Friday, January 13, 2023

Friday Food: More Tamales

Friday

Short version: Leftover tamales, ice cream

Long version: Epiphany! I made several dozen tamales before Christmas and froze a couple of bags of them. Those are the ones I steamed this evening. So I guess you could call this Christmas Redux.

The ice cream was a gallon tub of Walmart brand Neopolitan, and you know, it was pretty good. A. was surprised that the Great Value ice cream was actual ice cream, not faux "dairy dessert" garbage like most of the big tubs are. 

That's just for future reference, should you ever need need a giant container of ice cream. Which we do, because half the gallon was eaten just this night.

Saturday

Short version: Leftover pork, bread and butter, green salad with ranch dressing, cookies

Long version: This was the pork from a couple of days prior. I just pulled it apart and fried it in some of the leftover rendered lard. 

This week's cookies for the cookie jar used an opened can of condensed milk that had been in the refrigerator. I used this recipe and added chocolate chips to them. 

They were okay. Sort of like shortbread with chocolate chips. Oddly, they reminded me of chocolate chip pancakes, but in cookie form. So of course, the one child who doesn't like chocolate chip pancakes didn't like these. The rest of the kids ate them.

As I said, they were okay. Definitely not as good as a standard chocolate chip cookie, though.

Sunday

Short version: Braised chicken and potatoes, frozen green peas, more ice cream

Long version: We culled three old hens and one of them A. thought would be okay for braising. The other two I just used for stock, but this one I cooked covered in the oven with onion, garlic, tomato sauce, and some random dried rosemary from last year's garden. 

I wanted to use thyme, but I didn't seem to have any. I'm not a huge fan of rosemary, because it tends to overpower other flavors, but it was just a little and it turned out quite tasty.


Aromatics ahoy.

The best part of this chicken was that I added some of the stock made from the other two chickens to the leftovers, plus the leftover peas, and it made the most delicious soup for my work lunches this week. Yum.

Monday

Short version: Leftover tamales, chicken soup

Long version: I got my Thermos all filled with hot chicken soup and some cheese packed in my lunch bag . . . and then I forgot my lunch at home. 

Booooo.

I had a quite good salad in the cafeteria at school, and then I had my lunch for dinner. It was delicious.

Cubby, who is a big fan of all things chicken and almost all soups, had some of it, too. Everyone else had tamales.

Tuesday

Short version: Sirloin steaks, garlic bread, carrot sticks with curry dip

Long version: I hadn't made curry dip in awhile (mayonnaise+sweet yellow curry powder). It really is amazingly good with carrot sticks. Pretty good with the steak, too, actually.

Wednesday

Short version: Chicken quesadillas; various leftovers; raw broccoli, bell pepper, and green beans

Long version: The quesadillas--leftover chicken and salsa with cheese in flour tortillas--were for the kids. A. had a plate of the last of the pork and steak, plus the last few tamales, all covered with salsa.

I got a Misfits Market box for the first time in many, many months, and it included the broccoli and bell pepper the kids ate before dinner, plus the green beans they ate with their dinner. 

I sauteed some of the green beans with some of the leftover chicken and had that for my dinner, with a microwaved sweet potato that also came in the box.

I had been resisting getting a Misfits Market box because it makes me sad to have to buy produce, but since I don't overwinter anything in my garden, it was definitely time. And I was very excited to have all that produce. So next year, someone remind me not to wait until after the new year to start ordering from them again.

Thursday

Short version: Buckwheat pancakes, bean burrito, Cheez-its, Larabar

Long version: I was at school for a teachers' meeting and then went to the basketball games. In between I raided Jack's snack box in his classroom. That's where I got the Cheez-its. 

After Cubby's basketball game, he got a bean burrito at the concession stand. I grabbed a Larabar from the teacher's workroom.

A. made the buckwheat pancakes for the home crew, and I ate the leftover cold pancakes on the kids' plates when I got home.

Just keeping it real here.

Okay, your turn! What'd you eat this week?


