WIS, WWA | want to see some skunk cabbage?
Skunk cabbage is not really edible, but it has been fun to see it popping up in the marshy areas of the woods where I walk.
I think it looks kind of like hostas.
Luckily, the leaves only smell skunky if you bruise them. So as long as I'm just taking pictures, all is well. 😉
What I Spent
I spent $24 at Safeway, mainly to get some packed lunch supplies for Zoe. And that was it for shopping for me.
What We Ate
Saturday
My mom made chicken tikka masala, which we ate with naan. We had broccoli on the side, plus a fruit salad.
Sunday
She had some squash/black bean filling left, so my mom made some more of the burritos, which we ate with a green salad and some fruit salad.
Monday
I made pork tinga with rice (an ATK recipe), and of course we had a green salad and some fruit with that.
This recipe calls for chipotle chilies and look guys! My mom has the exact same jar of blended chipotles as I do at my own house.
My mom's jar:
My jar:
I wrote a whole post about how I blend and store chilies in the fridge, if you are interested.
Tuesday
Leftover pork tinga from Monday. With more salad. 😉 My parents eat a lot of salad. And they ARE in very good health, so...make of that what you will.
I think it's a pretty safe bet to eat more salads; salad-eating is quite low-risk, and there's a high possibility it will do good things for your body.
Wednesday
My mom made gumbo and rice, and this Smitten Kitchen cauliflower, which is very good.
We happened to eat a lot of rice this week, I guess. I didn't even notice until I sat down to write this post!
Thursday
We were all out at dinnertime, so no one cooked. I managed to feed Zoe and myself for $5 because I had some freebies, so, yay me!
Friday
Tonight is the Tenebrae service at my parents' church, so I think we are just doing a quick fend for yourself thing before we go.
I spent $125 at Sam's this week.
Saturday - we celebrated my sister's birthday over at my house and I cooked a special dinner for her. We had Prime Rib, twice baked potatoes, corn on the cob, and broccoli salad. Chocolate Cake for dessert.
Sunday - leftovers
Monday - leftovers along with some rotisserie chicken thrown into the mix
Tuesday - Quick pasta dish using home canned and homegrown tomatoes homemade pesto and some fresh mozzarella I had on hand that needed to be used. I also made a hummingbird breakfast bread to use up some overripe bananas and crushed pineapple.
Wednesday - the remainder of the rotisserie chicken was shredded and warmed in a quick pan gravy and we ate that with rice and some mixed veggies.
Thursday - tuna melts
Friday - I am thinking we will do tacos tonight so we can have leftovers Saturday and Easter dinner Sunday.
Happy Easter Everyone!!
WIS: Hungry Harvest: 27.63 local health food store: 89.65 total: 117.28 (Whenever my HH bill is less than 30, it's because something was damaged last week and they issued me a credit. Last week one of my eggs was broken. This was supposed to be my low/no-spend week, but I went to the health food store to get red cabbage to dye eggs, and, well...we were all there, so things other than cabbage were also purchased, and I'm moving on.)
WWA:
Sat: salad, rice and beans with crumbled queso
Sun: salad, half burgers (1/2 lb ground beef mixed with leftover rice and beans) with sliced tomatoes on homemade whole wheat bread
Mon: salad, leftover focaccia and sweet potato fries (both air fried)
Tue: salad, leftover rice and beans, air fried green beans
Wed: salad, broccoli and tofu Rangoon (tofu, broccoli, cream cheese and spices rolled into wonton wrappers brushed with egg and air fried)
Thu: salad, pasta primavera (asparagus, grape tomatoes, red onion, garlic, and romano cheese)
Tonight: salad, chicken legs (probably air fried) and broiled asparagus (teen ager wants focaccia for her birthday dinner on Monday)
Happy weekend everyone, and happy Easter/Passover to those celebrating!
We had burger takeout, beef bourguignon, BBQ takeout, and last night I decided a takeout pizza was cheaper than bail money. It's been a stressful week.
Tonight, penne alla vodka. For Easter, we're taking my mom out to brunch, an operation slightly more complicated than planning D-Day. $325 for wheelchair transport to a restaurant a five minute drive away and back. Sigh. Plus we have to get faxed permission from Medicaid to allow her to leave and it goes on forever. But Mom is looking forward to it so much.
@Rose, yes!! Always choose the take out over the bail!! Lol
@Rose, I hope your mom enjoys her time out! I feel your pain, until you experience it, you can't understand the hoops you have to jump through just for some normalcy in life.
