce.)
But I think in the future I'm just gonna have a heat-and-eat meal because by the time I get home, it's usually 8:00 pm and I just want to eat, shower, and sleep.
(Zoe was at work until 11 pm and so she ate when she got home.)
Wednesday
Leftover pork tinga, as a salad.
Thursday
I grilled some burgers and we had corn and cherries on the side.
Friday
I've got a 12-hour shift today so I'm probably just going to have a sandwich when I get home.
Look at us being twinsy tuna melts again!
WIS: 90 rounded up @ the local health food store for spices and summertime treats, ~62 on wine, and 324 and change @Aldi, for a total of 476 this week. Oh, well, at least it wasn't 1776...
WWA:
Fri: we had lots of vacation leftovers to get through, so we took a focaccia break. Instead we had romaine lettuce with balsamic dressing, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, crispy pan fried tofu over seasoned rice.
Sat: sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, nachos using up some leftover chicken, a can of black beans and some shredded cheese. We had them with salsa and sour cream.
Sun: I roasted a huge sheet pan full of diced up root veggies (beets, turnips, carrots and parsnips) drizzled with some balsamic salad dressing and sprinkled with a bunch of spices. We had that along with two Indian food pouches (one vegetable vindaloo and one palak paneer), some air fried leftover French fries and fried eggs. And we had ice cream cones for dessert. Yes, with prunes, because iykyk.
Mon: breakfast for dinner: turkey bacon, scrambled eggs, toast with butter and blueberry jam and leftover root veggies.
Tue: leftover root veggies, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, tuna melt sliders on brioche rolls.
Wed: sliced cucumbers, rice and beans in flour tortillas with cheese, sour cream and chipotle cholula.
Thu: lazy salad (just mixed greens and strawberry poppyseed dressing), crockpot baked ziti, and a delicious "ice cream" cake I made using all natural Oreos (Naturos? Ore-nos? Healthier idunnos?), cream cheese, powdered sugar and heavy whipping cream. I topped it with strawberries and blueberries in a firework design and then froze it solid in my spring form pan. And for once, a cake I made actually held together! Definitely delicious but not a mess! 😉
Tonight: focaccia's back, baby! Also, probably salad and more ice cream cake because it made a lot.
Happy long holiday weekend, everyone!
@Becca, your menu sounds totally delish!!
@Becca,
I made a strawberry poppy dressing and it was very well received. We ate it over a mixed green leaf salad with slices of apple and smoked breast of chicken. Totally recommend!
@JNL,
That sounds really yummy. My strawberry poppyseed dressing was not homemade-just the bottled kind from Aldi.
I can remember last night we had beef kabobs made with various random pieces of beef from our freezer AND (the best part) onions and peppers. Pasta salad. Jello poke cake. Lemonade. I was so thrilled my husband and son were willing to go back out into the heat to grill after sitting out at the yard sale all day.
That's all my brain can remember right now.
First, the FG meetup sounds like fun! Unfortunately, I must send my regrets, as it'd be a 5- to 6-hour drive for me.
Now, WIS: $46 at Wegmans and $51 at Price Chopper.
WIA: The week's highlights were two cookouts. The Bestest Neighbors invited me for hot dogs and hamburgers on Saturday night; I contributed a potato salad (with, of course, homegrown dill). And the neighbors on the other side of my next-door neighbor hosted a glorious Fourth of July feast last night: Shrimp skewers, lobster tails, steaks, and assorted salads were on offer! Although the invitation said "Just bring yourselves," I ignored that to the extent of bringing a quart of refrigerator dills and a bouquet of fennel blossoms. (One of the hosts loves the patch of fennel at the end of my driveway and takes a bit every time he walks his dog past. He calls it "Italian mouthwash.")
@A. Marie, well it'd be a 15-16 drive for me. We did 'dogs at home for lunch on the 4th and the burgers (Am cheese for me) and fries for dinner. Fennel is good unless someone gets heavy handed with the seeds in Italian sausage!
Well, it's not out of the question that I could plan a trip up to New York at some point in my life. That's more likely than me happening to be in Florida. lol
@A. Marie, it would be a 5-6 DAY drive for me. . . if it was only 5-6 hours, I would LOVE to go! Not hearing anything from Kristen about coming west, and this week the heat is too frightening for anyone to voluntarily come here.
An FG reader meetup?? FUN! Hope y'all have a blast!!
