WIS, WWA | sandwich, sandwich, sandwich
What I Spent
I put this post together and realized that I have eaten a version of a sandwich almost every night. And I did not even notice that all week.
That's how much I like sandwiches. 🙂
It was a pretty random week with the spending!
I spent:
- $5 at Aldi
- $30 at Five Guys
- $16 at Safeway
- $36 at Sam's Club
Soo, $87 for me.
What We Ate
Saturday
Zoe and I got Five Guys and watched Gilmore Girls together. 🙂 We are on a serious Gilmore Girls kick of late.
Sunday
Zoe was at work, and this was the night I got my almost-free Mezeh bowl with my birthday discount.
Monday
This was my 12-hour OB shift day, and while I did pack a meal, I was hungry enough when I got home to make a ham sandwich for myself before I went to bed. 😉
Tuesday
I was inspired by my own sauce roundup and I made a batch of the roasted red pepper/basil mayo. I used that for a sandwich, with rotisserie chicken and lettuce.
Wednesday
Zoe was at work, and I just made myself another chicken sandwich with basil/red pepper mayo.
Thursday
I made some chicken quesadillas, using more of the rotisserie chicken, and we had some fruit on the side.
I also made pico de gallo, which handily used up the last of my cilantro. Yay!
Friday
Hmm...Zoe's working, so I will do some fridge-scrounging for myself.
WIS: 0.00 After last week's stock-up, we didn't need anything, which was good because it has been a long, emotionally draining week.
WWA:
Fri: bacon, mozzarella and tomato focaccia with spinach salad on the side.
Sat: I roasted a bunch of veggies in a sheet pan: green cauliflower, orange cauliflower, purple carrots, parsnips and a can of chickpeas. We also had mushroom risotto and a salad of mixed greens, cucumber, blackberries and mootube drizzle.
Sun: leftovers: roasted veggies and chickpeas, white sweet potato and roasted corn, spicy baked tofu, focaccia and mushroom risotto.
Mon: salad (mixed greens topped with leftover roasted veggies), "lazy" stuffed peppers (they were stuffed with frozen meatballs), and sourdough bread with butter.
Tue: salad (mixed greens topped with a scoop of sweet potatoes and some leftover roasted veggies and chickpeas), curried roasted cauliflower florets topped with hardboiled eggs, roasted pumpkin seeds.
Wed: salad (just mixed greens with spray dressing because I was tired), leftover meatball stuffed peppers, buttered egg noodles, roasted pumpkin seeds.
Thu: salad (mixed greens topped with leftover spicy roasted cauliflower and leftover sweet potato and corn), chicken legs and rice.
Tonight: salad and focaccia.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
@Becca, What is mootube drizzle? I tried googling but could only find cow tracheas for dogs. I'm sure hoping that's not it! haha
@KJ,
The Aldi version of a gogurt- yogurt in a tube.
@Becca,
All those colorful veggies, that sounds wonderful! And genius idea to use frozen meatballs in "lazy" stuffed peppers.
@mbmom11,
Yup. I'm super haute cuisine. 😉 Also, lazy.
@KJ,
Ok, I have to describe tonight's salad for you because it perfectly epitomized the use of moo tube drizzle and also I forgot to take a picture, so I will otherwise not remember next week.
I took a romaine head and rinsed it, then cut off the very bottom and sliced it horizontally in about 1/8 inch sections all the way up the the top. This makes sort of medium length lettuce shreds with a couple circular shaped romaine heart discs from the very bottom. I put all this shredded lettuce into a bowl. I then sprinkled the contents of one single serving craisin bag over top. Then I crumbled about a fifth of a block of feta over the top. I ground a bit of fresh cracked pepper on top of that. Then, I snipped just the corner off of a melonberry moo tube (Aldi brand gogurt) and artfully drizzled it over the top in a plaid pattern. Finally, I sprinkled a small handful of Aldi brand Cheerios on the top.
I estimate this salad cost approximately 2.00, took me less than ten minutes to prepare, and my kids devoured it.
@Liz B.,
This was my husband's genius idea. The truly genius ones usually are his.
