WIS, WWA | Just the two of us
What I Spent
Lisey's been on a cabin-camping trip with friends all week, so I was just feeding Zoe and myself. We're feeling like the Gilmore Girls right now. 🙂
I spent:
- $63 at Aldi
- $32 at Safeway
- $14 at McDonald's
So, $109 for me!
What We Ate
Saturday
I'm trying to remember what we did! I think Zoe was working at dinner.
Ohhhhh, right! I looked through my phone photos and now I remember: I made myself some blueberry pancakes.
And things did not go well when I tried to flip this one.
Sunday
When Zoe finished her work shift, she requested a Mom + Zoe McDonalds stop, so that's what we did.
Monday
Zoe had a work shift at 6:00, and we'd been out all afternoon, so I just threw a frozen pizza in the oven for the two of us before she went to work.
Tuesday
I made butter chicken on naan, with pan-sauteed broccoli on the side.
Wednesday
Zoe had a late lunch and wasn't hungry at dinnertime, so I made myself some fried eggs, which I ate on toasted whole wheat bread.
And I had cherry tomatoes and strawberries on the side (obviously not together. I do not generally mix strawberries and tomatoes!)
Thursday
It was getting close to dinnertime and I wasn't sure what I wanted to make...not a good situation for me, since I'm not the best at thinking of dinner ideas on the fly.
But I had two chicken thighs in the freezer, and I decided that was enough to make chicken tacos for Zoe and me.
We had cucumber slices and strawberries with our tacos.
Friday
Lisey comes back tonight, and as of right now, she and I are in discussions about what we should have for dinner. 😉
Its been a loooong week and I am so looking forward to spending some relax time in my backyard this weekend! I spent a whopping $48 bucks at the grocery store for the week.
That budget does not include eating out on Saturday, which will be around $10, likely.
The menus:
Monday - Salmon Patty, risotto, green peas {I've decided I'm not a fan of risotto...}
Tuesday - Roasted Chicken thighs, sweet potato
Wednesday - French Toast with blueberries, turkey sausage
Thursday - Shrimp Fried Rice with shredded brussels sprouts and carrots
Friday - Tilapia, twice baked potato, green beans {I think Son #2 is coming to dinner, not sure}
Saturday - Take out
Sunday - Dinner with my daughter? Not sure about this one either!
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@Gina, My family loves salmon patties. I have a friend from upstate NY that asked me what salmon patties were and I had to think a minute to explain it's like crab cakes, but with canned salmon hahaha
WIS: 65.89 @Giant, 83.84 @Aldi, 21.51@Hungry Harvest, total: 171.24.
WWA:
Fri: salad and pepperoni focaccia.
Sat: salad, shrimp and chorizo gumbo, jasmine rice, chocolate wafer cookies.
Sun: salad, roasted eggplant and tomato bites, spaghetti and meatballs.
Mon: grapes and sliced peaches, chicken and kale Mexican casserole.
Tue: salad, pepperoni and pineapple pizza, blueberry cheesecake.
Wed: salad, toad in the hole, bacon, Mac and cheese, cheesecake.
Thu: salad, frozen beef and bean burritos, sour cream and Cholula sauce, sourdough discard crackers.
Tonight: salad and focaccia.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
@Becca,
Realized when looking over receipts that I left off a 1 from my Aldi trip! In the interest of full disclosure and making sure I don't make anyone else feel bad about their horrendously high grocery bills, I actually spent 183.84@Aldi for a total of 271.24 overall. Sigh.
The Gilmore Girls minus the diner meals constantly, because that would definitely not be frugal. 🙂
The theme for us this week was fruit every night, which is very unusual at our house.
Saturday: In Taos with my brother and sister. We had picked up tamales and peaches at the farmers market in the morning, so I steamed the tamales and made a salsa for them with tomatoes I had brought from home, cumin I found in the condo cupboard, green onion from the store, and the vinegar from a jar of pickled green beans I had also brought. I also sauteed some of the green beans I had brought with me, and we had the farmers market peaches with honey and cream.
Sunday: My husband had made a skillet of ground beef, tomato, and a bit of potato while I was gone, and there was a lot left. He had also, very unexpectedly, made a LOT of ricotta from two gallons of milk that had gone sour. So this night I fried the leftover ground beef in butter and added spaghetti sauce, garlic powder, frozen peas, and the ricotta, which made something like lasagna without the noodles and was incredibly good. Strawberries were on sale at the store in Taos I stopped at, so I bought four pounds and we ate almost half of them this night, sliced, sugared, and covered in heavy cream.