This week we ate:
Saturday - My youngest kiddo's birthday party was this day (she's 6!) and she requested copycat Panera bacon mac and cheese, chicken fries, fruit salad (with kiwi - her favorite), baby cucumbers, carrots, and sour cream and onion Pringles. I made a 3-layer chocolate cake and we had ice cream with it. I'm not always great at judging quantities for a large group of kids and we're still eating the leftover mac and cheese!
Sunday - My kiddo's birthday celebration with my side of the family. We had a taco bar, fruit salad, and ice cream cake.
Monday - Ham, mac and cheese, and green beans
Tuesday - A new recipe: sausage, pepper, and onion sandwiches (3/5 liked it), watermelon, chips, snap peas, and cherries
Wednesday: Pork tacos and fruit
Thursday: We had some friends over for dinner and got a surprise rain in the middle of our cookout! Whoops! Thankfully, our dining room table was still expanded from the birthday parties. We made burgers and zucchini on the grill, and had watermelon, chips, and peas, too. My friend brought ice cream for dessert - it was vanilla and she brought homemade granola to put on top. We all thought it was great! Not something I've ever done before, but it was good.
Friday - Venison steak fajitas
WIS: $18.87 for lettuce, tomatoes, taco shells, ground beef, taco seasoning, etc.
WIA: Tacos! And refried beans, Spanish rice, and roasted sweet corn and peppers. Everything was cooked and then refrigerated/frozen, and then reheated because it’s been too darn hot to use the oven in the afternoon and evening.
WIF[What I Froze]: Leftover taco filling!
WIWETW[WhatIWillEatThisWeek]: Anything but tacos…
Saturday: Lamb steaks, rice, green peas
Sunday: Scrambled eggs, the last uncooked lamb steak for the one child who dislikes scrambled eggs, pinto beans and ham from the freezer, leftover rice, leftover peas, brownie sundaes
Monday: I was surprised to find one more bag of elk steaks at the bottom of one of the freezers. Also pleased, because I like it better than lamb. So we had those, bread and butter, and coleslaw
Tuesday: Bull burgers with homemade buns, home fries because it was too hot to run the oven for oven fries so I just microwaved potatoes and then fried them, frozen corn kernels. My children were very excited for the corn. Low standards. 🙂
Wednesday: Lamb or elk steaks, leftover fried potatoes or bread and butter because there weren't enough potatoes for everyone, green peas
Thursday: Pork country ribs, lamb steaks, and hamburgers (with store meat-the bull meat falls apart too easily for grilling) on the grill, American (mayonnaise-based) potato salad, baked beans that I actually made on the stove-top, leftover coleslaw, our traditional American flag cake (chocolate), ice cream, and s'mores around the fire later.
Tonight: Lots of leftovers, which I will apportion out according to taste.
@kristin @ going country, My boys all adore corn. Probably because I only usually serve canned corn at Thanksgiving or St Nicholas Day, since they request it. Fresh corn on the cob is always a hit here too. I've told them it's a grain, but they remain staunch in their belief that it's a healthy vegetable.
@Karen A., We don't often have corn here either, and my father does not approve. It was his favorite vegetable, so that was the veggie most often on the table when I was growing up. My grandmother developed a sensitivity/allergy to it, so now I'm paranoid about that. We only eat it a few times a year or in something that uses frozen mixed veggies (like chicken pot pie or vegetable soup).
@Jody S, My grandfather farmed corn (and soybeans), so I grew up eating a lot of corn! We had so many sweet corn stands in our area. If we didn't get corn from him, my mom would stop by a roadside stand and pick up a dozen ears, and that (plus bread and butter, and sliced tomatoes) was dinner. Nowadays we have it as a starchy side, because people need some protein!
@Karen A., we only eat Midwest sweet corn on the cob. The "corn" (turns head and spits) from FL is horrid.
Yeah it is a grain and I consider it pretty much fiber in my diet.
@Selena, They grow corn in Florida? Heavens to Murgatroyd.
@Karen A., yes and trust me, it doesn't taste very good. Yet somehow it sells in chain grocery stores.
I’d love to join the meetup if the dates work out!
You guys are worth the drive!
Tuna melts look quick and healthy - will need to try one. WWA:
Saturday- air fryer chicken drumsticks, oven fries, Greek village salad
Sunday - slow cooker sausage and tortellini soup, bread, ice cream bars
Monday - roast chicken, baked potatoes, corn on the cob
Tuesday- leftovers
Wednesday - farmer sausage, perogies
Thursday - marinated beef skewers, brocolli soup
Friday - planning to make oven baked salmon in foil, oven baked sweet potato fries, simple green salad
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend
I don’t think I have ever had a tuna melt, so I am intrigued…this week at my house:
Monday – kitchen closed – I had some grapes and some pre-cooked and seasoned chicken cubes, then pretty sure I ate popcorn when I got home.
