Breakfast: Jason made breakfast burritos. I am no longer having cheese on mine because it doesn't really add anything to me but it does add calories.
Lunch: I didn't get home until after 1 - after Chinese we went to the warehouse for food from the church and that took a little long and then we went to Costco. Jason had coached and got home about 12:45 - he and Phyllis rode the motorcycle - Phyllis's idea. When I came in he was giving Phyllis oatmeal. There is no bread made and no beans for burritos. He had no ideas. I was a little annoyed because he though the oatmeal was just to tide her over until he could talk to me. Anyway, all the girls and Jason had oatmeal and I started making lasagna for an early dinner.
Dinner: Lasagna. I used canned tomatoes and canned tomato sauce that I seasoned and added to the ground meat. The tomato sauce came from Tess's move. She also gave me oven-ready lasagna noodles. I basically used the noodle box recipe, but I didn't have 5 cheese Italian shredded cheese so I used something we had - a hard cheese - similar smelling to, but I am pretty sure it isn't, parmesan. It was in a ziplock in my fridge with no label anymore. We didn't have cottage cheese so I sent Dai to Nob Hill on her bike. She did well and was pretty quick about it. But they didn't have 24 ounce tubs so she got two 16 ounce tubs and we put almost all of it in. I gave Jason a few bites of it with salt and pepper. Also, they didn't have you add garlic and onions to the hamburger but I did. And they recommended pre-made sauce and I sort of made my own. I am totally pleased with using ingredients for which I didn't pay.
Mandarin orange smiles - these are juicy and hard to peel so the kids haven't been eating them as quickly. They were so delicious though. Just very messy.
Broccoli and romanesco from the CSA. I steamed it up presumably to go in lunches, but it was there. And, Dai told me she likes broccoli but not the "fractal cauliflower." Where did this pickiness come from? It has been popping up in all three all over the place!
Vanilla rooibos iced-tea. We have had homemade lemonade lately so no iced-tea. The girls seemed glad to have it back - I wish I had served them that from the time they were little.
Prep Ahead: Started beaker soup tonight. We used to eat it all the time, when Phyllis was really little. It is the dinner plan for tomorrow. I am hoping to convince Jason to make cream biscuits to go with it.
Also made more homesteader bread today. We plan to wrap one for current use and slice the pother in the freezer. Jason read where if you do that, you can just take what you need for the next day each night. We shall see how that goes. It didn't feel as firm or stretchy after kneading this time, but I didn't want to over knead it. It looks okay. It smells so good but Jason doesn't like to cut them when they are warm - and that is the butter melts best. I made the dough and set it to rise just before dinner was served- Jason finished it.
We also boiled eggs as we have a lot right now - the remnants of lasts week's and then the new ones I bought and the ones Heather gave us,
We made cookies. I made the dough and put it in the fridge and Jason is finishing them now.
Shopping Day:
Lunch: I didn't get home until after 1 - after Chinese we went to the warehouse for food from the church and that took a little long and then we went to Costco. Jason had coached and got home about 12:45 - he and Phyllis rode the motorcycle - Phyllis's idea. When I came in he was giving Phyllis oatmeal. There is no bread made and no beans for burritos. He had no ideas. I was a little annoyed because he though the oatmeal was just to tide her over until he could talk to me. Anyway, all the girls and Jason had oatmeal and I started making lasagna for an early dinner.
Dinner: Lasagna. I used canned tomatoes and canned tomato sauce that I seasoned and added to the ground meat. The tomato sauce came from Tess's move. She also gave me oven-ready lasagna noodles. I basically used the noodle box recipe, but I didn't have 5 cheese Italian shredded cheese so I used something we had - a hard cheese - similar smelling to, but I am pretty sure it isn't, parmesan. It was in a ziplock in my fridge with no label anymore. We didn't have cottage cheese so I sent Dai to Nob Hill on her bike. She did well and was pretty quick about it. But they didn't have 24 ounce tubs so she got two 16 ounce tubs and we put almost all of it in. I gave Jason a few bites of it with salt and pepper. Also, they didn't have you add garlic and onions to the hamburger but I did. And they recommended pre-made sauce and I sort of made my own. I am totally pleased with using ingredients for which I didn't pay.
Mandarin orange smiles - these are juicy and hard to peel so the kids haven't been eating them as quickly. They were so delicious though. Just very messy.
Broccoli and romanesco from the CSA. I steamed it up presumably to go in lunches, but it was there. And, Dai told me she likes broccoli but not the "fractal cauliflower." Where did this pickiness come from? It has been popping up in all three all over the place!
Vanilla rooibos iced-tea. We have had homemade lemonade lately so no iced-tea. The girls seemed glad to have it back - I wish I had served them that from the time they were little.
Prep Ahead: Started beaker soup tonight. We used to eat it all the time, when Phyllis was really little. It is the dinner plan for tomorrow. I am hoping to convince Jason to make cream biscuits to go with it.
Also made more homesteader bread today. We plan to wrap one for current use and slice the pother in the freezer. Jason read where if you do that, you can just take what you need for the next day each night. We shall see how that goes. It didn't feel as firm or stretchy after kneading this time, but I didn't want to over knead it. It looks okay. It smells so good but Jason doesn't like to cut them when they are warm - and that is the butter melts best. I made the dough and set it to rise just before dinner was served- Jason finished it.
We also boiled eggs as we have a lot right now - the remnants of lasts week's and then the new ones I bought and the ones Heather gave us,
We made cookies. I made the dough and put it in the fridge and Jason is finishing them now.
Shopping Day:
| Costco | |
| Dog food | $31.53 |
| Bleach | $9.78 |
| Lettuce | $2.99 |
| Grape Tomatoes | $5.99 |
| Chipotle Sausage | $10.69 |
| Cucumbers | $4.29 |
| Eggs | $8.49 |
| Milk | $6.49 |
| $80.24 | |
| Nob Hill | |
| Cottage Cheese | $5.18 |
| LDS Warehouse | |
| Pinto Beans | $29.75 |
| Red Wheat | $19.20 |
| White Beans | $8.30 |
| Flour | $11.95 |
| Dried Onions | $6.90 |
| Potato Flakes | $4.50 |
| $80.60 | |
| $166.02 | |
| -$40.00 | |
| $126.02 |
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| See? Cute, huh? And it really works well for my needs. |
I splurged a bit on the sausage - it was not on the list. I haven't yet gotten a few things that were - onions, bell peppers and tea primarily, but perhaps a couple other things. I hope to eventually get chicken breasts - but couldn't quite afford it this week. Also, the LDS stuff is long term stuff, so I took half of it out of this week's and half out of next week's budget. I use a little cash divider in my wallet (I actually paid money to to get the Cricut pattern on-line so Tess could cut it out for me.) It was perfect because we used to get paid bi-weekly. That was easier for grocery and gas budgeting but this new bi-monthly pay schedule is nicer for the overall budget. That is why I still keep the first and second week mentality - even though it isn't exactly. Remaining for this week is $13. Change just goes into the jar - we use it for kids allowances - so if it is off a bit, you know why.
Jason and I thought about going shopping this afternoon, but we didn't. Heather owes me money for paper towels we split awhile ago and the flour. She accidentally bought eggs thinking that she needed them but then she didn't, so she gave me those in exchange for part of what she owes me. We can always use eggs.
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