WIS, WWA | You should try BLTs Lisey's way!
See Tuesday's meal for the BLT mention. 😉
What I Spent
I didn't get a Hungry Harvest this week (I'm trying every other week this summer to see if that works out well), and I spent $160 at the grocery store.
What We Ate
Saturday
Pizza night! I bought pizza instead of making it.
Sunday
We had breakfast for dinner; French toast, bacon, and orange juice.
Monday
Stir-fry, with frozen potstickers on the side.
I've made things like wontons myself before, and honestly, it did not feel worth the effort to me. Costco makes some very good frozen potstickers and I am quite happy to leave that up to them. 😉
Tuesday
BLTs again!
Mr. FG tried one Lisey's way* and though he's not normally a huge BLT fan, he really liked them this way.
*Assemble BLT as usual, then cook in a pan on both sides as you would a grilled cheese
I see more pan-grilled BLT meals in our future this summer.
Which makes me happy because BLTs make a very, very easy dinner.
Wednesday
I salted, peppered, and oiled some chicken breasts and sauteed and sliced them to go on top of a big green salad with avocados, tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, croutons, etc.
And we had sliced French bread on the side.
Thursday
Taco Thursday instead of Taco Tuesday!
We went out to a little local taco place with my sister-in-law and our niece.
Sonia and I took Very Good Selfies while we waited for our food.
I share things like this on my Instagram account and I don't know why you're not following me there for such compelling content.
Friday
We're gonna press the easy button and make quesadillas. I have some leftover chicken from Wednesday, plus black beans, avocados, and a red pepper.
Plus cheese OF COURSE.
I roasted a whole chicken Monday so pretty much ate off that all week- sandwiches, salads and made some chicken gravy over mashed potatoes last night. Today it's eggplant parmesan- I already assembled it and it's in the fridge yum. The chicken was definitely getting boring. I really haven't spent any money in the grocery store for about 2 week.
We’re eating out more than usual this week because we have 3 days without kitchen water since we’re finally replacing the countertops that turn yellow when you use bleach with quartz, the cracked sink with a metal under sink, and the ancient electric stovetop with gas. I can’t wait to have the dishwasher back online.
Next week I teach DC1 how to make tacos in my quest to help him become self-sufficient (and to do more around the house).
Ooooh, those sound like some very nice kitchen upgrades. Enjoy!
I am reminded of an event from my teenage years when I made dinner for my family--my brother, sister, and I were in charge of one or two dinners a week starting when we were about 13 years old--and I made BLTs. My brother, who was older than I was and a literal linebacker in high school, was NOT pleased to be eating sandwiches for dinner. He let everyone know that he did not consider sandwiches to be a REAL dinner. I remain mystified by this and still sometimes serve sandwiches for dinner to my family occasionally.
Anyway. Fast-forward to thirty years later with my own family and we had sandwiches for dinner this week. 🙂
Monday: Yogurt-marinated lamb, pasta with garlic scape pesto, roasted bell pepper/onion/broccoli, green salad (succession planting ensure continued MY LETTUCE HOORAY)
Tuesday: Sirloin steaks with leftover pesto sauce, roasted potatoes (both white and sweet), frozen green beans
Wednesday: Bacon and scrambled eggs made into either breakfast tacos with corn tortillas or sandwiches (THAT'S RIGHT, BRO--half the family chose sandwiches), green salad
Thursday: Bunless cheeseburgers, baked potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes/bell pepper/onion, green salad
Tonight: We're driving a couple of hours today in an un-air-conditioned van for baby vaccinations/grocery shopping/playing on a lake beach and it's supposed to be 95 degrees today, so . . . I'm thinking I'll come home with some hot dogs and canned beans (that I make into psuedo "baked" beans by adding microwaved bacon, ketchup, mustard, maple syrup, and vinegar--I can't handle the syrupy commercial baked beans) from the grocery store and call that dinner. With the inevitable salad, no doubt. And leftover hamburgers for me and the one child who doesn't like hot dogs.
Sandwiches are MOST DEFINITELY dinner material, because I say so.
There are so many great sandwiches!!!!!!
Sandwiches for the win!! ; )
Soooo happy you're getting baby vaccinated!!! I LOVE sandwiches too! The Freight Shed restaurant in Baddeck, NS makes the best grilled cheese sandwich EVER!
I've never had a bad grilled cheese sandwich anywhere in Cape Breton!
So dinners for this week included:
Monday: meatloaf and potatoes with cheesy mixed vegetables
Tuesday: leftover meatloaf and potatoes with a salad
Wednesday: grilled cheese, tomato soup, applesauce
Thursday: salmon croquettes (turkey burger for HH) corn on the cob, green beans and watermelon
Friday night: not sure yet. But something easy. It’s been a super busy week. Maybe roast hotdogs on the fire pit.
This week was definitely an improvement on eating at home.
Saturday: grilled chicken, rice, cucumbers and bell peppers
Sunday: the in laws made ribs, with green beans, sweet potatoes, coleslaw and some other misc. sides
Monday: salmon and baked potatoes
Tuesday: leftovers
Wednesday: spinach and feta pies with the last of the salmon and ribs
Thursday: frozen pizza before I had to run to a graduation ceremony
Friday: either black bean burrito bowls or salmon and edamame sushi bowls... Haven't quite decided.
