Eat at Home 3!

[TwoMisfits]

Home from vacay, so going very easy this week, eating the easy type meals we missed on vacay...

Wed - Aldi's Deli Pizza - surprisingly loved by fam (and so cheap $3.75 for cheese or pepperoni, and 44oz of product - we had 2/3 of a pizza left over) with sliced strawberries - I had a vegan burger
Thurs - All beef uncured Aldi's hot dogs with mustard, relish, and pickled onion, corn on the cob, sliced watermelon and blueberries
Fri - Chinese Orange Chicken stir fry with zucchini, onion, and bell pepper, White rice, more sliced watermelon and blueberries
Sat - Dinner at my friend's house - love her!

 

[TwoMisfits]

So, I have a menu heavy on the ability to pre-prep and have spouse toss things in the over last minute - aka, the swim season menu...

Sun - Fresh baked salmon filet with honey mustard sauce, green leaf lettuce and tomato salad, sliced strawberries
Mon - Chicken Madras Curry with onion, carrot, bell pepper and zucchini over white rice, fresh cherries
Tues - General Tso's Aldi Baked Chicken Bites, roasted asparagus, sliced peaches
Wed - Turkey burgers with swiss, bacon, spinach, tomato, and avocado with dijonaise, roasted potato salad (celery, zucchini, green onion, bacon bits, mayo), sliced watermelon
Thurs - Scrambled eggs with western toppings, microwave bacon, double blueberry muffins, fruit salad (watermelon, berries, red grapes)
Fri - Mozzarella sticks and vegan pizza (Amy's no cheese - I really don't like fake cheese, so this works for me) with fruit smoothies and green salads
Sat - Out (spouse and 2 oldest seeing grandparents, so I'll have the 2 youngest and we'll do something fast after swimming)

 

[MissBritt]

Tonight we had unstuffed cabbage rolls or cabbage casserole over rice. Tomorrow will be hot sausages and potatoes with field peas. I also plan to make a huge frittata tomorrow because we have tons of eggs and bell pepper that need to be used. And there is half a watermelon that needs to be finished.

 

[LattNJ]

Here is what we have had/plan to have until we go to WDW on Sunday!! We haven't been since 7/2018, and we are super excited!

Friday 5/11 - stew and baked orzo - 2 different meals, 1 was because in laws were visiting and the baked orzo was for my vegan husband. These made for lots of left overs for lunch.
Baked orzo recipe: https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/blattig/recipe/Side+Dishes/30+Minutes+or+Less/Baked+Orzo/1657383

Saturday 5/12 - leftovers

Sunday 5/13 - Hot dogs, sweet potato fries, salad

Monday 5/14 - Roasted chicken, italian potato salad (this potato salad is sooo good, and it's also vegan!)
Italian potato salad recipe: https://www.shelovesbiscotti.com/italian-potato-salad/

Tuesday 5/15- pork carnitas in the quick cooker (I put this on soft tortillas with sour cream, shredded cheese and avocado) https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl...es/Quick+Cooker/Quick+Cooker+Carnitas/1431860

Wednesday 5/16- tuscan chicken pasta in the quick cooker (basically pasta, chicken, spinach, sun dried tomatoes in a creamy cheese sauce)

Thursday 5/17 - sloppy joes, zucchini fries
The sloppy joes were already cooked and frozen, this is the recipe I use: https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a11699/sloppy-joes/

Friday 5/18- hamburgers, maybe homemade fries?

Saturday 5/19 - pork chops, brussel sprouts, mashed potatoes
I plan to make this recipe, not sure I've ever made it before. I may just keep the pork chops in the freezer and get takeout this day for easiness sake https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16348/baked-pork-chops-i/

 

[TwoMisfits]

Here is what we have had/plan to have until we go to WDW on Sunday!! We haven't been since 7/2018, and we are super excited!