@Bobi, Mom's working really hard at physical therapy, so I am hoping we can go back to where I was allowed to take her places in my car. Every day she texts me something like "It all sounds grand to me. I don't care as long as I'm with you and the kids too." Everything has just been basically terrible since her stroke and I'm the only one of her three surviving kids who do things for her, basically. My brother might put himself out once a year at most. Sigh.
Enjoy the good times, folks, because you never know when they might end.
@Rose, good on you for being there for your mother. I often wish I could take my DH on outings on good days, but with the Alzheimer's, I'm not sure I could get him back into the building without resistance if I tried to take him out. (And I also hear you about the lack of sibling support. A lot of the folks on the Caregivers Forum on alzconnected.org could say the same.)
Wonders never cease. My brother is actually showing up for the brunch too. Have I seen him in 5 years? Possibly not.
@Rose, good luck on the brunch. And try not to punch your brother out, as I surely would be tempted to do.
@Rose, I had a somewhat similar situation to you with my siblings--they were more helpful than yours but often their intervention made things worse (and made more work for me). It's super frustrating and hard not to feel resentful.
Wow, that's crazy expensive for wheelchair transport. Is it because you are taking her out of a rehab facility that it's so pricey? Our area has a handicap van transport which is significantly less expensive, although you have to book well in advance. My mom used that for awhile until her failing eyesight started to cause issues.
Regardless ... you are giving your mom a wonderful gift. Thanks for all your effort.
@Kris, The county has handicapped transport for $4 per ride, buuuuuuut the card has to be reapplied for every year, or something, and this year's hasn't happened yet. I know. It's just head bangingly annoying. As are the two $78 gel cushions the facility somehow lost. I bought Mom yet another because they help her so much. I will give to her on Easter and this time I have painted our last name in giant white letters on each piece.
@A. Marie, oh but we caaaaaaaaaan't. We're supposed to be thrilled he deigns to show up now and then. At my dad's funeral in 2016 I was sorely tempted to say, "Bye! Seeya at Mom's funeral next!" to him but did not. Yeah, I guess I've seen him 2x in the past ten years. He lives 10 minutes from Mom's facility. My sister, who is 30 mins from the facility, is in a giant snit because I asked for my great-great grandmother's sewing machine, value approximately nothing because everyone had one, but she made her living off it, for my daughter, who sews and goes to Fashion Institute. Nope. My sister would prefer it rot in her garage where no one pays attention to it. Sigh.
@Rose, At least I don't have to deal with this since I'm an only!
@Rose, you are wise to hire experts to transport your mom. Years ago while trying to be careful getting my aunt into and out of my minivan, my cousins and I bruised our aunt's leg badly. She never complained and I never forgot the pain of hurting her.
@Rose,
Ugh, this reminds me so much of when my mother in law was dying slowly from multi-infarct dementia.....my sister in law and her husband, who lived about 15 minutes away from the long term care facility where she ended up for the past 9 months of her life, decided to go on "permanent vacation". My husband, the only other child, was left managing EVERYTHING. I helped as much as I could, too, but when things really started getting bad, sister in law and her hubby refused to come home, or help with anything. After my beloved mother in law passed away, SIL admitted she "ran away" in the face of her mother's imminent death. No apologies were made, and I'm not really sure why she felt the need to disclose this tidbit (though alcohol may have been involved), but it surprised no one, and was met with huge eyeball rolls (in private, not in front of her).
I'm on the salad train, too. Whatever helps get those veggies into my mouth. I usually cut the dressing waaaay back, though. This week for me:
Monday - Chicken Enchiladas, green salad with avocado
Tuesday - BBQ beans and Sausage, salad
Wednesday - Wine Wednesday with The Girl
Thursday - Greek Pork chop, grilled okra, mini potatoes
Tonight - Sloppy Joes with hidden veggies*, sweet potato fries
Saturday - out
Sunday - Easter Potluck at Camp Rustown - I am making a pork roast and my favorite mac and cheese, my peeps are in charge of the rest. I know The Girl is bringing roasted brussels sprouts, but the rest is a mystery!
*I will add finely minced bell pepper, onion, and carrot
Happy Easter weekend!
My husband cannot eat a lot of salad. Too much fiber has a very bad effect on his digestion. So I guess he's the exception to "salads are good for you." Luckily, salads are very easy to make for one, and so I can have them as often as I want (or as often as I actually have the fresh vegetable for them, which is now much more often thanks to Misfits Market, hooray!).
