A week of dinners

[roadie gal]

lesson re-learned yesterday evening. In order to have meal out of the crock pot, one must remember to turn it ON.

LOL

*sheepishly raising my hand* I've done that, too.

[Cataboo]

There's only 1 of me, and I usually can't be bothered to cook daily - so I tend to just make a huge pot of something at the beginning of the week and eat it once or twice a day till it's gone, and that's usually Friday night.

This week it's green curry with pork, potatoes, onions, egg plant, and bell peppers.

Whenever steaks or wild salmon is on sale at my supermarket, I usually buy 3 or 4 of them, and just shove them into the freezer. I thaw one of those on alternating weeks on Friday, at which point the boyfriend is around, and that usually becomes the weekend's meal. Grill that on Friday night, and Saturday's usually a long kayak or bike ride - so having left over steak or salmon is usually greatly appreciated that evening.

I usually go to costco and buy the big bag of spinach, minipeppers, portabella mushrooms, etc. and make salads out of those until they start looking not so fresh, at which point I make a huge pot of spinach soup usually - keep some out to eat, and the rest gets frozen in quart ziplock bags - so I always have some fresh soup to thaw and eat if there's nothing else available.

[Andrea]

LOL

*sheepishly raising my hand* I've done that, too.

Everyone who has a crock pot has done it or is a liar!

BTW- I made sweet potato chili last sunday that was scrumtrulecent

[singletrackmind]

Last week's dishes....
thu-chipotle burritos (crock pot)
fri-breaded pork steaks, baked potatoes, carrots
sat-turkey chili, cornbread (chili in the crock)
sun-turkey chili, cornbread
mon-chicken gumbo, mashed potatoes
tues-out or scrounge....it's family bike riding night, scrounge if weather cancels it
wed-spicy peanut chicken, rice

This week....
thu-stuffed cinnamon bulgur peppers
fri-bread wine cheese grapes ham halloween!
sat-out
sun-gumbo and potatoes....the last of my okra
mon-steak and potatoes, green beans
tues-out or scrounge....family bike ride!
wed-spicy peanut chicken and rice....on the table in 10 minutes!

Lunches are usually frozen steamer veggies and a sandwich or pasta

Breakfast
mon-cereal or oatmeal
tue-egg burrito
wed-cereal or oatmeal
thu-egg something
fri-pancakes


I try to try switch things around every once in awhile so nobody gets bored. A also try to do a fish at least once a week, but it doesn't always work out. Last week it was tuna sandwiches.
I also prepare and freeze certain ingredients like bell peppers and chicken or cook things in advance, like chili while I'm waiting for the chicken to bake.

My shopping day is thursday so that's why my weeks start on thursday. It's when Shop n' Save has its big no coupon needed day.