9 comments:

  1. I read that first one as "leftover tamale ice cream." Yum?

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  2. Friday-leftover bean soup, sourdough biscuits
    Saturday-I had a 3, a 5, and an 8 for dinner and the 5 requested hot dogs and potato chips. She got them!
    Sunday-meat pies, coleslaw
    Monday-cheese omelet, oven fried potatoes, peas
    Tuesday-enchiladas from the freezer, coleslaw
    Wednesday-stirfried chicken and vegetables, rice
    Thursday-baked beans and hamburger, coleslaw

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  3. Fri- out of town returning boy to college, so I got small chick Fila meal for the kids with me to share. When we travel, there are lots of snacks in the car, so no one is too hungry at night. We also got sone dunkin munchins. Gotta love a foid court in a mall. At home, they had leftover tacos.
    Sat- husband made pancakes as we pulled in right at dinner time. I fried some bacon to go with them.
    Sun- busy week ahead, so I got Domino's pizza for kids. Husband, who is trying to eat lower carb, had a nice salad and only a little piece of pizza.
    Mon-grilled cheese, chips , applesauce for kids, salad for husband.
    Tues- tuna salad , leftover pizza, grilled cheese.
    Wed- salad, leftover pizza
    Thurs- grilled cheese , salad, leftover pizza, and cereal for me.
    There was basket ball 3 nights and a concession stand shift, so I had to keep it easy. Next week I'll do better. However, we have a basketball tournament so I'll need to leave some food for those staying home. I did run out of pizza though.

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    1. Oh goodness, early morning typing is hard. Some and food above. Please don't tell me if there are more typos.

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  4. subs from farmer's market
    shrimp taco's, peaches
    chicken/rice/vegetable soup, garlic knots
    spaghetti/meatballs, broccoli
    leftover spaghetti/mb's/brocc.
    turkey rollups, mashed potatoes, broccoli
    and for tonight hot sausage, hot dogs, baked beans, oven roasted potatoes or chips
    Linda

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  5. We were in Texas visiting the sons so lots of eating out until we got home
    Friday - pizza with red sauce, mushrooms, soppressata at the pizza shop where #1 son works
    Saturday - tried a new brewpub and ate there for dinner. I had chili and my husband had a reuben and of course a flight of beer
    Sunday - at the brewpub where #2 son works for music, beer and pizza with red sauce, cherry tomatoes, pepperoni, mushrooms, fresh mozz.
    Monday - return to Maine day so dinner at Burger King at the Maine Turnpike rest area. We both had Impossible Burgers and my husband had fries too
    Tuesday - chicken and black bean tacos
    Wednesday - pork sausage cooked with potatoes and cabbage, roasted delicata squash
    Thursday - Wed leftovers for my husband and cheesy nachos with salsa for me
    Pam in Maine

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  6. Hello, this week we ate:

    Sunday - Went out to eat after working outside all day cleaning up two fallen trees and branches blown all over the property (big windstorm that created all sorts of havoc) anyway...hamburgers and fries.

    Monday - Roast chicken and sweet potatoes, sauteed kale.

    Tuesday - Had leftover chicken so I made curried chicken salad with dried cherrys and pistachios in it (don't knock it til you try it) this we ate on top of romaine, toast to go with.

    Wendsday - Tuscan beans and tomatoes, toast, cheese.

    Thursday - Smoked salmon with mini bagels and cream cheese, grapes and tangerines.

    Friday - The plan is hamburger fried rice, peppers and onions, more tangerines.

    Saturday - Dunno...breakfast for dinner I suspect.

    Happy weekend everyone!

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  7. Monday: went to a restaurant for a family birthday

    Tuesday: Brinner. Eggs, tortillas, beans, fried potatoes, avocado, salsa

    Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce (sauce with leftover broth from cabbage rolls and meat from a smoked roast), broccoli

    Thursday: crockpot carne guisada, tortillas

    Friday: um...Mac and cheese, baked frozen fish, some sort of veggie

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  8. We ate a little better this week. I was not so lazy.

    Friday: Buffalo Chicken and fried cabbage
    Saturday: Fish casserole
    Sunday: Italian Meatballs with Mozarella cheese
    Monday: Bacon and Mushroom Pierogis, green salad
    Tuesday: Pork Skewers, Mash and Chimichuri
    Wednesday: Chicken Fajita bowl
    Thursday: Cheesesteak Casserole

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