Friday
Short version: Lamb chops, rice, raw radishes, sauteed asparagus, ice cream
Long version: This was the day I spent the whole afternoon in the garden and man, I was SO TIRED by dinnertime.
Is this how I know I'm aging? Don't answer that.
Anyway. I had taken out a bag of lamb chops to thaw, and had put some garlic powder, salt, and vinegar on them for a sorta marinade. Then I fried them in butter with a bunch of chopped new garlic and parsley.
And then while I was cooking this meal, it occurred to me that if we had homegrown potatoes instead of rice, the entire thing would have been our own home-raised food.
This thought is why I remembered the sprouting potatoes in A.'s office. And why we went back out after dinner to plant them.
So tired. So, so tired. Good thing the next day was a rainy day, because both A. and I needed a day inside to recover.
Saturday
Short version: A few lamb chops, pizza, cucumbers, ranch dip
Long version: I made one pizza, just because I was baking bread to give to teachers as end-of-year gift. I also cooked the last few lamb chops for anyone who wanted one.
I put the last of the ground bull taco meat on the pizza, which sounds weird, but is actually really good. Taco pizza? Sure.
Sunday
Short version: Mother's Day Frito pie, ice cream
Long version: I make my own special-occasion food, because I like my own cooking best. I had a container of ground beef taco meat in the freezer that I took out, so I could eat without actually cooking.
I had thought we would eat that with tortilla chips, like nachos, but then I saw the Fritos on top of the refrigerator while I was pulling out all the toppings and decided Frito pie would be even better.
It was.
Monday
Short version: Vaguely Spanish rice, raw radishes
Long version: I didn't really have anything planned for dinner, so before I left for work, I pulled out a container of burrito filling I had frozen from extra when I was packing camping food for A. and the kids. It was pork, beans, and cheese.
When I got home, I added this to the leftover rice, added more salsa and spices, and the rest of the grated cheese from the Frito pie, and that was the Spanish rice.
Tuesday
Short version: Shepherd's pie, ice cream
Long version: Of course we had shepherd's pie. If I'm going to be doing early-morning cooking for the priests, I should definitely do it for us, too.
I didn't have any big pans left for our shepherd's pie, so I split it into two smaller ones. We had the one in the skillet this night.
I was at the FFA end-of-year ice cream social at dinnertime, so A. gave the non-FFA kids dinner and then let them have some ice cream, too.
Wednesday
Short version: More shepherd's pie, roasted asparagus
Long version: I baked the smaller shepherd's pie this night, along with some asparagus in a separate pan.
I sure did get a lot of mileage out of that early-morning shepherd's pie. Much appreciated during the very busy last week of school.
Thursday
Short version: Breakfast burritos, hummus and chips, ice cream
Long version: Last day of school! There were hummus and pinto beans sort of languishing in the refrigerator, so we ate the hummus with chips and the pinto beans in the breakfast burritos.
In the interests of honesty, I had chips and hummus and a vodka cocktail for dinner.
Refrigerator check:
7 comments:
Fri- tired so tacos! I had ramen.
Sat- homemade pizza- lots of pepperoni put on individual pizzas. I had ramen.
Sun- feeling like a bad mom due to the lack of vegetables, I girded my loins and made a real dinner. Grilled chicken breast, rice, broccoli, apple slices, pineapple.
Mon- I was out of town for my final, so I left a choice: leftover chicken and rice or pasta and sausage. ( I cooked up the sausage in the cooler hours of the morning). I came home to find that the teen made chicken strips and fries instead. I ate a cold chicken strip and went to bed.
Tues- made the pasta , warmed up the sausage, broccoli, garlic bread.
Wed- the leftover chicken went into a stew with carrots and little potatoes. Homemade bread. Leftover rice and broccoli.
Th- I was very tired after a few days of adulting ( meetings, appts, phone calls, final grades,...) So I went with grilled cheese and chips, apple slices. Husband had the leftover pasta and sausage.
That cocktail looks very refreshing! Enjoy your first summer weekend!
Friday-hamburger pie, coleslaw, vanilla wafer pudding
Saturday-cranberry pork, noodles, peas. In spite of all my efforts, the pork loin was dry. I don't think I'm going to buy it any more.
Sunday-salmon loaf, baked potatoes, salad (Swiss chard from the garden!)
Monday-leftovers, fresh bread
Tuesday-stirfried leftover pork, rice
Wednesday-eggs, fried potatoes
Thursday-leftovers, fresh sourdough bread
mbmom11: "I ate a cold chicken strip and went to bed." I felt that.
Kit: I've never been able to cook pork loin whole and not have it be dry, either. It works to cut steaks from a loin and fry them in a bunch of fat, though. :-)
If you have the seed try growing another crop of the radishes...I would think you would have time yet.
G.P.: The sun is already too strong and hot during the day for spring things. Even though the nights are still too chilly for the tomatoes and so on. Tricky.
I had another surgery on my foot this week, so we've been getting takeout a lot. We live in a small city where takeout variety is very good, and we're pretty good at planning so we can use leftovers for lunches. That sounds rather pitiful at first, but keep in mind I pushed hard to plant the garden before the surgery and now my dear darling husband is responsible for watering everything - and doing all the cooking. Since we usually cook at home all the time, this week is quite unique.,
Daisy: So sorry you had to have another foot surgery. That's rough. Gold star to your husband for stepping up, and no shame in takeout in such a situation, for sure.
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