Monday: Steak and mushrooms leftover from the school cafeteria, rice, raw baby carrots, sauteed broccoli, watermelon. This was the seeded watermelon I found in Taos. Everyone was very excited.
Tuesday: I made a very improvised pizza with dough I took from my bread baking, very roughly shaped and then cut longways into two pieces after it was baked. Roasted tomato and garlic sauce I had made earlier after doing some overdue garden harvesting, diced ham from the school cafeteria on one. I didn't have mozzarella or asadero (our mozarella substitute), so I used ricotta and grated mild cheddar. We also had leftover pot roast for my husband, roasted green beans and calabacitas just because the oven had been on, and baked apples and cream, because there was a big bag of apples my family had picked from our friend's tree while I was gone.
Wednesday: I used the rest of the ground meat stuff my husband made to make taco meat with a bunch of tomatoes left from the school cafeteria. We ate it with tortilla chips I had brought from Taos, because I forgot to get tortillas. Boo. And we finished the watermelon.
Thursday: T-bone steaks, leftover rice, leftover roasted green beans and calabacitas, raw tomatoes, strawberries and cream
Tonight: We're driving 4+ hours today for my son's football game. It's in the late afternoon, so I'll bring tuna salad and bread for sandwiches, carrot sticks, and maybe animal crackers or something with us in the car cooler. If there's a concession at the school, we'll probably let the kids get a soda or chips or something.
@kristin @ going country,
My husband has been making tortillas lately to use up sourdough discard. I think you do sourdough bread too, so just thought I'd suggest it as a (slightly more work!) option for when tortillas get forgotten at the store.
@Becca, Oh yes. I make both corn and flour tortillas on occasion, but to be honest, I am mostly lazy and only do it for special meals. Especially flour tortillas, because I loathe rolling things out. 🙂
@kristin @ going country,
Tortilla press?
@JD, Yes, I have one, but it's only for corn tortillas. Flour tortillas have to be rolled out. Individually. And even with the press, the corn tortillas still have to be pressed individually. Anything that requires individual handling becomes irritating to me very quickly, given the amount of food I have to make.
Haha, yes, we would REALLY be living the Gilmore Girls life if we showed up for breakfast at the diner every day. 😉
@kristin @ going country,
Oh, well, tortillas are usually cheap. You probably aren't going to break the budget buying them now and then!
@JD, Yup. They are cheap here in New Mexico. I buy corn tortillas (flour is a very, very rare treat for my kids) in packs of 80 and almost always have some packs in the freezer. They are one of the few "convenience" foods that I purchase.
@kristin @ going country, I recently learned to make zucchini tortillas, which are made of shredded summer squash, eggs, salt and parm cheese. They taste nothing like tortillas, obviously, but they work well and use up more zucchini and certainly ups our consumption of vegetables. And they are baked, not fried! https://alexandracooks.com/2022/07/16/zucchini-tortillas-4-ingredients-gluten-free-baked
@kristin @ going country,
He could totally be doing it in a non-traditional manner, but my husband has been using his press for both corn and flour tortillas. The pressed flour tortillas are thicker than store bought, but I think they taste better-they kind of remind me of chapatis. And yes, they are way more work. He seems to enjoy the fussy repetitive types of food prep that I don't have the patience for, but then he gets annoyed chopping a million small vegetables which I don't mind at all, so to each his own, I suppose. And I have zero judgement for store bought tortillas, just didn't know if you had tried them as a discard use.
@Lindsey,
I've had these on my list to try too, but lately we have been burning through our zucchini by shredding it and adding to overnight oats. I add cocoa powder and brown sugar and it tastes a bit (just a bit, mind you) like brownies to me.
@Becca, Yikes!! One more thing to add my shreds to---thanks for the idea!
Last weekend I had pulled out a whole chicken and 6 thick cut pork chops out to thaw so my husband could toss onto the smoker. On Sunday our son told us he messed up his work schedule and he was actually off and not going to work.. Husband looked at me and said he really wanted to go fishing with our son.. I said NO PROBLEM and just seasoned the bird and roasted in the oven- served with baked potatoes and steamed broccoli.
