WIS, WWA | ooh! some sandwiches!
What I Spent
I used to make a lot more sandwiches than I do now, but...two dinner meals were sandwiches this week. 😉
I spent:
- $77 at Aldi
- $4 at Giant
And that's it! $81 for me. Sweet.
What We Ate
Saturday
Zoe was out, so I made a one-person shrimp and pasta dish for myself, with a green salad on the side.
Sunday
I wanted to use up a single pita and a single piece of naan from the freezer, so I made two little individual pizzas for us.
Monday
I was going to make BLTs after my work shift, but I forgot to get the bacon out of the freezer before work.
Soooo....ham sandwich time.
Tuesday
BLT time! Well, actually, BLAT, since I added avocado.
Wednesday
I made Swiss mushroom chicken, except without the mushrooms because neither of us has an appreciation for mushrooms.
So, it was...Swiss chicken, I guess?
Just a fruit salad on the side.
Thursday
I made some kale salad and some sauteed chicken mainly to use for my lunches, but it served just fine for dinner as well.
Friday
I'm working a shift today and tomorrow, which means tonight is one of those nights where I will have about an hour between getting home and going to bed.
Does this sound like a pancake night to you? Because IT DOES TO ME.
You know I will be wearing some of my spooky earrings to work today, like maybe the friendly ghosts. 🙂
We kept a streak of "salad Sundays" since returning from our holiday in Denmark in Sepyember. We had the best salads there, with fish on top. At home we mostly stick to smoked salmon in our salad. And now that it is autumn, an apple or pear crumble for sweets.
During weekdays we are eating more potatoes now but I want to reduce that a bit. I have some locally grown naked oats that I want to experiment with.
The NYT strands should be a breeze for you today!
Have a good shift-
Given my lack of appetite, trying to keep things as simple as possible for two meals a day (with huge amount of time inbetween because I am just not hungry):
>Steamed or sauteed veggies (Spinach, rabe, bok choy)
>Salad: Spinach, Red lettuce, Arugula (Yummy) with add ins of beets or eggs or turkey breast or rotisserie chicken. Homemade dressing.
>Roasted Veggies: Zucchini, tomatoes, onion, potatoes, broccoli
>Cole slaw from Zabars and occasionally prosciutto de parma (Had recently with black figs and it was like being back in Italy.
Protein: Rotisserie chicken, fresh roasted turkey breast, TJ organic chicken nuggets, TJ grilled chicken strips. Shrimp (defrosted); every now and then TJ Wild salmon. Canned tuna; canned chicken for chicken salad (add tomatoes and scallions with mayo). Ground chicken as a base for all kinds of things.
Fruit: Various types of apples, often made into apple sauce. Blackberries. Kiwis. Oranges.
Obviously, I do not eat all of the above every week, but that is the general pantry that rotates.
Breakfast is often microwaved egg whites or breakfast "muffins" (eggs/spinach/tomatoes or other combos of veggies, with cheese. Baked. Delish) with Canadian bacon or fresh ham off the bone.
Also trying to eat down the freezer because it's too full. Learning that maybe leftover to freeze is not necessarily working for me (It takes forever to defrost items in my fridge. Often two or more days and I won't leave items out on counter in case I forget.)
Right now reviewing pantry items to bring to a local food bank. Products have 2026 and 2027 dates in some cases. Hopefully they will take (Soups, beans, chilis, some veggies/low salt in cans) because they are seriously picky in terms of having to meet certain numbers for salt and sugar content. To me, if you're starving and one can has say 30% sodium, that's better than nothing. I'm going to include containers of chicken stock and dry lentils and beans for soup. I may throw in some spices and herbs, which I'm pretty sure most folks can't afford and are not given out in pantries, but are essential for making some inexpensive soups and stews, etc.
Our state's governor has provided funds that will last a few weeks for SNAP. Grateful that she is doing.
