WIS, WWA | more chicken salad, anyone?
What I Spent
You know how sometimes I have weeks where I eat tons of sandwiches and I don't even notice?
Well, this week it was green salads with chicken. Apparently, I ate a lot of those!
I spent:
- $12 at a local grocery store (which I thought would be a cheaper store than Safeway but I was wrong)
- $27 at Safeway
So, I guess I only spent $39 on food this week, largely because most of our meals came from my pantry/freezer.
This usually means a higher spending week is on the horizon. 😉
What We Ate
Saturday
I worked at the hospital; when I got home, Zoe was eating some ramen, and I just made myself a peanut butter and honey sandwich on whole wheat bread and called it good.
Sunday
Zoe was at work, and I ate the ham sandwich made from heels of bread. 🙂
Monday
I smoked some chicken leg quarters on my grill; I left some with BBQ sauce and a bun for Zoe after work (she worked late), but I ate mine in a bowl with roasted sweet potatoes and sriracha mayo.
Tuesday
I made a salad with leftover smoked chicken, veggies, and cilantro.
Wednesday
I had gone for a late afternoon walk and on the way home I realized that I had time to go catch a sunset with my dinner in tow. So when I got home, I threw together a quick salad with the last of the smoked chicken, a sweet potato, lettuce, and some cilantro.
And I ate it at the park while the sun was going down.
Thursday
Continuing with the theme of the week...I made a chipotle chicken salad...which is just veggies topped with this chicken, using the accompanying sauce as a dressing.
We had some toasted brioche rolls with our salads.
Friday
Well, I think perhaps I should branch out from a chicken salad for this evening's meal. 😉
I eat salad most nights. It's so easy to just throw whatever protein and vegetables in there.
Saturday: Salad for me, since I was the only one home. 🙂 This one had lots of cucumbers, tomato, hardboiled egg, feta, and pickled onions. I also had ice cream.
Sunday: I had made a big pot of chili for the freezer, and I had some of it this night. Also ice cream. Again.
Monday: Family was home, so a much bigger meal. Brisket, mashed potatoes, sauteed calabacitas (like zucchini) and tomatoes, cucumber with salt and vinegar, baked rice pudding
Tuesday: Scrambled eggs, elk chorizo patties, leftover mashed potatoes, cucumber/tomato/feta salad. All of my children love feta cheese, which is interesting, since there are very few things that all four of them like, and feta seems like something at least one child wouldn't want to eat.
Wednesday: Spanish rice made with leftover brisket and the rice I cooked before going to work, cucumbers, peaches and cream
Thursday: Roasted chicken drumsticks, pasta bake, cucumbers with ranch dressing, chocolate pudding with cream
Tonight: We always have school--and I always have work--the Friday after Labor Day, so we'll have a classic after-work dinner of leftovers. I have some brisket and rice soup I made for a sick child that made quite a bit of leftovers, so we'll have that. If I'm feeling motivated, I'll make cornbread to go with it. That seems unlikely, since I woke up at 3 a.m. today. So it'll probably just be bread and butter. We do have more pudding, though, which makes up for a lot.
@kristin@going country,
When my children were young and I worked outside of the home, Thursday night was always leftover night and we even used paper plates. By Thursday, I was tired and so looking forward to Friday. It also helped clear the refrigerator for Saturday morning shopping.
@Bee, Thursday was the night DH and I would clean house when DS was little and we were both working full-time jobs that sometimes had night hours tacked onto the day. We would be about to hit the wall, but would clean like mad for 20 minutes, which was enough to get things basically clean, and then have popcorn and lemonade. I would buy groceries on my lunch break on Fridays.
@Bee, Thursdays we had breakfast supper then better half went grocery shopping. For years, the kids thought breakfast supper was something special, they eventually wised up lol.
I think your meals sound perfect. I am so over cooking. If I could justify eating out all the time, I would. Ahem. This week I ate:
Monday - kitchen closed, but I had a sammie with fruit at work
Tuesday - Salmon, Kale Crunch Salad (this was delightful!)
Wednesday - Stir Fry Beef Teriyaki with half a bag of chunky stir fry veggies and a bit of Chinese noodles I cooked in in the microwave.
Thursday - Link Sausage and Butternut Squash skillet (this made enough for another meal on the weekend)
Tonight - BBQ Shrimp, yellow squash
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed - sammies as per usual
Happy Weekend!