Monday I made stuffed pork chops and served with steamed corn and fruit.
Tuesday I used a think flatbread from the freezer for my supper before work. The guys ate leftovers and taco bell later at the girls volleyball match. She ate Subway with the team.
Wednesday-I brought home a leftover pizza from work meeting so the guys ate that. The girl ate mac n cheese due to sore jaw from dental work.
Thursday- leftover night before the girls game.
Friday- we will eat the burger patties I planned for Wednesday, will steam the last of the broccoli and probably bake some tots... keeping it easy since I just pulled a muscle in my back putting my hair into a ponytail! wahhh
Sat.: Bbq bean quesadillas.
Sun.: We went to Dollywood with our neighbors and didn't get home until almost 10:00 pm, so quick and easy won. Hubby had Chef Boyardee Ravioli and I had ramen.
Mon.: Crock pot cube steak and gravy with carrots and rice.
Tues.: Tacos.
Wed.: We went out for Mexican food.
Thurs.: An Italian themed casserole I concocted on the fly. It turned out to be delicious!
I have no plan for tonight, so I'm hoping for some inspiration from the comments.
I spent $29 at Aldi.
We had my sister's sausage and cabbage dish. After I made it I told the hubs we had it at my sister's house and he replied just because I ate it there does not mean I like it. Ok...
Pressure Luck Sausage and shells. Yum! Very easy to make.
Famous Dave's leftovers.
Cuc salads.
Ham and potato soup.
Odd week here. We've eaten several ham and cheese sandwiches, toasted or plain, Mac and cheese and leftovers.
I seem to play with my food. I saw some pictures of colorful vegetables chopped and stored in mason jars in the fridge so I did purple cabbage, romaine, carrots, red and yellow bell peppers, broccoli, red onion, and whole grape tomatoes.. It looked so pretty and made quick salads and sautées and today I'll put whats left in soup. I also whipped up almond milk, coco powder and sweetener in the blender and made chocolate milk that tastes so good. Everything else was just this n that. I'm finally getting much better at not buying too many groceries. I bought a different brand of chipotles in adobo to see if I like it better. More food play.
I'm curious if the brand of chipotles makes a difference. Do let us know!
@Kristen, usually I buy aldis because its cheaper. I bought Embassa, 1.77. Just straight: aldis has more of a sour taste and is darker, enbassa lighter color, less acid, and more smoke. There really isn't much difference to me.
And probably when the chipotles are used in a dish, the differences are even less noticeable.
First, Kristen, I appreciate the photo of the imperfect pancake. That's the way about half of mine end up looking. Thanks, as always, for keeping it real.
Now, WIS: $3 at the Freihofer bakery outlet (which paid for 3 loaves of Arnold whole wheat on manager's special), $15 at the Regional Market, $48 at Price Chopper, and $27 at Trader Joe's (of which $17 again went for beer). Incidentally, the young cashier at TJ's asked me, with only a faint grin, for my ID: "You look as if you may be under 35." I told him with a bigger grin, "Get out. I'm old enough to be drinking beer with your grandmother."
WIA: "Chaucer chicken" leftovers (I'd made the full recipe at the end of last week while JASNA BFF was still here), ratatouille, more sauteed tilapia, and tomato and cuke salad were the highlights. Along with everyone else enjoying seasonal bounty from the garden, I'm trying to do as much with mine as I can.
We all have pancakes like that every now and again. And I'm having more of them right now because I am still adjusting to this stove; every stove cooks differently!
We've been enjoying the veggie garden this week. Zucchinis, eggplant and tomatoes are plentiful this time of year.
1. Tofu scramble with egg, saulted slaw & rice
2. Beyond Beef Burgers w/potatoes and zucchinis
3. Curry eggplant stir fry
4. Leftovers
5. Pasta with tomato sauce & meat crumbles
6. Leftovers again
7. Tonight we're going over a friends house, so whatever they serve. Probably pizza.
WIS: Not exactly sure how much we spent on food because I did not save the receipt. We went to Food Lion because we needed a bunch of non-food items Aldi does not sell (sensitive skin bar soap, great big container of cat litter, Bar Keeper's Friend cleanser, refill jug of liquid hand soap), but I would estimate only about $60 on food of the $90 total spent.