Friday 5/11 - stew and baked orzo - 2 different meals, 1 was because in laws were visiting and the baked orzo was for my vegan husband. These made for lots of left overs for lunch.
Baked orzo recipe: https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/blattig/recipe/Side+Dishes/30+Minutes+or+Less/Baked+Orzo/1657383

Saturday 5/12 - leftovers

Sunday 5/13 - Hot dogs, sweet potato fries, salad

Monday 5/14 - Roasted chicken, italian potato salad (this potato salad is sooo good, and it's also vegan!)
Italian potato salad recipe: https://www.shelovesbiscotti.com/italian-potato-salad/

Tuesday 5/15- pork carnitas in the quick cooker (I put this on soft tortillas with sour cream, shredded cheese and avocado) https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl...es/Quick+Cooker/Quick+Cooker+Carnitas/1431860

Wednesday 5/16- tuscan chicken pasta in the quick cooker (basically pasta, chicken, spinach, sun dried tomatoes in a creamy cheese sauce)

Thursday 5/17 - sloppy joes, zucchini fries
The sloppy joes were already cooked and frozen, this is the recipe I use: https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a11699/sloppy-joes/

Friday 5/18- hamburgers, maybe homemade fries?

Saturday 5/19 - pork chops, brussel sprouts, mashed potatoes
I plan to make this recipe, not sure I've ever made it before. I may just keep the pork chops in the freezer and get takeout this day for easiness sake https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16348/baked-pork-chops-i/

Thanks for the baked orzo recipe! It's rare to get a baked vegan pasta dish that doesn't rely on "fake cheeses" to come together. I love how straight forward, flavor forward, and fresh forward it is...it's going on my summer "pre-prep/quick prep" dishes...(although I am wondering if this can sit in the fridge and then be baked...hmm, might have to trial and error that for fluids)...

 

[DLmama]

Saturday - Homemade Pizza & Buffalo Wings
Sunday - We're having my in-laws over for a BBQ, grilled burgers & sausages with various side dishes
Monday - Grilled Shrimp Skewers, Potatoes & Corn
Tuesday - Green Chile Chicken Quesadillas, Beans & Rice
Wednesday - Hot dogs & Fries
Thursday - BBQ Chicken, Mac & Cheese, Salad
Friday - Take Out

 

[LattNJ]

Thanks for the baked orzo recipe! It's rare to get a baked vegan pasta dish that doesn't rely on "fake cheeses" to come together. I love how straight forward, flavor forward, and fresh forward it is...it's going on my summer "pre-prep/quick prep" dishes...(although I am wondering if this can sit in the fridge and then be baked...hmm, might have to trial and error that for fluids)...

You are welcome! I think it probably could sit in the fridge and then be baked. I'm not vegan, but my husband is. This dish is something that can satisfy both vegans and non-vegans. I plan to bring it to the next pot luck we are invited to.

 

[LattNJ]

I have been back from Disney for a little over a week. I'll be driving back down on 7/23 to move my daughter in for the Disney college program. Since most of my dinners are essentially for her and I, I am trying to clear out a lot of the meat I have in the freezer since she won't be home for 5 months. My husband is vegan and my younger daughter is extremely picky. Their meals are usually some aspect of our meal, or often times, my daughter eats taco meat, taco sauce and soft taco shells for dinner . This is what we've had since we have been home:

Thursday 7/1: we had Chinese take out so that I could grocery shop

Friday 7/2: Burrito bowl (cooked rice with some lime juice and cilantro mixed in, pinto beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado, salsa, cheese, sour cream and chicken seasoned with taco seasoning)

Saturday 7/3: Ribs, salad, macaroni salad
ribs: https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl.../Quick+Cooker+Barbecue+Root+Beer+Ribs/1443171
macaroni salad recipe I used: https://allears.net/walt-disney-world/wdw-planning/recipes-macaroni-salad-biergarten-germany-epcot/

Sunday 7/4: hot dogs, macaroni salad, corn on the cob

Monday 7/5: corned beef dinner

Tuesday 7/6: grilled burgers with lettuce, tomato and onions, frozen sweet potato fries

Wednesday 7/7: pork tenderloin and green beans seasoned with smoked applewood seasoning cooked in the pressure cooker and roasted potatoes

Thursday 7/8: we drove to the beach and ate out on the way home

Friday 7/9: Razzy Shrimp, homemade fettuccini alfredo and steamed broccoli
shrimp: https://tso.tastefullysimple.com/recipes/razzy-garlic-shrimp-288399
alfredo sauce: https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl.../Deluxe+Cooking+Blender/Alfredo+Sauce/1552841

today, Saturday 7/10 I am making stew with parmesan polenta in the pressure cooker https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl...ooker+Beef+Stew+With+Parmesan+Polenta/1443446

 

[MissBritt]

I picked up groceries for the following meals but they have no order at the moment.