It is a disgrace that there is a $5 billion reserve that could be used to fund SNAP (which has never, ever not been paid even during prior shutdowns in the 60 years it has been available). Not to mention the $40 billion to Argentina and $172 million for planes for Kristi Noem (WHY? Original budget was $52 million. Why the heck does she need two planes? The excess when people will be starving and unable to afford healthcare, is unconscionable.
@Irena, I’ve never heard of sodium restrictions for donating foods! Ours just requests no glass or expired food, and provides a list of most needed items. Items that don’t need more than a microwave to prepare are also high demand for people without access to a full kitchen. I’d think that if someone was on a low sodium diet, they’d just pick another item. Plenty of other people would be happy to eat the “regular” food.
@Irena, I'm sure there are folks who would love low salt/no salt items. So I'd not worry about donating them. You are spot on re: your thinking when donating items.
Totally in agreement re: your why the heck are we spending monies on this instead of ensuring citizens get what they need. SNAP and insurance subsidies bother me greatly - do not tell me you are a "Christian" when those in need of food are going without. And if you need a lesson in health care costs due to those uninsured (who would rather be insured), just send me a post. I doubt any politician has any understanding of actuarial math.
I typically do not meal plan. I use whatever ingredients we have on-hand to make whatever sounds good to me that day. However, this week, I meal planned in an attempt to cut our food spending-and it worked! So, dinners this week included:
1. Lentil meatloaf, potatoes
2. Spaghetti, salad
3. Tofu scramble, rice
4. Chicken enchilada bake, salad
5. Chicken noodle soup, grilled sandwiches
6. Leftovers
7. Qdoba for tonight-it's a buy-one-get-0ne free night deal tonight 🙂 + we have a gift card
Avocado on BLT is a great idea! I’ll try that soon.
We had chicken on salad Monday through Wednesday but last night we had sausage/bean soup. It was a new recipe that I’ll definitely make numerous times this fall/winter season.
I made a crockpot batch of it for a gathering last night and the soup was gone by meal’s end. Yay!
Tonight we’ll have spaghetti and salad then I’ll do baked spaghetti over the weekend.
Saturday: We went to the Halloween celebration in the village after the ranch rodeo and ate at the restaurant that opens for this event. They had a buffet with hot dogs, Frito pie, baked potatoes, and a ton of desserts.
Sunday: We had a lot of leftover pasta and meatballs from Friday, which I heated up after getting home from an entire afternoon of flag football games. Except my husband asked if there was anything else because he had been eating a lot of wheat-based things lately and it was starting to affect his digestion. So for him, I used the last of some tuna salad and corn tortillas to make tuna-melt quesadillas.
Monday: I was driving back and forth between the two villages in our county for a couple of hours after school, getting kids where they needed to go. Luckily, our house is right between the two villages, so when I had a few minutes in the middle of one of my runs, I stopped at home to make guacamole and left that for everyone to eat with some chips while I did my last run to pick up a kid. I had already made dinner, so when we were all home, we had beans and sausage and rice.
Tuesday: Another late-afternoon when I was not home, thanks to a First Communion class. I was home during the day, though, so I combined the last of the leftover pasta with the pesto I had made with the last harvest of basil, plus some grated asadero cheese, and had my eldest son put that in the oven for me before I got home. I put out some grapes, too.
Wednesday: I subbed at school this day. Luckily, I had made some baked beans the day before, so I just added grilled cheese sandwiches and a green salad when I got home for a pretty good after-work dinner.
Thursday: I had a few pollock fillets in the freezer I wanted to use. I used an egg wash and seasoned flour on those before frying them, and then we had leftover rice and baked beans. I also made a tomato/cucumber salad with some of the tomatoes I harvested before the freeze.
Tonight: It will just be me and the two youngest children, as everyone else will be traveling. I will make a Spanish tortilla with bacon and tomato in it for our before-trick-or-treating meal.
@kristin @ going country, I've discovered my kids love corn tortilla quesadillas. Corn tortillas had a habit of going ... weird? moisty and lime-tasting, if that makes sense ... in my fridge due to neglect, so for years I hadn't bought them, and now here we are again.