Tuesday – Beef Taco Salads
Wednesday – Lazy Daisy Meatballs, skinny masheds, peas
Thursday – Rotisserie Chicken, asparagus, potato salad
Friday – I don’t want what I had planned {which is Thai Chicken Salad on romaine leaves} so I’m thinking about getting a pizza. I will make salad to go with whatever I fix.
Saturday and Sunday – kitchen closed, but I will take small meals to work so I’m not eating late.
Happy Weekend!
WIS: €90 (roughly $97.50) - way too much for just two of us but in my defence we fed our daughter and son-in-law on Wednesday, and our son and future daughter-in-law are eating with us this evening.
Sunday: Normandy Pork - cubed pork cooked with onions, cooking apples, apple juice and cream (https://marionscookery.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/normandy-pork-and-fruit-crumble/) served with boiled potatoes
Monday: ham and cheese omelettes with peas and baked potatoes. We Irish love our potatoes!
Tuesday: Cod in batter with chips (french fries - more potatoes!) with salad and coleslaw
Wednesday: chicken curry made in the slow cooker (crockpot?) with boiled rice
Thursday: chicken stir fry with a sweet and sour sauce and ready-to-wok noodles.
Friday: lasagne, garlic bread, green salad, coleslaw and pasta salad. Followed by apple pie with whipped cream.
Saturday - takeout cheesesteaks
Sunday - creamy chicken and orzo skillet, roasted zucchini
Monday - salads with chicken or veggie burger, breadsticks from the freezer
Tuesday - our usual picnic night and it was beautiful weather but the kids were tired since their camp/school had them outside all day too because of the nice weather so I cooked a quick dinner of chicken patty sandwiches, pierogis, steamed carrots and peas
Wednesday - taco night with carnitas from Trader Joe’s, beans, Spanish rice I’d frozen previously, corn
Thursday - we hosted a 4th of July party (we are in one of very few towns around here where fireworks are legal, so we usually host so everyone can enjoy some fireworks at the end of the night) We made pork ribs, corn on the cob, macaroni salad (I made this vegan since I’ve been experimenting with more plant based eating, I didn’t tell anyone though because I was afraid they’d just hear vegan and not try it, everyone loved it and didn’t even notice!), veggie platter with hummus, fruit platter, and other brought desserts of rice Krispy treats, brownies, jello, and cherry pie. A fun and delicious day!
Friday - taking a short overnight trip with my parents and kids tonight so will probably eat at a restaurant
Saturday: We had cold-cuts and salad leftover from a massive family lunch.
Sunday: Party time! Mr. B and I hosted a belated (by four years) wedding reception and had appetizers, salad, chicken, and chocolate cake. The caterers punched way above their weight and we were very pleased.
Monday: Canada Day! We were at my aunt's and my grandmother ordered in Chinese food.
Tuesday: We were with family again and had salmon, rice, and salad.
Wednesday: Back to normal. Pasta with tomato sauce, frozen peas with butter and mint.
Thursday: Frozen veg dumplings, quinoa, hard boiled eggs, and cucumbers.
Friday: Mr. B is cooking something.
I spent $109.99 at our local grocery store plus Aldi
$101.50 restaurants, twice <<Ridiculous!!
Friday - My husband and I ordered take out
Sat - My husband & sons went fishing late afternoon & didn't get home until late. I don't know what they ate but he must have spent cash, lol. I made a quick veggie and rice stir fry.
Sun - Mexican Lasagna. We did go out for brunch after church so we had a lot of leftovers of this that I reheated on Tuesday, lol.
Mon - Cheeseburger Pasta Bake w/ salad & I toasted some buttered sourdough bread slices
Tues - Leftovers from Sun & Mon
Wed - Sheetpan Chicken Drumsticks with potatoes, carrots & green beans
Thurs - Blackened Redfish w/cheese grits, roasted asparagus & green beans. I made a deconstructed s'mores dessert
Fri - I've got the crockpot going for Garlic Steak Bites and I'll make some egg noodles, salad & veggies to go along.
I spent about $112 (but $10 is being returned because it rang up wrong at the register and I didn't catch it).