@mbmom11, Ahhh!!! Thank you! We do not have Aldi in my state so I had not heard of it. Hopefully eventually we'll get one!
@Becca, That sounds delicious!
Saturday - we got pizza from a local restaurant
Sunday - leftover pizza plus assorted other leftovers
Monday - snacky supper as we were not home all afternoon into the evening. I was tempted to rely on fast food but I planned ahead and packed a cooler full of things. Pepperoni, cheese slices, apples, grapes, strawberries, crackers, veggies and ranch. Then my kids were hungry again before bed, of course
Tuesday - spaghetti and meatballs, salad
Wednesday - french toast, sausage, fruit smoothies
Thurs - beef roast and gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans and peas
Tonight - tacos
We actually ate at home all week! Kind of amazing for us.
Saturday - burgers on the grill
Sunday - rice and beans
Monday - grilled chicken with salads
Tuesday - stuffed peppers using leftover rice and beans
Wednesday - BBQ pork chops with roast potatoes and salad
Thursday - chicken stir fry
Friday - don't know yet.
@Maureen, I love that you repurposed rice and bean leftovers into stuffed peppers! I like doing that, too.
WIS: $31 at Price Chopper (way down from last week's spending).
WIA: The highlight has been the "Leah Chase Gumbo" recipe from Marcus Samuelsson's cookbook The Rise. I've come to prefer this gumbo for two reasons: It's a nice small-batch recipe (most gumbo recipes I've encountered seem to make enough to feed half of Louisiana!), and its ingredients are things I almost always have on hand. Indeed, I didn't have to buy anything for this: I used shrimp, andouille, okra, chopped peppers, and homemade lobster and chicken stocks from the freezer, plus canned tomatoes from the pantry.
@A. Marie, Leah Chase was a very interesting lady.
@A. Marie, I will look for this recipe. My recipe makes enough for 20, but I have never tried to modify it to feed fewer people. I make it every Christmas Eve as part of the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Of course, the Feast is Italian and Gumbo is not. However, the family prefers this to Cioppino.
I have spent the last four days getting things DONE around around my house, so each morning I prepped dinner, which was a good thing. It meant that after a hot shower, dinner was either in the oven, or going on the stovetop. As the days get hotter here, tho, I will be leaning heavily on salads and sammies! I fixed:
Monday - I used up the rest of the flour tortillas and made quesadillas that we all shared since I wasn't feeling take out.
Tuesday - Buttermilk Baked Chicken, gorgonzola gnocci, green beans
Wednesday - Ann Landers' Meatloaf, garlic toast, salad
Thursday - Cowboy Casserole, salad
Friday - I'm going to wing it with two big chicken breasts tonight and make Brown Sugar Chicken over rice, with salad on the side. I bought a big tub of organic greens earlier in the week and I don't want it to go bad!
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed - but there is leftover Cowboy Casserole and the boys have sandwich fixings.
Happy Weekend!
@Gina from The Cannary Family, Oh my goodness, Ann Landers meatloaf, I remember that and used to make it all the time. Thanks for the memory.
We had sandwiches one night, too, which is actually highly unusual for us . . .
Saturday: Home alone. I used the leftover meatless fried rice and some leftover pork to make pork fried ice.
Sunday: My family arrived home from their weekend trip this night, but not until 8 p.m. Also, my dad and my brother stopped for the night on their way from Iowa to Arizona to deliver an RV to my brother's friend. I had a big spiral ham in the freezer, so I made that, cornbread, a green salad with vinaigrette, and baked fruit with cream.
Monday: Tuna melt quesadillas--corn tortillas, cheese, tuna salad that came back from the camping trip--creamy chicken soup I had made Saturday to use up a rotisserie chicken carcass, raw produce, and the liquidy chocolate pudding I had made Thursday that also came back from the camping trip.
Tuesday: Our neighbor had given us a big container of green chile hamburger stew, so we had that this night. My daughter can't eat spicy things--me, either--so she had the last of the creamy chicken soup. And then there was bread and butter, and yogurt with strawberry jam.
Wednesday: Sandwich night, which is definitely not as fast as you'd hope with the assembly of five sandwiches (I didn't have one). We had ham and cheese sandwiches, carrot sticks, cottage cheese with pineapple, and oatmeal cookies.