Let see if I can remember!
Saturday- sil/bil for a cook out for sil bday, (and meeting my nephews girlfriend) hamburgers, chicken, pork, kielbasa, and salads.
Sunday- after 3 soccer games- Kielbasa, eggplant parm, ,dirty water dogs, mac and cheese, (I know weird combo, but hey bellies are full!)
Monday- Chicken cutlets, buttered noodles, corn
Tuesday- marinated shrimp on the grill, suddenly salad, mixed veggies, (ds had chicken parm, dd has tortellini)
Wednesday- breakfast for dinner- French toast, bacon, cut up apples,
Thursday- Sausage, peppers/onions/ potatoes, dd had leftover tortellini) DS had a school trip and dinner was included.
Friday- Not sure yet, sounds like both kids might have sleepovers. we will see what happens.
Kids last week of school and my preschool summer program started so just another crazy week here!
Sunday- BOTH the washing machine and dryer died... If husband was not in the laundry room when both broke belts I would not have believed it was possible! So a quick facebook poll, a few hours of hurried online research and pricing breakdowns and we left kids at home to fend for themselves.. and we went shopping... ordered a new set ( our Duets were 10 years old so repairing them was not worth it) Since we were out and alone we used a bogo coupon and tried out Moe's... it was ok.. probably not go again since Chipotle is closer...)
Monday- Well I forgot about the food that was in the crock pot on Sunday so we had it Monday! BBQ chicken sammis, alfredo noodles and fresh fruit.
Tuesday- I gave up! So tired, another string of bad weather on the forecast so hubby had everyone helping with lawn work so when I got home from work I grabbed more dirty laundry to take to my moms! What a blessing to have her close and that she has nothing else going on this week and likes doing laundry!!! Ordered pizza online from a local place that offers BOGO on Tuesday.. Did 2 separate orders to get 2 larges of basic flavors and 2 smalls to try some specialty ones... Cause guess what is going into lunchboxes the last day of school!!!!!
Wednesday- pulled a package of pork cutlets out of the freezer and defrosted them in a brine... browned them quickly and tossed into the crock pot with a homemade gravy for the day... served with veg and rice...
Thursday- Tossed a boneless pork shoulder into the crock pot for the day.. ( It was the ALDI meat of the week and SO good- I was shocked)... served with baked potatos and salad.
Friday- Tacos-uses up cooked meat in the freezer and the salad greens..
thankfully the deep freezer was almost empty.. I was *this* close to a stock up run at Sams Club.. Its a good thing I was lazy last week.... b/c we had to move the few items into regular freezer and unplug to move out so the new machines can be delivered next week! So we are eating whatever we have on hand.. random and already paid for!
So smart with the pizzas!! Pizza is lunchtime gold!!
I want to push that Easy button all summer long - I am weary of cooking! This week we had:
Monday - Crockpot Chicken Posole (just meh I thought)
Tuesday - BBQ Bean and Turkey Pot, sauteed squash and onions
Wednesday - Pesto Salmon, honey carrots, corn
Thursday - Taco Salads with jalapeno ranch dressing, fritos
Tonight- Shrimp Tacos with chopped cabbage salad, grated cheese
Saturday - YOYO
Sunday - Leftover grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans with bacon - all from my freezer stash
This week is squeezed between dance recital plus bday weekend and going on an extended family trip weekend, so I cannot remember anything! I know we ate lots of strawberries from the backyard, plus lettuce and swiss chard from the garden and various other super easy things. I am hoping to settle into a calmer summer mode soon.
Oooh, dance recital week can be CRAZY.
The big bonus of the recital this year was that my youngest (4 year old) actually cooperated with me doing her ballet hair AND it stayed in the entire afternoon and evening. She loves dancing and being on stage which is why I do it.
Monday - I grilled beef kabobs, used up a Knorr's One Skillet quinoa mix for a side, and we also had asparagus
Tuesday - Chicken stir fry. My husband is a picky eater so his veggies were green beans and mine were zucchini & onion
Wednesday - Marinated grilled chicken, mac and cheese, and a side of asparagus for him and zucchini & onion for me
Thursday - Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast. Except the meat that I took out of the freezer wasn't the chuck roast that I intended. It was 2 steaks frozen on top of each other (if this doesn't teach me to label my freezer items, I don't know what will!). I followed the recipe any and they actually turned out really well! Side of mashed potato and green beans.
Friday - Since I have leftover mashed potatoes, we will have Shepard's pie.
Colleen, your Thursday mishap had me laughing!
Things become magically unrecognizable in the freezer!
This week was getting my husband out of the hospital (2 hours from home) to a rehab center (40 minutes from home and nearly two hours from the hospital), plus stopping to visit after work, on the days I could work. Meals were mostly leftovers, like goat meatloaf from the weekend, and one night I simply didn't eat anything. I'd had beef jerky that afternoon and I was too tired to prepare anything.