Saturday: Said husband prepared the two carp he caught on our Friday fishing expedition. He cut off the heads and tails, then cut the bodies into steaks and used a "dry marinade" of onion, green garlic, and salt. Then he dredged it in egg and corn flour and fried it. Carp actually has very good meat, but it is very, very, VERY bony, so it's not for the novice fish-eater. We also had pasta with pesto (in case any kid refuses to eat the fish, I usually have a standalone side dish) and raw green beans.
Sunday: Same husband, same fish, but chowder this time. He put all the leftover fried pieces, plus the head (saved because my daughter specifically asked to eat the eyes, yuck) in a stock pot and simmered it all with lots of butter, milk, and potatoes. He also had the onion and green garlic from the marinade, which he had chopped and fried in the pan when the fish was done, so he put those in the chowder, too. It really was delicious chowder. I also made garlic rolls from some of the bread dough I was working with, and Lindt truffles for Sunday dessert. So I didn't really make dinner OR dessert. Strange. (I did make a random chuck roast just to have on hand, because it just feels too weird to not be in the kitchen. 🙂
Monday: I had made two big shepherd's pies the previous Thursday when we had a very hungry boy guest, and the bigger one was all gone. There was a whole 13"x9" Pyrex of another shepherd's pie left, and that's what I heated up in the oven after work. The children also had some bread and butter.
Tuesday: Creamy green chile stew, more bread and butter for the children, cocoa because we got a gallon of milk at the tiny village store that was a day past its "best by" date. Sometimes that milk is fine for a couple of days until we finish it up, sometimes it's not. It doesn't usually start to taste bad, though. Rather, it separates a bit in the cup. This one was fine for about a day before I had to assign it to yogurt instead of fresh drinking.
Wednesday: I made taco meat with that extra chuck roast, plus the leftover chile stew liquid (all the meat, potatoes, and carrots had been eaten out of it, so it was just a sauce). I had also taken out the last container of myhusband's pigs' foot chile from the freezer, so he and my eldest son had that. And then I think the kids had bread and butter and yogurt with maple syrup. I wasn't in the kitchen at the time, because I was taking a break before going back in to make Rice Krispie treats for the next day's school spring party.
Thursday: A combination of 2/3 ground beef and 1/3 pork sausage to make meatloaf, plus baking powder biscuits, cucumber slices, and pureed calabaza (winter squash) from the freezer.
Tonight: I have some shrimp in the freezer, and this is our last meatless Lenten Friday, so I guess now's the time to use it. Not sure what I'll serve with it. I'm feeling very groggy still after sleeping a very unheavy and unusual for me 10 hours last night to recover from a taxing week. Something will come to me later after I'm more mentally active.
@kristin @ going country, I have canned carp in the past when the guys have caught quite a bit. I used it just like you would canned salmon or tuna. Just wanted to share in case it might be helpful. You add a bit of white vinegar when canning which breaks down the bones....and that provided good calcium.
@kristin @ going country, I continue to follow the carp saga with great interest. And I'm much amused by your daughter's asking for the eyes!
@Linda M, Thank you, that's good to know! I know they do that with salmon in Alaska, and it provides important calcium in the winter for those who live a more subsistence life. My husband was asking me if simmering the carp would break the bones down enough to make them edible, but I told him only pressure cooking would do that. I didn't know about the vinegar, but now I do!
@A. Marie, Full confession: I did not eat any of the carp. I'm much pickier than any of my children (I blame my suburban, shrink-wrapped-chicken-breast upbringing), but my daughter is the only one who asks for fish eyes. Gruesome.
@kristin @ going country, Carp eyes! Who knew? Your menu reports rarely disappoint.
@kristin @ going country, Like your husband, I cannot eat a lot of salads. I have gastritis and too many raw vegetables causes symptoms to flare up.
And crap eyes - that would be a definite NO for me! hahaha
@kristin @ going country, are you sure she isn't Wednesday Addams in disguise?
The eyes! Whyyyyyyy. I cannot imagine.
@A. Marie, Nah, just a little girl with three big brothers who delight in out-grossing each other. (They all tried the eyes at one point, but she's the only one who continues to ask for them.)
@Kristen, Me, neither. No greater love hath a mother than to dig out squishy, squirting eyeballs from a fish head for her daughter. AND not show my own revulsion, because I'm careful not to pass on my own aversions to my children. But really. Barf.
@kristin @ going country, I am reading this description at 9 Am Alaska time and I want to barf. And I dined on muktuk a lot when we lived in a whaling village, so I am a pretty adventurous eater. But carp eyes...just a hard no.