Thursday: A bunch of snacks at a school crafting event in the late afternoon, then lamb chops, ham, rice, and carrot sticks with curry dip when we got home.
Tonight: I have the ham bone in the refrigerator, so I think I'll make it more or less like red beans and rice, except I'll use pinto beans instead of, well, red beans. 🙂
WIS: $81 (2 people)
WWA:
Sat: Neighbor Open House, where we enjoyed fabulous Persian food.
Sun: Leftovers from Saturday's party, as there was so much food left the host insisted everyone fill a plate to take home.
Mon: Tuna spinach salad w/artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, bell pepper, tomato, and balsamic dressing, plus garlic toast. Barefoot Contessa raspberry crumble bars for dessert.
Tue: Sausage mushroom lasagna, Caesar salad, and garlic bread, all leftovers from Friday when we had friends over for dinner & to play cribbage.
Wed: Spaghetti with meat, mushrooms and olives, made and sent home to us by my mother, which she prepared in her cute new little kitchen, plus salad and garlic toast. The mom move and financial makeover is done!
Thur: Leftover spinach and mushroom pizza from lunch out at a new restaurant that just opened here. We walked to the beach, then the harbor, then lunch, and then eventually back home, for eight miles in total, one of our favorite retirement activities.
Fri: Trying Happy Hour for the first time out at an outdoor restaurant at one of our area's many golf courses, where a tribute band will also be playing. We've been hearing about this Friday night music and dine for a few years and are excited to finally be checking it out.
Dining out is one of our favorite retirement activities, which we do budget for. However, we are able to get a lot of bang for our buck by enjoying wine and dessert at home pre and post, enjoying Happy Hour pricing, going to upscale fast casual spots where we can order at the counter and share our entree without a server being impacted, and visiting breweries with kitchens. It's rare these days that we do a traditional soup-to-nuts restaurant.
@Tamara R,
That Happy Hour sounds fun. I try to hit up Happy Hour when we travel. Unfortunately, we aren't allowed to have it here. It wasn't until we went to other states did we realize what we are missing out on.
@Jaime, Assuming you are here in the US, I’ve never heard of Happy Hour being prohibited. I’ll have to Google that!
What we enjoy about it here is generally it’s much of the same menu items available during normal service, but in addition to the price being less, the servings are smaller, and sharing is fine and not frowned upon. We are pretty trim people, and this can only eat so much if we hope to keep our weight in check.
@Tamara R,
I'm in Mass. It's all the old puritan rules/laws etc. Places can discount food but not alcohol so most places don't do it at all. A few do just the food but when you are still paying $15 a drink it still adds up.
Up until my 21st birthday you couldn't buy alcohol on a Sunday and only a few years after that did they start to allow restaurants to serve booze before noon on Sundays (it's either 10 or 1030am now).
Long, emotionally draining week here, too. We had homemade soup, a chicken I roasted, Chinese, and probably leftover chicken tonight. My sister and fam are coming for the weekend so there will be six dogs roaming around.
Oh and I'm testifying against Former Ahole Renter in court today. I can't decide how satisfying that will be. Very or extremely?
@Rose, that would be fun to watch! May the truth prevail and justice be done.
@Rose, dang me, I wish you were selling tickets!
@A. Marie,
now you made me laugh, A. Marie!
All the best for you in court today, Rose!
@Rose,
Man, I'd SO LOVE to be a fly on the wall in that court room!! Please report back! 🙂
@Rose,
Funny memory. A friend who could always put a humorous spin on things had a renting neighbor that had every bad sitcom thing you can imagine going on in there. We'd ask her how it was going and she'd just, "oh more festive events."
I had a tenant who broke in to the basement, hung a disco ball and was charging admission.
@Rose, Can’t wait for the story, seriously.