Saturday - My mom watched my kids and got them pizza. My husband and I went on a date. We ate at Bob Evans at 4:30 like old people (we're in our late 30's). Dessert was candy from Ollie's.
Sunday - We went to a bonfire at a friend's house and people roasted hot dogs. I took a veggie tray and chips.
Monday - We packed a picnic lunch to eat at a park. We made subs with day-old Jimmy John's bread and had sides like veggies and applesauce.
Tuesday - Copycat Panera mac and cheese, brat chunks, and chips. I had plans to make broccoli for a healthy side, but I'm still figuring out life with lots of sports practices. Chips was the only thing I could grab. I think Tuesdays are going to have to be crock-pot days for the next month and a half since we have a 2-hour window to get home from one practice, eat, and get to the next practice.
Wednesday - Chicken thighs, cottage cheese, mac and cheese, and broccoli with cheese. This is what happens when I wing it.
Thursday - I was only home for 15 minutes between a sports practice and a parent meeting for sports, so I got tacos going for for the family. I ate the salad and cottage cheese that I had packed for lunch at work (they fed me at work, so I didn't need my packed lunch). Apparently my husband and son made chicken patty sandwiches after the tacos because one pound of meat wasn't enough for him and 3 kids.
Friday - My husband is working. I will probably make english muffin pizzas for the kids and have leftovers or a salad myself.
This was not a week of winning at food planning. But everyone was fed and I've got my cookbooks out and am ready to menu plan and be more organized with food for next week!
@Ruth T, I used to eat dinner at 4:30 in college, because that was when the dining hall opened. I guess I've always been old. 🙂
@kristin@going country, Or just hungry!
@Ruth T,
When I wing it, it ends up being something like "bowl of cereal" or "PB & J", so I give you props for making chicken thighs, etc., on Wednesday. 🙂
@Ruth T, don't knock eating at 4:30 pm. Still leaves you time to have a snack or treat before 7 pm.
WIS: $79, divided between Food Lion, Aldi and Ollie's Outlet. At the latter, I bought apple butter, raisins and a box of Corn Chex.
WWA: roasted chicken, corn on the cob, baked potatoes and cinnamon baked apples. Chicken corn chowder made from leftover chicken, corn and potato. Protein shakes, nuts, Wasa multigrain crackers topped with cheese, fresh fruit.
WIS:
Aldi- $147.45
Trader Joe’s- $15.75
WWA:
Lentil soup and skillet bread
Hamburgers, canned green beans, and toaster oven frozen French fries (do not recommend)
Greek meatballs with hummus, flatbread, cucumber and bell pepper.
Pasta with ground beef/turkey and cauliflower
Egg roll in a bowl
Tonight I’m braising a chicken. We usually have puréed cauliflower with this, I just purée frozen cauliflower rice. But all I have left for fresh vegetables is… cauliflower. Is cauliflower with cauliflower too much, or should I lean into that and tell everyone it’s cauliflower two ways?
@Tarynkay,
Do you have any other frozen veggies? Maybe do the pureed cauliflower, and a different frozen veggie, if you've got one?
I like how Chiquita is stalking your sandwich. Clark is a fiend for turkey lunchmeat and does the same thing.
WWS: $483 at Kroger.
Saturday: homemade pizzas.
Sunday: biked to church; on the way back DH and I stopped at Kroger to get a little fruit and water break, and pick up some chips. Homemade pizzas for dinner.
Monday: burgers and corn on the cob. Sadly, the "fresh" corn in husks at the store looked pretty...ick. The husks were slimy and the tips had that red fungusy look to them. I got the pre-shucked, trimmed cobs in packaging. They were okay. Probably we're near the end of fresh corn season.
Tuesday: hamburger stew
Wednesday: Chicken shawarma, rice and salad.
Thursday: Mexican night
Friday: I'm fasting, and so is DH, but I'll make salmon and garlic potatoes for the boys.
You should see her when it's a tuna sandwich!
@Kristen, Clark goes bonkers if I just get out a can of tuna! He gets the liquid drained from the can, and doesn't care if it's my no-salt-added tuna either. He also begs for black beans because he is a weirdo. 😉
@Kristen, I haven’t had a cat for 53 years 🙁 but I *still* want to call the kitty when I open a can of tuna! Ha!