WWA: The same as all summer: Fresh fruit, carrots, sweet peppers, cheeses, nuts, bread, crackers. I had a protein shake one night. Too tired and hot to eat much.
This week was a weird one, food wise. Hubby made a HUGE zucchini lasagna using liver in it and, yuck, I didn't like it and the kids didn't really care for it eighter. So he basically ate that all week long for dinner (salads for lunch) and I the kids and I ate random stuff, mostly bagels with smoked salmon cream cheese for me. Not complaining! But that kind of week throws me off balance.
I don’t remember what I spent, but I know I’ve kept in my $600 budget for the month. Our garden had lots of cucumbers ready so we ate those a lot this week.
Saturday - BBQ cheddar meatballs, cucumbers, fried potatoes
Sunday - mahi-mahi, green beans, potatoes
Monday - mac and cheese, salad
Tuesday - grilled brats, corn on the cob, cucumbers
Wednesday - I failed to prep my overnight breakfast casserole the night before so I stopped at Sam’s Club and got some enchiladas from the deli to heat up. Still cheaper than take out. We had more cucumbers with them.
Thursday - when I went to prep my breakfast casserole the night before I discovered my bread had started to mold! So I made scrambled eggs with ham, peppers, and cheese and pancakes
Friday - we usually get take out on Fridays. Not sure where from yet
Let's see, we had:
-Grilled chicken & rice, x2
-Cheesesteaks & potatoes
-Spaghetti & meatballs
-Salmon
-Tonight will be burgers. I have four patties in the freezer (already made) & will steam them. The kids only care that we have buns to go with, so I picked up hamburger buns last night.
Saturday - we rented a cabin for the weekend (just beds were inside, no kitchen so all cooking was done outside so sort of an easier version of camping with no tent) I made hot dogs and baked beans, served with some raw veggies and fruit
Sunday - still at the cabin, made sloppy joes (I’d already made the sloppy joes at home before we left, so really it was just reheating sloppy joes)
Monday - arrived home this day and a bit exhausted so we ordered pizza
Tuesday - salad night with canned biscuits
Wednesday - chicken sausage, broccolini and orozco skillet
Thursday - pork dumplings (from freezer) and stir fry over rice noodles
Friday - beyond burgers, French fries, green beans from the garden
Monday: Mediterranean meatballs with quinoa and roasted eggplant
Tuesday: Leftovers went into a mediterranean style salad (meatball, eggplant, tomato, olives, dolmades & tzatziki over lettuce)
Wednesday: Zucchini, pea and basil soup with feta, quinoa and merguez sausages
Thursday: Big salad with smoked salmon, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, radishes and cucumber
Friday: Mussels and roasted potatoes
Saturday: Who knows?!
It's my first week of nursing school, so we were a bit discombobulated this week. I still managed to feed us, though!
Sunday - ham and bean soup with rolls
Monday - French toast, bacon, smoothies
Tuesday - taco pasta
Wednesday - hot dogs, green beans, fries
Thursday - leftovers
Friday - takeout pizza with a coupon...I am tired.
OT, how was your transition from homeschooling 4 kids to Zoe now who's doing most of the work herself? I've been homeschooling for 12 years and my kids are about the same age as yours. Although I worked some hours but most of the hours were planned around them and I'd love to know how you're managing 1) not being needed all the time 2) empty nesting adjustment 3) future plans that don't include them which had always been the case before. I'd also appreciate an INFJ perspective from a reader with a similar experience. Thank you.
@Farhana, I like to read about how people parent(?) grown children. It seems when I do too much it really doesn't benefit them, and when I feel like I'm being an ogre they end up better off.
Oh, this is an interesting set of questions! I'll add it to the next Q&A post.
@Farhana, I have been wrestling with this for several years now and it's HARD. I homeschooled 3 kids who are now 25, 23 & 21. They are all college graduates. The 21yo daughter got married at 18 and is now an RN at a large hospital. No one really talks about what happens to Mom when her homeschooling job is done. I now WFH full time, but it doesn't fulfill me or take up all my time. I'm starting to investigate volunteering but don't know what else to do with myself. My husband is supportive but has a different perspective since he has always worked and wasn't with them 24/7 like I was.
@Amanda, oh Amanda, you're right! No one really talks about what happens to mom when her homeschooling job is done! And husbands sure do have a very different perspective. Thank you for responding, it feels good to know you're not alone. Xo.
