WIS, WWA | time to eat shellfish!
What I Spent
This week, Zoe's been dog-sitting for my brother's two dogs. She's not far away so she's popped in and out most days, but I've been mainly on my own for dinner this week.
I did do a shopping trip at Aldi before she left, though, so that I could send her with plenty of groceries to feed herself this week.
Anyway, Zoe's allergic to shellfish, so while she was away, I ate a couple of meals from that category. 😉
I spent:
- $20 on sushi
- $83 at Aldi
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
- $14 at Safeway
Sooo, $147 for me this week.
What We Ate
Saturday
I got some sushi with a friend; Zoe's allergic to a lot of sushi, plus she doesn't really like it! So, this seemed like a good time to eat some.
Sunday
Just a burger, and I'm sorry to say I had no veggies with it. Good thing I eat a lot of veggies at breakfast! 😉
Monday
I made avocado toast sandwiches with my squash rolls...I mentioned that in my freezer challenge post earlier this week.
Tuesday
I made some crab cakes (Zoe's allergic to crab, so I eat these when she's not here!), and I ate those with some watermelon on the side.
I make my crab cakes just like I make these fish cakes, except I obviously use steamed crab instead of the fish. And I don't usually have tartar sauce with crab cakes...I just want to taste the crab. 🙂
Speaking of fish cakes, when I searched my photo archives for fish cake photos, several other kinds of fish cakes came up, because Zoe use to be obsessed with fish when she was little.
So, I kept making fish-shaped cakes for her birthdays.
One year I branched out and made a whale, at her request. 😉
A lucky thing for me is that it's pretty easy to make a fish or whale shape! If Zoe had been obsessed with, say, giraffes, that would have been more challenging.
I always used this not-from-a-box chocolate cake recipe, and I cut the two layers into whatever shapes I needed.
Wednesday
Easy button! I ate a big ol' ham sandwich on Dave's Killer Bread (made of ham, cheese, lettuce, avocado, tomato, mayo, mustard), with raw veggies and ranch on the side, and some jalapeno potato chips.
Thursday
My Hungry Harvest box gave me a big bunch of kale, plus I had some sausage here and a few potatoes....so even though it's August, I opted for Zuppa Toscana.
In my defense, it has been a little cooler this week, and it was cloudy out. So, soup didn't seem like an impossibly out-of-place dinner to have!
Friday
Zoe comes back home tonight, so I will make something that does not involve shellfish. 😉
Yoplait 8 pack strawberry and peach yogurt 77 cents(3 lbs of yogurt)
Red grapes 36 cents/lb
Gold potatoes 99 cents/5 lbs
52 oz frozen broccoli florets 3.77
Add a rotisserie chicken for 4.99
I already have oatmeal, eggs, peanut butter and jelly
Easiest shopping and meal planning ever.
@Tiana, I need a super simple meal plan and grocery trip like this!
@Tiana, Where, O where, does one find grapes for $.36/lb??? I have never seen a price that low!
WIS: $19.30 at Trader Joe's, $14.50 at the Regional Market, and $44 at Price Chopper.
WIA: I mentioned on Tuesday that I did a "chicken cycle" over the weekend: I roasted a small chicken on Saturday, deboned what was left and made a small stock with the bones on Sunday, and made a chicken and veg soup with dill, selected weeds (of course), and the remaining white meat on Monday.
Saturday: Eldest son wanted to make dinner. He chose lamb chops and spaghetti. His idea of dinner does not involve vegetables, but mine does, so I added cucumbers with salt and vinegar and carrot sticks to his meat 'n' starch.
Sunday: We had our new priest over for dinner, so I put slightly more effort in than I typically do in summer. I made a brisket overnight in the oven to avoid heating the house in the heat of the day. I actually really dislike cooking anything overnight, because our bedroom opens into the kitchen and I can smell the food all night. It disturbs my sleep and wakes me up. But! It does cook the brisket nicely. It was a good thing I did that, too, because this brisket needed to stay in even through part of the morning. It took 14 hours total. Then I sliced it, de-fatted the juices, and re-heated at dinnertime. I also made mashed potatoes (with a garlic clove, which is delicious and slightly fancier), a green salad with ranch dressing, and pots de creme for dessert.
Monday: I had a partially frozen pork sirloin roast out, so I sliced thin pieces off that and fried those with spices and sauerruben (just like sauerkraut, but made with turnips). Surprisingly good. Also we had rice, carrots, and frozen grapes.