This week, we enjoyed:
* Salad greens topped with black beans, carrots, cucumber, raisins, sunflower seeds, cheese and a simple homemade vinaigrette
* Baked potato and mixed veggies
* Concoction of brown rice, bean sprouts, peas, broccoli, tofu, egg, and Soyaki sauce
* Carrot-butternut squash soup
* Spaghetti with vegetarian meatballs
* Noodles and broccoli
* Oatmeal cookie as I wasn't that hungry after a big lunch
We had an easy on the cook type of week. WWA:
Saturday- red beans and rice, peach cobbler
Sunday - leftovers
Monday - chicken cacciatore, baguette
Tuesday - leftovers
Wednesday- ham and cheese sliders
Thursday - waffles, bacon, blueberries, pineapple
Friday - smokies and sauerkraut on buns (not grilled on account of the 6 inches of snow on our deck :O)
Wishing everyone a warm weekend
@kj,
6 inches of snow!! Yikes!
WWS, WWA Hospital Week edition. DS is still in the hospital and this was the first morning we saw no improvement in his recovery, so not a great day. He had to have a transfusion due to a bleed or something, and has a clot sort of blocking his bowel. Any prayers that he rallies and feels like eating so he can get his system going would be appreciated.
WWS: No idea.
Saturday/Sunday: Homemade pizzas.
Monday: Baked chicken (I made way too much), fried rice in the crockpot, roasted broccoli
Tuesday: Umm...I don't really remember. This was the day DS went in for surgery. I honestly have no memory of what we ate that night after he'd gotten through the operation.
Wednesday: I think I made burgers. And we had a salad bar. Things were looking up, medical wise.
Thursday: DH made salmon burgers and optimistically took some to the hospital in hopes DS would eat them; he ate half of one and felt too full afterwards.
Tonight: probably leftovers.
@Karen A., sending you & DS lots of good thoughts & hope the recovery becomes quick and easy from here on out!
@Karen A., I am so sorry to hear that his recovery has stalled a bit. Prayers for complete and quick healing for him.
@Karen A., Sending all good wishes to you and your family for your DS's full recovery. I know how difficult this is for you and sympathize. Let us know how it’s going.
@Karen A.,
Oh my....hoping your DS starts feeling better soon! It sounds like he's able to eat, even if it's less than usual, so that's good!
A happy Friday to us all!
Sunday: We were at my parent's house.
Monday: Oof, I can't recall.
Tuesday: Meatloaf, spaghetti with tomato sauce, and peas.
Wednesday; I cooked all day preparing for Passover, so we ate at the grocery store's little restaurant. I had a roasted veggie sandwich, pizza for the toddler, and a burger for Mr. B
Thursday: cabbage rolls (always autocorrects to carnage rolls, which sound much more violent,) frozen corn, and pasta.
Friday: I think Mr. B is making salmon.
* lasagna
* lasagna
* lasagna....... Lots of leftovers!
* chicken drumstricks with peppers/zucchinis/Potatoes, in a honey garlic sauce
* tonight is Sushi night!
Saturday - tried a new seafood takeout place, they messed up one kids order but the food was pretty good and lighter than our usual takeout options.
Sunday - a very draining day, my grandmother recently passed away and I spent the day with my mom and sisters (who I hadn’t seen since it happened) very emotional and just a lot going on. Luckily had a frozen pizza that I cooked for a quick dinner once we got home.
Monday - Son’s 6th birthday! His request was Trader Joe’s orange chicken and white rice, so easy! We had cupcakes I’d made from a box of cake mix for dessert.
Tuesday - creamy tomato and rainbow chard pasta (normally it’s spinach but I had rainbow chard from my produce box)
Wednesday - chicken sausage for adults, hot dogs for kids, a frozen potato, green bean and mushroom skillet meal from Trader Joe’s, steamed broccoli
Thursday - salad night, deconstructed salad for the kids, with each veggie separated on a plate plus cheese and chicken (whatever gets them to eat veggies most willingly!) crescent rolls
Friday - I didn’t meal plan this week but did pretty well pulling things together. I’m stuck on today though, maybe a soup since I still have a lot of veggies to use from the produce box.
Your sandwich game is incredible. I think I’ve craved a sandwich maybe 5 times in the last year. Maybe I’m not making good ones!
