Eat at home 2!

[charming23]

Last night we had a casserole of pork sausage with sweet potatoes and cinnamon apples in it...it was so yummy! LOVIN the tastes of Autumn!!!

That sounds yummy. Can you please post a recipe?

 

[tinkmom2]

Yesterday was crock pot mac and cheese. Today I am making peanut butter and shrimp egg rolls and Thai style peanut sauce shrimp over linguine. Both recipes should be in my blog under the search feature.

 

[Mom21]

Yesterday was crock pot mac and cheese. Today I am making peanut butter and shrimp egg rolls and Thai style peanut sauce shrimp over linguine. Both recipes should be in my blog under the search feature.

I can't find them with the search for some reason. Would you mind direct linking them? It sounds like something we would really like.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Tonight we are having pork chops marinaded in raspberry vinaigrette cooked in the crock pot. We'll have jasmine rice with it and probably steamed broccoli. I might make some chocolate chip cookies too.

 

[LilyWDW]

Tonight is Crock Pot Beef and Broccoli and Rice. I also added Bell Peppers to the beef in order to bulk it up a bit more without adding too many calories.

 

[oopsiDAISY]

That sounds yummy. Can you please post a recipe?

Here is a link to the Fall Harvest Casserole recipe:
http://www.grocerybudget101.com/content.php/439-Fall-Harvest-Casserole

Dinner for tonight is simmering in the crock pot as we speak:

Crockpot Beef Stew
Biscuits

 

[AmericangirlinFrance]

I am back on board after recovering from gallbladder surgery and finally being well enough to eat. I am still having to be careful to eat light/low fat.

Sunday (today): Italian crock pot chicken (new recipe - this turned out great!)
Monday: quesadillas - with chicken and spinach. Chips and salsa (for DH), fruit (me)
Tuesday (choir night): leftovers or chicken salad sandwich (DH)
Wednesday: crock pot low fat taco soup (more like chili)
Thursday: Breakfast for dinner (omelette for DH, egg beaters for me, fruit, grits) or leftovers
Friday: low fat lasagna + salad

After that... hmmm. Don't know.

Plan has slightly changed!

Wednesday (tonight): crustless spinach quiche (egg beaters) + breakfast potatoes (not sure how I am going to make these yet!)
Thursday: crock pot taco soup
Fri: leftovers + potatoes (I have a bag of potatoes to use up!)
Saturday: low fat lasagna

 

[girli565]

Plan has slightly changed!

Wednesday (tonight): crustless spinach quiche (egg beaters) + breakfast potatoes (not sure how I am going to make these yet!)
Thursday: crock pot taco soup
Fri: leftovers + potatoes (I have a bag of potatoes to use up!)
Saturday: low fat lasagna

oooh, I have the easiest way to make breakfast potatoes!!

I bake my potatoes in the microwave until theyre soft. Then take them out and cut into cubes (skin and all). I heat a skillet with butter and place the potatoes in it. I season with Badia Sazon Completa (you can use whichever seasoning you like, we just happen to always have Badia) and keep browning them up until they're just a bit crunchy outside but still soft in the middle. Quick and painless, done in less than 15 minutes!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hello DIS friends!! I’m a long time lurker on this board but finally felt I should contribute.

We’ve recently begun the attempt to cut out packaged and processed foods…which leaves me gasping over the price of organic ingredients, spending a LOT more time in the kitchen making things from scratch, and really bare looking cupboards.

I’m still building up a reserve of foods with less (or no) additives and preservatives but I was really stumped when it came to making dinners since my usual standby’s ( packaged noodles, potatoes, canned gravy and bean etc) are no longer in the house.

I’ve been canvassing the internet for three weeks, trying to find recipes that don’t use these products so that I can still make the foods we love, only healthier.

I’m also trying to stick to my regular weekly food budget, so that I can continue to save up for the next Disney trip.

