I was very sick for the first about half of the week, so it was a bit of an unusual food week in our house.
Friday
Short version: Hofmann's hot dogs, bread, rooster rice
Long version: This is what I heard being eaten at the table right outside my bedroom door while I was in a feverish haze in bed. Needless to say, I did not have any.
Saturday
Short version: T-bone steaks, rooster rice, strawberry jell-o
Long version: I didn't eat any of this but the jell-o, which I made. Not from a box, though. I used frozen strawberries, cooked with sugar and water and then strained, to make the jell-o with my gelatin powder. It was very good, although too stiff. Most recipes for homemade jell-o are by people who into it for the health benefits of the gelatin, so they call for a lot of gelatin in proportion to the other ingredients. I think this had about 7 cups of fruit juice and 3 tablespoons gelatin. Too much.
All the photos in the post are courtesy of Poppy, who was thrilled I let her take exactly four photos with my phone.
Sunday
Short version: Fried pork shoulder, mashed potatoes, fried mushrooms, carrot sticks with ranch dip, gingersnaps, blueberry jell-o
Long version: I did make this dinner! I even ate a few bites of meat! Although I mostly ate the jell-o. I did the same thing to make this as I did with the strawberry, except I used slightly less gelatin. I liked the texture a lot better, but blueberry jell-o just tastes weird.
Not a fan.
The gingersnaps were for a school event that required cookies. We made extra, of course.
Monday
Short version: Pork chimichangas, frozen fruit or canned peaches
Long version: Just the leftover pork, shredded and heated with salsa and then put in flour tortillas with cheese. I didn't manage a vegetable, so I gave everyone their choice of frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, or canned peaches.
Tuesday
Short version: Cube steaks, mashed potatoes, green salad with vinaigrette, granola
Long version: Let's see . . . I cooked the cube steaks with the liquid left from the pork shoulder and five Roma tomatoes from the village store owner's garden.
And I managed an actual vegetable. We were pretty light on vegetables this week.
Wednesday
Short version: Fried eggs, leftover mashed potatoes and cheese, carrot sticks with curry dip
Long verison: I had been planning to make barbecue pulled pork sandwiches for dinner with the rest of the leftover pork, but when I pulled out the big container with the pork in it, I found it had been steadily disappearing over the past few days and there wasn't enough left for everyone.
Plan B: Eggs. Not too exciting, but the leftover mashed potatoes re-heated with cheddar cheese filled it in a little.
Thursday
Short version: Barbecue meatballs, cornbread, frozen peas
Long version: A. and I spent a couple of hours in the morning grinding the last of the bull meat from the freezer. Or rather, I did all the trimming and cutting, and A. did all the actual grinding. The grinder is much easier to clean if a couple of slices of bread are run through it at the end to get all the meat and fat out. So I used that bread, plus the meat, to make meatballs.
I actually got the meatballs all made and realized shortly before dinner that I forgot to put the eggs in them. Whoops. So I squished them all back up again, with the eggs this time, and formed the meatballs again.
That was a close one.
Okay, your turn! What'd you eat this week?
6 comments:
Fri- still wicked hot, so hot dogs, chips, apple slices.
Sat- heat breaking but grossly humid. So most people had leftover pizza from freezer,, picky kid leftover chicken nuggets from lunch, hash browns.
Sun- the heat wave ended, so baked chicken, mashed potatoes, broccoli, corn on the cob. A bagel thrown in for picky eater as he doesn't like mashed potatoes.
Mon- grilled cheese, chips, applesauce, I ate the leftover chicken.
Tues-grilled Italian sausage, fries, broccoli, hot dogs.
Wed- tacos and quesadillas.
Thurs- cool day- glorious- so cold weather food makes an appearance. chicken in gravy, carrots, broccoli, mashed potatoes.
Also baked triple chocolate bars, chocolate chip bars, and mini chesecakes as it's going to be very hot again.
I'm glad you'e better. It seems like as long as your family has meat, they're good! Most Teenage boys are happy carnivores.
Love Poppy's blue sky photo!
Enjoy the long weekend!
mbmom11: Yes, those boys--and their dad--are definitely happy carnivores. I heard some comments about the lack of meat the night we had the eggs. Except it was THEIR FAULT the pork was almost gone. :-)
Friday-tomatoes and feta cheese with pasta
Saturday-cold sliced chicken, tomatoes, sourdough biscuits
Sunday-blts, corn on the cob
Monday-curried lentils from the freezer, cheese biscuits
Tuesday-salmon, baked potatoes, coleslaw
Wednesday-chicken sandwiches, coleslaw, broccoli
Thursday-quesadillas, coleslaw, cucumbers, tomatoes
And all the vegetables came from the farmers market except for about three tomatoes and the lettuce, which came from the grocery store. My garden doesn't look as bad as yours, but it's still pathetic.
Just a tip for meatballs...make a long log out of it after you have mixed , just take a butter knife and cut into semi ball size shapes like little thick burgers or meatloaves then proceed as usual , quicker I think than making a million little or big balls. :)MBmom11 ...I still want you to adopt me at eating time.:)
Kristin...something is going around here. Two of my nieces 60 miles apart but same age have had fever lo..just not feeling good , tired. One seems to have a rash...mom was thinking possibly German measles, but that is so 1960s
I've wanted to make egg drop soup for a while, and this week I made a batch of pretty-darn-good chicken stock, so it was the right time to do this. I added fresh corn (farm stands! Yea!), and it was a winner. A container is now in the freezer and one in the fridge for leftovers.
Great way to use the leftover bread. Moving fans almost never cooperate, so three out of four photos that really worked is great. Good job Poppy (please share comment).
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