WIS, WWA | under the weather
What I Spent
Part of this week was spent being under the weather, so this is not gonna be The Most Exciting Week of Eats. 😉
I spent:
- $36 at a ramen place
- $41 at Sam's Club
And that makes $77.
What We Ate
Saturday
I remember that Zoe was at work, but I cannot for the life of me remember what I made for myself. Something very basic, or I'd have remembered it. Ha.
And unfortunately, I did not even take a picture; I looked on my phone to see if there was a memory jog.
Sunday
It was Zoe's actual birthday, but she had to work in the evening.
I picked up a sushi burrito for her to eat after work, and I got myself a bowl of ramen (with an extra soy egg, as usual, because soy-marinated eggs are SO GOOD.)
Monday
A friend treated me to tacos, and Zoe ate her leftover burrito.
Tuesday
I got back late from an orientation about an hour away, so I popped by Panera and picked up dinner for Zoe and me, using a gift card from my credit card rewards.
$0 out of pocket for me!
Wednesday
Breakfast for dinner: we had Swedish pancakes, bacon, and sliced mango.
Thursday
I made spaghetti and meatballs and, not gonna lie, I did not even serve any produce with that. I didn't even cut up any fruit.
It is what it is. Good thing I eat salads at breakfast sometimes, so it all evens out. 😉
Friday
We have leftovers from last night, so we'll probably eat those up tonight. Easy button for me!
Happy birthday to Zoe!
My first thought when you said how much you loved soy-marinated eggs is that they're probably really easy to make. I saw some recipes online, and they do indeed look easy. And delicious. I will keep this in mind when we start getting a lot of eggs from the chickens. I'll try it out for you. 🙂
Saturday: When I made jambalaya for Fat Tuesday, I added the amount of uncooked rice in the quantity meant for cooked rice. So, about twice as much rice as I needed. I realized this about halfway through the cooking time, and scooped out a bunch of rice. This was already nicely flavored, so I used that, the rest of the ham stock I had made for the jambalaya, an open package of smoked sausage, pureed tomatoes, caramelized onions from the freezer, and frozen peas to make a soup version of jambalaya. It was very good. As most things with sausage are.
Sunday: Elk roast with onion gravy (those frozen caramelized onions again), mashed potatoes, green salad with ranch dressing, chocolate ice cream
Monday: Pork ribs, mashed potatoes, frozen green peas, unset jello with cream. The jello was homemade, and I guess I didn't add enough gelatin. It was still delicious with cream, though, because it was made with real strawberries. I wouldn't try eating boxed unset jello with cream. Yuck.
Tuesday: I baked the leftover ribs a few more hours, because they were tough the night before, and they were much better. I also made baked spaghetti, and another green salad with ranch dressing.
Wednesday: My husband made lamb chops (with a TON of garlic), and there was leftover baked spaghetti. We didn't have a vegetable this night, either, which I just realized was your night with spaghetti and no vegetable. I do this pretty much every week, actually. We eat fewer vegetables than most people, but there's always something in a meal I can count as a vegetable. In this case, the tomatoes in the spaghetti sauce. So you can count it, too. 🙂
Thursday: Diced chicken breast cooked in butter and olive oil with garlic, then I made a gravy with flour and milk. I had also made rice with beef stock, for the child who was recovering from a digestive illness, so those who were eating the chicken ate it over the rice.
Tonight: It's a Friday in Lent. I have more baked spaghetti. I also bought a box of fish sticks as a Lenten treat, which the males in our family are unreasonably excited about. I'm going to be at a basketball game with the cheerleader at dinnertime, and the two of us don't much care for fish sticks, so I think I'll leave that one to my husband and the boys. The cheerleader can have a cheese sandwich when we get home. Not sure what I'll have. I made a big pot of pinto beans yesterday, so maybe a salad with beans and cheese. We shall see.
Those notes are a fun thing to do for her birthday!
This week we had...
Saturday: It was just my 7yo son and I (the girls and my husband were at a Daddy Daughter dance) and he requested sausage pizza. I made that and we had Oreo ice cream cones for dessert.