@Kristen, for years my husband would eat a tuna sandwich and a can of chili for his lunch. Yhe cats would.go wild. Years later, the cats still reacted to a can of chili (no tuna) - just like Pavlov's dogs. 😉
Haha, Chiquita reacts to any can opening because she's sure every can has pate for her. 😉
I rarely get tired of protein + salad combos!
I’ve been working to eat down freezer and pantry, so next week will be a higher spend for me as well.
@Kim from Philadelphia, me either, as long as they are followed by some dark chocolate.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana,
Dark chocolate makes everything bearable. 🙂
@Liz B., dark chocolate, the darker the better, is a super food.
Sunday- I assume the husband and I went out and grabbed something but I cannot for the life of me recall what...
Monday- we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, served with coleslaw, mac n cheese, cheesy potato casserole and peach cobbler.
Tuesday- 1 kid ate leftovers, husband and I went out with my coworkers to celebrate surviving the 1st day of the new preschool year!
Wednesday- I was beat! pulled out a bag of precooked ground beef from the freezer and whipped up a pot of beef and bean chili. I ate a BLT though b/c I had fresh tomatoes from the neighbor and it sounded delish!
Thursday- I had defrosted chicken but hubby was not feeling hungry and I was still beat by the new routine so the only kid home ate the leftover chili and I ate salad with buffalo popcorn chicken on top!
Friday-Chicken for sure.. I am thinking I will pressure cook it with bbq sauce and serve with baked potatoe!
I spent $115 this week, mainly at Lowe's foods.
We ate:
Saturday: Butter chicken, naan, broccoli
Sunday: homemade empanadas with brisket/rice/cheese, black beans with them
Monday: teriyaki pork tenderloin with hibachi style fried rice and veggies. The pork tenderloin was a buy one get one and less than $3 and was great!
Tuesday: the tenderloin was so good we ate the other one that was a bacon and applewood smoked tenderloin. Had that with roasted potatoes and carrots.
Wednesday: a mix of leftovers
Thursday: smoked sausage, baked potato, collard greens
Friday: Going to use up the leftover smoked sausage with some shrimp and crab legs from the freezer for a low country boil
@Marlena, Impressed with your homemade empanadas! Are they a lot of work?
@Hawaii Planner, empanada dough is one of the easiest, I think. Goes together in 3 minutes...let sit in the fridge for a bit, rolls out super simple. Much like a pie crust. I use the recipe below, but cut it in half and make 8 large empanadas rather than 16 small (I use a dessert plate as a guide to cut them out). I also use a splash of vinegar as part of the water. For the fat, the recipe calls for butter, but I use whatever I have (butter, lard, shortening). It's a great thing for repurposing leftover. I usually use some meat, rice, cheese...maybe a little salsa or some fluid. They cook in just a few minutes and you even can freeze them and cook them later.
https://salimaskitchen.com/empanada-dough/
Monday: Labour Day! We were at my parents' and they gave us a delicious meal of salmon, potatoes, vegetables, salad, and other yummy things.
Tuesday: I made us Smitten Kitchen's zucchini-butter spaghetti with olive oil. It tasted good but the texture was unappealing. Next time, I'd puree the sauce.
Wednesday: My mom came over and we had baked chicken katsu, roasted butternut squash, and cucumber salad.
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner! Pancakes, eggs, smoked salmon, frozen blueberries and green peas. While I was cooking, I let my toddler watch an episode of Paddington Bear where he makes pancakes and she was willing to try the pancakes! A new food UNLOCKED!
Friday: Mr. B will probably make salmon and veggies, with challah. And our weekly ice cream excursion for dessert.
What I spent: $66 at Walmart
What I ate:
Friday: scrambled eggs with spinach on top of focaccia with melted dairy-free cheese
Saturday: sausage and bread
Sunday: beef hot dogs and potato chips
Monday: ditto, plus blueberry pie for dessert
Tuesday: a buttered roll, a Hormel Compleats chicken and potato meal, and a handful of chocolate chips (I was very tired and had run out of leftovers)
Wednesday: cereal and sunbutter and raisins, glass of oj (had a big, late lunch and wanted a light, easy supper)
Thursday: breakfast for dinner again, cornmeal mush with blueberries, brown sugar, and vanilla coconut yogurt
I don't know yet what I'll have tonight. I have one roll left, so I'll use that somehow.