Tuesday: Baking bread, so I used some dough to make two pizzas. And then I threw some carrots on the plates too. All the carrots this week are from our garden. The grasshoppers ate all the foliage (this has been a plague year in my garden, what with hail and various kind of insect invasions), so they weren't going to grow anymore and I pulled them. They were mostly pretty tiny. True baby carrots.
Wednesday: A very random skillet combination of ground beef, canned beans, leftover rice, tomato juice, garlic, onion, and grated cheese. Which my children adored, because they're contrary like that. We also had a cucumber I got from the guy who runs the tiny store in the village and has a garden out back, the last tomato my husband brought back from his roadtrip, and then everyone helped themselves to post-meal yogurt and granola in any combination they chose.
Thursday: I made meatballs in the morning when it was still cool, so we had spaghetti and meatballs, zucchini I got from excess commodities and sauteed in olive oil with garlic, and more bijou carrots for the kids.
Tonight: I have to bake bread again because the owner of the village store asked me if he could buy some from me. I have no interest in setting up a bakery, but I couldn't really refuse him. Small town, you know. So, I will use some of the dough to make . . . something. Not pizza. Maybe buns? And maybe I'll make tuna patties so we can have tuna burgers. I suspect that would popular. I'm pretty much out of fresh vegetables, so probably frozen peas, too.
@kristin @ going country, Oh man... smelling delicious brisket all night would definitely make it hard to sleep!
@kristin @ going country, will the village store be reselling your bread??
@Central Calif. Artist, No, it was just the owner who wanted a couple of loaves for himself. As I said, I have no interest in baking to sell. I have a hard enough time baking enough for my family. 🙂
It's my goal to use at least one thing from the garden (or something that I got super cheap through a Flashfood produce box) every night this month. Doing great so far! My grocery spending for June and July was too much, so I'm hoping that August can be a lot better.
Saturday: Grilled chicken tenders and a couple of veggies that I didn't write down. This was the last day of our yard sale and clean-up was a lot, so I was happy to put together a meal quickly and avoid take-out.
Sunday: Venison roast, potatoes, green beans for lunch, then we hosted a potluck for dinner where we grilled burgers and way too many chicken breasts. It's great that grilled chicken breast can be reused in so many other ways!
Monday: Grilled chicken on top of salad with cherries and Cheetos on the side
Tuesday: My 9yo really wanted to bike to Little Caesar's with my husband and get pizza for dinner sometime. This was the night. So we had a pizza and breadsticks with cherries and yellow pepper slices.
Wednesday: Fajitas - made with the last of the grilled chicken and a bunch of yellow and orange peppers from a produce box.
Thursday: Ham (that was purchased at Easter) with purple and pink potatoes and purple green beans. The potatoes and green beans were just harvested from our garden that day!
Friday: Burgers, homemade purple and pink fries, and corn on the cob. Our neighbor got 2 bushels of corn yesterday and was kind enough to give us a dozen ears. We should probably eat some cherries tonight, too, since we still have a few bags in the fridge.
Frugal friends, if you live near a Meijer, I highly recommend checking to see if they participate with Flashfood. I just got a $5 produce box today that had 2 pounds of asparagus, 1 pint of blueberries, 7 limes, 2 avocados, 2 jalapeños, 3 orange peppers, and 8 red peppers... all for $5!
I just checked Flashfood's website and they work with other stores, too. 10/10 recommend.
@Ruth T,
Meijer is the only store in my area that participates with Flashfood. I have benefitted several times buying the $5 produce boxes!
@Ruth T,
The only store on the app near us is Stop and Shop. Our produce boxes are ok but no where near as good as yours.
I also made soup on Thursday. It went from the mid nineties to the low eighties where I live. And it just felt like a soup kind of day. I’m glad I’m not the only one. ☺️
Four kids. Two adults. I spent $147 at Aldi this week.
Its so hot here I can barely stand to eat, and yet I am hungry... So I did plan meals and cook a bit, even with the heat and so much stuff going on. Today I will treat myself to ice cream as a reward for making it through the week!
Monday - kitchen closed, so I got a Market Salad from Chik-Fil-A that took me foreverrrr to eat and was pricey, so I probably won't do that again anytime soon. Plus, I rate it just "ok".