Anyway, I do a big shop every two weeks and then just pick up milk, eggs and fresh produce in the in between weeks, so my meal plans go from Thursday to Wednesday…covering two weeks. As it’s Monday, we’re already a few days in but this is what I’ve outlined for the date range of September 20th to October 3rd:

Thursday-Rotisserie Chicken with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad
Friday-Garbanzo Bean Stew (ended up being East Side Mario’s—DH had a really stressful week)
Saturday-Leftover chicken
Sunday-Shepherd’s Pie
Monday-leftover Shepherd’s Pie
Tuesday-Homemade Pizzas (using naan bread for the crust)
Wednesday—Bean and Rice Burritos
Thursday—Steak and baked potatoes
Friday—Turkey medallions with our last package of Lipton noodles
Saturday—Pasta Casserole
Sunday—leftover pasta casserole
Monday—Roast beef in the crock pot with root veggies
Tuesday—Roast beef dips
Wednesday—Chicken Fried Rice

Ugh. The oven heating coil snapped suddenly on Monday afternoon!! I wanted to make cookies, so I turned the oven on and........zzzzzzzzttttt! It made the sound like when a lightbulb burns out and then sparked and popped (and scared the bejeebles out of me). I looked inside and saw that it had snapped so I turned the oven off and hubby called the landlord.

We're still waiting for him to fix/replace the oven. We were covered for Monday...we were having leftovers which we reheated in the microwave, but Tuesday we ordered pizza since we couldn't make it at home and I hadn't made a back up plan.

Tonight we are having hamburger helper instead of the burritos (I made them and froze them) but the rest of the week should stay the same.

Just wanted to update my few changes...

 

[tinkmom2]

I can't find them with the search for some reason. Would you mind direct linking them? It sounds like something we would really like.

Here is the recipe I made today with the Thai coconut shrimp: http://tinkmomfoodie-foodobsession.blogspot.com/2012/09/thai-style-peanut-coconut-shrimp-and-pb.html

Here is the crock pot mac and cheese:http://tinkmomfoodie-foodobsession.blogspot.com/search?q=crock+pot+mac+and+cheese

 

[Mom21]

Thanks tinkmom. Looks like something we love. Only thing is that in your blog where the link is for the eggrolls it takes you right back to the pb shrimp page.

I'll be trying this. We just recently discovered we love Asian peanut butter recipes.

 

[judomom2]

we are holding strong about with this. We have only eaten out twice in 2 weeks and we have even stopped going out for lunch on my days off. We have are eating mostly from the pantry and the freezer so even our grocery bill is less than 75.00 a week for a family of 3(sometimes 4 on the weekend) Tonight its a new recipe we are trying for chicken carbonnara. We have tried lots of new recipes in the past couple of weeks. I am really enjoying eating at home and saving money.

 

[tinkmom2]

Thanks tinkmom. Looks like something we love. Only thing is that in your blog where the link is for the eggrolls it takes you right back to the pb shrimp page.

I'll be trying this. We just recently discovered we love Asian peanut butter recipes.

If you scroll down after you click the link in the thai shrimp recipe, it's the next recipe under it.

Try this link:http://tinkmomfoodie-foodobsession.blogspot.com/2012/03/peanut-butter-and-shrimp-egg-rolls-and.html

 

[oopsiDAISY]

Ugh. The oven heating coil snapped suddenly on Monday afternoon!! I wanted to make cookies, so I turned the oven on and........zzzzzzzzttttt! It made the sound like when a lightbulb burns out and then sparked and popped (and scared the bejeebles out of me). I looked inside and saw that it had snapped so I turned the oven off and hubby called the landlord.

We're still waiting for him to fix/replace the oven. We were covered for Monday...we were having leftovers which we reheated in the microwave, but Tuesday we ordered pizza since we couldn't make it at home and I hadn't made a back up plan.

Tonight we are having hamburger helper instead of the burritos (I made them and froze them) but the rest of the week should stay the same.

Just wanted to update my few changes...

This exact thing happened to me last year ...two days before Christmas ....and my whole family was coming to MY HOUSE to cook and have Christmas dinner! We had to find the replacement coil on the internet and have it shipped overnight.

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Dinner tonight:

Sweet and Sour Keilbasa (with fresh bell peppers from DH's grandma's garden, YUM!)
Rice
Green Beans

 

[bigsis1970]

Happy Monday everyone! Last week went well it was just DH and I and we ate in every night! DS is home this week so we will see how it goes..