1. Tofu Stir Fry (cabbage & rice)
2. Oatmeal pancakes, fruit
3. Pasta with marinara sauce & salad
4. Strawberry salad & veggie burger wraps
5. Homemade pizza on Naan Bread
6. Leftovers
7. Dinner out tonight
Saturday - takeout taqueria
Sunday - leftover ham and potato soup from freezer, red lobster biscuits
Monday - kale minestrone soup, corn muffins from freezer
Tuesday - coconut rice pilaf with sesame chicken
Wednesday - sautéed chicken, steamed broccoli and carrots, pasta with butter and Parmesan
Thursday - leftover coconut rice pilaf fried to make more of a fried rice, chicken egg rolls from freezer
Friday - my first born is turning 4! So an easy dinner night, his favorite meal is pasta and marinara sauce. Blue and green cupcakes for dessert.
Sat - Grilled Steak with baked potatoes, creamed spinach, brocolli and creamed corn.
Sun - Sheet Pan Supper - Drumsticks, potatoes and carrots and a salad
Mon - Frozen Pizzas (it was a 'Monday')
Tues - Taco Salad
Wed - Mix-match, lol. I made some angel hair pasta and marinara for me and I made the guys one of those frozen Bertolli Chicken Parm skillet dinners that cooks in like 12 min. Apparently it was a rough Wednesday too, lol.
Thurs - Grilled Burgers and air-fryer potato wedges (using the last 3 small potatoes in the house, lol)
Fri - Baked Ziti with homemade garlic toast, aka loaf bread with some melted garlic butter spread on it and baked, lol. And a salad.
I just went online and did a small pickup order for my dinner tonight and I'm just so sad about grocery prices.
**A box of pasta $2.59 (gone up from $1.00)
**Jarred sauce is $3.59 (I ordered 4 - 15 oz cans of crushed tomatoes that were on sale for .79 ea and I'll use 1 can plus some water to stretch it and make my own)
**A loaf of Italian Bread was $2.69 (up from $1.25) and a box of frozen garlic bread (store brand) is $2.93 on sale. Name brand is $3.19. (Again, making my own)
**Salad dressings were close to $4.00. I've got enough in my fridge to cobble something together.
I sure hope the bleeding stops soon. I'm very grateful I have the skills to cook from scratch. My problem is finding the time to get it all done. I guess I need to adjust my time management to include that.
My week to cook, and it sure felt like a long one!
Sunday-ramen bowls, potstickers, oranges
Monday-Buddha bowl, oranges
Tuesday-broiled chicken, mac & cheese, asparagus
Wednesday-chicken tenders, asparagus, leftover sides
Thursday-hot dogs, pasta salad, FG roasted carrots
Friday-leftovers
Saturday-??? Finally finished the chicken so will have to find something else. Maybe breakfast for dinner.
This was not a good week for eating in for us, mainly due to a fender bender I was involved with (ok it was my fault)!
Saturday: Using up our cheese stock Quesadillas/grilled cheese sandwiches.
Sunday: Take out flautas to celebrate brother's bday.
Monday: I can't remember!
Tuesday: Car accident day! Everyone fended for themselves and I went to bed early.
Wednesday: Grilled skirt steak, roasted red potatoes, avocado with corn tortillas
Thursday: Take out Carl's Jr. for kids and I snacked on cheese, olives and walnuts
Friday: Probably pizza, sigh...
@CindySW, - Hope you're ok after your accident!
@kris, Thanks we are all in one piece!
17 dollars spent at Aldi for minimal produce restock. Heading out of town for holiday on Holy Thurs!
Sunday Mon Tues- baked tortellini casserole
Wed—pizza and sliced apples
Thurs- tacos mex rice and chips and salsa for lunch. Hit the road early evening.
Lovely pics Kristen!
Not to get too graphic, but I have narrowing in the ileum due to disease, and too much of salad or any raw vegetables is Not Good. Unfortunately, I love salad, but I have a strong incentive not to eat much of it. If it weren't for that, I'd be one of salad's biggest fans.
I used a gift card last week to help pay for groceries. I don't remember the exact amount, but I got two weeks' worth of groceries for under $100 out-of-pocket, which included my local farm order; I do remember that much.
