What For Dinner

When TheHub and I did our Saturday morning run arounds last week, the vegetable stand we use had big baskets of freshly picked strawberries.  In addition to just eating them plain, this week was made for strawberry shortcake! Yum!

An Aside

When I was a teen, during the summer a locally owned department store 

 teamed with a local theater and had

fashion shows and a movie once a month.

The store and theater were very close to each other and the smart marketing was

the free tickets had to be picked up in the women's or junior's section of the store

 so browsing/shopping was inevitable.

Every summer after the fashion show they ran the film 

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation.

 I remembered this song from that movie.

This is what I thought might happen:

1. Taco Salad

2. Ground chuck patties, sautéed Brussels sprouts shreds

3. Vietnamese chicken wraps

4. Veggie dinner (TBD)

5. Leftover pork chops, tossed salad, dinner rolls

6. Sandwiches (TBD), chips

7. Stuffed baked potatoes

This is what actually did:

Monday: I had some lettuce that needed to be used, plus I had all the other fixings on hand. Taco salad, strawberry shortcake*

Tuesday: This meal turned into a gathering of fragments that were languishing in the refrigerator

Leftover pork chops, leftover mashed potatoes, coleslaw, strawberry shortcake 

Wednesday: TheHub had forgotten to tell me about a business dinner when I originally made the meal plan. No way I was going to cook for just me.

Leftover coleslaw, shortcake with lemon curd and strawberry slices

Thursday: Fresh produce and more leftovers were in the fridge.

Sautéed shredded brussels sprouts, leftover ground chuck patties, rolls or keto cornbread.

Friday: We planned on watching Bama softball so what was better than a ball game meal right before it began.

Hot dogs, coleslaw, chips or keto puffs

Saturday: The day was gorgeous and TheHub suggested we cook something on the grill. This is when I am most thankful that I keep the freezer overstocked.

Steak, tossed salad, dinner rolls or keto toast

Sunday: We had a couple of things planned for the day and wanted a quick and easy dinner. I keep cooked bacon in the freezer all the time so this was our choice for the evening.

BLT sandwich or BLT salad

What lies ahead?

Summer has arrived and is gearing up to be like it always is here__hot and humid, which means fare that requires less prep heat (stove top meals, crock pot meals or air fryer meals ) but outdoor cooking is the optimum.  It also means anytime the oven is on, cooking multiple things to save heating up the kitchen more than needed  is a necessity.This week's plan will begin our summer way of life.

1. Salad dinner TBD

2. Grilled tuna steaks, steamed artichokes, salad, some side dish for TheHub

3. Sandwiches TBD, coleslaw

4. Crack chicken (crock pot item) caulirice, tomato cucumber onion salad

5. P.F. Chang'sish lettuce wraps, sliced cakes 

6. Veggie meal TBD based on what is available

7. Out to eat or leftovers

Oven stuff I need to make one day this week

(This looks like a lot, but it will be frozen so I can access it easily for meals during the coming weeks)

keto dinner rolls

keto sponge cake in the shortcake pan

keto cornbread

keto peanut butter cookies

keto chocolate chip** cookies

Keto French coconut pie

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

* I found this shortcake pan online. This is not an affiliate plug, just something I found that works very well. 

** Another non affiliate suggestion. These choczero chips are hands down the best sugar free baking chips out there. TheHub is non-keto and he likes them but he loves the milk chocolate ones. I like dark chocolate better and since I am the one who does the cooking . . .