Eat at home

[tinkmom2]

Here is my food blog for today: Pancakes
http://tinkmomfoodie-foodobsession.blogspot.com/2011/04/out-of-pancake-batter-make-your-own.html

 

[Priorityonecb]

This week is going to be crazy with activities in the evenings, and me working two extra days. Weeks like this we'd usually just eat out every night but I am going to try to only do that once...on Friday when I am about to fall over from keeping up! I'll cop to the fact that a lot of the menu is more processed foods than I would like! But when dh is doing the cooking 4 nights, we do what we must.

Tonight: Taco's, fresh fruit
Monday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, peas
Tuesday: Fish fillet sandwiches, sweet potato fries, salad
Wednesday: Chicken tenders, huge salad, fresh fruit
Thursday: Fish sticks, broccoli cheese pasta, broccoli, carrot sticks, fruit
Friday: Probably order Chinese take out

 

[momx2]

Well, I haven't been on here in weeks and I love the addition of the pictures. We just got back from WDW last night and I did a small Aldi run this morning. I spent $83 for the week. We have to leave in about an hour to drive 4 hrs. round trip for DD13 to play one soccer game... So, anyway, I made my dinner for lunch and also made tuna salad to eat in the car on the way home because we are not eating out again today.

Here is the menu this week:
Sunday: (actually lunch) meatballs w/mushroom gravy, egg noodles and peas;
Monday: Taco Soup;
Tuesday: Turkey Divan over rice;
Wednesday: Turkey and dressing casserole and green beans;
Thursday: Italian Sausage and pepper pasta, ceasar salad and bread;
Friday: Chili over baked potatoes;
Saturday: Fajiatas and yellow rice

 

[semo233]

I would love to do more planning with our weekly menu, but my family is so picky!!!! Is there a website that will let me pick recipes and then create one shopping list that cross references all the ingredients?

 

[ilovejack02]

I would love to do more planning with our weekly menu, but my family is so picky!!!! Is there a website that will let me pick recipes and then create one shopping list that cross references all the ingredients?

try allrecipes.com

 

[brobrosmom]

We had leftover gumbo for lunch...day 3 of gumbo so my family is pretty much tired of it. Today I made red beans & rice and spaghetti bake to be eaten for the next few days. I also looked researched online the cost of baking my own bread to see if it would save me some money...anyone bake their own bread?

 

[Tamarap]

My week is in no particular order:

Chicken
Tacos
Pasta Fagioli
Chili
Hot Dogs
Bean Burrito Bake

 

[Darcy03231]

My grocery store had 93% lean ground beef on sale last week (it was frozen) for .99 per pound. I bought everything they had left (about 40 lbs). A lot of my upcoming meals will feature ground beef.

Sunday - Taco Salad
Monday - Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo
Tuesday - Meatballs in brown gravy with egg noodles, green beans and salad
Wednesday - Roast pork with baked potatoes, fresh asparagus and salad
Thursday - American Chop Suey, garlic bread and salad
Friday - Baked stuffed cod, rice, peas & salad
Saturday - Sliced keilbasa w/chinese red sauce, rice, vegetable medley (summer squash, zuccini, mushrooms & onions)

 

[tinkmom2]

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[FormrCastMbr]

Thank you for welcoming me to the thread! We have a crazy baseball schedule this week so I am hoping to stick to cooking.

Last night I made BBQ beef sandwiches, mac and cheese and salad
Tonight: Hot Dogs, NY style red onions, fries
Monday: Chicken ala king over toast or rice
Tuesday: Chipotle Lime Pork - not sure of the sides
Wednesday: Sausage, peppers and onion heros (I have this in the freezer. I hope its ok. I have never froze this before)
Thursday: I think something quick with ground beef. Maybe Rachel Rays sloppy joes again.

 

[charming23]

Last night we had turkey burgers with sweet potato fries and leftover sliced strawberries from breakfast.

Tonight I am planning on having baked french toast with canadian bacon and more sliced strawberries.

 

[jsmla]

Charming23-Do you make your sweet potato fries or buy them? Can you bake them? I think my DH would love these!

We at out all day yesterday at the French Quarter Festival

I need to plan a menu but today will most likely be something pulled out of the freezer. We have the contractor coming over to talk about renovating my late FIL's house. We're getting it ready to turn into a rental and I'll be over there all day hoeing it out.

 

[charming23]

Charming23-Do you make your sweet potato fries or buy them? Can you bake them? I think my DH would love these!

We at out all day yesterday at the French Quarter Festival

I need to plan a menu but today will most likely be something pulled out of the freezer. We have the contractor coming over to talk about renovating my late FIL's house. We're getting it ready to turn into a rental and I'll be over there all day hoeing it out.

I make them on my own and I buy them. My two favorite brands are Trader Joe's and Alexia. I also always bake them as it is the easiest and healthies way to do them. When I make homemade I slice the sweet potato into thin sticks then toss with olive oil and salt and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes stiring occasionally. With both I like to spinkle a touch of brown sugar on once they come out of the oven.