Steaks, mashed potatoes, squash and onion
Lasagna with salad
Chicken yellow rice, asparagus
Sausage veggie fritatta, biscuits
Chicken alfredo pasta with broccoli

 

[LattNJ]

Looks like I haven't posted my meal plan in a couple of months! Here is last week and what I have planned so far this week:

Saturday - homemade hibachi https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl.../Featured/Hibachi+Shrimp+&+Vegetables/1718003

Sunday - Chicken Divan https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/blattig/recipe/Main+Dishes/Budget+Friendly/Chicken+Divan/1764676

Monday - Beef stew with parmesan polenta in the pressure cooker https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl...ooker+Beef+Stew+With+Parmesan+Polenta/1443446

Tuesday - Air Fried Cod over asparagus and corn https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/bl...Deluxe+Air+Fryer/Crispy+Air+Fryer+Cod/1617231

Wednesday -we went to a golf outing dinner

Thursday - ate at Jersey Mikes

Friday - left over chicken divan

Saturday - Salisbury Steak https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/salisbury-steak-recipe-2126533

Sunday (today) - probably going to eat left over salisbury steak maybe with some noodles

Monday - going to roast a whole chicken in the air fryer, homemade mac and cheese

Tuesday - homemade pizza or homemade stromboli in the air fryer
I’ve been making batches of this dough and freezing individual size balls of dough to pull out for quick & easy dinner https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a36080815/basic-pizza-dough-recipe/
This is my pizza sauce recipe https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17319/exquisite-pizza-sauce/

For the rest of the week, I did put a container of stew in the freezer that I could eat, I know I'll have left over chicken from the roasted chicken I'm making....

 

[verleniahall]

It pays to keep searching!!! Finally found this but sad that Eat at home 1 & 2 are not longer available! I will be scouring this thread for some ideas!!!

 

[verleniahall]

Menu Plan for the Remaining Few Days:

Friday: Lunch: Hamburgers w/ fries + Disney's Seasoning Salt; Dinner: Woody's Lunchbox Tatochos
Saturday: Lunch: Shake and Bake Pork Chops; Dinner: Steak and Baked Potatoes
Sunday: Leftovers & Clean out Fridge

Next Week:
Breakfast and Lunch will be OYO unless I get a "cooking urge"

Monday: Quesadillas, Chips, Homemade Salsa, Queso
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday - Will brown up ground beef, and chop the "stuff" and then its build it how you want. Will use up leftover queso from Monday and homemade salsa
Wednesday: Lefovers or Soup & Sandwiches after a day at Dr Appointments
Thursday: Breakfast for Dinner
Friday: Finger Food Friday; nuggets, fries, tator tots (will use up the bits and pieces in the freezer of "potato products" so that I have space again)
Saturday: Mom's Meatloaf from Prime Time Cafe
Sunday: Leftovers & Clean out Fridge

 

[Cynt]

Since I had to cook during covid, 3 meals a day, and then my dad passed July 2022, my zeal to cook is gone. I came looking for this thread to get my cooking mojo back again. My poor DH has been roughing it the last year. He's pretty self sufficient so he's been figuring it out but we've been eating a lot of processed and fast food and junk food. I Gained 15 lbs in 6 months.

Monday we BBQ - hot dogs, burgers, chicken, salmon, summer salad, baked beans
Tuesday- leftovers
Wednesday- leftovers
Thursday- Buffalo chickpea Cobb salad
Friday- fast food on the road
Saturday- ballpark food softball tourny
Sunday - fast food on the road

After reading this, I'll probably make a couple of salads for the road.

 

[first*toright]

Haven't read/posted in a while - nice to see this is still going!

Our week has been weird because I got a mis-delivered instacart order (they dropped off someone else's food!) They couldn't take it back, so we got a free random grocery order - from BJs, so there was lots of everything! Fortunately, it was mostly stuff we can use. They hadn't delivered our order to the wrong house yet, so we got our regular order too.