Sunday: Venison, asparagus, and the most expensive smoothies - ha! My 10yo really wanted to make us smoothies and my husband took her to the store and I'm not sure what the total cost was, but when I saw what they got and what store it was from, I knew it was a lot! But everybody loved it and it was kind of her to make it.
Monday: Mac and cheese, blueberries, and pineapple
Tuesday: Burgers, potato chips and dip, and broccoli with cheese
Wednesday: Penne with sausage and peppers
Thursday: Broccoli cheddar soup (which the kids all loved - yay!) and cheddar biscuits
Friday: If I don't make pizza for lunch today (no school today, so all my kids will be home and we will have a couple of extra kids), then I'll make pizza for dinner. If I don't do that, I will make spaghetti and meatballs.
I don't think I've ever tried soy-marinated eggs!
What I ate this week in an attempt to keep costs low...
Saturday: Two small baked sweet potatoes with various toppings
Sunday: Pita bread with some vegetables and leftover houmous
Monday: Pasta with cream cheese, spinach and mushroom
Tuesday: Chilli mac and cheese
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Stir-fry
Tonight: homemade pizza
Happy 18th Birthday Zoey!!!!
What a lovely way to mark a big day!
Saturday: Since I was supposed to be away for my partners birthday we celebrated on the weekend. I made sautéed reindeer since my gift was reindeer hides for our new lavvu. Served with foraged mushrooms, brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes from our garden last year.
Sunday - Wednesday: My partner had throat infection so it was smoothies for dinner, with eggs and turkish yogurt for proteins.
Thursday: home alone so tried to make a copycat Chipotle bowl with what I had in the cupboards. It was delicious! Jasmin rice, black beans sautéed with garlic, shallots, smoked paprika, cumin, sriracha sauce and honey, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese and pico de gallo served with breaded chicken.
Friday: I have a cucumber that need to be eaten so I’m thinking wild salmon served with potatoes, sour cream and a cucumber salad with vinegar, sugar and white pepper. My partner will not be happy for fish on Taco Friday so I suspect he will still have a sore throat to avoid eating dinner, lol.
@Gunn from Northern Norway,
I had to look up what a lavvu is. Now I am curious. Is this something you set up in your yard/property and leave it there? Or is it something you travel w/ and set up at your destination?
@Gunn from Northern Norway, I too had to look up "lavvu." And I'm always envious of those of you who report cooking with reindeer or other wild ungulates, wild salmon, etc. (Lindsey, from Alaska, is another one of these.) On the other hand, I'd have to live in Northern Norway or Alaska--and Central NY is challenging enough for me!
@Gunn from Northern Norway,
I had a delightful time looking up lavvu and learning about them. I’d love to hear more about it. Also like the theme you have with reindeer meat and hides.
How fun that several was curious about a lavvu!
@Jaime and Erika JS, our lavvu is a lightweight version so we’ll use it instead of a tent so we can have a wood burning oven inside. It fits in a large backpack like my Osprey Ariel 100l (and the oven in another) so when hunting in autumn we’ll can carry it ourselves to camp.
We enjoy outdoor life year round, but the last years we have experienced several times that the weather has turned unexpectedly. Suddenly down to -30 Fahrenheit when the forecast says 5 degrees. Before it was more regular cold periods, like the weeks after the sun returned. So it’s a safety measure too.
Others have more solid versions so they can for example leave it up all winter beside a good icefishing spot. And the Sami that have reindeers on the Finnmark plateau/highland use them year round, but it’s getting more common to build small cabins instead.
@A. Marie, I remember you have commented before when I wrote about foraging/hunting/fishing our own food so I had quite a few giggles when I was planning our NYC trip in January and thinking about taking our usual frozen package through US customs as a gift to you. When traveling to visit friends and family we always have a mix of wild salmon, cloudberry, mushrooms, moose and reindeers wrapped in newspaper. But I imagine I would have ended up on one of those airport security shows if I tried the same traveling to the US 😀
First, happy 18th to Zoe!