Tuesday - 5 Ingredient Crockpot Chicken, kale salad, mashed potatoes
Wednesday - Parmesan Bowtie Skillet, green beans
Thursday - Crusty Mexican Tilapia, rice, California Coleslaw
Friday - Turkey Sloppy Joes, Fritos
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed and I have plans to split a focaccia pizza and HEB deli soup between these two nights for dinner.
Happy weekend!
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Not a single remember of what i spent OR what i ate . . . . but those cakes are SOoooo CUTE!
I would be very interested in your thoughts on Dave's Killer Bread. I have seen it in the store but haven't yet been willing to fork out the $$ to buy it!
Love your posts!
@Lisa, I routinely get Dave's Killer Epic Breakfast Bread in my Misfits box. It is pricey but it is very good and I always laugh at the pun, "very seedy." The slices are small but very nutritious and delicious. I like the "upped" protein factor. So for me, getting it through Misfits and supporting a worthy group makes it worthwhile for me.
Wow, this was a wild week. Mr. B and I are almost always both home for dinner; looking at this schedule I see why we all feel a bit out-of-sorts!
Sunday: Mr. B was seeing Oppenheimer, I had a friend over, and we had macaroni and cheese.
Monday: Mr. B was out so toddler and I had zucchini quesadillas.
Tuesday: Mr. B was working late, so we had scrambled eggs and leftover macaroni and cheese.
Wednesday: I was out with friends, and I think Mr. B and our toddler might have had ice cream for dinner haha!
Thursday: Mr. B made pasta with tomato sauce, and we snacked later; my friend and I had a late bubble tea.
Friday: Possibly takeout. We had a rough night with our toddler and are super tired!
Cute cakes! We have a daughter (now almost 19) who was and IS obsessed with manatees. For her 5th birthday we made a manatee out of sheet cake, complete with raisin for the belly button. She loved it and it's a great memory (although grey icing was not my favorite).
WIS was right at $150, which included some stocking up and a food gift of around $15. My daughter's birthday is coming up and she fell in love with the farm-made cheddar from one of the farms I frequent. I'll give it to her now, instead of waiting for her birthday.
WIA (continuing the effort to liven up my menus):
AIP-compliant Tandoori Chicken (Indira Pulliadath, Cook2Nourish) with a side of summer squash from my garden. The next time I ate it, I had sautéed okra, also from my garden, on the side. This also made lunches.
Braised and seasoned pork cutlets with sautéed collards and honey carrots one time, Tortitas de Ejote (green bean fritters) and carrots the second time. Also for lunch.
Easy night. Farm-made summer sausage with a chopped salad and homemade ranch. The "lettuce" in the salad was longevity spinach.
Last Friday, after a long, tiring day of working and grocery shopping, I treated myself to birthday party fare: a bunless hot dog, chips (plantain) and peach/buttermilk sherbet.
Finally, last night was a late night after visiting DH, so it was omelet with cheese, leftover collards, mushroom and onion.
Tonight is... who knows!
Kristen as usual your meals look fantastic! Now I want crab cakes… seeing your comment about Dave’s Killer Bread reminded me that several years ago my husband and I met Dave at our local Costco. He was promoting the bread and they were giving out samples- very nice guy. The company is now owned by a bigger corporation and he isn’t involved.
Things we ate this week:
Takeout pizza
Grilled chicken thighs, grilled romaine salad, sourdough bread
Caprese salad,leftover grilled chicken, sourdough bread
Repeat of above
Grilled sausage, tortellini w/red sauce, caprese salad, garlic bread
Tostadas using homemade refried beans & taco meat & veggies
Chicken flautas, refried beans, fruit
Tonight my daughter is going out with a friend so my husband and I probably won’t get takeout pizza but maybe we will make pizza using a boboli crust and have a salad with it.
Have a great weekend everyone!
@Beth, How cool that you met Dave! I love Dave's Killer Bread!
We are still trying to eat primarily from the freezer. I am convinced this will take at least another month, possibly more. However, the lower grocery expense is taking the sting out of unexpected vet bills, so all is good. WWA:
Saturday - a very rare dinner and a movie date night. The movie was great (Oppenheimer) the theatre food was ok.
Sunday - Chili and homemade cornbread muffins. Ground beef, kidney beans, and tomatoes paste from freezer.