Off topic for this post...I think I must have missed where Sonia lives now. I see her come and go in posts. My heart goes out to you and you are in my prayers.
Ha, that's because she does come and go! She chose to stay at the family home for now, but we see her a lot and she comes and eats dinner with us pretty regularly. She was at the beach with friends last week, though, so that's why she didn't appear at all. 🙂
Monday: My husband made pasta with tomato sauce.
Tuesday: I made split pea soup and whole wheat bread. I used fancy stone-milled flour that I bought at a historic village museum. It was a nice treat!
Wednesday: I made a mushroom omelette, palak paneer, and rice.
Thursday: We went to my parents', since my grandmother is in town. My mom made salmon, roasted vegetables, quinoa, and tomato salad.
Friday: I'm on call tonight, so I'll make fried rice to take with me for dinner, then I'll take some bread for the morning. My husband tends to get grocery-store sushi as a treat when I'm on call 🙂
Weekend: On Saturday, my grandma and mom are coming over for dinner and we're ordering takeout. On Sunday I'm on call again and I'm not sure what I'll eat.
I cannot believe the prices of groceries right now. I used frozen spinach for the palak paneer because fresh would have cost $10; 4L of milk (a little less than a gallon) is $7 at the discount grocery store. It's definitely making me more conscious of trying not to waste food, though I can't say that I've been very successful yet.
I spent $355 @ Publix this week. Most of that was spent on split chicken breast on sale for $1.99/lb…I bought 50 lbs, kielbasa sausage on sale, pasta on sale….all was to add to the freezer and pantry as we head into the fall and winter.
Saturday…
Sunday….I made a large pot of spaghetti with meat sauce.
Monday…leftovers
Tuesday….I found a recipe that I wanted to try and it was delicious. Green beans in the crock pot with potatoes, onions, and kielbasa. We ate this with corn on the cob and everyone loved it.
Wednesday…leftovers were finished up
Thursday….beef stew in the instant pot with root veggies, rice, and cream biscuits with apricot jam
Friday…leftovers
No plans for the weekend yet as far as cooking goes other than batch cooking to prepare for the week ahead.
Happy weekend!
WWS: $105 (mystery shops at high end groceries, will be reimbursed); $15 fish monger; $59 Market Basket
WWA: Theme week: use the broccoli that I got on clearance.
Sat: leftovers/snacks
Sun: old-school beef tacos with all the fixings
Mon: chipolatas, mashed cauliflower/potato, roasted broccoli, popovers
Tues: Banh Tom (I added some broccoli). I LOVE this recipe: https://www.cookinglight.com/recipes/sweet-potato-shrimp-cakes-nuoc-cham
Wed: homemade fish & chips (with haddock), cabbage salad
Thurs: homemade pizza. I top mine with broccoli & pepperoni
Fri: BLTs, broccoli salad.
I've made pancakes that look like that, too. There's always at least one that does that.
Totally off-topic, but today's local paper had a notice that one of the local Baptist churches has started a "food pantry" only it's a "goods pantry"; they have health and beauty items plus household items (think cleaning, laundry, etc.) to give away. They are the first in town to do this, and I think it's great. Non-food items are going up, too, and there is very little assistance for low-income people to buy them.
Now, back to the WIA, since I didn't grocery shop last week and have no WIS:
I used the last of some frozen cooked chicken and made both chicken vegetable soup and a chicken casserole, which fed me for two nights and some lunches.
One night I had eaten a very late lunch so my dinner was a Lebanon bologna sandwich on gluten-free bread.
I made a meat-free "lasagna" with cassava pasta, no-mato sauce, spinach, mushrooms, and loads of cheese. It turned out better than I expected and I had that two nights.
I had Crock Pot-cooked gizzards served with fresh okra I fried in a little dab of bacon fat until it was browning and crisp, which is my favorite way to eat okra. Applesauce on the side.
I was really feeling badly with this cold one night, so it was a frozen AIP-c0mpliant pot pie to the rescue.
Tonight is up in the air. I will go shopping today, although I still feel tired from this cold. I've used enough hand sanitizer that I think my hands are pickled.
I like that goods pantry idea!
@JD,
I love that that church started a "goods pantry".....what a great idea! My son's Boy Scout pack helps to keep a "Blessing Box" stocked with shelf stable food and personal care items, though there's usually more food than personal items in there. I try to contribute toothpaste and other items if I find a good deal on them.