 

[tinkmom2]

Here's my blog from today:http://tinkmomfoodie-foodobsession.blogspot.com/2011/04/easy-is-sometimes-better.html

 

[ilovejack02]

Spent last night reading blogs, cookbooks ,magazines allrecipes.com and going over my stash of well loved recipes.

Leaning towards starting a monthly menu.

Its hard because I hate cooking the same things over and over lol. I want 30 days of different things . I have a few tried and true things, that I pull out so often , but while i used to cook the same 10 things every two weeks, I now am branching out more.

Menu this week

Last night , homemade spaghetti and meatballs ( JSMLA made me crave it lol. ) , roasted cauliflower , bread, homemade vanilla ice cream. Way to many calories !!! I feel the need to walk around the block.

Monday Cheeseburger Mac and side veggie
Tuesday Black bean burritos , Spanish rice , and fried corn.
Wed Chili Honey chicken , Lentil Pilaf , veggie
Thursday , Korean skirt steak , stir fry veggies
Friday Venison and vidalia onion skewers , veggies
Saturday , the boys are on their own, Im co hosting a batchlerette (sp?) party.

Have to work on the rest of the month today.

 

[LilyWDW]

Spent last night reading blogs, cookbooks ,magazines allrecipes.com and going over my stash of well loved recipes.

Leaning towards starting a monthly menu.

Its hard because I hate cooking the same things over and over lol. I want 30 days of different things . I have a few tried and true things, that I pull out so often , but while i used to cook the same 10 things every two weeks, I now am branching out more.

Menu this week

Last night , homemade spaghetti and meatballs ( JSMLA made me crave it lol. ) , roasted cauliflower , bread, homemade vanilla ice cream. Way to many calories !!! I feel the need to walk around the block.

Monday Cheeseburger Mac and side veggie
Tuesday Black bean burritos , Spanish rice , and fried corn.
Wed Chili Honey chicken , Lentil Pilaf , veggie
Thursday , Korean skirt steak , stir fry veggies
Friday Venison and vidalia onion skewers , veggies
Saturday , the boys are on their own, Im co hosting a batchlerette (sp?) party.

Have to work on the rest of the month today.

Not wanting to eat the same thing week after week was the number one reason I started planning ahead and started doing most of the cooking. I was tired of having spaghetti and steak and broiled salmon every... single... week. We still eat those things, but I experiment with different flavors and cooking techniques to shake it up... and now when I have spaghetti, I WANT spaghetti.

My menus are usually done about 2 months in advance. So May is about done already and June will be done come the start of May. It can always change if I get a new recipe that I want to try, but this way I am not scrambling the day before grocery day to find things to make.

 

[scrapquitler]

Can someone please explain to me how to embed a photo inside of my reply? Thanks.

 

[tinkmom2]

Can someone please explain to me how to embed a photo inside of my reply? Thanks.

You need to use a photo hosting site like flickr or photobucket. Grab the bb code. It's usually where you see the other share icons. Then come here and hit the picture button here in the message window and paste your code. Your picture will come up when you preview your post and post it.

 

[jsmla]

I didn't cook at all yesterday but I thought I'd share our yummy food from the French Quarter Festival

Breakfast was Uptown

At the Festival


Crawfish Remoulade

Crazy Potatoes with Tenderloin, Stuffed Crab, Fish Taco

 

[figment3258]

just jumping in here, but since I got laid off from my job about 6 months ago, I figured the best way to contribute to the household finances was to save wherever I could, so I started by changing our eating habits. Instead of doing alot of quickie dinners I have been making more and more from scratch. With 4 kids we can't do small meals, so I've been trying to introduce at least 2 new meals a week.

Now that baseball season is started, I am using my crock pot more and more. My new favorite friend is the Taste Of Home Slow Cooker magazine. I have used at least a dozen different dinner recipes from it so far and they've all be fabulous!

Tonight is homemade cheeseburgers with crinkle cut french fries and apple slices and grapes for desert.
I plan my meals for the week, list every ingredient I need to make them, and go grocery shopping in my kitchen first, then make my shopping list from what remains on that list, adding in staples, cleaning products, etc. I do not buy extra stuff just to have on hand anymore unless its on sale and/or I have a coupon meaning i can get it dirt cheap. (Stuff like hamburger helper, extra canned goods, snacks, etc.) I make sure we have enough bread and sandwich stuff to last the week, cereal, pancake mix, eggs, etc. for breakfasts, and maybe one or two extra dinner meals like spaghetti or some version of a pasta or mexican dish in case I don't feel up to making what I had planned. I went from spending close to 130/week down to about 50-70 per week...and my
pantry is alot easier to keep organized without all the extra random stuff..

Good job saving so much money per weekAnd welcome aboard!