WIS, WWA | What even is dinner?
I realized that three of my dinners this week were actually breakfast. What can I say? We do what we gotta do when time is short.
What I Spent
I spent:
- $47 at Aldi
- $0 at Safeway (I had to include that. Ha.)
So, for this week, I'm clocking in at a mere $47.
What We Ate
Saturday
Work day!
I made a grilled cheese sandwich and ate some pears with it.
Sunday
A post-work bowl of raisin bran. š
Monday
My friend Mia was here visiting, and we had chicken burrito bowls with cilantro lime sauce. So good!
Tuesday
Mia wanted to go out for dinner as a thank you for the lodging. š I got some panang curry with chicken.
Wednesday
I made a salad with the last of the burrito bowl fixings, and Zoe had a scrambled egg burrito.
Thursday
I made some pancakes after work, because raisin bran can only be dinner so often, you know? š
Friday
I probably will cook up the last of the pancake batter after work and call it good.
Luckily, I have tomorrow off, and I will spend at least part of the day prepping food for the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday shifts.
This week's eats from my parents' place:
Saturday: Cheese and onion quiche with mashed potato and green beans.
Sunday: Leftovers.
Monday: I went out with a friend and we ate dinner in a pub. She got a vegan burger and I got a halloumi flatbread with mixed veg and sweet potato fries on the side. The wrap would have been better with less red onion and more halloumi, but the sweet potato fries helped (as did our cocktails!).
Tuesday: Frozen pizza and fries with some side vegetables.
Wednesday: Veggie burgers, mashed potato and peas.
Thursday: I stayed at my sister's place and ordered a halloumi salad and fries.
Friday: I think my dad will make mushroom omelettes.
On groceries we spent over 400.00 that includes a turkey and a ham. My partner paid for them, and the girls came with us too. We did earn 30.00 in points, which I'm saving for a full restock in the fall.
Meals this week include:
cheese tortellini with vodka sauce and Caesar salad
Sweet and sour pork with rice - we had peppers, onions and pineapple in the sauce. He saw the recipe on Instagram. 100% will make.again. it would be great with tofu or chicken too.
Taco Bell inspired crunch wrap - again another Instagram meal... He used 1lb ground beef, plus other veggies. We had it with salad. Another hit.
We also had a variety of frozen flat bread pizzas and salad another night.
We did have A&W on Monday night. That was about 50.00 for 4 people.
Today we are joining my family and we are having hot cross buns, fish cakes and homemade beans for lunch. Supper will be fish, potatoes and veggies.
My SIL calls their dinners "tea & toast". She makes substantial lunches. It's an older person thing related to digestion. We also tend to eat that way, though not always.
Fun fact; evening meals in England are often referred to as 'tea' because in the past, a main meal (dinner) would be eaten at lunchtime so in the evening, people would usually drink tea and eat something light such as toast. These days, we mostly eat our main meal in the evening and call it dinner, but tea is still used interchangeably as a name (ie, 'what are you having/cooking for tea tonight?').
Saturday - We grabbed a couple of Little Caesar's pizzas to eat in the car on the drive home from our short spring break trip. They only had two that were hot n ready: a pepperoni pizza, and one of those 4-in-1's that are 4 different kinds of breadsticks. The kids really loved the 4-in-1 and it was gone in a hurry.
Sunday - My in-laws made lunch for my husband to celebrate his birthday, so I didn't cook at all that day! We had roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, and apple pie with ice cream.
Monday - Back to school and normal life... pork chops, brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, and veggies with dip.
Tuesday - Burgers, corn, caesar salad, strawberries
Wednesday - Salsa verde shredded pork that we made into tacos or put over rice
Thursday - My husband's actual birthday. I make beef stroganoff and peas for this meal every year. And since it's Dad's birthday, no kids are allowed to complain about the mushrooms. š We had cherry pie and ice cream for dessert.
Friday - I had planned on beef stew, but now two kids are having dinner at a friend's church, and my husband might be going into church early for our service, so I'm not sure who all I'm feeding tonight. If it's just me and one kid, I'll probably have a salad and she will probably have chicken nuggets.