Monday - marinated and grilled chicken thighs (chicken from freezer), orzo, green salad, banana bread
Tuesday - carrot soup using frozen shredded carrots from last years CSA and a bit of cream I had frozen before it turned, homemade baguette
Wednesday - freezer meal (million dollar spaghetti casserole), leftover baguette
Thursday - shrimp (from freezer) fra diavolo with spaghettini
Friday - am planning chicken stir fry using chicken (from freezer) with a mixture of frozen and crisper veggies, rice
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend
Saturday - we had made a dinner reservation at Benihana, thinking the kids might enjoy it. They were both in such an awful mood that day though, crying a lot and just weepy and moody, that we canceled it because it just did not seem like a day where it would go well! (They didn’t know we were going so they don’t know what they missed out on) I took them to their favorite playground that they’ve been requesting to go to(it’s about 30 minutes away so not close) which ended up being an excellent choice, they were the happiest they’d been all day while there. We ate at Taco Bell before going home.
Sunday - beyond burgers and macaroni salad for the adults, macaroni and cheese for the kids, corn on the cob for all
Monday - I had a blue apron gift card for awhile so I decided to use it this week. This was the first of two meals, beef and udon stir-fry. It was really tasty.
Tuesday - second blue apron meal, hot honey butter-glazed pork with mashed potatoes and green beans. This one was a little less tasty than mondays but still pretty good. I also brought dinner to a family that just welcomed a new baby, didn’t really cook that though, just heated up some premade family meals from Sprouts and cut up some cantaloupe for them.
Wednesday - mushroom spinach lasagna rolls. The spinach in this is processed in a food processor, cooked and then mixed with the cheese filling, turning it green. My kids were very skeptical of this green cheese lasagna but amazingly ate it anyways and really liked it.
Thursday - I had a meet up with friends and I was going to eat there (cheese plate and wine, the best dinner!) so I made Trader Joe’s orange chicken and steamed broccoli and baby corn before I left.
Friday - my husband will be out of town for a wedding (and I’ll be going to a different wedding tomorrow! Never happened before where we were invited to 2 on the same day so we decided to split up) so I’m just making frozen pizza for me and the kids.
I remember Zoe's fish faze...interesting that it never occurred to me to find it odd that she ended up with an allergy. I guess she just can't bear to eat her dear ones. 😉
WIS: 44.24 @local health food store for vacation snackies, 349.45 @Aldi for the fridge and freezer groceries (already spent about 150 on the pantry stuff last week), 20.42 on a box of wine, 33.74 on take out pizza and 21.15 on fast food. Those last two were my husband's purchases for his vacation within a vacation. I take the children first and he gets a few days to live like a bachelor before joining us. 😉 All told, 469 even this week. Not too shabby considering we are vacationing. Most nights we also had a prepared ice cream treat as a dessert-all from Aldi.
WWA:
Fri: carrot sticks, pepperoni and mozzarella focaccia.
Sat: last night before trip, so we were cleaning out the fridge. Dinner was a stir fry of zucchini, red onion, and tomatoes mixed with soba noodles and topped with diced avocado.
Sun: salad (mixed greens, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta), cheese pizza (take and bake from Aldi).
Mon: salad (spinach and arugula, tomatoes, feta cheese), chicken nuggets, Mac and cheese, mixed veggies.
Tue: salad (mixed greens, carrots, cucumbers, red peppers, feta cheese), chili dogs (used a can of beef and bean chili and a jar of salsa con queso) on brioche buns.
Wed: salad (spinach and arugula, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers, feta cheese), pepperoni pizza, Texas toast with butternut squash on top (just from a frozen bag), and watermelon.
Thu: salad (mixed greens, cabbage, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, feta cheese), watermelon, fish and chips and mushy peas (all frozen items)
Tonight: I think I will grill tonight. As long as it doesn't rain. We'll see.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Costco - $275, Trader Joe's - $80
Friday: My son made cheeseburgers for dinner (with the help of his bonus dad) along with tater tots and corn on the cob.
Saturday: My husband and I had a date night and my son went to a county fair with my parents.
Sunday: Fish tacos with black beans and brown rice.
Monday: We received fresh kale in our CSA so I made Zuppa Toscana too! We only had a few small potatoes so I subbed in a few turnips. I also only had a tiny onion so I used the middle of a celery stalk hiding in my veggie drawer waiting to be used. The stock was made on Sunday using my bag of veggie scraps in the freezer.