Saturday: we grilled out chicken breasts and had a salad on the side
Sunday: We ate all the leftovers out of the fridge and a salad
Monday: Shrimp and grits
Tuesday: What we call rodeo macaroni. Like a baked spaghetti with tomato sauce (not spaghetti sauce), barbeque sauce, onion, green pepper, corn, and a chedder/monterey jack mix of cheese. I was working out of town all day so wanting something I could preassemble and just heat & bake when I got home.
Wednesday: I bought cubed pork loins with the plan to make fried pork chop sandwiches, but when I dredged the cubed steaks they fell apart....so we ended up having pork loin nuggets...they turned out a happy accident because they were great and no bun required! Mixed up a mayo/mustard dunking sauce for DH and a bbq/mayo sauce for me. Had air fried asparagus and baked potatoes with them.
Thursday: All the kids came over and we had mini burger sliders/veggie platter/grilled corn/grilled pizzas/ice cream/peanut butter pie
Friday: Tonight we will probably use up all the leftovers...the fridge is packed even though I sent the kids home with a lot.
What fun! I hope we get to hear all about the Meet-up in the comments, with pictures!
Last night. grilled hot dogs, pasta salad and not mini flag cakes because Daughter misunderstood and macerated the berries in a little bit of brandy. So macerated berries and whipped cream. I may have eaten too many berries.
Tonight, pot roast, I guess, mashed potatoes and probably steamed spinach.
Wednesday, LGBTs, aka BLT with avocado (G for guac)
Tuesday, was that burgers on pretzel buns? all lost in the mist of time.
@Rose, we usually skip the "L" and have a BAT - bacon/avocado/tomato. Avocados are good on any sandwich and are healthy to eat.
Oo, a meetup! I wish I wasn't quite so far away.
I'm trying to get back on the menu wagon. I've had limited success, but I've made progress.
I spent about $75 at the stores and about $75 with farms, which isn't bad considering how long it has been since I went shopping at either stores or farms.
WIA: I had leftovers from the post-funeral meal a couple of times. That was smoked chicken, cheesy and bacon-y potatoes, and broccoli salad, the kind with raisins and sunflower seeds.
My oddball self ate fried turkey hearts, broccoli salad and fresh corn on the cob.
My daughter cooked one night while her BFF was still there visiting, and we had smoked pork chops, fresh acre peas and salad.
I cut up a chicken and out of it made chicken pieces rubbed and cooked in shawarma seasoning served with corn on the cob, then on another night, oyakodon, which I serve over cauliflower rice instead of real rice, to up my vegetable intake. Oyakodon was a trial recipe that has since been added to my menu choices.
A lot of poultry this week!
Oh, the meetup is about an hour from me - I'm interested!
Holiday weeks are always kind of weird
Saturday: We ate an early dinner of leftovers and then got a bunch of delicious festive stuff at a fourth of July celebration (ice cream, popcorn, and beers)
Sunday: Tilapia with a rice/eggplant situation
Monday: roasted sausage, potatoes, and veggies
Tuesday: we had teriyaki meatballs, rice, and sautéed veggies. I finally found an Asian stir fry sauce recipe I love and it is in heavy rotations since there is so much flexibility in the ingredients you use with the sauce
Wednesday: We had Vietnamese food from a new place and it was a disappointment
Thursday: We had chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, and salad
Friday: Tonight, I'm going to pack chicken salad sandwiches for dinner at the pool. It's a hot one here!
@AFVirginia, I would love to hear about the Asian sauce! Always looking for something new for my savory breakfast bowls
@Diane, happy to share! It’s this one. It’s been very versatile with tofu, ground turkey or pork, shrimp, etc. and it uses pantry staples (the dream ;))
https://www.crazyforcrust.com/ground-turkey-stir-fry-with-broccoli/
WIS: Approximately $88, mostly at Food Lion.
WWA: Spaghetti jazzed up with some ground Italian sausage bought at a good price at Aldi a couple of weeks ago and packaged in half-pound chunks for the freezer. Salads, peanut butter sandwiches, fruit salad with yogurt, nuts, cheese, protein shakes. For July 4th I made crockpot barbecue ribs with carrots, corn on the cob, oven fries, chocolate pudding and a small homemade apple pie. It was freaking delicious!
WIS: $132 at Walmart for a big stock up - some of this was household items, not food.
$53 at Katz gluten free bakery, which I just discovered. They ship all over the country. I really miss being able to buy myself a treat now and then. This way I can have bakery treats that I can eat in my freezer and just take something out once in a while. I'm hoping to make this order last several months.