Saturday-I worked so hard all day I hit the easy button for dinner: take and bake pizza with carrots
Sunday-fun trip with the kids that had us gone all day, so qdoba on the road. Which reminded me how much I like bowl meals and how achievable it is to make them at home and maybe I should eat them every day because they are my favorite.
Monday-brisket tacos in order to support my body’s inability to sustain good iron levels. Kids thought it was too spicy so I’ll have to tweak the recipe next time.
Tuesday-homemade fried rice and veggies
Wednesday-leftovers
Thursday-kitchen scrounging
Friday-probably more scrounging.
@Kaitlin, brisket tacos sound good! Note to self next time we have leftover brisket.
WIS: $74 and change for grass-fed beef from a local beef ranch. That all went in the freezer.
WIA: I had some odd meals because this was an unusual week: getting home later than usual, having windows installed one day (they arrived at 10:30 a.m. and left at 9 p.m.) and just stuff.
I cooked cubed pork cutlets with broccoli in cheese sauce and raw garden carrots.
p.s., does everyone call them cubed when the meat is pre-tenderized? Wondering about our international readers or readers from other parts of the country...
Chicken salad made with shredded veggies served on top of garden lettuce, with a few cassava chips on the side.
Zaxby's big salad with fried pickles as a side - this was coming home from the memorial service.
Pork chops with the last of the garden beets, and the beet tops, sautéed in a little bacon fat. The rest of the chop package made lunches.
Christmas ham slices from the freezer with garden carrots and that was it. That was window day. It had been a long day and I still had curtains down and furniture shoved to the middle of the room in every room except bathrooms. It would have been an extra charge to have them handle the curtains and furniture, and you know no member of this group who is physically able is going to pay for that!
@JD, My mother always used cube steak to make grillades, but she was from New Orleans, so that might not be the most geopgraphically diverse example for you.
@JD,
New England here! I have heard of cubed steak (probably on TV) but it isn't something that is really eaten here. I wanted to make chicken fried steak once and I believe that is what is typically used. I asked 2 meat vendors at the farmers market and both said I needed to pre-order it. I assume there aren't many people asking for it if they don't normally bring it. I have also never come across it at the counter of the local butcher shop but I do assume they could do it if I asked.
@JD,
I see cube steak in the local grocery stores here in SW Ohio. I can't remember if I've ever seen cubed pork, though.
@Jaime, cube steak was a meal staple when I was growing up. Fried of course, quite tasty. Always served with fried potatoes. I haven't looked for it a grocery store lately (I'm sure it is special order at the butcher shop). From what I remember, it isn't difficult to DIY cube steak.
We were skiing & staying at a hotel for part of the week.
-Lasagna (freezer)
-Grilled chicken (freezer) + FINALLY made the Trader Joes appetizer that had been lingering since Super Bowl Sunday. It was delicious, in fact.
-went to an Irish pub. I had a potato/cabbage soup that was fabulous
-went to an Italian place & I had gnocchi with peas & squash
-DH & I went to a steak place, but the teens opted to meet friends at Chipotle
-We got home late from skiing, so we made a scrappy dinner while unpacking. DH had garlic shrimp (freezer) & I had a diced potato sauteed with two eggs over it.
As for tonight, I highly doubt either teen will be home (it's spring break), so DH & I will likely have wings & spring rolls, both from the freezer.
I spent $26 at Grocery Outlet on Swiss cheese; stock up for .99 lb pasta; and stock up Bonne Maman less sugar Strawberry spread ( 4 at 2.69 a piece.) The latter is my absolute favorite to add to homemade yogurt and homegrown walnuts.
I spent $37 at Winco with a sharp shredded cheese (shredded 2lbs for 6.00) , Fairlife milk and Chobani creamer. The last two are our brand specific items. I also tucked in two pizza doughs for the freezer for cheap "fast food" during the week. At 2.00 a piece I can hardly make them cheaper. OOOH! and wonderful Cosmic crisp apples for .99 lb.
That puts me at $192 for the month leaving $8 if I am to stick to my challenge. I have to admit that it would be very difficult to keep to $200 if I didn't have some stock up meat in the freezer but I am still proud of the exercise.