Tuesday: Greek Salad
Wednesday: Ramen Noodle Stir Fry. This version’s veggies included red cabbage, carrots, orange bell pepper, onion, mushrooms, and zucchini. I snuck in a little shredded beef from a previous pot roast. I used the leftover dressing from California Roll Bowls with a few extra soy sauce and sriracha.
Thursday: Leftover night
WIS: $124. Had to restock a lot of baking stuff this week.
WEA: Fresh veggie plates with homegrown cherry tomatoes. Swiss cheese and Better Bush homegrown tomat sandwiches. Green salads. Nuts, cheese, homemade bread, fresh fruit. Protein shakes. DH requested homemade pizza, then he and DS came down with a 24-hour summer virus and decided spaghetti would be better.
Last night, we had J. Kenji Lopez's Texas chili (no tomatoes, no beans) in the pressure cooker. delicious.
Other than that, we've been eating off the grill: burgers, chicken, steak, pizza. And I grilled some peaches.
Tonight I might make a fresh pasta sauce out of all these cherry tomatoes from the garden. Depends how ambitious I get. I've had stress headaches every day for two weeks.
@Rose, phooey on those stress headaches! You are supposed to be relaxing and enjoying this temporary state of unemployment.
@Central Calif. Artist, I haven't been able to talk to or see my mother. Who is still in the hospital. Every time I call, she is asleep or the nurse tells me she's "not up to talking." Plus I sent flowers to the hospital on Wednesday and the florist called to say "The hospital isn't accepting flowers. Can you give me her residence?" No, as a matter of fact, I can't. If I'm well enough on Monday I will try to make it to the hospital. (No use fighting traffic on the weekends here.) Headaches, foot arthritis, colitis have made it impossible to drive 4 hours so far.
@Rose,
Warm wishes for you! Whatever equivalent of hugs you want, please imagine you have it from me/us! ♥
WIS: $107 @ Costco, $220 @ Sam's
WWA:
Mon: Ground Turkey Burritos with brown rice , beans and a small sprinkle of cheese, cantaloupe and pineapple on the side
Tue: Baked tilapia with lemon & dill, Brown rice, cherry tomatoes and a dollop of tzatziki
Wed: Pork Sirloin roast, mashed potatoes, green peas, Lima beans, homemade biscuits
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Porkchops in the crockpot, leftover sides from Wednesday's dinner
Another week of batch cooking in the books! I browned turkey, baked fish and cooked a batch of chicken in the crockpot to have on hand for salads and wraps this week I also cooked a large batch of brown rice. This allowed me to cook only twice this week while still having healthy meals on hand all week long. Yay!
Saturday - a traybake with chunks of chicken thighs, chorizo, onions, garlic and sweet potato roasted with oregano.
Sunday - ham cooked in Coca Cola then roasted, Yorkshire puddings, cauliflower cheese and toasted carrots.I made cupcakes for after as both my daughters dropped in.
Monday - leftover ham I cooked on Sunday with fries and peas. We ate strawberries after.
Tuesday - more leftover ham but this time with a red lentil and tomato Dahl. I was all hammed out by this time so I had the Dahl on its own.
Wednesday - our running section at the sports club has just started putting on sandwiches after the club run on Wednesday night. I had a meeting there at 6 and another at 7.30 and DH is a runner so I just gatecrashed that.
Thursday - grilled pork chops, fried mushrooms and salad.
Friday - I’m doing that TikTok pasta dish with feta and red lentil fusilli. Probably some salad on the side.
It was an unusually pork - heavy week!
We spent £95 at Tesco.
WIS $45 at grocery outlet.
This was a “fill in” shop for milk, tomatoes, chicken and snacks
Saturday: Pizza
Sunday: Sweet & Sour Pork
Monday: Chickpea flour pancakes & roasted cauliflower
https://camillestyles.com/food/chickpea-pancakes/
Tuesday: Mediterranean feast: Pita, Falafel w/ tzatziki, Baba Ganoush, Hummus, cucumber salad, purple cabbage slaw
I tried a new falafel recipe https://cookieandkate.com/crispy-falafel-recipe/
And making pita from scratch https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/golden-pita-bread-recipe
Wednesday: Mediterranean leftovers
Thursday: pork chop & Mediterranean sides (minus the falafel)
Friday: probably Mediterranean leftovers, we’re out of pita, so might do “wraps” in tortillas.