WIA: hot dogs and baked beans with sweet potato chips on the side; egg quesadillas with frozen veggies; gluten free pasta with homemade sauce
Looking forward to the meet-up! Make sure to fill out the form to express interest... Happy Friday!
Also, I'll see if I can make it to the gathering. I could take a train. We'll see what time people choose and (more importantly) how much my body sucks that week.
That meetup sounds so fun! I hope everyone has a great time.
WWS: $419 at Kroger. I *think* i am getting a bit better at not overbuying.
Saturday/Sunday: homemade pizzas.
Monday: DH and DS cooked burgers and hot dogs outside. I made corn on the cob in the crockpot.
Tuesday: Chicken Shawarma. I used half chicken breasts, as those were on sale, and it wasn't quite as good as with all thighs.
Wednesday: Leftovers, sub sandwiches, and a dud of a watermelon. It was...fibrous. Gross. We actually chucked it. Good thing I'd also gotten canteloupe, which the boys all like (I despise it).
Thursday: Tacos, and later popcorn while watching Independence Day. We stay up late to wait out the fireworks before trying to sleep.
Tonight: DH and I are fasting, DS#2 will make salmon and crockpot potatoes for everyone else.
@Karen A.,
I don't think I will ever get better about overbuying. When my fridge or pantry starts to look bare, I start to feel all panicked. I don't know how people do the whole buy only what they will eat that week business. I just can't with that. Give me a nice fully stocked larder, and then I'm all like "ah... options..." My husband is a little bit of the opposite and wants to see empty space around things. It takes all my willpower not to be like "are you crazy?! You can't eat empty space!!!"
@Becca, I think my tendencies are come by genetically; my mom's family lived "out in the country" (nowadays, with suburban sprawl, the place they lived is less remote), and when they went into town they made sure to stock up, buying extra bread for the chest freezer, etc. My mom kind of adopted a similar attitude; she liked to have at least three loaves in the freezer just in case.
I have no such excuses; I live literally biking distance from a store, and go three times a week but still fret about my poor children looking around for bread and finding none. Just today I reported to DH, while taking inventory before shopping, "We have 38 tortillas in the extra fridge." (We use those for wraps and for pizzas on the weekend.) He said, "We'll be fine." I said, "ARE YOU SURE?? And we have two bottles of grape juice. Is that enough for the weekend?" "Yes, honey."
And i think we will be fine, because in the main fridge I found 25 tortillas I'd forgotten about. :/
@Becca, Professor Google says refrigerators work best when 3/4 full, and freezers are most energy efficient when full. Apparently it's the "empty space" that's the problem, because then the appliance has to work harder to cool down whatever you're putting in there. The already frozen food in a freezer helps to cool any new stuff. But I understand your concern is scarcity-based, not energy consumption (or lack thereof).
@Karen A., This entire thread is stressing me out because neither underbuying nor overbuying works for me. I plan four days' worth of menus and then I'm extra tired or there's leftovers on day 2. Or I just buy pantry stuff and fruit, veg, and meat and then I'm too tired to think of anything to cook.
Buying food daily is probably my best option, but unlike my forebears I do not live in Manhattan so it's not that easy.
Basically: I always screw this up and it costs about $10,000 a week or so.
For example, this evening. Was gonna make pot roast. Then around 11AM I had a sudden insatiable yen for 1970s Old El Paso tacos. (DON'T JUDGE) So fine, I got crispy corn shells, some ground beef, taco seasoning, and some cheddar, since we already had the other stuff. Except then SOMEONE left the ground beef a little too close to a certain coonhound, and then I noticed three dogs eating it in the backyard. Ummm.....here's some canned soup, folks.
@Karen A., if you compost put said dud produce into the pile.
@Selena, I thought about chucking it into the thicket of trees in the corner of the yard, but I didn't want to attract raccoons. We do not, as of yet, have a compost pile, sadly!
@Karen A., mine are both enclosed for that very reason. If we're due for a long rain, I'll remove the lids. Thankfully haven't had any coon issue so far (crossing my fingers!).
WIS: Farmers market-$8; Flashfood-$20; the Star-$3; Milk delivery-$20.50 Total: $51.50
WWA: Sat- Steak and cheese pizza
Sun- Steak and cheese subs, I think...