M- Memorial Day Burgers, potato salad and asian slaw
Tu- Bruchetta pasta salad (usually do this with fresh tomatoes/basil etc, but used the jar of bruschetta we got) with chicken sausage skewers
W- Steak salad ($26 of NY strip steak I didn't pay for), beets, bleu cheese and walnuts w. balsamic dressing
Th- Mexican rice bowls- rice, beans, leftover pulled pork, zucchini and a dollop of the queso I didn't buy
F- takeout
S- Fam is going to a soccer game and will eat at the stadium. I'll scrounge something at home.
Su- Going to play chopped and make a casserole with waffle fries, onions, queso dip (all stuff I didn't buy) and some ground beef I have on hand. Plus a salad- we got a bonus huge thing of romaine and will need something light with the casserole bomb.

Questions for you lovely people:

What should I do with 2 giant jars of extra spicy cocktail sauce (with horseradish)? Only thing I can think of is to serve it with shrimp, but that won't make much of a dent!

What else can I do with waffle fries (its a giant bag!)

What can I do to use up 2 giant bags of onions (sweet and red)? I also got my regular order, so I have like 15 pounds of onions! I will pickle some of the red onions, and maybe I will make some french onion soup next week. Other thoughts?

 

[TwoMisfits]

I'd make a soup - here's a chilled version https://www.mrfood.com/Soup-Recipes/Chilled-Shrimp-Cocktail-Soup but if it were me, I'd go more to a hot Mexican soup version...subbing it for the normally needed tomato product, and toning down with broth if needed...

 

[Bamaclan4]

Haven't read/posted in a while - nice to see this is still going!

Our week has been weird because I got a mis-delivered instacart order (they dropped off someone else's food!) They couldn't take it back, so we got a free random grocery order - from BJs, so there was lots of everything! Fortunately, it was mostly stuff we can use. They hadn't delivered our order to the wrong house yet, so we got our regular order too.

M- Memorial Day Burgers, potato salad and asian slaw
Tu- Bruchetta pasta salad (usually do this with fresh tomatoes/basil etc, but used the jar of bruschetta we got) with chicken sausage skewers
W- Steak salad ($26 of NY strip steak I didn't pay for), beets, bleu cheese and walnuts w. balsamic dressing
Th- Mexican rice bowls- rice, beans, leftover pulled pork, zucchini and a dollop of the queso I didn't buy
F- takeout
S- Fam is going to a soccer game and will eat at the stadium. I'll scrounge something at home.
Su- Going to play chopped and make a casserole with waffle fries, onions, queso dip (all stuff I didn't buy) and some ground beef I have on hand. Plus a salad- we got a bonus huge thing of romaine and will need something light with the casserole bomb.

Questions for you lovely people:

What should I do with 2 giant jars of extra spicy cocktail sauce (with horseradish)? Only thing I can think of is to serve it with shrimp, but that won't make much of a dent!

What else can I do with waffle fries (its a giant bag!)

What can I do to use up 2 giant bags of onions (sweet and red)? I also got my regular order, so I have like 15 pounds of onions! I will pickle some of the red onions, and maybe I will make some french onion soup next week. Other thoughts?

Chop up and freeze. These are great to add to soups, casseroles, omelets etc…

 

[nw6675]

Haven't read/posted in a while - nice to see this is still going!

Our week has been weird because I got a mis-delivered instacart order (they dropped off someone else's food!) They couldn't take it back, so we got a free random grocery order - from BJs, so there was lots of everything! Fortunately, it was mostly stuff we can use. They hadn't delivered our order to the wrong house yet, so we got our regular order too.

M- Memorial Day Burgers, potato salad and asian slaw
Tu- Bruchetta pasta salad (usually do this with fresh tomatoes/basil etc, but used the jar of bruschetta we got) with chicken sausage skewers
W- Steak salad ($26 of NY strip steak I didn't pay for), beets, bleu cheese and walnuts w. balsamic dressing
Th- Mexican rice bowls- rice, beans, leftover pulled pork, zucchini and a dollop of the queso I didn't buy
F- takeout
S- Fam is going to a soccer game and will eat at the stadium. I'll scrounge something at home.
Su- Going to play chopped and make a casserole with waffle fries, onions, queso dip (all stuff I didn't buy) and some ground beef I have on hand. Plus a salad- we got a bonus huge thing of romaine and will need something light with the casserole bomb.