This was my last week before what I'm thinking of as Crunch Month. Normally I go in for class Tuesday and Thursday, just for a few hours, but starting November I go in M-W 8-4:30, until the last week for clinicals the first week of December. Eek. And I have several exams in my T-TH class in that month as well. So this was my last week of cooking even one dinner. The ONLY silver lining of the government shutdown is that DH will be home more--but I don't even know how long that will last. We have one kiddo who is homeschooling, and we prefer to have at least one 18+ adult home with him during the school day, so that will fall to DS#3 if DH has to go back in to work.
Anyway. Saturday/Sunday was homemade pizzas, and I'm pleased that I have perfected my wheat-free, corn-free, soy-free pizza crusts. They're very tasty. I also make regular wheat crusts.
Monday: My turn to cook, Jovial egg tagliatelle with homemade alfredo sauce with chicken and peas. Always a hit. I also made tomato soup to tested out our new, non-ceramic slow cooker, and I love it! It looks very fancy, like a hotel buffet chafing dish, and is so much easier to clean and use.
Tuesday: DS#2 made vegetable chili but added some leftover chicken, and made "corn" bread with rice flour.
Wednesday: DH made lasagna, one pan with the new corn-free, wheat-free Jovial lasagna noodles, and another pan with some Barilla GF lasagna we still had in the pantry (it has corn flour, but we want to use it up, so that pan for for the boys).
Thursday: DS#3 made enchiladas, and I have to say I am feeling very loved because everybody is making an option or revising their recipes to cater to my allergies. He made one pan with Siete cassava tortillas and two pans with regular flour tortillas, so everybody was fed.
Tonight: DS#1 is making turkey stew and DS#4 will want to make some mac and cheese, meanwhile I'm carving a pumpkin and making all the pizza fixings for the weekend. Happy Halloween to those who celebrate!
@Karen A., you just cannot go wrong with mac-n-cheese. Will have to put a bug in the chef at my house ears. It is quite versatile and not a big veggie fan me has no issue with adding broccoli, asparagus, mushrooms, peppers et al (NO brussel sprouts or cauliflower) to the mac-n-cheese. Bacon is a nice add I must say.
WIS: $130, divided between Aldi and a Vitacost order.
WWA: Leftover spaghetti with marinara and sausage. Pork ribs done in the slow cooker with barbecue sauce and carrots, baked potato on the side. Mac and cheese with tuna and green peas. Leftover turkey goulash, heavy on the veggies.
@Ruby, pork ribs in the crockpot are so good!
I will shop this weekend so I didn’t spend last week except for mostly household goods at Costco.
WIA:
goat vegetable stew
Salmon, canned, with peas, capers and pickled onions
Beef cubed steak with peas and cranberry sauce. I had it again but with garden greens instead of peas.
Smoked salmon with about the same as the other salmon.
Bacon, sautéed garden greens in some bacon grease and cranberry sauce. I love cranberry sauce so I made a lot of it.
Tonight is unknown. I have to drive 180 miles total for a doctor appointment today. It may be a sandwich.
@JD, you must have a remarkable doctor for you to drive 90 miles for an appointment! I get annoyed having to drive 35 miles one way; maybe because those doctors aren’t remarkable and the wait, in spite of appointment times, can be up to 3 hours.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana,
It’s really that my options are limited. I used to use a specialist 50 miles a way but the practice staff was rude although he was always polite and they totally turned me off and got to where they wouldn’t let me see him at all, only his PA. The next closest one for what I needed was 90 miles. And so it goes. I know a number of people here who drive that far for specialists.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana, miles and time don't always make sense. I'd gladly drive 90 miles non-city than 30 miles city any day of the week. School buses are another roll of the dice. I am always early as I plan max travel time for appointments.
I don't like raw tomatoes except in salsa, so I always have BLCs. Bacon, lettuce, and cheese.? ? The coffin earrings could go to a funeral home. Skeletons could be fun for biology class or for the X-ray department.
