Tuesday, December 23, 2008

More Menus... We Like Food, Yes?

My new menu plans have been successful, so I want to share some more with you. Or, at least, I want to put them in a nice official-looking format so I can be impressed with myself, and also, find them later when I'm in that absolutely-no-clue-what-to-cook mood again.

Here we go, picking up where I left off, with what I actually cooked last week (some of it was planned, some of it was not):

THURSDAY
Noon
Chicken Soup with Rice (using leftover chicken from earlier)
Bread
Fruit Salad

Supper
Black Bean Soup
Chicken Quesadillas
Green Salad
Chocolate Chip Cookies


FRIDAY
Noon
Leftover lentil soup (doctored up so it tasted a little different)
Bread
Applesauce

Supper
Potato Chowder
Deviled Eggs
Leftover canned fruit
Green Salad
Chocolate Chip Cookies


SATURDAY
Noon
Pancakes
Fried Eggs

Supper
(At a friend's house)
Ham and Bean Soup (she made)
Fresh whole wheat tweiback (I made)
Rice Krispy confection bars (another friend made)

SUNDAY
Noon
Leftover Ham and Bean Soup (she sent us home leftovers!)
Tweiback
Fruit (I can't remember exactly what)

Supper
Black Beans and Rice (made from leftover bean soup)
Toasted tortillas with Guacamole
Green salad

MONDAY
Noon
Ham and Parmesan Frittata
Lima Beans
Hot cinnamon apples


Supper
Baked Ham
Layered mashed potatoes (made with both white and sweet potatoes)
Fresh tweiback
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

TUESDAY
Noon
(Leftovers)
Ham sandwiches
Layered Mashed Potatoes
Lima Beans
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

Supper
(okay, this was a lazy meal)
Biscuits and Gravy
(that's it-- no vegetable, no dessert)

Some of those menus might not sound very notable, however, I'd like you to know that I ran out of groceries for my planned menus Thursday night. I was supposed to go shopping on Thursday to replenish and be able to make the rest of the week's menus, but for various reasons, mostly involving the weather, I didn't make it out of the house, and still haven't due to other reasons, mostly involving car troubles. Now are you impressed? I made it four whole days past what I'd planned for!

However, tomorrow I absolutely MUST get to the grocery store. There is a limit to what I can make out of what's hanging around. Pretty soon you get to the end of what's hanging around!

So now, what's planned for the rest of the week? I have no idea. (Oh wait. That's not what I'm supposed to say.)

Actually, I do have a plan, but I think I'll wait and post after the fact. It feels more credible to myself to account for what I've already done, than to post high-falutin' menus that may or not actually come off.

As I said, tomorrow I have to bundle up, and commandeer a vehicle, and get to the grocery store, pronto, and another reason why is that I promised to make dinner at noon for Hubby's folks, so they will have a meal waiting when they get home from BigCity. Hubby's dad had a pacemaker installed today-- yes, TODAY, as in The Day Before Christmas Eve (originally it was scheduled for Christmas Eve, so he at least now has an extra day to rest up before we celebrate Christmas on Saturday)-- and he gets released tomorrow.

It's interesting that after the surgery, he felt better than he had before the surgery. Makes me want to start pricing pacemakers for Hubby.

2 comments:

orneryswife said...

Wow! I am impressed! I always feel very smug when I pull a meal out of the hat, so to speak, especially when there is little to choose from. Sometimes those are the most satisfying meals because they are creative!

I love the new photo of you on your profile. You look young and very pretty! Merry Christmas, friend!!
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Jeff'sGirl said...

I like your new photo, too!

And you're a great cook, by the way. I have personal experience with that.