Saturday - Week Three, Day 2
Saturday we had egg burritos. Yum! Jason cooked (again!) He fried up a pound of bacon that we bought quite some time ago. We have another pound, still I think. He fried some in strips and fried some in bits to go in with the eggs. He also put nopales in mine. Usually he does just eggs but he added bacon in this time. I think the eggs plain (or with nopales for me) are better. Him, too. Bacon can be served on the side./ We used to have tator tots in the breakfast burritos frequently, too.
It is interesting to think how food fads happen in the house. For several months we always had tator tots on hand. Now we do not. We used to eat baked ziti once a week at least and cobre valley casserole very often, too. Now both of those are less frequent. When we regularly had cobre valley casserole we also had tortilla chips to top the casserole with always on hand. I ate a fair share with salsa, too.
Saturday was a busy afternoon. Dai had a birthday party from 12:30-3:30. Phyllis had one from 2-4 and I had a bridal shower from 2-4 in Oakland. I had the car so Jason walked the two younger girls to Stratford (Dai was already at her party) where the Castros were playing soccer (except there was a miscommunication so they had to come back) so they could take Phyllis to the party (it was Lucas's.) So, Jason forgot to feed Phyllis beforehand (she had a corn dog at Heather's). He and Cressida had sandwiches. I had two Goudas before going to the bridal shower because I spent the morning running errands, including getting a gift for the party Dai had.
The shower was lovely and i came home with some vanilla yogurt, the fruit tray and some cauliflower florets. When I got home, Jason was already making dinner - baked ziti. A nice thing is that the meal plan allows him to know the plan if I am late. I put the fruit in a bowl and we had fruit salad and cauliflower florets with dinner. Jason commented that he had missed the fruit (last week we had no fresh fruit) and ate a good amount of fruit salad and cauliflower. (I pointed out that he often forgets the fruit even if I do have it, and ironically he forgot it today.)
We finished the chocolate kettle corn and chocolate graham crackers with milk for dessert.
Saturday night Jason also started a loaf of French bread using a recipe he had never tried before.
Sunday - Week 3, Day 3
We had puffed cereal for breakfast. We were running late (as usual.) I let the kids have fruit salad with breakfast, too. That wiped out the rest.
For lunch we had leftovers and the same for dinner. We ate Taco Fiesta Casserole for lunch. Cressida chose not to eat.
We had burritos for dinner. I had some Cuban shredded beef left but hardly any black beans. I cooked up some rice and cooked it with salsa, the rest of the black beans and my last can of black beans (I still have dried black beans.) There was only one tortilla left so Jason tried to make some from scratch. They came out more like flat bread but the girls enjoyed anyway. I ate one with honey and one with grape jelly. Healthy, huh? This left a little rice leftover and the baked ziti.
Monday - Week Three, Day 4
We had rice cereal for breakfast. I had made extra last night. We are going through our milk much more quickly this pay period.
For lunch we were at Ela's house for a craft day. I did take some crackers and jalapeno dip (got rave reviews) and some pita chips I also got from the bridal shower. I still have a bag left. Ela made the girls mac'n'cheese and chicken nuggets and green peas served with a few baby carrots. Jason had leftover baked ziti.
Last night, I was so proud of myself, just before Jason and I went to watch TV, I looked at the meal planner and saw it was pinto bean soup so I started them soaking. This morning, I ripped off last week's meal plan to discover that it was supposed to be Beaker soup. Oops!! But I had pinto beans so we had pinto bean soup instead.
Last time I made it it was dull. So this time I added 2 tsp of chicken bouillon, increased the cayenne to 1/4 tsp and added a can of green chilies (and forgot the tomatoes altogether). I would not have added the green chilies except I thought I didn't have bell peppers. By the time I remembered that I did, I had already opened the green chilies, so in they went. Now I need more for black bean night. It was really good. It had some zip. I told Dai next time I would omit the green chilies just to see. Cress and Phyllis put sour cream in theirs which took away any zip. Only Dai finished. Since only she finished, I rounded up some quarters from our change jar and sent Jason to get ice-cream. That was $5 bringing my total over to more than $8, now, plus I will likely need green chilies for black beans - though I could omit them, if pressed.
Jason also finished his French bread. It is not a keeper. Not bad exactly but a lot more work and not very good.