@Amie, can you just imagine being at a funeral home with all its somber understated decor and soothing background music, and seeing that the well-dress and well-coifed employee had lavender coffin earrings on?? Thanks for the grin. 🙂
@Amie, one of the directors at a nearby funeral home has the most amazing collection of fun suit jackets and blazers. Lots of brights and patterns. He doesn't personally wear earrings but I can imagine these fitting right in, lol.
@Karen. et al., I'm reminded of a sketch from the "Tush" comedy show on WTBS about a million years ago. (The show was so called because one Bill Tush was the host; it had nothing [much] to do with the human derriere.) Anyway, it was a sort of Southern-flavored Saturday Night Live. The sketch in question was a father-and-son advertisement for a local funeral home where "The first three letters of 'funeral' are F-U-N!"
@A. Marie, did you see the Tush escapade where the dog read the news? Funniest thing ever!
(Tush is pronounced like Hush, for those who are wondering.)
@Ruby, no, I don't remember that one. But the whole sequence of sketches with "Tammy Jean and the Inspirationals" routinely had both DH and me ROFL. Jan Hooks, who played Tammy Jean, actually did go on to SNL for a few years--and, I'm sorry to say, died all too young of cancer.
@A. Marie, and yes she did. She also played Tammy Faye Baker if memory serves (SNL). And one of the Sweeney sisters.
Saturday - We were staying at a lodge/cabin at a state park and grilled steak, then had baked potatoes, corn, pears, peaches, and broccoli with cheese. Those with room for dessert had s'mores.
Sunday - We ate at Sam's Club on the drive home. They pretty much only had pizza available.
Monday - Aiming for some healthy food after Sunday's very-not-healthy eating, we had chicken, salad, and fruit.
Tuesday - My husband was at a meeting, so we watched a movie and had popcorn, mac & cheese bites, fruit, and veggies
Wednesday - Southwest chicken alfredo
Thursday - White chicken chili and fruit
Friday - I don't know yet. I'd like to do something healthy before trick-or-treating, but my oldest has rehearsal until half an hour before trick-or-treating starts, so I think something that travels well would be good. Hopefully I can come up with something healthy that's portable and is something the kids will be excited to eat.
@Ruth T, just hand them some carrots and cheese sticks. That’s my answer to almost any “what should I eat, no time to cook” situation.
@Ruth T, Wraps work pretty well. Or even just flour tortillas rolled up with cream cheese and bacon, maybe finely shredded carrot or finely diced bell peppers or tomatoes, if your kids will eat it.
We're going to go with crunchwraps and fruit. One of their favorites! And it at least has a little bit of protein in there.
WIS: $16 at the Regional Market, $34.50 at the no-name grocery outlet, and $26 at Trader Joe's.
WIA: My best effort this week was simmering some boneless/skinless chicken thighs and mixed veg with some tagine sauce that NDN1's CF gave me for my birthday. This was a bit like a curry sauce, but it wasn't really hot and included more "pumpkin pie spice" (cinnamon, allspice, etc.). I substituted a tomato that was going over to the dark side for the dried fruit that's supposed to be included, but it was still good.
@A. Marie, Its been 10 years and I still miss Trader Joe’s! It used to be one of my staple shops. They refuse to come to my town, supposedly because the population is too small. People around here even share their “rejection letters” when they write the company in hopes of convincing them to build a store here.
@JenRR, we didn't have a TJ's here in my smallish city for a long time; before that, I used to bring a cooler with me and stock up at the TJ's opposite the Barnes & Noble in the city where my JASNA region meets. I don't shop at TJ's that often, but I'm an absolute sucker for the frozen spanakopita and garlic naan.
Ha! I used to have all manner of Halloween swag to wear. Nowadays my "costume" is a little different...This week's menu at my house:
Monday - Kale salad with (freezer) rotisserie chicken (when I got home from work)
Tuesday - Romaine salad with pickles, cucumber, (freezer) cooked chicken breast, red onion, vinaigrette
Wednesday - Stuffed Bell Pepper, baked sweet potato, green beans
Thursday - I had CFA on the way to a concert (:
Friday - Pumpkin Ravioli with harvest marinara, kale salad
Saturday and Sunday - leftovers for work
Happy weekend!