Questions for you lovely people:

What should I do with 2 giant jars of extra spicy cocktail sauce (with horseradish)? Only thing I can think of is to serve it with shrimp, but that won't make much of a dent!

What else can I do with waffle fries (its a giant bag!)

What can I do to use up 2 giant bags of onions (sweet and red)? I also got my regular order, so I have like 15 pounds of onions! I will pickle some of the red onions, and maybe I will make some french onion soup next week. Other thoughts?

First, we've had this happen where we ended up with someone else's order in addition to our own. It used to happen with Walmart + a lot.

What about homemade French onion dip for the waffle fries?

Cucumber, tomato, onion salad (made with vinegar and sugar)

Seems like you could make salsa with the cocktail sauce, onions, cilantro, lime, etc.

 

[snowwite]

Tonight we had unstuffed cabbage rolls or cabbage casserole over rice. Tomorrow will be hot sausages and potatoes with field peas. I also plan to make a huge frittata tomorrow because we have tons of eggs and bell pepper that need to be used. And there is half a watermelon that needs to be finished.

That sounds yummy. Could you please share the recipe?

 

[snowwite]

Haven't read/posted in a while - nice to see this is still going!

Our week has been weird because I got a mis-delivered instacart order (they dropped off someone else's food!) They couldn't take it back, so we got a free random grocery order - from BJs, so there was lots of everything! Fortunately, it was mostly stuff we can use. They hadn't delivered our order to the wrong house yet, so we got our regular order too.

M- Memorial Day Burgers, potato salad and asian slaw
Tu- Bruchetta pasta salad (usually do this with fresh tomatoes/basil etc, but used the jar of bruschetta we got) with chicken sausage skewers
W- Steak salad ($26 of NY strip steak I didn't pay for), beets, bleu cheese and walnuts w. balsamic dressing
Th- Mexican rice bowls- rice, beans, leftover pulled pork, zucchini and a dollop of the queso I didn't buy
F- takeout
S- Fam is going to a soccer game and will eat at the stadium. I'll scrounge something at home.
Su- Going to play chopped and make a casserole with waffle fries, onions, queso dip (all stuff I didn't buy) and some ground beef I have on hand. Plus a salad- we got a bonus huge thing of romaine and will need something light with the casserole bomb.

Questions for you lovely people:

What should I do with 2 giant jars of extra spicy cocktail sauce (with horseradish)? Only thing I can think of is to serve it with shrimp, but that won't make much of a dent!

What else can I do with waffle fries (its a giant bag!)

What can I do to use up 2 giant bags of onions (sweet and red)? I also got my regular order, so I have like 15 pounds of onions! I will pickle some of the red onions, and maybe I will make some french onion soup next week. Other thoughts?

A restaurant here does Irish Nachos with waffle fries. They top with cheddar, bacon, sour cream and chives. It’s delicious!

 

[snowwite]

Menu Plan for the Remaining Few Days:

Friday: Lunch: Hamburgers w/ fries + Disney's Seasoning Salt; Dinner: Woody's Lunchbox Tatochos
Saturday: Lunch: Shake and Bake Pork Chops; Dinner: Steak and Baked Potatoes
Sunday: Leftovers & Clean out Fridge

Next Week:
Breakfast and Lunch will be OYO unless I get a "cooking urge"

Monday: Quesadillas, Chips, Homemade Salsa, Queso
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday - Will brown up ground beef, and chop the "stuff" and then its build it how you want. Will use up leftover queso from Monday and homemade salsa
Wednesday: Lefovers or Soup & Sandwiches after a day at Dr Appointments
Thursday: Breakfast for Dinner
Friday: Finger Food Friday; nuggets, fries, tator tots (will use up the bits and pieces in the freezer of "potato products" so that I have space again)
Saturday: Mom's Meatloaf from Prime Time Cafe
Sunday: Leftovers & Clean out Fridge

LOVE breakfast for dinner!