First, let me thank everyone for their kind comments yesterday. It's always uplifting to come here. You people are the best.
Second, I've been home with my sister the last couple of Fridays, so I've been offline those days, but I'm back.
I spent nothing last week, since it was my off week for grocery shopping.
WIA:
Braised pork steaks with green beans and applesauce.
Farm bacon with fresh okra cooked in a little bacon fat and cut corn cooked in a very little bacon fat.
Chicken/vegetable soup, the homemade variety made with whatever is handy to throw in it.
Burgers with celery slaw and grapes on the side. I have now converted my sister to making slaw outside the box, such as slaw made of celery, onions and carrots.
Grilled cheese sandwich on gluten free bread with tomato salad, and I seem to have survived the tomatoes well, so hopefully they are back on the menu. Fruit in the side.
Leftovers from a chicken sheet pan meal including carrots, mushrooms, onions and potatoes.
Tonight will probably be the last of the bag of shrimp in the freezer and.... something.
@JD, as we Southerners (and expat Southerners) know, *everything* is better when it's cooked in a little bacon fat. 😉
I'm not even a southerner and I concur. 😉
@A. Marie,
I have to agree. Bacon fat is how I taught the kids to like squash.
@A. Marie, I do miss my mother's eggs over easy which she cooked in bacon grease. Fried (in lard) apple pies are really good too.
Between her, my grandmother and mammaw, and mom's two sisters, it is a wonder I don't weigh triple what I do. Must be my paternal grandfather's genes!
@Selena, "soak eggs" is what we used to call them.
I spent $116 at the farm stand in the mountains on my way home from camping with my son over the weekend.
Saturday: I made BBQ cheeseburgers with sauteed onions on the blackstone; I had also made some rice and peas to go along with it but neither of us were hungry enough for that. Those at home had leftover pot roast and baked potatoes.
Sunday: After a day of roaming around several mountain towns, gem mining, seeing Elk roam in the river and a huge rainstorm I hot the easy button and we got Asian takeout. I think those at home had sandwiches.
Monday: We drove home this day and I roasted some BLSL chicken breasts and we ate those with fresh Zucchini, yellow squash and onions, baked sweet potatoes and sourdough bread. Yum.
Tuesday: I made homemade cheeseburger macaroni with protein pasta and we had leftover zucchini and squash alongside.
Wednesday: I had to work in the office this day and it was a 12 hour day for me so those at home had leftovers and I ate sourdough toast and an apple from the farm.
Thursday: Homemade turkey chili over baked potatoes. Yum again!
Friday: Leftover chili, leftover veggies, clean out the fridge. I picked up a half bushel of apples and a half bushel of peaches so I will be canning this weekend for sure and prepping some meals to get us through the week.
Happy weekend to all of you my friends! So grateful for this community 🙂
WIS: $11.50 at Wegmans, $10 at the Regional Market, $16 at the grocery outlet, and $32 at Price Chopper. So, for the second week in a row, I was a bigger spender for myself than Kristen was for herself and Zoe!
WIA: More blueberry pancakes, and more pasta topped with my own cherry tomatoes and basil.
Coming attractions will include one more ratatouille (I bought an eggplant for $1 and a zucchini for 75 cents at the Regional Market) and a pork, corn, and arugula recipe I found online. (Boneless pork ribs were BOGO at Price Chopper this week; my neighbor who brought me corn last week brought me more this week; and my arugula in the old Easy Washer tub, protected by a trashpicked fire pit cover, is still going strong.)
Oh, and another neighbor brought me four cucumbers from the hoop house he's constructed to keep the deer out (it seems to be working so far!), so another of this week's productions was a tomato, cucumber, and basil salad.
@A. Marie,
DH loved every vegetable that one normally finds in the ratatouille recipes I researched, yet didn't like the ratatouille at all and I wasn't too thrilled myself. How do you make yours?
@JD, it's nothing fancy, I assure you. I do peel the eggplant because eggplant skins can be bitter, but I usually don't bother peeling the zucchini. I begin by softening an onion and a clove of garlic in olive oil, then adding the cubed eggplant and zucchini, and finally adding a few tomatoes and letting the whole lovely mess cook down. (I should probably take the skins off the tomatoes as well, since tomato skins aren't very digestible--but as I'm usually too lazy to do this, I just pick out the tomato skins as I'm eating.) I add fresh, torn-up basil leaves right at the end of cooking, plus salt and pepper to taste.