Saturday: I have no idea what I ate.
Sunday: I cooked a roast dinner and made an apple crumble.
Monday: Chilli mac and cheese.
Tuesday: Leftovers.
Wednesday: Aubergine curry.
Thursday: Kristen's falafel wraps.
Friday: Probably pizza. Happy Friday and Happy Halloween!
The ghosts are cute!
We ate:
Sunday: Mr. B made roasted chicken, broccoli, and rice.
Monday: I intended to make oven-baked schnitzel and fries from the freezer, but we didn't have enough, so I also wound up heating up some bolognese and making pasta, too. And roasted some pumpkin. Too much work!
Tuesday: Mr. B made chicken soup, I poached some chicken, and we had leftover roasted pumpkin.
Wednesday: I worked late and snacked, then was terribly hungry and came home and ate some horrible microwaveable mac-n-cheese that was heavily processed but also the only thing I felt like eating.
Thursday: Takeout pizza.
Friday: We're out at my cousin's for trick or treating! It's a big crowd. I think we'll probably order pizza for everyone. I'll try and pickup a bag of baby carrots and mini cukes for at least a nod to vegetables, which I'm sure only the adults will eat 🙂
Having just returned from Spain, I spent $180 dollars at Grocery Outlet to restock an empty fridge and seriously depleted freezer . Hubby's love language: our final, long distance call, "You need to come home. I am out of food." 🙂 He has been so humble and grateful for my part in his losing 25 pounds so far. I had to smile.
As usual, I shopped the bargains and will menu plan from those. This week:
+ roasted frozen Riced Cauliflower with tempura soles
+ pumpkin muffins made from discount large cans of pumpkin and .99 cent low sugar cake mixes. So simple for a two ingredient recipe and very tasty. I even made my own parchment muffin cups. Ooooh La La
+ mis-marked $3.00 a pound variety cheese slices ( great deal) with hamsteak in wraps for lunches. ( I added two ancient cans of cranberry sauce. )
+ frozen smoothie bowls for breakfasts ( I buy granola separately, separate into little snack ziplock packages and tape to the boxes.) DH loves these for "on the go meals" These are a little pricey at GO at $3.00 a pop but the convenience, nutrition, and novelty makes them worthwhile.
+ free food is cantaloupes from the packing shed and pomegranates from the tree. Soon I will be up to my ears in persimmons.
I saw the word BLAT somewhere else yesterday and was wondering what it stood for (and forgot about it before I had much time to think), so thank you for the timely definition.
Trying to use up my CSA produce before our new pickings yesterday : Napa cabbage, kohlrabi, salad greens, sourdough bread. Meals are in no particular order.
- Sautéed kohlrabi, garden peppers, baked chicken thighs, Spanish rice.
- Mock Sierra Turkey sandwich.
- Leftovers
- Frozen pizza, salad.
- We ate at different times. My husband made the kids turkey tacos and I had a frozen meal.
- Sautéed Napa cabbage, noodles, beef.
- Today being Halloween, we’ll probably have a free for all with leftovers, sandwiches, or whatever else anyone finds in the fridge or freezer.
@JenRR, 100 years or so ago, I worked at a restaurant with BLATs on the menu. We had fun with that.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana,
I love BLATs. Many breakfast places in my little corner of the world have them on the menu. Of course I also make them at home. IMO, avocado makes everything better. However, I know this isn't a sentiment shared by all.
Last Saturday: meatball subs, chicken dip with tortilla chips. We were at a friend's house carving pumpkins
Sunday: Grilled tri-tip roast, chicken griller, fried potatoes with onions. Friends brought shrimp, a veggie tray, fried dill pickle dip and also queso...both served with tortilla chips, cookie cake for dessert. gathering at our house to watch football.
Monday: goulash, garlic bread
Tuesday: soft tacos
Wednesday: takeout pizza
Thursday: chicken sandwiches, fries, cottage cheese, pickles
Friday: Tonight we are having a Halloween gathering with family while handing out treats. I made chicken tortilla soup, will make a few big subs and slice them into pieces. Others are bringing chips, brownies, dessert and drinks.
