Week 5 Menu Plan

Last week of the first month of the new year. Already ... WEEK 5!!

 And to think that writing 2013 on everything has NOT been an issue .... oddly enough.

We continue to use what we have on hand, which is plenty ... I suppose you should think of this as menu planning with what we already have in the house without a special trip just to pick up ingredients for a meal ... last week's Costco trip was a little more than I planned, and I also did 6 lbs of ground beef and 2 lbs of chicken breast at The Fresh Market, just because they were $2.99 a pound and well, it's good meat so I went ahead and bought some ... I also stopped at the cool produce store on my way home from Dad's Saturday and picked up about $15 worth of peppers, fruit, celery and some other odds and ends ... 

 We stayed up way too late on Saturday night with some friends over ... had steaks and shrooms AND that damn Onion Dip ... I told Hubby that we have to STOP making it every weekend now, it's become a little obsessive :-) ... too much red wine and too many Bourbon Cider drinks ... which reminds me that I really need to get back on track with the healthier way of eating and drinking ... my hands have been really swollen again and pain in all the finger joints, not fun typing to say the least.

 AND I am breaking from my daily eggs routine for breakfast and making a pact to use the VitaMix at least every other day for smoothies ... first up with be a yummy-licious EASY BERRY SMOOTHIE ... which is going to use what I have on hand ... hah, imagine that, will ya??

 Not a whole lot of anything going on that I'm aware of at the moment so here's what I plan on cooking:

 Sunday - never got around to making the chili last week so that's on for tonight ... we may just make this a snacky evening as we have plenty of leftovers too... beef in fridge and rest of ingredients in pantry ... need cilantro!
Monday - Salisbury Steaks in the crock pot with mashed taters ... I am really excited to give this recipe a try and hope to be posting a NEW recipe for you all! Meat in fridge as is the premade taters, balance of ingredients in pantry

 Tuesday - chef salad. all in fridge ... may make a batch of honey mustard dressing ... 

 Wednesday - chicken thighs and veggies. Chicken in freezer and veggies in fridge

Thursday - chops and green beans. Chops are in the freezer and green beans in the fridge 

 Friday - It's FRIDAY and February 1st! Burgers on the grill baby! Will need to buy buns

 Saturday - Hubby's choice ... being tomorrow is super bowl, we may keep it low key as I know there are some good eats in the near future! 

 Yeah, nothing too exciting although things have a tendency to change at the last minute!

 What are you feeding yourself this week?

 Linking up with Menu Plan Monday ... go check it out!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Smelly Shoe Fix!

Image
Honestly, we have real good hygiene habits in my house, I can assure you of that! But, lets face it, living in paradise with 125% humidity can be a little trying sometimes ... my running shoes (which have NOT seen much running action for quite a while) get a little ripe smelling ... and oh man, you should smell the shoes that Hubby wears outside in the yard, patio, garage and boat that constantly get wet ... enough to suck the oxygen right out of your body ... whew! Then you have the Boy ... who works out pretty darn hard and doesn't always wear socks, nor does the Princess ... I mean, seriously, I've had to throw shoes away because you could smell them just sitting there. No one wants to be the person that people are wrinkling their nose at when they are walking by you! So when I saw the featured post for the Smelly Shoe Solution (and dang, I'm still trying to find the original post because I had no need to bookmark it, such a simple fix!) Yes. That's IT!
Read more

Non Toxic Mosquito Spray

Image
Let's face it, living in Paradise does have a few drawbacks with the #1 complaint being ... BUGS. Yeah, bugs.  Mostly mosquitoes that can just ruin an evening of relaxation on the patio ... those pesky little guys can really do a number on you quickly!  Heaven forbid if you are one of those who are very sensitive to the bites (the Boy), you will have welts in no time. So Hubby always decides to spray AFTER everyone starts swatting the air and scratching. We have to gather up our drinks and appetizers, go indoors and wait for 20 minutes or so for the toxic fog to flat away ... only to be swatting and scratching AGAIN in 30 minutes. After seeing THIS tip a few too many times, I figured, what the heck, $5 at Walmart is worth it to try, right? Guess what?  It seems to work!!!  I need to do a few more nights to say for certain but I say it's WAY better than that can of toxic stuff ... and cheaper to boot! You must use the ORIGINAL flavor, and yes, it nee
Read more

Rice Cooker - Hard Boiled Eggs

Image
One of the things I picked up at Costco was a new Rice Cooker. The one I have, well, I gave that to the Boy when he went away to college (so he could make his macaroni and cheese), not to mention, it was small as heck, like mini size! So, I figured, you know, Hubby likes to make rice occasionally. The Boy makes brown rice in the microwave every other day and leaves the bubbly residue behind for ME to find when I go to heat something up (I hate a dirty microwave, totally wigs me out and sends me running for the windex!) ... so I grabbed the rice cooker ($29.95), a 10 pound bag of organic brown rice and a 20 pound bag of Basmati rice. I'm asking myself now, a whole week later, what the hell am I going to do with 20 pounds of Basmati rice? Anyways. Then I was reading the recipe booklet that came along with the cooker. They had one recipe that said to add the eggs, unshelled, to the steamer basket.  Ok. That made me re-read it a few times. Unshelled? Did they mean out of the shell?
Read more