P.S. I know that ratatouille traditionally also includes chopped bell pepper, but even sweet peppers tend to give me indigestion, so I usually omit that. It can easily be added with the onion and garlic, however.
Saturday - takeout sushi and udon noodles
Sunday - we took the kids out to dinner at a place with a salad bar which was a fun novelty for them. I think my youngest exclusively ate jello and whipped cream for dinner!
Monday - creamy mushroom pasta
Tuesday - beach picnic night, it was great weather for it too! Kids had pb&j or turkey sandwiches with fruit and veggies, I had a garbanzo bean salad.
Wednesday - My parents and sister came over so we could celebrate my sister’s 15 year sober anniversary (which we celebrate like a birthday, with decorations, gifts and singing happy birthday)! We picked up food from a taqueria for dinner and then had Princess cake for dessert. It’s not thankful Thursday but this is a huge thankful for me this week, so proud of how far she’s comes and all she’s accomplished.
Thursday - Swedish meatballs (veggie meatballs for me) and steamed baby corn and carrots
Friday - minestrone soup and biscuits or corn muffins from the freezer
@LB,
Huge congrats to your sister, I'll hit 15 years in May of next year and it's a huge accomplishment and we'll deserving of a party!
God bless.
@LB, What an absolutely lovely and heartfelt way to celebrate your sister's 15 years of sobriety!
@LB, What a lovely way to celebrate and support your sister.
@Pat, That’s wonderful, I hope you celebrate then as well!
I don't know if I've ever commented on a Friday WIA post!
Saturday: we brought ingridients for Mediterranean bowls to my in-laws (chicken to grill, lettuce, onion, cucumber, feta, tomatoes, tzatziki sauce). They provided brown rice because we forgot ours.
Sunday: we all made personal pizzas to grill at the in-laws! mine was just cheese because I am boring 🙂 Served with a side salad.
Monday: jarred curry sauce with chicken, peppers, and rice
Tuesday: we had Kristen's Korean beef lettuce wraps! But we use turkey because I am allergic to red meat.
Wednesday: cleaning out the freezer before we move, grilled chicken patties and frozen hashbrowns.
Thursday: more freezer cleaning, so we ate pizza rolls (LOL I know). But we got a rotisserie chicken to add some protein! We did not, however, eat the bagged salad I intended to serve with it. Instead we had candy and watched a movie.
Friday: my best friend is coming to visit and we're getting SUSHI!! (Maybe with a side salad? Definitely with wine from the winery she works at.)
@Andrea G / Midwest Andrea, your Thursday night is just how it goes some nights 🙂 I love a pizza roll from time to time haha.
@Marlena, right? I personally prefer pizza rolls to actual pizza LOL
Friday: Leek and Potato Soup, yellow squash biscuits. My husband looks forward to this soup every year. I could make it anytime but there is something special about the super fresh leeks and potatoes from our CSA box.
Saturday: Last minute date night – I opted for a chicken chopped salad!
Sunday: My parents took us out for dinner to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary. Falafel was on the menu so of course I ordered it.
Monday: Greek Chicken Tzatziki Bowls. Our CSA celery was extra leafy so I saved the greens and added them to chopped spinach for the salad part of this meal.
Tuesday: Italian Sausage and Pepper Calzones, carrot sticks.
Wednesday; Turkey Cheeseburger Soup. This recipe has a chunk of cooked cauliflower that you puree to add creaminess to the soup. I added the tail end of a bag of spinach to the cauliflower while pureeing it and the soup ended up a vibrant green.
Thursday: Pesto Pasta with Potatoes, and Green Beans with a side of sausages.
I believe I can remember what we ate this week, so here goes.....
Sunday: Firehouse chicken, meat & cheese tray, mac n cheese, potato salad, fruit platter
Monday: homemade flatbread pizzas
Tuesday: leftover firehouse chicken, mac n cheese, french green beans
Wednesday: Fair food - sausage, pepper & onion hoagies, soft pretzel, fresh cut fries
Thursday: chicken parmesan over angel hair pasta, salads
Friday: get-together at our house.....grilled cheeseburgers, fries and a friend is bringing dessert
We served 1-3 teens each night, with each night being largely a surprise of who would show up at our table. It *always* keeps us on our toes. DS18 leaves for college in 10 days, and I know I will miss these days. Embracing the wildness & chaos around our dinner table!