Now, WIS: $12 at Price Chopper, $28 at Wegmans, and $5 at the Fish Company (for the haddock sandwich I mentioned yesterday).
WIA: As usual, nothing too remarkable at home. I made a beef barley soup on Monday from the leftovers of Sunday's pot roast (and shared the soup with the neighbors as usual). I also made sheet-pan chicken drumsticks with one sweet and two russet potatoes yesterday. But the fish sandwich is a treat I try to get every time I'm in that suburb on the days the Fish Company is open, which doesn't happen very often.
This made me smile as I ate a salad for breakfast yesterday, topped with a small leftover hamburger patty from lunch one day. Food is food, no matter what time of day you eat it! This week:
Monday - kitchen closed - I ate dibs and dabs of stuff. I vaguely remember cooking an egg to top avocado toast.
Tuesday - Skillet Ravioli with ground pork, chard on the side
Wednesday - "Fried" Chicken Salad, with romaine, corn, purple onion, cheddar, and tomato (the chicken strips were actually cooked in the oven)
Thursday - Chicken Quesadillas using some pre-marinated and chopped chicken meat, Mexican rice, refrieds
Tonight - I'm going to offer up the leftover ravioli which was pretty good!
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed, but I have containers in there we need to use up
Happy Birthday to Zoe - guess that makes you a mom of four adults now? (:
I spent $139.79. I did go to the commissary this week for meats/chicken and stocked up on a great sale of canned whole tomatoes (28 ounce San Marzano…usually about $4-$5 for $1.49…I bought a bunch).
We ate:
Saturday: my sons and daughter in law came for dinner. We had burgers, cheese potatoes, salad, and baked beans. They all stayed to watch a movie and we had ice cream sandwiches for dessert.
Sunday: I was tired this day. We went to church and I took a nap…made pork fried rice with veggies made from leftover pork loin as an easy meal.
Monday: spicy chicken tenders, potato salad, and green beans
Tuesday: Had to drive to work this day. Laid out a frozen meatloaf and we had that with baked potatoes and a salad for supper.
Wednesday: had a lot going on this evening…we used hamburger buns and made sandwiches with the leftover chicken tenders from Monday. Had veggies/dip with them.
Thursday: beef enchiladas, refried beans, rice
Friday: tonight we are having butter chicken.
@Marlena, San Marzano tomatoes are the best. I've grown them a few times and have never been disappointed.
I love what you did for your daughter’s birthday. WWA:
Saturday - Greek shrimp with tomatoes and feta, baguette
Sunday - slow cooker chili with beans, homemade cornbread, store bought Japanese mango cheesecake
Monday - leftovers
Tuesday - spicy peanut butter ramen with shedded carrots and snap peas
Wednesday - red beans (from the freezer) and rice
Thursday - someone else had the time to make, and the desire for, spaghetti with home made meat sauce, garlic bread
Friday - sour leaf cabbage rolls (the little, all rice, ones), perogies, and ham sausage (all store bought but locally made)
Wishing everyone a happy last weekend in February.
@kj,
I'm interested in this peanut butter ramen. Do you have a recipe you can share?
Happiest bday Zoe!!!!
This week, we enjoyed:
* Homemade Cream of Celery soup
* Mushroom Stroganoff (x2)
* Chive Risotto Cakes
* Homemade Tomato Bisque
* Saucy White Beans and Greens on Toast (x2)
It's the week before my big scary exam and we aren't winning awards, but everyone is fed!
Monday: It was a holiday here. We were out at a mall and had pizza.
Tuesday: I was at a meeting where sushi was provided, Mr. B and toddler had a frozen pizza.
Wednesday: Pasta, with meatballs previously made and frozen.
Thursday: Eggs, frozen fries, and cucumber salad.
Friday: Mr. B will make salmon, I will roast some parsnips and butternut squash, and we'll probably have green beans. And challah, of course.
Sending you so much encouragement for your test!
@Kristen, thank you!
Food has been low on my priority list. I think mostly due to stress.