@mary ann, have you heard Mike Rowe's interview podcast with the people who started Fairlife milk? https://mikerowe.com/2022/07/theres-no-nipples-on-an-that-almond-ep-260/
@mary ann,
that's a crazy-good deal on the Bonne Maman! my all time favorite jam/preserves.
Thanks to those who wished DH & me a happy anniversary. It was a very nice day. I spent $108.05 at Kroger, including non-food items. We ate:
* turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, corn, crescent rolls
* turkey sandwiches
* frozen meal when I was too tired to cook after decluttering one day
* pork chops, fried potato cakes, broccoli, crescent rolls
* hamburger steaks with mushroom gravy, rice, carrots, hotdog bun “garlic bread”
Tonight will be spaghetti to use our extra sauce that I previously froze, salad, & bread
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
I spent $102 at 3 stores. My mom let me borrow her air fryer to see if I like it before buying one so I have air fried everything for 2 weeks straight haha. But it came in very handy for the 2 days our AC was out. I just plugged it in outside to make dinner and didn't heat up the house.
Saturday: a homemade version of shake n'bake chicken in the air fryer, potato salad, green beans
Sunday: smoked pulled pork sandwiches/corn casserole/roasted brussels sprouts (air fryer)
Monday: more smoked pork over a chipotle rice/black bean/corn mix
Tuesday: roasted "fried" shrimp in air fryer and roasted potatoes/carrots in air fryer.
Wednesday: chicken tenders and sweet potato fries in air fryer
Thursday: Air Fryer Salmon bites (pinch of yum recipe) with air fryer asparagus and baked grits casserole.
Friday: probably eat a lot of leftover.
@Marlena, I've never seen or used an air fryer. Do you think it will be worth buying one?
@Central Calif. Artist Jana, we live in South Carolina so to avoid the use of the oven during the summer is great! We use our instapot a lot or grill out. But the air fryer is great for like tater tots or homemade french fries or sweet potato fries. It did pretty decent "fried" shrimp. I think the bigger the item the less great it is (like chicken was ok, but I wouldn't do beef in it). It is good if you eat pre-frozen stuff (we don't much other than tater tots or onion rings). My son uses his all the time. It did make good salmon bites and there is no real preheating...so salmon cooks in 8 minutes from start to finish. Tater tots in 10. Shrimp was 8 minutes and easy clean up.
I plan to buy one to use mostly in the summers when I don't want to turn the oven on because it is 100 degrees outside.
The one I'm buying also has a proofing setting for homemade bread which I think I will use.
and it has been great for roasted veggies in about 12-15 minutes. I would use that a lot rather than 30-40 minutes in the oven.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana,
When we replaced our oven,we got one with an air fry function because we loved the air fryer so much. We still occasionally use the counter top one, too. I think it's an excellent kitchen gadget if you want to eat up your leftovers more because air frying really elevates them. Plus it is a nice tool for if you are preparing food for fewer people-like a midnight snack.
@Becca, @Marlena, thanks for the replies. I am curious enough to look this up. I'm with you all in not turning on the oven in summer and don't own a microwave so mostly do stove-top things if husband isn't BBQing.
I work nights and have had sandwiches for 'breakfast' all week. Roast beef and provolone on Sara Lee artisan bread for the days I've eaten at home, Subway (turkey breast and provolone with tomato, spinach, green pepper, red onion, and cucumber) for the days when I'm too darn lazy to even make my own sandwiches.
WIS: $128, divided between Aldi, Food Lion, Dollar Tree and Publix. This is $38 over budget, but I'd been way under budget for weeks while we ate down the freezer.
WWA: The usual suspects at our house: nuts, whole grain crackers, cheeses, hummus, fruit, protein smoothies with berries. Also a homemade skillet meal based on a box of the Aldi version of Rice-a-Roni and some vegetarian taco bowls to use up some opened bags of frozen veggies.
I kept track for a change! This is an unusual week with 2 social events and me fixing dinner 2 nights to give Chef Husband a break. A normal week would read "BBQ salmon/chicken/steak and salad" 6 nights with kitchen closed on one night.
It was also my big stock-up week at Winco with a quick stop by Aldi (and ignoring my husband's supplemental run to the local overpriced store because I just don't want to know).