Happy Halloween!
We did lots of soups with the change of weather here and chilly, rainy days
White chicken chili
Instant pot tomato soup with some ricotta cheese I needed to use up blended in
Chicken and dumplings
My parents and kids came to lunch Sunday to check on DH after his knee surgery. Mom brought a cake, and I made bbq meatballs, mashed potatoes, green beans, and salad.
Bacon thaws pretty quickly under water in the sink or it can be hit in the microwave easily. Just a nice tip for the future.
Short legs or a big furry tummy? Is Chiquita turning into a fat cat? Maybe she's not fat, she's fluffy! LOL!
@Fru-gal Lisa, it looked to me as if it was the angle of the camera shortening her legs.
@Fru-gal Lisa, We at first thought Clark had short, stubby (but adorable) legs; then he stretched and we realized his fluff was camouflaging the upper parts of his legs!
WIS: $59.41 at Sprouts for (among other things) heirloom tomatoes, carrots, Havarti cheese with dill, artisan white bread (half of which went into the freezer), “hearty grains” bread (half of which went into the freezer), roast beef (half of which went into the freezer) (I’m sensing a theme here), some kale chopped salad kits, multi-grain crackers, a sweet corn elote bowl, and a box of oatmeal walnut cranberry cookies (so-o-o good! And good for you!). And almost that much ($43.56) to feed the car at the gas station next door. (The car insists on high octane. Fussy eater.)
WIA: Grilled Havarti cheese, heirloom tomato and roast beef sandwiches; leftover rotisserie chicken on fried rice with broccoli and cauliflower au gratin; leftover rotisserie chicken on chopped kale salads; leftover rotisserie chicken in the sweet corn elote bowl. Rotisserie chicken is the gift that keeps on giving…. And giving …. Chicken stock. And giving …. Chicken broth….
Happy Halloween! Bon Appetit!
I spent $60.80 at Tom Thumb.
I've had several dinners of frozen burritos lately because I'm tired of cooking. I did make a couple of gluten free pasta dishes as well, one with sausage, olives, and tomato sauce, and one with canned chicken, frozen peas and carrots, and vegan cheese in a creamy sauce, like a mini casserole. Tonight I'll probably have another frozen burrito.
@Elizabeth M, my husband took over dinner when he retired 12 years ago and I am STILL tired of cooking! Frozen burritos sound perfect.
WIS $12 @Grocery Outlet
WWA
Sunday - lasagna, big green salad, corn on the cob, broccoli and apple pie
Monday - grilled salmon, coleslaw, roasted buttercup squash
Tuesday - salmon patties, cucumber salad and squash
Wednesday - pinch of yum's lo mein seriously fast food with pork bits, butterscotch pudding
Thursday - instapot sticky chicken thighs, veggie fried rice, cucumber salad rest of the pudding
Friday - I'm working a split shift to cover a co-worker dad so he can take his kids trick or treating. I will take stew, apple and a skyr flavored with my home canned pie cherries.
Saturday - turn around shift, ugh, I am packing a calzone from the freezer, quinoa pasta salad & apple.
“Deconstructed Chicken Kiev” is what I would call those Swiss chicken sandwiches.
Happy Friday, everyone! We spent $139 ($58 at Target, $45 at Fresh Thyme, and $36 at Trader Joe's).
Grilled cheese sandwich with spinach-pesto spread
Veggie egg bake
Wild rice soup (x2)
Veggie stir fry (x2)
Salad
Due to afuture situational change, I have decided each week to withdraw $100 for food and see how I do on purchases.
This week so far WIS
Trucchi's $31
Market Basket $27
WWA (my week will be Sunday to Saturday)
Clam Chowder which I bought Saturday and egg rolls
Monday Chicken marsala and fettucine al fredo
Tuesday This was take out and I will not include that in the $100. It was a fundraiser for my club. I did have salad for lunch at work, which I brought from home.