Saturday-stir fry
Sunday-leftovers
Monday-chicken nuggets and veggies for kids. If I ate it was a salad
Tuesday-surprise play date turned dinner; kids had Mac n cheese and bell pepper. I had bell pepper and goat cheese pizza
Wednesday-salad? Scrounging?
Thursday-scrounging. Which included a lot of pickles
Tonight-maybe some pad Thai? First I need coffee to figure out what today will be like.
Aww, friend. You are in a hard stage of life. Sending you love!
Saturday - takeout from the taqueria
Sunday - we went to my aunts 88th birthday party and had late lunch of sandwiches, chili and cake there. Unfortunately for me, my kids were too excited about being at a party/a house they haven’t been to much before, so they didn’t eat much and were hungry for dinner later. I made them some Kraft with hot dogs cut up in it, always a hit.
Monday - Trader Joe’s shrimp burgers (first time trying them 3/4 of us liked them, the one who didn’t said he just doesn’t like any type of burgers right now hah), frozen French fries, steamed carrots
Tuesday - I found a baggie in the freezer with one piece of cooked chicken and two small pieces of cooked tri-tip, so I defrosted and reheated that for 3/4 of us and then I made falafels for myself (no one else likes them but I love them). I didnt read the recipe ahead of time and see that I needed to make the falafel mixture 2-3 hours ahead and refrigerate it, so it was a bit sticky and soft when forming the falafel but they tasted good in the end. I also made pearl cous cous and frozen peas.
Wednesday - easy chicken Parmesan using frozen chicken pattys , jarred sauce and mozzarella, served with pasta with jarred sauce, bell pepper slices and avocado for the veggie.
Thursday - we took a short trip to a cabin and some friends are renting a nearby cabin. They made us dinner last night: tortellini, garlic bread, sausage and broccoli.
Friday - we are going to host them tonight at our cabin. Make your own pizzas and salad bar.
That ramen looks wonderful! Do you know if soy marinated eggs are made with commercial soy sauce (wheat based) or actual soy? I have tried to ask in the past, but there was a language barrier.
WWS -This week was a little pricey:
Trader Joe’s - $77 (this included wine for my son’s birthday dinner)
Whole Foods - $13
Costco - $57 (after subtracting pet supplies)
This is a total of $147
WWA -
Saturday - Steak & Broccoli (DH had a baked potato too.)
Sunday - Son’s birthday : Bouillabaisse, French bread, salad and wine
Monday through Thursday - Chicken with veggies
Friday - Taking care of the grands for the night. I’m not sure what we will eat.
Wishing you all peace, good health and prosperity.
@Bee,
The soy-marinated eggs I've had were using soy sauce.
Hi all, this week we ate:
Saturday and Sunday - Potato soup, sandwiches, veggies and fruit.
Monday - Family potluck so random stuff which of course came with a big side of drama to go with...*eye roll*...sigh.
Tuesday - Chicken tacos.
Wendsday - Taco leftovers.
Thursday - Was on my own for the night so I had peanut butter toast which I shared with my cat Gremlin.
Friday - Have a bit of random taco leftovers that isn't quite enough to go round so I'll make a casserole with what's leftover and some rice to round it out.
This weekend - Plan on a pot roast dinner which will provide plenty of leftovers...cook once eat thrice...my kind of cooking.
Happy weekend everyone.
Happy birthday to Zoe! My granddaughter turned 18 in December and it just seems way too fast. How long have I been a reader here? I seem to remember Zoe as a fairly small kid.
I didn't go grocery shopping this past week, but I ate out on my mini-vacation. However, that came out of my sweet girl's birthday gift to me, so I'm not counting that in my food budget.
I had at home:
Pork chops, with garden carrots and a side of ambrosia, which is what my family calls a mix of peeled and cut up oranges, bananas, apples, and pecans, all in orange juice. I had an apple and banana that needed to get used, and luckily, some oranges.
I crumbled Italian sausage and cooked it with komatsuna greens and little beet leaves from the garden plus mushrooms, then served it over cassava pasta. I made plenty and had this twice. I had the rest of the ambrosia with it one night, too.
Last of the leftover ham with more of the garden greens and I think carrot again. I've used all the carrots big enough to harvest, for now.
