I was out of just about all produce and needed to replenish it. Additionally, the canned goods supply in my food storage was low and needed to be updated. Two different stores had some pretty good prices on some of those that I keep all the time, so it made economical sense to stock up.
Between those 2 stores and an unplanned visit to Costco, I have so much on hand there is no reason for us to go out to eat, even though I know we will.
Planned for Wednesday - Tuesday:
1. Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, birthday cake ✔️
2. Ball game meal TBD ✔️
3. Baked chicken, broccoli, rice, waldorf salad ✔️
4. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, coleslaw
5. Stuffed sweet potatoes, coleslaw
6. Out to eat ✔️
7. Grilled steak, baked potato, tossed salad ✔️
What we actually ate: I am including lunches now. I am also adding whatever TheHub had that was different from me. He charts everything he eats, but sometimes forgets. I am keeping this so he can add it on those days he does not remember to do it.
This will also help me to keep up better with using things I have on hand or in the fridge.
Wednesday: Just the two of us celebrated TheHub's birthday on the actual day.
Lunch: We went to Senlek Thai for lunch. I had cucumber salad and steamed dumplings. TheHub had coconut soup and spring rolls.
Dinner: I made TheHubs favorite meal for him. Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, cake.
Thursday: TheHub had meetings and I was doing house things.
Lunch: We had a couple of hot dogs left in a pack, along with a couple of buns. We each had one.
Dinner: Chicken, broccoli, croissant, Waldorf salad
Friday: The birthday celebration continued. We met Son2 and DIL2 for lunch at Seasons 52
Lunch: TheHub ate planked salmon, steamed vegetables, new potatoes
I had a mixed green salad with seared tuna and red peppers
Dinner: Neither of us were really hungry.
Small bit of leftover pulled pork split between us, corn on
the cob
Saturday: This was a ball game day
Lunch: Steamed shrimp, tuna dip w/ crackers, marinated coleslaw
Dinner: Ball game meal + a cooler night meant chili.
Sunday: We like to begin the week going to church, and most Sundays we stop at a grocery store on the way home. This time Trader Joe's was the store of choice.
Lunch: Dumplings and spring rolls bought at TJ's
Dinner: Grilled steak, potato, tossed salad
Monday: This was a day long stay at home day for both of us, which is pretty rare. Usually one or both of us are out doing something.
Lunch: Leftover Chili
Dinner: Almost veggie dinner. Butter peas, sautéed squash and onions, coleslaw, leftover tuna dip and crackers
Tuesday: We were in and out during the day. Lunch was eaten at home, dinner was eaten out.
Lunch: Toasted bacon and cheese sandwich
Dinner: Out to eat, pepperoni flatbread and coleslaw for TheHub. Mixed greens salad with apples and walnuts for me.
Possibilities for Wednesday- Tuesday
1. Stuffed bell pepper, green beans, croissant, tossed salad
2. Veggie dinner TBD, but will include leftover butter peas
3. Tacos with all the fixings, coleslaw
4. Almost chicken parm, broccoli, tossed salad
5. Crack chicken, brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes
6. Out to eat
7. Grilled tuna steak, cheese grits, tossed salad
Lunches should be sandwiches or whatever is leftover. TheHub has still not learned that lunch does not have to be what sounds good at the moment. I blame it on all of his working years and eating out daily at a variety of restaurants for lunch.
* I bought one slice of cake and we split it
Hard mindset to break I woukd imagine. I was a lunch packer abd rarely ate out. If I dudbt eat quickly at my desk, I enjoyed the commaraderie with coworkers and eating out would have been too time consuming. Of course working from home leftivers just made sense. I'm going to miss fresh picked produce.
ReplyDeleteI will rue fresh tomatoes and cucumbers until the first ones come in next spring. I stocked up on freshly frozen peas and beans, and should be good through the winter. I did the same with sweet corn I froze. We don't have it often so it should last through winter also.
DeleteTheHub and a couple of others worked through lunch. They went out and talked over lunch , free of anyone listening in.
My husband likes to eat out more than I do, but since neither of us is into cooking, eating out happens.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind it occasionally, but I see no point when we have an overly stocked kitchen, I am a pretty good cook, and we have ample bottles of wine in the house.
DeleteArlo has me smiling. All the meals sound good. Part of what I enjoyed about certain jobs I had was going out for lunch.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I know TheHub misses it. He really needs to get a group of guys together to do lunch at least once a month.
DeleteSounds good, my friend! Yes, I agree about the lunches. Usually leftovers here, or sandwiches. But a hotdog sounds good about now! Happy Belated Birthday to your guy!
ReplyDeleteI was raised that lunch was just bits and bobs found in the fridge or a sandwich. When THeHub was growing up, if they had a sandwich for lunch his mom made them hot sandwiches. To me, making them hot defeats the purpose of having a sandwich.
DeleteI am one to eat leftovers for lunch also, hubby not so much. The only thing we do different is that we rarely eat out nowadays.
ReplyDeleteI will eat the little bits of whatever is left. TheHub wants something tasty and appealing every day.
DeleteOooh, I should make crack chicken again one of these days. I was thinking of you when we went to the college football game in Boulder (almost an upset over Utah), as we are not much of college football watchers! It was very fun, and we definitely had game day food. ;-) - Hawaii Planner
ReplyDeleteWe are ridiculous game watchers, and game days require a game day meal (meaning something that can be made in 5 minutes at halftime, or something that can simmer in the crock pot all day until halftime of whatever game we are watching.
DeletePointing the finger at ourselves! More often than not, when it comes to meal time, Tom and I are so much like your Hub.
ReplyDeleteIf y'all are on the same page about it, then it all works out.
DeleteI LOVE butter peas! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteI do too, and the freezer is filled with enough butter peas and lady peas to last through the winter.
DeleteThai food is my FAVOURITE!
ReplyDeleteThai and Cuban are my 2 favorite foods.
DeleteThe meal planning came to a screeching halt here this week. We had so many leftovers there was no point in cooking something new. We finally tossed the last bit left and I cooked chicken, smashed potatoes with a veg side for dinner last night. After mismatched dinners it tasted sooo good. :p
ReplyDeleteEating the leftovers is necessary. I have been trying to cook just enough for our meals, but it rarely works and we do have leftovers, hopefully just enough for 1 lunch meal, but it does not always work that way.
DeleteI'm all for eating out or getting to go to eat at home. But, it tends to get expensive, so, I cook. Growing up, lunch was almost always rice and curries; dinners were often something different - roti, stringhoppers, hoppers, pittu (all served with curries), or Western style food such as steak, stews, fish pie, etc. :) But, then, my mother usually had a cook to prepare the food and when the cook had a day off, we went out to eat. :D
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