Wednesday: Leftovers--chicken marsala and from the take out.
Thursday: Turkey club sandwiches.
Tonight: Will be sandwiches and leftover soups.
Tomorrow: I will be making mac&cheese for family pumpkinfest. I do have to go to the store to get some cheese and macaroni, which I forgot about when I was at the store earlier this week.
I have to get better at this $100/week shopping.
I also included in my withdrawal $100 fun spending at local small businesses--Going to try to make this for the month. This week I went to a local coffee shop. Their business has been disrupted by remodeling of a next door business. The construction next door has closed off any convenient accessible parking and caused rather dangerous crossing of the street. Where one crosses in the crosswalk, there is 2 lanes of vehicles and no sidewalk access for pedestrians. This shop helps young people, who have employment challenges. It's worth it to support them. I was due for a haircut this week. I wash my own hair, using locally made shampoo, so she reduces the cost of the cut. We will see how long and how I will spend the fun money.
Happy Halloween.
Friday: Hungarian Mushroom Soup and Loaded Baked Potatoes.
Saturday: We had dinner at a fundraiser for an organization that my husband is very passionate about. Everyone at the table who ordered the chicken (including my husband and me) joked that we didn’t need to worry about food poisoning because the chicken was cooked beyond well done. We don’t attend for the food but the desserts were good.
Sunday: Birthday Dinner for my son. We surprised him with reservations at a restaurant that does a Halloween themed dinner each year. It was such a fun night and he was smiling and laughing through it all.
Monday: My husband came home early and made homemade chicken noodle soup and delicious cornbread. I was not feeling well at all so the care he put into the soup was heartwarming.
Tuesday: Chicken Souvlaki and tater tots.
Wednesday: Friends of my husband were visiting from out of town so we hosted them for dinner not knowing it was their wedding anniversary! We served Paella, Fennel and Orange Salad, husband’s garlic bread, and tiramisu.
Thursday: Spooky Ravioli – Costco had pumpkin and bat ravioli that I served with spinach alfredo sauce and topped with pancetta with leftover garlic bread and fennel orange salad.
@Geneva, please tell me that Costco didn't put actual bats in the ravioli. (On the other hand, that wouldn't have been a problem for the first of DH's and my two dogs. Abby once found a nice, dry, crunchy dead bat and enjoyed it immensely.)
Another uneventful week for us. WWA:
Saturday - I made broccoli soup and we had it with black bean quesadillas made with leftover frozen filling from last week
Sunday - Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, peas, and the last of thanksgiving’s frozen butter tarts for dessert
Monday - leftover broccoli soup with grilled cheese
Tuesday - leftover meatballs, mashed potatoes, and steamed snow peas
Wednesday - slow cooker chickpea and pasta soup topped with garlic almond picada
Thursday - sheet pan chicken and veggie fajitas
Friday - I plan to make a quick loaf of bread to have with some of the leftover chickpea and pasta soup (which will almost certainly be followed by some candy…)
Happy Halloween
@kj, I would love your chickpea pasta soup recipe (and the topping, too.) Sounds delish!
It takes some time to make pancakes. I make a big batch at a time, and then I freeze them in groups of three. I thaw (30 seconds full power, then separate the stack) and reheat them (30 more seconds) in the microwave and they taste like they were freshly made. I reuse the plastic zipper bags I use to freeze them.
It doesn't take much more time to make batter for a large batch or clean up after, although it does take more time to make them all on the griddle. So it's a weekend morning project. It's nice to be able to have pancakes on a busy morning.
Today is Halloween, and we trick or treat from 4 to 8 in my city. I always make something simple in the crockpot so I don't miss any kiddos by needing to hide in the kitchen and cook. This year, it was potato soup with ham and rye bread on the side. Perfect for trick or treating night!
Chiquita is judging your ham sandwich choice.
Your Wed night sandwich without the mushrooms looked like it could be called chicken cordon bleu?
Good call on nixing those coffin earrings for work. haha I love the little black cat ones, though!!