WIA:
A hamburger (gluten free bun) and jicama sticks, applesauce
Pork chops, braised and cooked with chopped mushrooms, onion and garlic, with a variety of chopped root veggies
Meatloaf, topped with seasoned Nomato sauce, vegetable medley of this and that out of the fridge
Sheet pan dinner of cauliflower, asparagus and salmon, adding the salmon part way through cooking so it wouldn't overcook
Leftovers of the braised pork chop dinner
Fried gizzards, collard greens and honey carrots
Got home late and was tired, so I browned and seasoned some ground turkey and added Nomato sauce, putting that on some cassava spaghetti. I didn't even attempt a salad, but the Nomato sauce is a veggie sauce, so I called it good.
I actually know about the ileum! I just did my digestive system exam yesterday.
I'm sure that's hard to not be able to eat salads!
@Kristen,
Ha, I figured you would know where that is! I eat salads rarely, so I can at least say I really enjoy them when I have them.
@JD, I have Crohn's Disease so I TOTALLY understand not being able to eat salad. I too would eat salad daily if it wouldn't make me sick. Man do I miss salad......
@Morgan,
A fellow CD-er! I feel for you too!
After having a mild case of omichronic this year my immune system went into road rage and what I can eat is limited. Mostly turkey on gluten free bread and applesauce.
At Costco:
Organic deli turkey for 2-3 weeks 10$
Applesauce 24 organic 12$
Gluten free bread for 7 sandwiches 5$
Also oatmeal and broccoli already had.
WWA
Saturday: Chinese takeout leftovers
Sunday: Bagel dogs, chips, and fruit
Monday: Sous vide steaks, baked potato rounds, and green beans
Tuesday: Bad day so peanut butter sandwich and fruit
Wednesday: Sweet potato and red lentil coconut curry with rice
Thursday: Leftover coconut curry
Friday: Undecided but likely takeout or Trader Joe's frozen meal since I'll be prepping for Easter celebration on Saturday
Chilaquiles with a fried egg
Polenta with red sauce, roasted broccoli, side salads
Garlic butter shrimp and sautéed veggies
Leftover pizza and side salads
Crepes: savory with roasted veggies and bechamel sauce, and sweet with Nutella and bananas
Tonight we are having…..good question. I am hosting Easter dinner Saturday so the fridge is full of that food and I have to clean not cook. So either scrambled eggs or takeout.
We were on vacation this week, so no grocery shopping. We kept costs down for eating out by eating a protein-packed breakfast, a snack of peanuts later in the day, and having a relatively early dinner. We brought a huge thermos of water to help avoid paying $2.50 a bottle for water.
When we got home last night after 11 hours on the road, I had raisin bran and an apple for supper. Today I must go grocery shopping and see how much prices have gone up since two weeks ago.
Oh, I'm glad you guys were able to get away for a bit!
@Kristen, it was a great trip. We were in Virgina and Washington, DC and saw a lot of historic sites. Except that we got quite tired (we are not young any more), it was the perfect getaway.
What do your parents put in the green salads? Is it different all the time or the same each time?
Generally: arugula, spinach, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, some type of cheese, and toasted pepitas. But there's some variation in that, depending on what's in the fridge!
@Kristen, I think I probably could eat that every day as a side dish.
@Kristen,
Every time I read your blog I have to look up an ingredient or recipe that someone mentions. You get the award today for toasted pepitas. Thanks to Google I now know they are sunflower seeds 🙂
I love how reading your blog increases my food knowledge!!
@Joanne in the U.K., pepitas are pumpkin seeds.
@Jan, I was wondering the same. I only have one salad recipe that I love and make about one a week. The dressing is 2 tbsps olive oil, 2 tbsps cider vinegar, 1 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tsp dijon, 1 minced garlic clove. I mix spinach, feta, pecans, chopped apples and sometime pomegranate. I need to make an effort to try one new recipe a week.
I did a massive grocery shopping at a local farmstand by me last week, so not a huge amount spent except for Passover and Easter shopping. However, the local college has a really good farmstore (the have an agriculture program), so I went a little crazy buying tomato seedlings for my garden. Since they will feed us this summer (and next year after canning), I can kinda count it towards my food total (and yay supporting local businesses and college kids).