Winco $327 + Aldi $50 = $377 (horrifying unless I take into account this only happens every 6-7 weeks)
tortellini with broccoli, walnuts, olives, turkey sausage and pesto from the freezer
yogurt (kitchen closed)
BBQ chicken and salad
salmon on salad
a social event that included dinner
pizza from scratch using FG sauce reipe
a birthday party will include dinner tonight
You participated!!! Woohoo!!!!
@Central Calif. Artist Jana,
Hahaha! Maybe I should start ignoring any purchase made by my husband, too. He has, shall we say, gourmet tastes?
@Becca, it is weird to think how extremely frugal he is on most things, and yet insists on buying what he wants regardless of price at the local grocery store.
WWS: $0
WWA:
Sat: Dinner salad w/GF bread sticks
Sun: Smoked Brisket, layered green salad, cheesy french bread & slab pie for a crowd
M: teeny bit of brisket left, made sandwiches, Greek pasta salad
T: Grilled burgers, apple salad
W: Dinner salad w/roasted veggies (broccoli, onions, carrots & beets)
Th: Pork chop cutlets, green beans, roasted potato wedges
F: Quilt group get together, estate sale spelunking, left overs w/a chopped kale salad on the side
Sat: Spring Bonfire party - homemade sausages, potluck sides, s'mores
Have a great weekend! Sending love to everyone who is struggling.
@Kristen, your sandwiches look so yummy!
Sunday and Monday we had smoked chuck roast shredded on buns, broccoli, fries, peach cobbler
Tuesday: we ate out at Texas Roadhouse
Wednesday: grilled chicken with honey bee seasoning, instant mashed potatoes, peas
Thursday: hot pepper jack cheese sausage, pierogies, garlicky green beans
Friday: we will be at our camp....serving mountain pie sandwiches your choice of ham & cheese or pizza, chips, grapes
@Gina,
What is a mountain pie sandwich??? I've never heard of it.
1. Taco salads
2. Pork roast, sour kraut, mashed potatoes
3. Qdoba bowls-a rare mid-week treat!
4. Chicken and broccoli stuffed potatoes
5. Chicken with potatoes and salad
6. Salmon burgers, rice and salad
7. Tonight will probably be fish tacos, or just plain fish. We'll see.
Kristen, Gilmore Girls is my favourite show! I have deep feelings about it 😛 Which season are you watching?
As for what I ate...
Saturday: Drawing a blank!
Sunday: Veggie stir-fry
Monday: Baked sweet potato and a mushroom and cheese omelette
Tuesday: Chilli mac and cheese
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Pitta bread with salad
Tonight: Another baked sweet potato. Haven't decided on the sides yet.
So, I'm not sure what season it is, but...Rory is dating Jess, not Dean. Lorelai just kissed Max (he's back in the picture).
What's your opinion on the Lorelai/Max combo? I just do not ship the two of them together. Why would you kiss Max when Luke is in the picture?? He is a million times better.
@Kristen, Max is so dull! I'm guessing that's S3. Jess is my favourite of Rory's guys!
Yes. He is just giving...nothing. Extremely regular. Not that handsome. Kind of cheesy. Not that solid.
Luke, on the other hand? Zoe and I are SOLIDLY Team Luke.
@Kristen, Luke is the best!
The roasted red pepper/basil mayo sauce is my favorite one from your round-up. So far! Thanks for that post.
The way you feel about sandwiches is how I feel about soups & stews. I made so many Use It Up soups & stews and am happy to eat them all week for brownbag lunch, week in and week out.
@WilliamB, I could eat soup every day. So many possibilities.
WIS: Flashfood-$164; Milk delivery-$20.50; S&S-$18 Total: $202.50
WWA: Sat- drawing a blank here
Sun- steak and cheese subs with fries and onion rings
Mon- tortellini w/ spinach, feta, turkey meatballs and red sauce
Tues- ice cream followed by steak and cheese, cheese stuffed crust pizza
Wed- similar to tortellini soup only w/ prosciutto sachets instead of tortellini, garlic sausage, grilled zucchini, garlic bread
Thurs- beans & ham over rice w/ collards
Fri- Leftover beans, ham, rice, collards
@Jaime, Tuesday—life's short, eat dessert first?