Mon- Sausage and lentil soup
Tues- Rice w/ tomatoes and okra, callaloo, and shrimp
Wed- Spaghetti carbonara w/ peas, Caesar snap pea salad
Thurs- Burgers w/ mushrooms and gorgonzola on a pretzel bun w/ a corn, zucchini, tomato salad on the side. Blueberry cheesecake ice cream for dessert
Fri- Italian marinaded pork lion w/ a farro, fava bean, pea, ricotta (or feta) side or at least that's the plan
WIS: €90 (roughly $97.50) – way too much for just two of us but in my defence we fed our daughter and son-in-law on Wednesday, and our son and future daughter-in-law are eating with us this evening.
Sunday: Normandy Pork – cubed pork cooked with onions, cooking apples, apple juice and cream (https://marionscookery.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/normandy-pork-and-fruit-crumble/) served with boiled potatoes
Monday: ham and cheese omelettes with peas and baked potatoes. We Irish love our potatoes!
Tuesday: Cod in batter with chips (french fries – more potatoes!) with salad and coleslaw
Wednesday: chicken curry made in the slow cooker (crockpot?) with boiled rice
Thursday: chicken stir fry with a sweet and sour sauce and ready-to-wok noodles.
Friday: lasagne, garlic bread, green salad, coleslaw and pasta salad. Followed by apple pie with whipped cream.
WIS $78 Aldi
WWA--when I write fruit, it might include cherries, watermelon, red grapes, apples, bananas, strawberries, blueberries this week; bowls on the table and folks choose whatever they want.
One thing that is fun is that I'm making our peanut butter. $2.19 for a jar of dry roasted unsalted peanuts at Aldi, about 1-2 tsp olive oil, a dash of salt, and whirl it in my food chopper until it the consistency I want, then put into clean jars (saved jam jars because they have good openings) and store in fridge. So for approximately $2.25, we have slightly more peanut butter than the $3.79 organic version (green label) from Aldi, and it's fun to make 🙂 This week's jar is ever so slightly crunchy (husband's preference).
Sat & Sun: salads, fresh fruit, graintastic bread toasted (mine's plain, husband's is garlic toast)
Mon: Turkey and veg sandwiches on same bread, yogurt, fruit, chips
Tues: quesadillas, yogurt, fruit
Wed: hmmm...??? there's a good possibility that I was on my own and, therefore, had a bowl of old fashioned oatmeal with raisins, 1 T walnuts, a small banana, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Thurs: black bean burgers (homemade always to avoid fats & rosacea) on same bread (toasted), fruit, berry cake (homemade non-fat)
Fri: leftover bean burger on white rice & spinach with soy sauce, olive oil, & black pepper
Saturday - burgers and fries at a chain restaurant
Sunday - dine out Mexican
Monday - what better half called an experimental meal - rice, beans, pork, red peppers et al. It was pretty good.
Tuesday - 2 burgers/side of fries special at a local joint ($15 - you can't beat it)
Wednesday - $8 rib eye steaks and potato salad
Thursday - burgers and fries at above chain restaurant - better half is impressed by their fries which are just as good and a fraction of the cost at the numeric guys place. Hit a local BBQ joint and bought a dinner which we had for lunch on Friday
Friday - tacos - some of the fixings were leftovers. The leftovers will be lunch on Saturday
WIS: $36 @ Costco, $9 @ scratch and dent store
Chuck roast in Instant Pot w/veggies
Meal #2 - Hot beef sammies w/leftover gravy
Meal #3 Gyudon (Japanese Beef Rice Bowl
w/pickled ginger and dashi broth
Fourth of July = work w/bbq @ work & root beer floats
IP bbq chicken thighs, sauteed broccoli & chopped kale salad
Saturday - Southern Rock concert @ bbq competition
Sun & Monday work - some kind of salad w/protein & berries/cherries for dessert
Fishing Tuesday & Wednesday for salmon
After my son’s cooking class he has been more interested in helping in the kitchen. I had him look through a cookbook where each recipe had only seven ingredients or less. He made Monday and Tuesday’s mains!
Friday: Pizza, we used a credit we had from when they undercooked a previous order. This time around it was just right!
Saturday: Italian Sub Salad. My son had a friend spend the night and they spent most of the day fishing so this was easy to make and have ready when they finally came home.
Sunday: Steak, Spicy Vodka Risotto, roasted veggies
Monday: Parmesan Pork Chops, mac and cheese, green salad
Tuesday: Air Fryer Chicken Drumsticks, mashed potatoes, green beans
Wednesday: Zuppa Toscana, garlic bread
Thursday: dinner at my parent’s – grilled tri-tip, potato salad, beans, fresh veggies, garlic bread. My son made a peach cobbler for dessert.