Tonight - Taco's
Tues - Turkey dinner night (turkey, gravy, mashed, stuffing and green beans) I have Zumba Hubs will cook
Wed - Shake & Bake Pork for me and Hubs and Chicken Strips for DS, noodles and GB and some stuffed zucchini for me
Thurs - Ravoili for Hubs, Cheeseburger Hamburg Helper for DS and Shrimp for me with more stuffed zucchini I have Zumba again Hubs will cook, and DS has hockey practice so Hubs will take him
Friday - DiGiorno 3 meat pizza for Hubs and DS and baked tilapia and broccoli for me.
Sat - big breakfast (we normally do this weekend days) and out for DS 16 Bday dinner (well his bday is 10/3 but he'll be at his Dad's house)
Sunday - big breakfast - then off to Hockey where I'll give DS back to the ex for the next week.. me and Hubs will have leftovers when we get home from Hockey..
Happy planning!!!

OH Geez swapping around again !!! so we already swapped out Mon/Tues now I am changing today and friday.. I couldn't find the cooked burger for the HBH in my freezer this AM -- I might be crazy and really didn't save any from the taco night?? I D K... so anyway tonight will be DiGiorno for the boys and I'll still have the shirmp and zucchini.. and tomorrow (Fri) will be the HBH, Ravioli and Fish!
I love Crockpot Mac & Cheese.. I use Paula Deen's Recipe.. but a few weeks ago I made it in the oven with some ritz cracker crumbs.. OH YUM.. LOL

 

[AmericangirlinFrance]

oooh, I have the easiest way to make breakfast potatoes!!

I bake my potatoes in the microwave until theyre soft. Then take them out and cut into cubes (skin and all). I heat a skillet with butter and place the potatoes in it. I season with Badia Sazon Completa (you can use whichever seasoning you like, we just happen to always have Badia) and keep browning them up until they're just a bit crunchy outside but still soft in the middle. Quick and painless, done in less than 15 minutes!

Oh that does sound good. We just had the quiche with toast because I never got around to making the potatoes

 

[tinkmom2]

I really need to grocery shopping. My financial aid from school is supposed to be here possibly today or tomorrow. I have a ton of Groupons to use and we might eat out tonight. Otherwise I am whipping something up when I get home. I have a freezer full of chicken and ground beef. The fall chill is in the air. When it starts getting cold I make at least one soup a week.

My daughter's Birthday is coming up in a few weeks too She's under the impression she's inviting the entire school (she's 6 and very social) I think it's going to be she and two other friends. I also get to make cupcakes for her class. I like that her birthday is around Halloween. One year we had a costume party Birthday and last year her birthday was on the Dream and at CRT. That's a hard one to top! I think this year we are taking she and two of her friends to Chuck E Cheeses.

 

[tinkmom2]

Oh that does sound good. We just had the quiche with toast because I never got around to making the potatoes

I do that too sometimes but they come out more like "homefries." I just slice them with the skins on. if I have the time I boil the potatoes for about 25 minutes and then let them cool. Then I remove the skin and fry them. That way they are partially cooked and come out in actual slices. I also cover them several times throughout the process because I like the little browned potatoes.

 

[charming23]

Yesterday we ended up doing another fend for yourelf night. I was called into work early and ended up pulling an almost 11 hour day.

Tonight is turkey burger with sweet potato frie
Tomorrow we are going out using a coupon

 

[AngieMouse86]

Went off course again last night. :/ Was supposed to cook in but got a terrible headache just before dinner and ibuprofen didn't help much, so we just grabbed pizza.
Tonight is going to be Asian night; General Tso's chicken, fried rice & potstickers.
Tomorrow - Likely be fast food, as it's my lil sis's first volleyball game, so DBF and I will grab something afterwards.
Saturday - bbq baked chicken with potatoes & a TBD veggie.
Sunday - Either pasta w/ ground turkey or Manwiches with ground beef.

Got more ground turkey in the freeze that I have to come up with ideas for, lol.