I make plans and plans are followed__or not. We eat and regardless of the plan the meals come and go
What was planned:
1. Leftover steak, leftover mashed potatoes, leftover tossed salad, leftover birthday cake
2. Puerto Rican rice and beans, coleslaw, wacky apple cake
3. Sausage casserole, tossed salad, Brussels sprouts
4. Unstuffed pepper casserole, (tons of small peppers need to be picked before a forecast frost) coleslaw, cooked carrots
5. Chop Suey, rice, spinach salad, lavender cookie with vanilla ice cream
6. Vegetable soup or chili, cornbread, coleslaw
7. Carolina hamburger, air fryer French fires or sweet potato fries
What really happened:
Monday: We had leftovers from the birthday steak dinner, and you know those horrible packets of brown gravy mix? Yep, I used one of those.
Leftover steak bites over mashed potatoes and gravy, leftover tossed salad
Tuesday: Today was a use up some peppers day. My crisper was filled with them
Deconstructed stuffed bell pepper, broccoli, coleslaw
Wednesday: We had prepared food in every nook and corner of the fridge, but TheHub wanted to go out to eat. I really did not feel like it but we went anyway.
Baked potato from The Purple Onion
Thursday: This was in the fridge after my day of cooking. It was as good of a night as any to eat it. It was actually quite good and is also delicious for breakfast.
Sausage rice casserole, coleslaw, apple spice wacky cake
Friday Another straight from the refrigerator meal. Woo Hoo!
Vegetable beef soup, cornbread
Saturday: DIL2 and TGS came over to watch the ball game and have a quick dinner. Comfort food all the way!
Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup
Sunday: The meal was unplanned but we harvested the last of the okra and it needed to be cooked.
Lady peas, okra, tomato slices
Now on to what I plan (just a suggestion really) for this week:
1. Chicken pot pie, tossed salad
2. Puerto Rican beans and rice, coleslaw
3 Italian sausage with sautéed peppers, onions and tomatoes, biscuits
4. Cauliflower au gratin, green beans, cucumber tomato and onion salad
5. Carolina hamburger, sweet potato fries
6. Vegetable soup or chili and cornbread
7. Out to eat
Have a great week staying on plan, going off plan or with no plan at all!
I haven't had Peurto Rican beans and rice in ages! A former colleague always brought for potluck and it was delicious.
ReplyDeleteI have to have it this week because the beans are cooked and waiting to be used.
DeleteWhen I have a plan, it does not happen. We just have food. We did have prepared food all over the refrigerator, so I am suggesting eating the bits to get the dishes out of the refrigerator.
ReplyDeleteWe do a lot of use it up meals. They are rarely what we really want to eat, but it does get stuff out of the refrigerator.
DeleteNo plan, really, not even a vague one. This morning DH thought lasagna sounded good, so I made one. There are enough leftovers for another night. At some point I will make risotto, as I have some green onions I need to use. I'll also probably make some sort of slow cooker chicken. I baked a pumpkin pie on Friday, though. (The last of that was eaten tonight.) I'm really off cooking, but it fnally, FINALLY rained, and is feeling like fall. The weather has me feeling like making some special fall/winter foods. To that end, I told a kid to pick up a box of each type of Chex cereal on his way back from class tonight so I could make Chex Mix. I think this week I will soak my fruit in rum for my fruitcakes, and get them baked so they get a nice, long feeding. We LOVE a nice, rich, dark, rum soaked, fruit filled fruitcake. A kid also bought marzipan so we could try icing one of them...I just need to find pretty, edible Christmas decorations for it.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nycake.com/candy-chocolate-cookies-macarons I have ordered form here before. They have a bigger selection than I can find locally.
DeleteNo plans here. Which at least means that there is something I don't fail at...
ReplyDeleteI plan and fail and we eat anyway!
DeleteEven if you don't follow the plan, you make good meal plans! I had to look up what a Carolina hamburger was and it sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI saw it somewhere online and thought is sounded good enough to include in the menu plan.
DeleteI want some chicken pot pie!
ReplyDeleteTheHub asked for it this week
DeleteYum.
ReplyDeleteRegine.
I hope it is good, but the jury is still out!
DeleteI looked up Puerto Rican beans - another version of dried beans that sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteI have made them before and they were delicious. I hope these will be.
DeleteI keep noticing Carolina hamburger. I'm wondering what makes it a Carolina burger. I can google it, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteIt is basically a burger with a coleslaw topping and slightly different seasonings
DeleteI'd never heard of a Carolina burger, but one look and I'm right there! But first, however, I'm back to Keto 101; I want to lose 5 lbs. before Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteBuy Sola buns from Publix in the freezer section (6 grams carbs per bun)
DeleteHow do you make the u stuff pepper casserole? It sounds good! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteI cut the peppers in strips and put them on the bottom of a casserole pan. I mixed ground beef with rice, an egg, chili sauce, salt and pepper and spread it over the pepper slices. Then I just baked it until the meat was done and the peppers were soft.
DeleteI have a friggen crate full of green peppers. As they can upset my stomach, I am careful how I use them. I guess I will start giving them away as I have frozen as many as I can use. Want the wacky apple cake recipe. Miss you.
ReplyDelete1 1/2 Cups All-purpose flour
Delete1 Cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
5 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 Cup Water
1 tsp vanilla extract
I used this recipe for vanilla wacky cake, but upped the vinegar from 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon, added cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and a dash of cloves to the dry ingredients, then mixed in one finely chopped apple after combining all the wet ingredients. I served it plain the first night, then rewarmed art the second night with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream on top of it.
I think if I make it again I might make a maple flavored butter cream icing.
Sausage rice casserole sounds good. I made roast beef, mashed potatoes, and broccoli for supper on Saturday. Sweet Cheeks did not show up to dine with me so I'm eating leftovers.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Bummer that he did not come for dinner, but leftovers are not a bad thing to have.
DeleteRight now I am hooked on Taco Soup. This week I will make a double batch. I think I like it better than chili and it is a lot easier.
ReplyDeleteI love taco soup also!
DeleteHave a lovely day. Regine
ReplyDeleteThank you Regine!
DeleteWe've followed the plan perfectly this week, which tells you I'm not cooking a whole lot :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
I am seriously impressed!
DeleteYour menu sounds so good, Anne. We have leftovers of either BBQ or Chili today, so no cooking for me today. 😊
ReplyDeleteA day without cooking is a very good day!
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