On vacation my sister and I just ordered appetizers of crab cakes and gator bites that we shared Monday night. We ate Mexican on Tuesday night - I had Pollo Limon, which was delicious. For lunch on Monday I had the chicken salad on greens, topped with cut up melon, strawberries and grapes; Tuesday was grilled fish basket with seasoned fries and cole slaw, and Wednesday, just before we left, I had smoked turkey sandwich (I didn't eat the bun) with pickles and chips. We also stopped for chocolate chip-mint ice cream Tuesday night. A nice breakfast was included with our room at the inn, so we only bought lunch and dinner.
Yep, Zoe was two when I started blogging!!
Friday: Valentine’s Date Night out!
Saturday: Cajun Lentil and Rice Bake with Andouille Sausage
Sunday: Slow Cooker Kielbasa and Green Beans, Zucchini Cheese Bread
Monday: Chicken and Yellow Rice, raw veggies and fruit
Tuesday: Cilantro Lime Shrimp Quinoa Bowls
Wednesday: Wendy’s Chicken Sandwich (we had a house showing over dinnertime and my husband and son were both not home for the night)
Thursday: Cheesy Turkey Taco Chili Mac
Happy Birthday, Zoe!! (18 WHAT. WHAT. Seriously. I am at an age where I now feel old because other's people's kids, who I fully remember looking wide-eyed and excited beyond belief about a fishy cake.... ARE NOW ADULTS.. ugh. 😉 ).
Did she want a cake this year? Please say yes... I'm not old enough for no cakes... 😉
Haha, yes, she did have a cake, but it was an ice cream cake. Round. No fish. 😉
It's funny that out of Zoe's 18 years, I have been blogging here for 16 of them. She doesn't know a non-blogging mom!
@Kristen, I remember seeing that fish (or was it a whale?) cake when my kids were little and thinking making a homemade cake to delight your kiddo is "mom goals." I made my younger one an ice cream cake this year! You never know who you'll inspire and how!
Aww, I love that!
And...there were fish cakes AND whale cakes. We had an array of sea creature cakes for a while there with Miss Zoe.
I wanted to see her whale cake after you brought it up, so I searched for it, and here's the link if you want to look at it again too. 🙂 https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/zoe-turned-six-six/
Kristen, a word came to mind this morning to describe you: adaptable. You have adapted beautifully to your circumstances, which are new on every level. Thank you for showing us all how to keep on keeping on, with frugality the underlying theme that provides a way to enjoy some luxuries as you continue having, doing and making more with less.
Aww, you are so sweet and encouraging. Thank you!
Happy Birthday Zoe! That ramen looks delicious.
The usual eats here, with some experimentation:
Saturday/Sunday was homemade pizzas. Made extra fancy with caramelized onions, which stand in for my sauce and cheese. I pre-sliced a bag of onions the day before and on Saturday cooked them in the crockpot for ten hours. They were pretty tasty, but not ringing any bells like the ones I'd made on vacation when I made onion soup at our rental. On Sunday I still had some uncooked onions to use up and I thought I'd try doing it on the stovetop, to see if there's a difference AND THERE IS. Stovetop caramelized onions took about an hour, with me occasionally stirring them, while the crockpot ones took ten hours and ended up darker and not as sweet. I mean, they worked, but they didn't taste amazing. So from now on I'm doin 'em on the stovetop.
Monday: Baked chicken (tofu for me), brown rice, broccoli. Mom's standard Super Healthy Meal.
Tuesday: Burgers, Middle Eastern styled lentil soup, popcorn.
Wednesday: Hamburger stew (Selective Eater enjoyed leftover burgers)
Thursday: DH made fish burgers. He's branched out from tuna; we tried canned salmon, and everyone loved those, and last week I'd spied a can of mackerel, of all things, and he wondered how that would be. First he wanted to try mackerel on his own to see if it was any good. He liked it, and Clark, the resident cat, thought mackerel was splendid, and even prefers it to tuna. So this week he made some salmon burgers and a few mackerel burgers, and the boys all gave the mackerel a big thumbs up. It's cheaper than salmon, so I guess we'll be eating some mackerel now and then.