-$62 at Trader Joes (I'd say at least $20 of this was cucumbers. We go through A LOT of cucumbers at our house)
-$143 at Costco
-$18.62 - local grocery store (bought six packs of flavored sparkling water that was on sale)
Meals:
Friday - out in Big Sur while camping. Fabulous last hurrah with DS18
Saturday - we were getting back from our trip, so we all had a variety of leftovers from the freezer
Sunday - DH made rice & kebabs + yogurt sauce & grilled tomatoes
Monday - steak & green beans from our neighbor's garden
Tuesday - chicken & samosas from the freezer + a lot of watermelon
Wednesday - steak & green beans
Thursday - 1/2 of us had leftover rice & kebabs. The other diners had chicken Alfredo (freezer)
As for tonight, I will once again poll my group of diners & see who will be home. I suspect DS17 will be at the high school football game, so he's likely out.
@Hawaii Planner,
Beautiful Big Sur. Is part of the PCH closed at this time?
@Hawaii Planner, I'm sensing an Iranian/Persian influence behind the cucumber love...
This week. I am in September low spend challenge month.
5.68 spent. Milk and two lemons
From a gardening friend. Zucchini. Lettuce. Beans. 2 onions. From my porch garden. Lots of fresh herbs.
Sunday. I cooked up a pound of bacon from freezer. I baked 4 potatoes. Prepped veggies.
Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Loaded baked potatoes and a big salad.
Wednesday. BLT wraps. Pretzels. Sliced apple with cottage cheese.
Thursday. Scrambled eggs with veggies. Toast. Pineapple in natural juice with cottage cheese.
Friday. I am going to make a big skillet with sautéed zucchini and the following items from freezer: browned Italian sausage. Cheese tortellini. Homemade marinara and homemade pesto cubes. This will prob last for two dinners at least.
I am going to
Have to grocery shop for some minimal essentials soon.
Every time you mention you eat the "heels" of the bread, I wonder if everyone else calls them that. The only person I ever knew who called them heels was my grandma. My mom called them the 'crusts' and I've also heard them just called 'ends.'
So I'm curious folks: what do you call the ends of a loaf of bread at your house?
Oh, that's so interesting! I have never heard them called anything other than heels. I wonder if this varies by region?
@Kristen, I'm from the UK and always called it the crust!
@Bobi,
Like Kristen, I've only heard heels.
@Bobi, Our family always called them heels...
@Bobi, when I was growing up, the "heels" were what Kristen uses for her thrifty sandwiches, and the "crusts" were the brown parts around each slice. I don't remember Mom ever cutting off the crusts for our PBJs--but I was much amused in later life by Clarissa Dickson Wright saying (in the Two Fat Ladies "Afternoon Tea" episode), "Always cut the crusts off an Edwardian tea sandwich. What else would you give to the poor?"
@Bobi, I don't know how common it is, but that's what they have always been called in my family, "heels" of the bread.
@Bobi, In my family we called it the "heel", and it makes the BEST toast! I personally love the heel of the bread.....
@Bobi, We always called them heels in my house. My mother used to make a big deal about them saying excitedly, "Who wants the heel?!?" to make it sound like a treat, when really she just didn't want to have to eat them herself. Well played, Mom. Well played.
I have also heard the butt end of the bread.
@Bobi, we call them heels. I usually wind up eating them -- it's a "mom takes one for the team" mentality. I will cut a super thin slice off them when making a grilled cheese with heels because the sliced part browns better. My dogs love those little slivers of heel crust.
@Bobi,
They were always called "heels" in my family growing up, and I still call them by thst name.
@A. Marie,
Yes! My family also referred to the brown edges of the bread slices "crust". Lol Two Fat Ladies, one of my sisters loved that show!
@Kristen, my mom was from Appalachia, dad's a Yankee from b4 the Revolutionary War. Always called them heels.
@Bobi,
Heels … I love them for a grilled sandwich in the griddler to make a panini type sandwich since the bread is much sturdier.
@Lorraine, culo in Italian.
@Kristen, I'd never heard them called heels until this blog. We only called them ends or sometimes crusts.
This is so interesting!
