Time for this week’s menu!
Monday: Homemade “Hot Pockets” and salad
Today is a federal holiday, so Yankee Bill (a state employee) had the day off. We took the kids out for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel as a treat-and they have BIG food. They probably won’t be ready for lunch till mid afternoon, and then by dinner something fairly light will be fine. I have had Pizza dough in the fridge since Friday (we wound up using one of my “emergency” frozen pizzas last fri instead of the dough I had in the breadmaker). I’ll use small pieces of that to make ham or pepperoni hot pockets.
Tuesday: Tacos with refried beans and rice.
The kids love tacos, but the inevitable table mess makes my husband wince. So a day when he has a 5pm meeting and will eat a late dinner by himself is the perfect time to have tacos! I’ll use ground venison from the freezer & most likely use canned diced tomatoes that have been well drained instead of the overpriced and underflavored so-called “fresh” ones from the store. Rice is from the 25 lb bag, and the refried beans are fat free, from a can.
Wednesday: Lentil soup with homemade bread & carrot sticks.
This is my meatless meal for the week. I usually make my lentil soup the sMe way as split pea soup-so that’s the plan unless I see a great lentil soup recipe before then. The bread is from my weekly baking-and the carrot sticks are an attempt to pretend we are getting some veggies.
Thursday: Ginger-soy baked fish with stir fried veggies and rice.
This is-obviously-my fish meal for the week. Veggies will be made from frozen bagged mix. fish is the Aldi’s brand frozen fillets.
Friday: Pizza
Homemade
Saturday: Baked Chicken with roast potatoes and green beans.
Simple, easy, filling. What more cod you want?
Sunday: Leftover buffet
We’llneitjer use up the leftovers as a buffet, or I’ll turn it all into a curry if there isn’t enough of any one thing to make a meal.
There you have it! I apologize in advance if there are any typos or weirdness in this post-I wrote the whole thing on my iPhone while sitting on the floor of the “Jumping Jungle” while the kids are enjoying the special free jumping time. (my favorite price)
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You should try this recipe for Lentil Soup… it’s so good. http://homesandbabies.blogspot.com/2011/01/lentils-curry.html
mmmm! Both Becky & Karina-those recipes both look good. Now I have several recipes to choose from!
Lentil Soup Recipe
Bring 1 bag of lentils, 5 C. water, 4 beef bouillon cubes (or equivalent powder), 2 bay leaf, 2 tsp. salt to a boil. Simmer 40 minutes or so (I often go much longer because I’m very forgetful).
Add 1 lb. diced ham, browned sausage or browned hamburger (or go meatless), 1 1/2 C. tomato paste, 4 C. water, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 2 tsp. salt (to taste, some ham may be too salty already and you won’t need more), 2 onions chopped, 4 stalks celery chopped, 2 cloves garlic minced. Bring to a boil and simmer another half hour or so.
Makes enough to freeze half for another meal later. I serve it with cornbread and the kids eat it up.