Everything helps!
I am grateful that I learned a while back to stock up when my frequently-purchased items go on a good sale, as the cash for the month ran dry a couple of weeks ago due to some unexpected big money hits. I only spent $13 this week for milk and some fresh produce, and was able to shop the freezer and pantry. Since it is just me here, I usually cook for at least two nights worth at a time.
This week's menu: homemade mac & cheese with steamed broccoli, hamburger stew over mashed potatoes, and a sheet pan dinner of Italian sausage, fresh cauliflower, and grape tomatoes topped with garlic, breadcrumbs, and parmesan cheese.
My Alaskan garden produced full-sized corn, for the first time. Every other time I grew it, the cobs were the minuscule size they serve in salad bars. This time I dedicated half of my large greenhouse to corn and it paid off. So, I have had fresh corn, and pretty much only corn, every night this week. The husband is not that thrilled with corn on the cob (what is wrong with him!?) so I made him garden garbage soup---this week it was cheesy cauliflower, green beans, onions and bacon bits. I have to pick and process something every day and what I don't freeze turns into soup; good thing the husband loves soup. So, five nights of corn or soup, one night of moose goulash and tonight it is BLTs with a guest who lives with someone who won't allow her to eat bacon so she eats it at our house. (I cannot imagine someone "not allowing" me to do anything in my own home. That would pretty much guarantee I would do the forbidden thing every single day. Ultimatums magically turn me into a contrary 16 year old.) I don't like bacon very much so I'll be eating plain tomato sandwiches on gushy white bread.
@Lindsey, I'm still getting my mind around (a) moose goulash and (b) "lives with someone who won't allow her to eat bacon." Me, I'd give up the someone sooner than I'd give up the bacon. (Even if I hated bacon, which I don't, it'd be the principle of the thing.)
@Lindsey, I remember many summer days when my mom would stop at a farm stand near us and pick up a dozen ears of corn, and that was dinner! Along with sliced tomatoes and buttered bread.
I always keep 1 frozen pizza on hand for crazy nights.
Sun Mon Tues I made two smoked Turkey sausage broccoli fresh herb quiches. Very delicious. We reheated it in the air fryer instead of microwave and the crust stayed crisp. Some nights we had it with cantelope, some nights a green salad.
Wed and Thursday
Bean burritos with spicy Mexican rice. Plums and grapes on the side. Meatless to save on grocery costs.
Friday
BLTs on sourdough bread. Hummus and carrots.
Back to school so I always try to cook once and eat at least two nights! Work smarter, not harder.
Heck, some days I *feel* like that imperfect pancake. It's a mood for sure.
I spent $324 at the grocery store for food (and seltzer--we like our canned seltzer around here, but the sales on the "fancy" ones are over, so the poor kids will have to adjust to the store brand from now on).
Monday was homemade mac and cheese, two pans of it, one with leftover ground beef, one without.
Tuesday: Tacos, obviously. I was really cheesed off because the 3 lb chub of beef I bought, which surprised me by ringing up on sale at the checkout, smelled bad. The "best buy" date was the day I was using it, and normally that's fine--a little on the wild side, but fine--but this beef smelled like raw eggs.* I thought that couldn't be good, tossed it (ugh) and dug into my box of frozen beef patties to make the taco beef. It worked.
Wednesday was hamburger stew, a big favorite around here.
Thursday was sub sandwiches (chicken salad, egg salad, and lunch meats). My youngest loves this meal because I usually serve chips with it.
Tonight will be salmon burgers and corn on the cob cooked in the crockpot. Probably grapes on the side.
*I Googled it later and yes, beef smelling like raw eggs is Not a Good Thing and means it is spoiled. Hurray for following my instincts and saving the family from food poisoning!
This week reflected the path of least resistance in order to accommodate health and work pressures. WWA:
Saturday - brown and serve spring rolls, gyoza, lemon chicken
Sunday - red beans and rice, ice cream bars
Monday - black bean quesadillas, guacamole
Tuesday- bbq polish sausages with sauerkraut, boiled new potatoes with butter and dill
Wednesday - spaghetti and meatballs
Thursday - stress baked buns, carrot soup
Friday - planning on shrimp burgers and leftover carrot soup
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend
This was the first full week of school, the start of soccer for our twins, and soccer coaching for my husband and me. He smoked two large pork butts that I used all week!