But, last night I redeemed myself, even though I still didn't get home at my normal time. I seasoned and baked pork chops and cooked broccoli and cauliflower for the side, then finished by making a blueberry crumble for dessert, because blueberries are in season here and I've been eating so many I should be blue. I love blueberries. I cooked all the pork chops in the farm pack, so my next few meals will be a matter of pulling together a couple of sides to go with the chops.
We make something sort of like a cross between grilled BLT and grilled cheese; we put cheese in the bread as for a grilled cheese, but we layer thinly sliced tomatoe and cooked bacon in-between the cheese slices before grilling. Sometimes we layer sliced dill pickles in there. My husband doesn't care for the "L" part of a BLT, but he loves cheese, bacon and tomato.
I'm so glad that he's closer to home now. Yay!!!
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday- baked ham, homemade scalloped potatoes, and grilled asparagus
Wednesday and Thursday- Mediterranean-spiced ground beef, on home made flat breads, with hummus, spinach, and sun dried tomatoes
Friday- "snack plates"- essentially leftovers from the week including: salad fixings, sliced apples, home made flat bread with hummus, cut up cheese, and maybe even some popcorn
Spent about $80 on groceries this week. My baby is now eating solid foods, so this increases our budget a little each week. Still not too bad!
I don't want to slam on Lisey's BLT's, but isn't the lettuce hot?
That's what I was wondering too. Perhaps the lettuce could be omitted or else place it on the tomato side of the sandwich after grilling so it would still be crispy?
Since the sandwich just needs to be quickly browned on either side, we haven't had any trouble with it getting wilty. But if you're concerned about it then, yes, you could definitely just add it after cooking.
I've been trying to use up my freezer and frig food. Got everything that was left in the stand up freezer into the kitchen freezer so that is a step in the right direction. I'm using up things in the refrigerator because I'm going on a big 10 day vacation next week. Most of what's in my freezer now is food that I made and froze when cooking over the school year. Sunday-homemade pasta salad and turkey burger on a toasted (from the freezer) hotdog bun and frozen green beans, Monday-eggs, toast(from homemade frozen bread), sausage and salad, Tuesday-I folded and got take out chinese Wednesday-Salad, spaghetti squash with veggie "meatballs" Thursday had dinner at a restaurant for our downtown dining week. My friends and I do this once a year, have a fancy three course steak dinner and it's $35 and tonight I am having my leftover crab rangoons and a big salad using lettuce from my garden. For my lunches for the week I have been having leftovers and using up some fruit I got on special and eating up odds and ends from my pantry.
After flying away last week to visit family with the baby, I am happy to be home and in a normal food routine.
Sunday: grilled pizza with my SIL’s amazing sourdough crust
Monday: chicken salad wraps
Tuesday: biscuits and gravy, fruit
Wednesday: sesame peanut stir-fried noodles
Thursday: chicken fajitas (without sour cream, which makes me a heathen in my husband’s eyes :P), pineapple
Friday: hubs will be out at a men’s retreat, so I think leftovers are on schedule for tonight
Let's see, we had:
Salmon
Kebabs & rice (beef kebabs - my favorite)
Tacos
Taco salad
And then, leftovers of each of those meals. I typically cook on weekends, and then have leftovers during the week. Even though I'm on sabbatical for the summer, I haven't deviated yet from this glorious plan.
For tonight, we're having steak, sauteed spinach & wine. We're dropping the kids off at a gaming event (card games) & celebrated at home alone with a nicer dinner. Free/cheap date night!
Hi! I recevied a pork shouldler and am currently defrosting it. Open to any suggestions on how to cook it this weekend.
Thanks!
Pork carnitas!
This week was pretty pathetic.
Saturday: Grilled pork chops, miso green beans, grilled potatoes
Sunday: broccoli, bacon & cheddar quiche
Monday: broccoli, bacon & cheddar quiche
Tuesdays: broccoli, bacon & cheddar quiche
Wednesday: ate at work
Thursday: potato chips for the 3.4 hour drive home (I made myself a sandwich, but just didn't want to eat it). After a flat tire on the Mass Pike, I forgave myself.
Friday: Ponzu-grilled chicken salad with Asian slaw
BLT's make an appearance in my menu this week too! But not pan fried. I will have to try that.
I threw out my back Saturday and couldn't stand for more than a few minutes at a time for much of the week - so I pressed the easy button many, many times.
Saturday - beef jerky, a homemade muffin from my freezer, and an apple I think. I could barely walk this day.
Sunday - Breaded chicken tenders from the Costco, au gratin potatoes from a box, and steamed broccoli.
Monday/Tuesday - tacos and fruit
Wednesday - soup from a can, crackers and fruit. I stood up long enough to make a salad for Thursday's lunch but it about killed me.
Thursday - BLT, minus the L. So a BT.
Friday - not sure. Something simple again - maybe an omelet.
Being out of commission as far as my daily routines go proved to me how important is to have some easy food options. Lunch most days were leftovers of meals I had previously frozen so that was convenient and saved me a lot of money that I can give to the chiropractor instead. Haha.