Plans Are Highly Overrated

And so begins a new week!  As usual I will make a meal plan and typical of me, most likely will abandon it along the way. Such is life in fast lane ! (Which I do not live, but it sounds better)

This is what was planned:
1. Veggie meal (squash casserole, coleslaw, keto cornbread, lady peas)

2. Black and Blue salad

3. Grilled lamp chops, rice or caulirice, Brussels sprouts,

4. Chicken Tinga, shredded lettuce, tomato slices, guacamole

5. Grouper meuniere, green beans, salad

6. Take out

7. Toasted cheese, tomato and onion sandwiches, mixed greens

Wildcard meal could be something Peruvian if I find something enticing.

And this is where life interfered and what really happened:

Monday: I had invited DIL2 and Son2 for Mother's Day lunch. I knew I had steaks in the freezer, but forgot my frozen stuff was still mostly in my sister's freezer. When I was rustling around in mine I found just 2 steaks. I also found a package with 5 frenched lamb chops, so I thawed them  and cooked them along with the steaks, just to make sure I had enough. What I did not realize was that one of the steaks was of Fred Flintstone's brontosaurus steak proportions. We had leftover steak and did not even touch the chops. Leftovers!

Grilled lamb chops, mixed veggies, Thai noodles (leftover from TheHub's lunch) or none

Tuesday: Our favorite produce stand is back in operation. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, they sell fresh picked produce from their farm and a couple of other farms further south that have formed a loose cooperative. And now I can look forward to buying from them weekly until the first frost late in the fall.

Squash casserole, green beans, coleslaw, tomato slices

Wednesday: Between storms, working at Mom's, and sheer laziness and forgetfulness, I finally made it to my sister's Wednesday to grab my frozen foods and move them back into my freezer. I had forgotten how much I had! I intended to go to the fish market and buy grouper, but while I was putting things back in my freezer I happened on a package of scallops. Menu change!

Pan seared scallops, baked potato (or none) cucumber tomato onion salad

Thursday: It was a ball game night so we planned an easy meal. We do not ever eat anywhere but the table so the food had to be simple and something that could be eaten quickly between games. Fortunately I can do simple very easily.

Toasted cheese sandwiches (essentially cheese toast with grilled onions and tomato slices)

pickled radishes, bag of chips or bag of fake keto "cheese puffs" 

Friday: According to those who are sport superstitious, you can't plan anything for any game except the one you are guaranteed. Since Alabama won on Thursday we had another softball game to watch! I had a huge hunk of steak leftover from Mother's Day that had to be used, and it had to be a meal that could be eaten in 20 minutes or less, because of my "eating only at a table" rule. Glad I had this planned for this week anyway!

Black and blue salad, toast (delicious smelling real toast or fake keto toast)

Saturday: Bless his heart! TheHub had been drooling for a hot dog dinner since Thursday. It is not my favorite meal, but sometimes I have to remember I am not the only one who eats here and, occasionally, have to consider someone else's wants. (But I don't have to like it). I saved this for Saturday, knowing it was hit or miss whether Alabama would be playing or not. In the event they didn't I was planning on Chicken Tinga. Oh well! The upside is that Bama won the SEC tournament! Roll Tide! That means another ball game meal next week.

Hot dogs (bunless for keto), chips or keto cheese puffs, slaw 

Sunday: My beloved sister and I were at Mom's most of the day Sunday, and afterward I just did not want to cook. TheHub and I drove around looking at life, and decided to grab a quick meal while we were out. 

Wing Stop for the win! I love their lemon pepper wings and raw veggies

I still have-not begun my tour of local ethnic markets, but this week I am going to start. I might even begin today. The weather is gorgeous and other than a messy house I have nothing standing in my way!

 

And now on to this week's plan: 

1. Peruvian chicken with green sauce, potatoes (or not) tossed salad

2. Frikadellen (German hamburger patties) green beans, keto German "potato" salad

3. Chicken Tinga (3rd time's a charm?) shredded lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole

4. Sloppy Joes (ball game meal) coleslaw

5. Meat sauce over spaghetti or zoodles, tossed salad (TheHub's request meal)

6. Maurice salad

7. Take-out

Have a great week staying on plan, going off plan, or with no plan at all!