@S,
Sounds so tasty! Congrats!
LOVE the fish cakes!!
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday , we had BLT salads with ranch dressing. In addition to the bacon, lettuce and tomato, I added cucumber, red pepper and spring onion. One night, the salads also had pear and croutons.
Tuesday’s salad had no tomatoes since my sister visited and doesn’t like tomatoes. I had some baked chicken which I shredded and added to the salads for our protein.
Tonight we’re having taco salad and probably have leftovers for lunch or dinner tomorrow.
Good job on the fish cakes! I haven't ever tried a fancy shaped cake, we did birthday cupcakes for years until this year my daughter informed me that she wanted "a birthday CAKE" (which meant cupcakes were unacceptable haha)
Sunday: We had family over for dinner, and we served curried rice and chicken with cranberries. Cut veggies on the side, chocolate cake with homemade buttercream on top. It was my first time making buttercream, and it turned out well!
Monday: I made a kimchi, cabbage, and spam stir fry from a library cookbook, and it was AMAZING. But I purposely made it this night so people who don't appreciate kimchi like I do (the other two members of my household) could have leftovers from the night before.
Tuesday: Preschooler's choice, corn dogs this time.
Wednesday: We were fed red Thai curry at my grandparents house.
Thursday: We saw Andy Grammer in concert, the venue let us pack in food 🙂
Friday/Saturday: Leftovers
We got a bunch of Basil in our CSA and we already have a lot growing (the CSA gave us plants a month or so ago!) so we made pasta primavera in a pesto sauce. It was yummy! We'll freeze the extra pesto for more meals. It also helped us use up the broccoli and cauliflower we have gotten several times in a row.
I love that you made homemade birthday cakes -- birthday celebrations now seem so over-the-top to me (no judgment -- my childhood birthdays were low-key events at home, and I have fond memories of those). That dog needs to come home with me -- what a super cute whoopie!
63 from Walmart pickup 17 McD 20 dollars random travel snacks
Monday: pizza and salad
Tuesday: pasty pie from the freezer salad
Wednesday: chicken strips rice green beans and Italian bread
Thursday: travel day McDonalds drive thru breakfast other travel snacks : peanuts. apples. Licorice. Diet Coke. Water. Tea.
Friday: slow cooker pulled pork cucumber tomato feta with lemon and olive oil salad
Let's see what I can remember:
- Leaf peanut sauce over rice
- Mac N cheese with hotdogs
- Stir-fry
- Bean and rice bowls.
- Peanut sauce over rice
WIS $6.50 - 2 bags of chips for taco salad and lunches, $8.50 - blueberries (for the grandson) and red leaf lettuce for salads = $15.00
Saturday: BLT Chicken Salad, Blackberry Dumplings - fresh tomatoes and blackberries from the garden
Sunday: Sh*t on a Shingle (browned and crumbled hamburger with cayenne pepper and cheese on toasted homemade bread), mixed vegetables
Meatless Monday: Black Bean Burgers, Taco Salad, Apple Pie - black beans were cooked and frozen, apple pie was made up and frozen last fall. Trying to use up all the pies before my new batch of apples are ready
Tuesday: Tacos, Taco Salad
Wednesday: Cheesy Sausage Stuffed Banana Peppers, Cucumbers and Onions in V & O - eat from the garden night
Thursday: Homemade Pizza (1 tomato basil, 1 pepperoni) -the tomato basil pizza has a mayonnaise sauce which I made with fresh eggs from our farm, tomatoes and garlic were from our garden, using up the last few jars of our 2022 canned pizza sauce for the pepperoni pizza
Friday: Pulled Pork Sandwich (Worked the afternoon at the county fair Pork Producers Food Stand = free lunch for working). Hubby will be working the grill at the pork stand through the evening so I’m on my own and still stuffed from my free dinner.
I stopped at the store Monday to grab some proteins so:
$2/lb chicken breast for dinner sliced thin and sauteed along with stir fried brocolli and rice
Tuesday long work day so easy button 🙂 Trader joe's 'bbq' chicken but I doubled the chicken with some raw b/s thighs I'd bought - plus stir fried peppers and leftover rice
Wednesday I brought my mom to visit and she treated us to chinese takeout
Thursday was leftovers from all of the above!
Tonight I roasted some chicken thighs, my youngest made pasta to go with it and my son sauteed some eggplant as a side