Since yesterday felt like a Sunday, and I was busy eating bbq and swimming (and reading) I completely forgot about a menu plan. So by now one of the meal plan meals has already been consumed and I am left pondering where I will go from here. It is 2,000,000 degrees with 1,000% humidity and I am required by the law of swimsuit wearing to go back to a keto way of life. I am totally uninspired so the menu plan is pretty lame. Heat brings out the lame in me!
This was planned for last week:
1. Leftover peas, squash, sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, cornbread
2. Grilled burgers and fixings, sweet potato fries
3. Greek chicken, rice pilaf, Greek green beans, tossed salad
4. Steak, tossed salad, rolls
5. Braised duck breast, mashed potatoes, spring greens, possibly asparagus
6. Huge salad dinner, rolls
7. Toasted cheese sandwiches, slaw
This is what really did happen:
Monday: I found leftover peas lolling about in the fridge, and had the rest available for a quick meal.
Peas, squash, tomato slices, watermelon
Tuesday: More leftovers!
Chicken, dressing (southernism for stuffing that is baked rather than stuffed in the bird), green beans
Wednesday: TheHub wanted to eat out and it took no arm twisting to get me to agree.
The Electric's El Paso salad
Thursday: I had really been craving this so I made it for dinner.
Tomato pie, chopped romaine
Friday: TheHub and I decided to do a little running around Friday night. Instead of grabbing a quick meal at a restaurant we ate a super quick meal at home.
Hot dogs, coleslaw
Saturday: We did do a few errands then came home and puttered a bit before swimming later in the evening. Neither of us were really hungry and both had the same thing.
Corn on the cob, tomato slices, watermelon and cantaloupe.
Sunday: We did a couple of things including having a "date" then swimming followed by dinner.
Grilled burger patty, saffron rice, tomato and cucumber slices.
Which brings us to this weeks plan, which might or might not happen:
1. July 4th meal: ribs, corn on the cob, coleslaw, watermelon
2. Greek chicken, green beans, rice pilaf or caulirice pilaf
3. Grilled steak, salad
4. Big salad meal
5. Veggie dinner TBD after I hit the produce stand
6. Out to eat
7. BLT's
Have a great week staying on plan, going off plan, or with no plan at all.
Ha ha, the law of swimsuit wearing gets us all in the end doesn't it!
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DeleteYes and my "end" not to mention other parts have not really been obeying the law
I don't think I'd be able to leave the house or pool area if I had your heat and humidity. It's soupy here today- even my daughter came in after a short time from reading on the hammock after work. I'm trying to cook down what's here, make due until the weekend from getting more groceries. Then a decent pantry restock is needed.
ReplyDeleteI still sit outside on the screened porch, even when I am not wet, but we do have ceiling fans there and that helps a lot
DeleteSounds good to me! Love the song, too! :D
ReplyDeleteI like that song too and it is hot, hot, hot here right now.
DeleteOh man, this heat practically sucks the will to live out of me. At least it's not as bad as Phoenix, and the people are far nicer.
ReplyDeleteI decided for the rest of the summer if I have to go somewhere I am wearing only lightweight dresses and flip flops. Gotta stay as cool as possible, which is not really possible.
DeleteGood luck with rejoined the keto plan. On very, very hot and humid days fruit is my food of choice. And if I had a pool I would live in it. Even as a great white whale.
ReplyDeleteI will be in the pool at least once but most likely twice daily. I am very thankful the neighbors next door work out of the home. I seriously limits their view when I swim!
DeleteWe don't get a lot of humidity, but I went out for a hike this morning, and the humidity was very high. It was not much fun, and it makes it feel so much hotter outside! Hope you get a break from the heat!
ReplyDeleteThe humidity has been very high lately. We will get a break from the heat in late September or October
DeleteHeat brings out the lame in me, too. I just go from house to car or car to store. I need a porch but at my age, it needs to be equipped with ac AND ceiling fans. Oh, and windows, many windows.
ReplyDeleteI am fine on the porch as long as the fans are going, but will admit I ike being out there still wet from swimming best.
DeleteI take the saying, 'If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen,' rather serisouly. I'm pretty sure that there is a law that we have to order out on hot and humid days.
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent law I could obey easily!
DeleteTomato pie? I like tomatoes. So does Sweet Cheeks. I'd better look for a recipe unless you'll share yours.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
The recipe is here https://newhappeningsatthetable.blogspot.com/2022/07/tomato-pie-with-surprise.html
DeleteOh my, the heat and humidity would do me in. We're just starting to get some heat but nothing like yours yet. I'm sure the pool is a real treat.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could convince my son to eat more veg, but it seems everything at our house revolves around the meat.
TheHub is not a picky eater and we both grew up having veggie dinners during the summer, so having meat is not an issue with him.
DeleteIt is miserably hot and humid here, too. This has been an unusually hot summer for us thus far -- July and August are usually unbearable, but most of June was, too. Yuck. Big salads for us for dinner most nights in this weather.
ReplyDeleteWe got the hot humid air a couple of weeks early this year. I think most of our meals will either be something thrown on the grill with a side salad, or just a salad, or sandwich.
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