Saturday: choir dinner
Sunday: pizza
Monday: roasted chicken and potatoes
Tuesday: burritos
Wednesday: pulled pork sandwiches, homemade mac and cheese
Thursday: pasta bake (Melissa Clark)
Friday: chicken cutlet sandwiches
Thank you, Kristen!
I wish I liked sandwiches more!
Spaghetti with mushroom tomato sauce and a Greek Salad
Lentil Fatoosh over bed of chopped lettuce, tomatos,cues, feta cheese,with a fresh lemon vinagrette..we still have so many fresh lemons here in Az.
Big bowls of mushroom barley soup with carrots and fresh mushroooms in it, olive bread, side of roasted vegetables from my farm box
Vegetable Curry over rice with tempura shrimp pieces on top.
Lightly sauted tilapia with cornmeal crust, israeli cous couse and feta, green beans from farm box.
Probably Chinese take out for tomorrow
Sunday will be rigatony with sauted red peppers mushrooms and onions and a Greek salad.
Breakfast for Dinner
Tamale Pie and Salad
Rice Beans Eggs and Plantain
BBQ Chicken Sweet Potato and corn
WIS: $24 at Kroger for eggs, olive oil, and dairy free yogurt, cheese and butter substitutes.
WIA: I'm drawing a blank for most of the week. It's been a weird time for several reasons. But last night I had gluten free past with sauce and a little olive oil. Tonight I had the same thing with a couple of additions. I mixed black beans into the sauce for protein, and I sprinkled nutritional yeast on top as a parmesan substitute. I have really missed parmesan since I had to give up dairy, and the commercial versions of dairy free parmesan didn't work for me, but this does.
It’s Autumn in Australia and the days are getting chilly so I’ve been making a lot of soups this week. I also made a zucchini and corn slice to use up the last of the zucchini in the fridge.
WWA:
Sunday: sheet pan salmon with a lemon mustard sauce, roasted yellow potatoes and green beans
Monday: leftover salmon for me (at work) and beef tips in gravy in the crockpot for him. He made mashed potatoes and veggies
Tuesday: leftover beef tips, broccoli, salad
Wednesday: leftovers: beef tips for him, and the salmon/potatoes for me at work
Thursday: soft tacos with ground turkey
Friday: leftover tacos for him, I was still full after lunch out with my girls for my youngest's 40th. She chose Din Tai Fung where we ate soup dumplings, shrimp and chicken dumplings, fried rice, garlic green beans (the most sought after copy cat recipe!) and chocolate dumplings for dessert.
Tonight: friends are coming for some financial investment advice so they are bringing pizza and I made Magnolia Bakery Blueberry Jamboree for dessert.
I will go on record that Five Guys is seriously overpriced - cutting their own potatoes doesn't justify it. One joint, $20, we can each have a specialty burger, one order of fries (which as just as good at FGs), AND a beverage each. Or another joint $15, each have a cheeseburger (Am/swiss/or pepper jack, std "fixings") and an order of fries. 1/3 pound burgers at both places.
Friday - leftover burger at home - blessed solitude as I had the house to myself
Saturday - Mexican w/daughter & ASIL - another blessed day of solitude. I did get a lot done on my "to do" list.
Sunday - Sushi (leftovers eaten as part of lunch next day by better half)
Monday - steak 4 me, salmon for better half.
Tuesday - leftover Mexican (part of leftovers enhanced a lunch), leftover pizza for better half (from freezer)
Wednesday - grilled brats pulled from freezer, enhanced fried potatoes
Thursday - burgers - I can never eat enough burgers - avocado slices on the side, enhanced fried potatoes
Friday - mostiaccioli w/meat sauce
I too could each sandwiches every day.
Baked turkey mustard cheese sandwiches
Chili for multiple days, cheap to make (yikes, noodles etc consume all the juice) so add water
Corned beef, was $2.00 per lb.
Hamburgers
Baked chicken, rice, raw carrots
Rice chicken dish with onion soup base and bacon pieces to top