Monday- veggie quesadillas with homemade pico and avocado
Tuesday- tofu and broccoli Cantonese style noodles
Wednesday- my husband went out with some work people and I wanted to watch the end of Bridgerton, so frozen pizza and salad I already had for me
Thursday- migas, grilled veggies and avocado
Friday- arugala and tomato flatbreads
Saturday- we will be at Passover at my aunt's house, I am bringing potato kugel
Sunday- Easter at my other aunt's house, I am bringing a fennel and beet salad
I always struggle to remember, but I know we ate! 🙂
-Chicken curry, with rice (x2)
-Fesenjan (Persian dish with chicken, ground almonds, & pomegranate), served over rice
-Burgers & potato salad (x2)
-Delivery pizza (parents in town, multiple sports for the kids)
-Tonight will be chicken fajitas with guacamole, chips & sides
So, they're actually pumpkin seeds, here in the U.S. The ones my parents have look like these: https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/pepitas/
Always so fun to learn about how food terms differ from country to country!
Edit: Rose, I saw your comment once I typed up mine. Whoops.
@Kristen,
My mistake, Google told me right answer and somehow my mind changed it while typing. I blame a 7 hour shift on the farm in the first proper hot day of the year, we reached the giddy heights of 22 degrees but goodness it felt like the surface of the sun hot after the cold, wet and windy weather of late. 🙂 🙂
We had breakfast for dinner, sausage and cabbage, Italian spaghetti squash, baked chicken and potatoes and lots of leftovers. I'm trying to use up odds and ends before making Easter dinner. We were snowed in for 3 days, and since our snow blower wasn't working, we shoveled all 18+ inches. No one really felt like cooking. We were out shoveling every couple hours.
We're getting ready to start making Easter treats today.
Happy Easter and Passover!
Meals .... Monday was tacos, Tuesday I roasted a chicken/potatoes/onions in the crockpot, Wednesday I made goulash, Thursday I used the leftover chicken to make cheesy chicken chowder for dinner and I baked my favorite Amish oatmeal bread (which I haven't done in forever--I think I'd rather eat a slice of that than cake!). Last night's meal was labor-intensive and made a lot so guess what? Repeating it for dinner tonight.
We had a weird week, dinner-wise. I planned to do a week from the ATK Ultimate Meal Prep cookbook but got a little off track.
M: chicken coconut curry soup + grilled cheese
T: I had a migraine and I’m not sure what the family did for dinner! I think it was a charcuterie board (i.e., cheese, crackers, rolled up ham and turkey, and mixed nuts) which my kids have been into for quick meals lately.
W: We ordered in Indian.
R: Younger three and I had dinner at church before the Maundy Thursday service, husband and oldest stayed home and made bagel sandwiches.
F: Steak tacos with cilantro rice and beans.
S: The plan is eggplant ragu with polenta (recipe #3 from the meal plan, and I think I’ll do #4 on Monday).
WIS £141.25 for online delivery, massive spend because of Easter and eldest son is home and he’s gluten & dairy intolerant.
WWA
Monday- chicken stir fry & noodles
Tuesday- fajitas
Wednesday- assorted snacks on the journey to Scotland
Thursday- KFC on the way home from Scotland
Friday- homemade pizza made by my boys, yay!! One makes the base, the other sorts the toppings
Today- chicken korma, rice and salad - inspired by your parents Kristen 🙂
Easter Sunday- roast beef, Yorkshire pudding plus all the vegetables.
Enjoy the long weekend, however you celebrate.
Let's see...this was a weird week for us.
Friday night (last night) we had leftover bison burgers, salad and sweet potato fries from the freezer. It was golf day so we were worn out and happy for an easy meal.
Thursday we had grilled salmon, salad, and leftover rice and beans.
Wednesday I was at a friend's for dinner, so the hubs fended for himself and cooked some parmesan tilapia from the freezer with rice and beans and slaw.
Tuesday we had bison burgers, salad and roasted potatoes.
Monday we actually went OUT to dinner to our favorite Mexican place. Wow. The price increases are nuts!
Tonight we're going to a friend's house and then I'll be out of town Tues-Mon so the hubs will be on his own. Fortunately he's a very good cook!
I come from a family who had a salad every night as part of dinner/supper.
$+/- 30.
WWA:
Sat: roasted salmon with salad and dill dressing
Sun: turkey tacos/black beans on the side, pineapple for dessert
Mon: leftover tacos
Tues: mystery shop dinner! Made $18.
Wedn: mystery shop dinner! Partner went with me and ate any payment
Thurs: at in-laws: lasagne, salad, garlic bread. Cookies for dessert
Fri: at in-laws. We cooked. Shrimp-ginger on skewers, edamame. Tantanmen Udon, cucumber and red pepper salad. Yuzu sesame tarts.
Betta, I wonder if sometime either you or Lindsey would be willing to do a post/interview about your mystery shopping. You both are so good at it!