Sunday- smoked pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, cucumbers
Monday- pulled pork something, with something else.
Tuesday- pulled pork, rice, broccoli, carrots
Wednesday- took a break from pulled pork, kind of…we made BLT’s.
Thursday- pulled pork and rice stir fry with the leftover broccoli and carrots
Friday- not dinner, but I made fermented rolled oats for my breakfast. I soaked the oats overnight with plain yogurt and water. This morning I finished cooking the oatmeal with about a cup of water. I love savory oatmeal so I just added salt. Savory and creamy oats that tasted like sourdough bread. Yum!
Sunday: We had tacos at an afternoon pool party and then adults were still full when we got home, so the kids had leftovers for dinner.
Monday: Burgers, watermelon, asparagus, and honey rock melon
Tuesday: A friend brought over pizza and bread sticks to say thank you for me watching her 3 kids all day
Wednesday: Leftovers! Pizza, pancakes, quesadillas, baked oatmeal, and applesauce. Quite the combination!
Thursday: BBQ chicken thighs, zucchini, and corn on the cob
Friday: Someone gave me a gift card to a yummy burger place and we're going there tonight for an "end of the first week of school" celebration
I find cooking for two to be one of the hardest things for me to do (at least dinner wise). I grew up in a family where cooking for eight was pretty normal and we always wanted to have leftovers. I envy your ability to make juuuust enough for one meal. The random pyrex containers in my fridge would thank me if I did the same.
Sunday- we met my parents for dinner on Saturday at a local Middle Eastern restaurant and they were leaving for a trip the next day, so they were kind enough to let us have the leftovers. I love hummus I don't have to get my food processor dirty for.
Monday- I had some zucchini that were not looking the greatest and some corn from the local farm, so I made grilled corn and zucchini fritters with salad
Tuesday- I worked at my other job, so I didn't get home until after 8pm and I was craving pasta. So frozen turkey meatballs and red sauce it was.
Wednesday- Impromptu date night. Our local pizza place does wine Wednesday and it's been weeks since my husband and I had a proper date night (plus I leave for rotation on Friday).
Thursday- I was at insane estate sale for most of the day, plus packing and meal prepping so we had the leftover pizza with some scrambled eggs and avocado. Weird...absolutely
Friday- I drove up this morning for my rotation and ate a bagel. I have no idea what the day will bring and with that, what I will end up eating. I brought meal prep, so I am covered no matter what.
Saturday- I am off and food consumption really depends on how my night goes. Probably a veggie stuffed baked potato or veggie rice bowl.
@Heather, how do you make your corn and zucchini fritters? I have some zucchini in the fridge that's starting to look sad, and that sounds like a delicious solution!
Getting a few last minute tasks done before the start of the new semester left little time for meal planning this week. Here’s how that went:
Sat. - Quesadillas with mom’s salsa since we couldn’t decide on dinner.
Sun. - Grilled steak and salmon for the pescatarian in the family, with corn on the cobb and asparagus.
Mon. - Used up some sourdough to make french toast.
Tue. - Made some enchiladas with mom’s red chile sauce.
Wed. - Mac and cheese and penne pasta with mushrooms and marinara.
Thu. - Panda Express for boys, leftover mac and cheese for me.
Fri. - Pizza and maybe a salad.
Sunday and Monday, I don't remember. Monday was my first day of in-service and I barely made it home. Tuesday, my second day of in-service I made the beef hubby thawed into tacos... 2 pounds of beef, and it's just us. So Wednesday was left over tacos. Thursday was left over meatballs hoagies....must have made spaghetti Sunday or Monday. And tonight was left over tacos again. I love tacos but I'm over them. This newly "empty nesters" while child is at college/learn to cook for 2, needs practice. Lol
Sunday: BBQ at my dad's, we brought watermelon....and still had leftover watermelon for the rest of the week haha
Monday: Burgers and corn on the cob
Tuesday: Pizza and salad
Wednesday: Mac and cheese (toddler's request)
Thursday: I went to a friend's house and had "snacks for dinner" (everyone brought something). My contribution was a Sriracha snack mix. Easy and so good!
Friday: Korean beef lettuce wraps. A Kristen recipe, one of our favorites 🙂
Saturday: Leftovers, probably