Friday: Tonight is taco night!
And a slightly food-related question for the Commentariat here: I am a big tea drinker, and have been happily using an electric kettle for five years. It broke suddenly yesterday--the switch won't stay down to turn it on--and I am very sad. However, I'm trying to not buy goods made in China if I can help it. Does anybody know of electric kettles that are not made in China? I didn't realize how much I used my kettle for cooking, heating up water for soaking oats, baking bread, etc. until it broke!
@Karen A.,
We have a Fellow Corvo EKG Electric Kettle. It is by no means cheap. I almost wouldn't buy it but I had done a bunch of research and it looked good (Alton Brown recommended it also) so I gave in and just did it. We had one or two cuisinart kettles that broke previously and I wasn't willing to go with another one of those. The Corvo one has been great. We have had it probably 3 or 4 years by now if I had to guess. I also love tea and this one has a digital temp setting for how hot you want the water, I always thought I hated green tea but really it was that the water wasn't at the proper temp. We have been happy with it and I think it's worth it if you are using it a lot.
All that being said, Fellow products are designed in San Fran but manufactured in China 🙁 It doesn't seem very easy to find many that aren't in China. When I googled mine to see if it was, it came up under the search for "not made in China" but upon closer look...it appears it is.
@Jaime, Thank you! I have Googled and searched and it seems most electric kettles (and stovetop kettles) are made in China, sadly. When we went to get a teakettle for my niece, we were lucky to find a stovetop one that was not made in China, though it was Vietnam, and probably under China ownership anyway. Sigh. I may give in and eventually get one that has good reviews, but I'm going to try to hold out until Mother's Day or maybe even my birthday and use Amazon points. In the meantime I will use the microwave to heat my water, like a peasant (lol). That's what we say around here when we have to do things a different way than we're used to. Or we say "I guess I'll just use the microwave like some Neanderthal."
@Karen A.,
Lol, I have a funny mental image of a caveman using a microwave made out of stone. 😉
@Karen A., maybe you could find an older model that was made in the US. Have you looked on eBay? Or in thrift stores? It also troubles me to not be able to find things made in the US or anywhere else besides China.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana, The last time I used Ebay, my credit card number got stolen...thrift stores are a good idea. I am not 100% die hard about not made in China, I'm a realist, but I thought I'd give it a go.
- Bean and rice burrito bowls
- Boudin, gréens (with leftover brisket fat to yummy them up), and mashed potatoes.
- Bean and cheese burritos with chips and salsa
- Tonight my daughter's making potato soup for home ec
Many happy returns to Zoe on her special birthday!!
I like your love notes idea and am thinking of how to adapt it for our Granddaughter for her upcoming special day. She’s 4 and just learning to read simple words.
@Erika JS, I would write her name and "is" and then draw a simple picture with a word underneath. So a smiley face w/happy; a bicep w/strong; a heart w/kind; a laughing face w/funny; a face with a thought bubble w/smart; a face with a halo w/good...maybe something like that might work? It will help her with the sight words too.
@CrunchyCake,
Ooh this idea rocks! Thank you.
Happy birthday to Zoe and happy Labor Day to you! 🙂 18?!?? Holy guacamole
Two nights out for dinner this week but none of us went out for lunch all week so that's progress!
Thursday - Salmon and rice for them, cauliflower rice stir fry for me; strawberries, kiwi and blackberries on the side
Wednesday - Taquitos, burritos and tostadas; apples on the side
Tuesday - My husband decided we should go out to celebrate me getting a job offer and me accepting it so we went out for Mexican (my fav)
Monday - Garlic Chili noodles and potstickers; asian pear on the side
Sunday - birthday dinner out with friends (three of the six had a Feb birthday)
Saturday - Grain bowls - rice, crispy tofu, broccoli, carrots, green onions, cucumbers, avocado, etc.; choice of sauces. Probably some medley of fruit on the side
Friday - I have no idea...probably either fettucine alfredo or pizza.