Saturday we had egg burritos. Yum! Jason cooked (again!) He fried up a pound of bacon that we bought quite some time ago. We have another pound, still I think. He fried some in strips and fried some in bits to go in with the eggs. He also put nopales in mine. Usually he does just eggs but he added bacon in this time. I think the eggs plain (or with nopales for me) are better. Him, too. Bacon can be served on the side./ We used to have tator tots in the breakfast burritos frequently, too.
It is interesting to think how food fads happen in the house. For several months we always had tator tots on hand. Now we do not. We used to eat baked ziti once a week at least and cobre valley casserole very often, too. Now both of those are less frequent. When we regularly had cobre valley casserole we also had tortilla chips to top the casserole with always on hand. I ate a fair share with salsa, too.
Saturday was a busy afternoon. Dai had a birthday party from 12:30-3:30. Phyllis had one from 2-4 and I had a bridal shower from 2-4 in Oakland. I had the car so Jason walked the two younger girls to Stratford (Dai was already at her party) where the Castros were playing soccer (except there was a miscommunication so they had to come back) so they could take Phyllis to the party (it was Lucas's.) So, Jason forgot to feed Phyllis beforehand (she had a corn dog at Heather's). He and Cressida had sandwiches. I had two Goudas before going to the bridal shower because I spent the morning running errands, including getting a gift for the party Dai had.
The shower was lovely and i came home with some vanilla yogurt, the fruit tray and some cauliflower florets. When I got home, Jason was already making dinner - baked ziti. A nice thing is that the meal plan allows him to know the plan if I am late. I put the fruit in a bowl and we had fruit salad and cauliflower florets with dinner. Jason commented that he had missed the fruit (last week we had no fresh fruit) and ate a good amount of fruit salad and cauliflower. (I pointed out that he often forgets the fruit even if I do have it, and ironically he forgot it today.)
We finished the chocolate kettle corn and chocolate graham crackers with milk for dessert.
Saturday night Jason also started a loaf of French bread using a recipe he had never tried before.
Sunday - Week 3, Day 3
We had puffed cereal for breakfast. We were running late (as usual.) I let the kids have fruit salad with breakfast, too. That wiped out the rest.
For lunch we had leftovers and the same for dinner. We ate Taco Fiesta Casserole for lunch. Cressida chose not to eat.
We had burritos for dinner. I had some Cuban shredded beef left but hardly any black beans. I cooked up some rice and cooked it with salsa, the rest of the black beans and my last can of black beans (I still have dried black beans.) There was only one tortilla left so Jason tried to make some from scratch. They came out more like flat bread but the girls enjoyed anyway. I ate one with honey and one with grape jelly. Healthy, huh? This left a little rice leftover and the baked ziti.
Monday - Week Three, Day 4
We had rice cereal for breakfast. I had made extra last night. We are going through our milk much more quickly this pay period.
For lunch we were at Ela's house for a craft day. I did take some crackers and jalapeno dip (got rave reviews) and some pita chips I also got from the bridal shower. I still have a bag left. Ela made the girls mac'n'cheese and chicken nuggets and green peas served with a few baby carrots. Jason had leftover baked ziti.
Last night, I was so proud of myself, just before Jason and I went to watch TV, I looked at the meal planner and saw it was pinto bean soup so I started them soaking. This morning, I ripped off last week's meal plan to discover that it was supposed to be Beaker soup. Oops!! But I had pinto beans so we had pinto bean soup instead.
Last time I made it it was dull. So this time I added 2 tsp of chicken bouillon, increased the cayenne to 1/4 tsp and added a can of green chilies (and forgot the tomatoes altogether). I would not have added the green chilies except I thought I didn't have bell peppers. By the time I remembered that I did, I had already opened the green chilies, so in they went. Now I need more for black bean night. It was really good. It had some zip. I told Dai next time I would omit the green chilies just to see. Cress and Phyllis put sour cream in theirs which took away any zip. Only Dai finished. Since only she finished, I rounded up some quarters from our change jar and sent Jason to get ice-cream. That was $5 bringing my total over to more than $8, now, plus I will likely need green chilies for black beans - though I could omit them, if pressed.
Jason also finished his French bread. It is not a keeper. Not bad exactly but a lot more work and not very good.
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