Friday
Short version: Tuna mac and cheese, carrot sticks
Long version: I just made macaroni and cheese and added a big can of tuna to it. The cheese sauce had some of the American cheese we got from commodities, some sharp cheddar, and, at the last minute when I thought it needed more flavor, some Parmesan.
Saturday
Short version: Lamb chops at home, girl dinner on the road
Long version: This was the day Poppy and I went to our last parish church. We went into town before Mass, about 30 miles from the church, to get milk. We got this at the dollar store, and while we were there, we happened to see something called Talenti gelato layers. It looked really good, and Poppy said she was hungry, so we shared it.
We ate the whole thing, and that was our dinner.
At home I left a bag of marinated lamb chops that A. fried. I think they ate them with bread and butter, but I'm not sure about that. I am sure that they had vanilla ice cream, though, because Dad is fun like that.
Sunday
Short version: Salisbury steaks with milk gravy, mashed potatoes, frozen corn or Holy's cabbage, rhubarb crisp with vanilla ice cream
Long version: I still have quite a few pucks of caramelized onions in the freezer, which are very handy for things like the gravy. I still have a couple of bags of Holy's cabbage in the freezer, too, which are likewise easy.
I feel like this is a very Brady Bunch kind of meal.
I didn't have any strawberries, so the crisp this time was just rhubarb. I used the same topping with nuts and oats that I used on the last strawberry-rhubarb crisp I had made, but got a couple of comments that it's not the best for the rhubarb crisp. Noted.
I made the crisp earlier in the day and wanted to re-heat it a bit before dinner. However, it was in a metal pan, which meant I couldn't put it in the microwave. And it was hot enough that I didn't want to run the oven just for that.
But it was also hot enough for . . .
A dashboard oven. I felt very clever.
Monday
Short version: Beans and rice, leftover vegetables, peanut butter cookies
Long version: I just mixed together the rest of the leftover rice that had been cooked in the ham/bean liquid, plus the remainder of the beans with a bunch of butter. This was a surprisingly popular meal.
Tuesday
Short version: Chicken and rice, green salad with vinaigrette, watermelon
Long version: I took out a bag of chicken leg quarters, three of which I simmered until I could pull the meat off. I used that and the resulting broth, plus a bunch of the frozen caramelized onions, to make the chicken and rice. This has thyme in it also, and every time I make it, someone invariably mentions that it tastes like Thanksgiving stuffing. Luckily, they all like stuffing.
A. brought the watermelon home from town the day before. It was, of course, a watermelon with seeds, and it was very good. Hooray for watermelon season.
Wednesday
Short version: Jalapeno sausage, leftover chicken and rice, porky rice, raw radishes or bell peppers
Long version: I mostly made the rice because I had liquid left from the last time I made a pork shoulder that I wanted to use up. It works very well for adding to the water for cooking rice.
The children who are not enthused about sausage or spice had the leftover chickena and rice.
Thursday
Short version: Cottage pie, green salad with ranch dressing, ice cream with chocolate sauce
Long version: I was informed by my children that they will always eat salad if it has lots of ranch dressing on it. I don't typically make ranch dressing because I am the main salad consumer and I prefer vinaigrettes, but I guess that's good to know.
Refrigerator check:
Okay, your turn! What'd you eat this week?
4 comments:
Low grade edition:
I don't remember much this week, because I have cold that won't end. But I know I did rotisserie chicken once . Then before hot, sticky weather hit, I made tuna salad and bought luncheon meat and hot dogs. People had whatever they wanted with potatoes chips and fruit several days running. Nothing clever this week!
What us it with kids and ranch? Here in the Midwest, it's a necessity at the cafeteria lunches I help with, whether for salad or dip.
Ice cream/gelato for dinner sounds really good right now. What a treat to end your Mission mission!
I refuse to eat any salad dressing but my kids all want ranch also. Even with their pizza!
Fri- pasta al vodka and I’m sure other things but I can’t remember
Sat- graduation party with Mediterranean food. The older kids wanted to go to another late night party but we didn’t want them to go so we brought a friend to the pool and had pizza after the 1st grad party. That was a much better solution and made them happy.
Sun-I just realized I mixed up Saturday and Sunday but I don’t want to retype on my phone… we had baseball games in two cities, a birthday party in another state for 3 kids, and SAT taking for our oldest so this was a “eat whatever day”.
Mon- egg bake (ham, bacon, onions, potatoes), fruit, oatmeal jam bars. I cooked this after swim team was done at 10am because it was over 90 and so very hot.
Tues- I was away at sports from 3-9:30 in two different cities and my husband was in another city for more sports. I put pork, carrots, and potatoes on the stove in a pot and told the 16yo to heat things up.
Wed- bacon and egg bagel sandwiches and watermelon. We have 16 dozen eggs I need them eaten
Thurs- 4 kids with baseball in two cities so the 15yo made burgers at 3:30 and everyone ate early.
It sounds like we are a crazy sports family but really we aren’t. Seven kids do baseball so this time is just crazy but we really don’t do other sports (swim team is just mornings for an hour and basketball is once a week).
Booo on a summer cold. Somehow it's worse to be all congested and miserable when it't hot. You should definitely get some ice cream for yourself.
It's impressive how well you're managing to feed everyone with all that's going on. And my kids always want ranch with their pizza too, which they definitely did not learn from me.
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