WIS: $0
WWA:
Sun: work day: Soup from the freezer and salad. Fruit
M: Instapot freezer chicken carcass made into White Chix Chili, cornbread & fruit salad
T: leftovers
W: Big pkg elk steak, marinated & grilled, kale salad, broccoli
Th: Steak, salad and spaghetti carbonara leftover from lunch w/friends, beets
F: taco buffet party w/family
S: If there are any leftovers, I will make taco salads
My kids didn’t have school Monday and I’m now out of it with a head cold, but this is what I could think of …
Sat/Sun - The fridge was pretty empty. We had sandwiches and fruit one night. The other night I attempted a roasted turkey tenderloin, which was just ok. We also had green beans and who knows what else.
Mon - I made black beans while supervising my 9yo making taco meat. This was paired with an assortment of tortillas, tortilla chips, avocado, etc. On the side was a green salad and/or strips of raw sweet pepper.
Tues - Leftovers + carrot sticks.
Weds - Hamburgers for the family and a bean burger for myself, oven fries, broccoli.
Thurs - I was starting to feel head-coldy. My husband picked up fast food for the three of us that weren’t allergic and my son had home hamburgers.
Fri - I’m feeling extra head-coldy today. My 14yo really wants to cook tonight. I will probably have him cook ground turkey and (brown rice) noodles while his father supervises. We love to top this with olive oil, garlic, etc. and whatever veg we find to go with it.
Sat - I have some chicken and potatoes to roast, plus kale to sauté. Hopefully, I’ll feel more human by then.
Happy birthday Zoe!
This week we were traveling for part of it, so a bit out of the norm
Saturday: visiting Florida at my MIL and she cooked dinner for my family
Sunday: visiting Florida at my MIL and she cooked dinner for my family AND my parents who live about an hour away and came to meet up
Monday: we ordered sushi takeout for our last night
Tuesday: we flew home and got in right before dinner. I took out pulled pork from the freezer and fed that with some fruit to the little one. I had chips and grapes after she went to bed (not a winning meal)
Wednesday: we had tofu ramen stir fry with Asian sauce and veggies
Thursday: rice and taco bowls with ground turkey, corn, black beans, avocado and all the fixins
Tonight: it’s either takeout or frozen pizza because momma is TIRED
Gold star for me because I made a bunch of extra tofu and ground turkey so I had easy proteins for salads for lunches. Working from home, I sometimes forget to plan my own lunches out (whoops!)
WIS: Farmers Market-$7; Flashfood-$169; S&S-$4; Milk Delivery-$18; TGTG-$10; Spirited Gourmet-$34 Total-$242
WWA: Sat- Turkey, pumpkin chili
Sun- Chicken Cacciatore over polenta
Mon- Chicken soup
Tues- Sweet chili chicken with soy/sesame oil green beans, and rice
Wed- Leftover sweet chili chicken, green beans, and spicy noodles
Thurs- Shrimp stir-fry situation w/ left over noodles
Fri- Swordfish, most likely with potato wedges and whatever veg I can find in the fridge or pantry
A friend is moving and miscalculated how early she should have been eating down her freezer. She dropped off a huge box of food, much of it ready to eat meals like lasagna (all home made). Some of the stuff is not labeled, so this week's lunches have been leftovers from our freezer and for dinner we go spelunking through her box. A lot of the food is lentils and beans, which are a huge NO from me, but the husband eats them. On those days I have eaten one of my favorites--a nuked potato topped with cottage cheese and sun dried tomatoes. Tonight, however, it is pizza for him and Filet of Fish for me. This has been a rather horrible week so I may even get a double. My father died before I learned you could order a double---he would have loved that and eaten one every Friday when he took us there as kids during his single parent periods.
Lindsey, I’m sorry it’s been such a bad week for you. I hope next week is much, much better!
I have shared your Filet o Fish story with my mom. It tickles her how much you like them (even though I have explained about your dad), since you live in Alaska, home of delicious halibut & salmon.
@Lindsey, Just sending a hug. Horrible weeks are so hard. Hoping your next week is much better.
Aww, Lindsey. I'm so sorry that you had such an awful week. Sending you love.