@Kristen, always heels. My older daughter once spent a suspiciously quiet time digging the heels out of three loaves of bread and devouring them.
That reminds me of the Beverly Cleary books where Ramona took a first bite out of every single apple!
We eat a lot of salads in the warmer seasons- for lunch and dinner-> so easy and customizable.
This week, we ate:
1. Chili, rice, salad
2. Shrimp on garden salad
3. Grilled chicken kabob, salad and rice
4. Ham sliders with broccoli
5. Chef Salad with bread
6. Yogurt parfaits-> we weren't very hungary after our very late lunch
7. Today... maybe veggie burgers and corn on the cob... it's still up in the air
local farmstand--$32. I bought a jar of honey with my eggplant, apples and peaches.
Trucchi's $20+ (2 pizzas--they do have good ones), chicken thighs, and butter. Not sure if there was anything else.
Market Basket $90+ on not a great lot of food it seems. I needed my supplies for our upcoming club tea. My assignment is cucumber/(homemade) boursin roll ups and clotted cream. I'll have leftover from that. I also purchased another item for the snack bags the club is preparing for the homeless.
Saturday: Pepperoni pizza
Sunday: Barbecue chicken pizza
Monday: Eggplant parmesan
Tuesday: I was late coming home from work. I had a piece of leftover barbecue chicken pizza
Wed: I made husband egg&sausage sandwiches. I had eaten a big lunch at the senior center. They had the last of the season barbecue (chicken).
Thurs: Slow-cook barbecue chicken and spanish rice
It seems I did a bit of chicken this week too.
M0nday - beef tenderloin, spinach salad for the children, creamed spinach for the adults, baked potatoes
Tuesday - fish tacos
Wednesday - pork tenderloin, cheesy potatoes, green/wax beans
Thursday - stuffed shells, garlic bread, spinach or tossed salad depending on the person
Friday - two are at a team dinner, three are getting chicken nuggets, and the adults will have rubens
WIS: $465
Hey, if it ain't broke. . .
WIS: nada. Grocery day came and went and I was too tired to go. Being a teacher in September is not for the faint of heart. . .you may note a corresponding downturn in my salad game. . .
WWA:
Fri: focaccia with mozzarella, Parm, cherry tomatoes and Turkey bacon. Our salad was quartered apple pieces. I was exhausted.
Sat: salad (romaine lettuce, cucumber slices, sliced tomatoes, peppers and celery), leftover focaccia air fried.
Sun: salad (shredded romaine, diced cucumber, diced tomatoes), nachos with pinto beans, shredded Mexican cheese and an expired can of jalapeno peppers to add a little excitement.
Mon: salad (romaine lettuce, sliced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, orange pepper rings and peach vinaigrette), pasta carbonara.
Tue: sliced tomatoes, bagels with salmon, cream cheese and jalapeno everything seasoning.
Wed: rice and beans, topped with diced dill pickles and diced figs.
Thu: sliced cucumbers, tuna melts on brioche sliders.
Fri: focaccia and maybe a romaine salad. I think we'll be out of apples...
Have a great weekend, everyone!
I'm soooo over the 100+ degree days. The heat zaps me of energy and happiness.
I am catering a smallish reunion tomorrow so I am making the typical bbq chicken, green salad bar, fresh apple cobbler w/homemade vanilla ice cream, iced tea, lemonade, water and iced coffees.
Sun & Mon pizza (wood burning pizza oven outside), green salad
Tues - Salad w/grilled tuna filets, walk thru orchard, pick a fruit for dessert
Wed - Cowboy beans, potato salad & Mexi Street corn on the grill
Th - Cowboy beans, green salad & cornbread made in the solar oven
Fr - Taco Salad, watermelon
Saturday - corned beef with cabbage, carrots, and the last of our home grow potatoes
Sunday - dine out Mexican
Monday - brats with a cabbage slaw from a neighbor. I had chips, better half had a salad.
Tuesday - grilled burgers with the leftover potatoes from Saturday (fried up)
Wednesday - spaghetti and meatballs with a salad
Thursday - stuffed pork chops with a few potatoes and carrots on the side
Friday - tilapia and a side dish that used up some leftover rice with carrots (purchased for aforementioned corned beef), mushrooms, onions, and cheese.
No idea of WHS - receipt basket was getting full so I just dumped it in my 2024 shoe box.
In Australia we call them crusts.