Saturday - chicken pot pie
Sunday - random assortment from the freezer- pizza and half a bag of chicken tenders, plus some fruit and veggies on the side
Monday - my FILs birthday, MIL made chicken gravy and waffles, with mashed potatoes and lima beans on the side, chocolate cake and ice cream
Tuesday - leftovers
Wednesday - chili and cornbread
Thursday - Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli, applesauce
Friday - chicken parmesan, garlic bread, salad
I'm sick too, so I'll be briefer than usual.
WIS: 118.27 @ a diner when visiting my mil, 152.93 @Aldi and 20.60 on box wine, so 291.80.
WWA:
Fri: salad and focaccia with chipotle pumpkin sauce, Parm/mozzarella cheese and turkey bacon.
Sat: salad and pizza from my husband's childhood pizza place, rose cones for dessert because grandmothers can't stand the idea of not having dessert apparently.
Sun: this was the diner night. We each ordered a different breakfast plate and then split up the food so we all got a little bit of everything. My husband also ordered a salad and we discovered that my kids hate blue cheese just as much as me.
Mon: my mother-in-law cooked: salad, California veggies, mashed potatoes and breaded chicken thighs. More rose cones.
Tue: salad, leftover focaccia and leftover rice and beans.
Wed: sandwiches (turkey, guacamole and cheese) and spinach/arugula salad.
Thu: stir fried tofu and red peppers over jasmine rice with spinach and arugula on top.
Tonight: focaccia and salad
Have a great weekend, everyone!
@Becca,
PS Happy birthday, Zoe!
WWS: $92 (grocery store & mystery shop), WWA:
Sat: chicken & dumping (drop type) - I added broccoli & shredded zucchini (the latter from the garden that partner had froze). I also added mushroom powder, which makes anything with stock so much tastier - all that umami.
Sun: goulash with celeriac, turnips & carrots. Served will grilled no-knead bread
Mon: mystery dinner at super-fancy steakhouse. We went over the allocated budget, so it cost me $28 out of pocket, which I will happily pay for Wagyu steak.
Tues: leftover chicken & dumplings
Wed: out for pizza and salad with friends to celebrate a birthday
Thurs: provolone and liverwurst sandwich, sliced cucumber
Fri: pork banh mi burgers (Modern Proper recipe, SO good), Asian roasted potatoes (you pre-cook them in "magic stock" - which has soy, cooking wine, hoisin, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, star anise before roasting), and Samin Nosrat's cucumber salad, to which I also added shredded cabbage and red pepper.
Also, we make homemade ramen and will include soy-marinated eggs. They are super simple.
WIS: Something like around $55 after coupons and store card discounts.
WWA: Leftover spicy sausage rice, which was supposed to make four servings and came in closer to six. Bacon-spinach salads with rye crackers and the Aldi version of Laughing Cow cheese or smoked provolone -- very yummy. Some fiery Chinese soup for my husband, who has been sick with a head cold. Protein shakes and oranges for me.
We took DH out for Chinese food for his birthday last night, followed by cupcakes. Dinner tonight was more salads to make up for last night's indulgence.
What I, or should I say better half spent, I have just a number via the debit or credit card. What we ate - better half salvaged his crappy Outback rib-eye (not cooked as request which might have been a blessing) as an addition to chili. His cold mashed taters stuffed my leftover baked potato plus I ate the rest of my not anywhere cooked as requested steak. Pasta and meatballs one night. Can't remember the next. Hamburgers the next (he and one kiddo ate Brussel sprouts and broccoli - ick to me lol), out to eat with family Friday and the next (yeah I might be more current week). Truth be told, I don't do the cooking or grocery - my wheelhouse is earning money and non-perishables - aka NEVER a panic moment during the pandemic for TP or other non-perishable/cat food. One goes with their strengths.
Never heard of a sushi burrito. Had to Google that one!
@Jenn,
I haven't either but I am re-watching Kim's Convenience and they mentioned it in an episode I watched after reading about them here. Apparently its a thing in Canada at least but I have yet to see them in New England.