Eat at home

[LilyWDW]

Tonight I am making a Pork Roast that was marinated for awhile in an asian style marinade with soy, garlic, ginger, vinegar, ect.

Sunday: Frozen PF Chang's Orange Chicken with egg rolls

Monday: Out to lunch with mom as we will be out of town for the day. Nothing planned for dinner.

Wednesday: Shrimp Creole (Better Homes and Gardens) with Hush Puppies

Friday: Sausage and Pepper Sandwiches (Better Homes and Gardens) with Deli Salads

Saturday: Cubed Steaks with Gravy and Roasted Potatoes

Monday: Fajitas with Mexican Rice

I really need to get November done, so I stay ahead of the game.

And we have already had a change to the menu...

New set up:

Monday: Nothing planned
Wednesday: Cubed Steaks with Gravy and fried potatoes
Friday: Roasted Chicken with stuffing and a veggie
Saturday: Shrimp Creole with Hush Puppies
Monday: Sausage and Pepper Sandwiches with Deli Salads

It changed because my grocery has a whole roaster chicken on sale this week and I need to "practice" a new stuff recipe before Thanksgiving. Figured this was as good as a time as any.

 

[Becc1]

Yay, week 3 and we still haven't had take out or eaten out for dinner, dh and I did go to lunch at Cheesecake Factory on Thursday but I still think we are doing great!

Menu for the week

Sunday - steaks on the grill w/ bleu cheese, smashed potatos and corn
Monday - mini Oktoberfeast- sausages w/ rolls, German potato salad, braised red cabbage (Biergarten recipe) German chocolate or Black Forest cake
Tuesday - spaghetti and meatballs, salad and garlic bread
Wednesday - tacos, spanish rice and beans
Thursday - roast beef, baked potatos and asparagus
Friday - chiken nuggets, mac and cheese
Saturday - Cars movie theme night - Flo Diner theme - Burgers, fries, mini chocolate donuts (tires) and shakes, I need to think of something healthy to sneak in there, a fruit or veggie of some sort

Hoping not cave and get fast food on Friday, my oldest has a game and I am taking the younger kids to the Disney's store's Halloween Dress Rehearsal party at 6pm so it would be really easy to sway from the plan. Wish me luck!

 

[charming23]

Tonight I made chicken enchiladas with leftover salad from last night.

I have decided to not assign meals days anymore since they end up being changed around anyways. So here are my ideas for this week.

Pot Roast
Apple sage pork roast with buttered noodles and mixed veggies
Pulled Chicken sandwiches with sweet potato fries
Baked macaroni and cheese
triple grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup
Crock pot potato and corn chowder

 

[SPBendersky]

I assumed we were talking about eating at Disney. When we go we stock up on the breakfast items and snacks. Nutrition bars and water. It makes it easy to get out and full, so we are not craving anything right away. We leave the parks around lunch, back to suites and have lunch as we prepare to re-enter at aroun 5. We find this method the best way to accomplish what we want to do and eat better. We plan our sit down dinners for the expensive meals.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

New week, and it is going to be a tough one. DS has 4 soccer games this week (last week though)

Sunday: Hamburgers and baked beans
Monday: Spaghetti with garlic crisps and green beans
Tuesday: Chicken Alfredo with fresh brocolli crowns
Wednesday: Soup and bread
Thursday: Southern Ham Casserole, zucchini side dish
Friday: Team bonding dinner after game.
Saturday: Not sure about children's plans - sandwiches if all else fails.

Hope everyone has a great week.

 

[CherylA]

Tonight I made chicken enchiladas with leftover salad from last night.

I have decided to not assign meals days anymore since they end up being changed around anyways. So here are my ideas for this week.

Pot Roast
Apple sage pork roast with buttered noodles and mixed veggies
Pulled Chicken sandwiches with sweet potato fries
Baked macaroni and cheese
triple grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup
Crock pot potato and corn chowder

Yeah I don't assign days to my food either, I never stick to the days! Tonight though I know I'm making beef and broccoli with rice (using leftover roast from last week)

One night this week we'll have leftover lasagna (I made my second ever lasgana last night and it came out AWESOME!)

chicken black bean mexican crockpot recipe is on tap for this week too. I have everything I need for that.

So I'm good for the next three nights!

 

[charming23]

We had pot roast in the crock pot and homemade french bread for dinner tonight.

Tomorrow is grocery shopping and I hope to get some ideas for next week's meals.

 

[mom4graceandlogan]

What is the best way to precook chicken for recipes that call for cooked chicken? I usually always grill a couple extra chicken breasts and freeze them but don't have any on hand. We are light meat eaters so two chicken breast cut up or shredded usually feed five of us. I have 8 chicken breast in freezer right now and would like to cook 6 to use in recipes for next week(chicken enchilada's, chicken pot pie, maybe chicken salad.) What is best way to cook them up and still keep them moist for shredding chopping etc. with a little seasoning added? I was thinking maybe crockpot.

 

[dhcoffey]

I just bought a new cookbook and was reading through it and it suggested that you poach the chicken breasts for use in recipes. They said to lay the chicken in the bottom of a pan single layer, cover with water, place it on the eye of the stove on medium high heat until it starts to boil. Then cover and turn the eye off but leave the pan on the eye and leave it for about 20 minutes. I tried this and it poached them beautifully, moist and cooked completely through. You could add seasoning to the water or cook them in chicken broth to flavor them if you want to.

heather

 

[LilyWDW]

I just bought a new cookbook and was reading through it and it suggested that you poach the chicken breasts for use in recipes. They said to lay the chicken in the bottom of a pan single layer, cover with water, place it on the eye of the stove on medium high heat until it starts to boil. Then cover and turn the eye off but leave the pan on the eye and leave it for about 20 minutes. I tried this and it poached them beautifully, moist and cooked completely through. You could add seasoning to the water or cook them in chicken broth to flavor them if you want to.

heather

This is what I normally do as well. I don't usually add too much flavor beyond normal salt and pepper because I don't want to be "stuck" with a seasoning at this point. I will add whatever seasonings I need while i am reheating the chicken to use in the daily dish.

It works great, is easy as anything, and keeps the chicken really moist.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

We either eat out or have an "unhealthy" meal once a week. I menu plan every week and grocery shop according to the list. food has been getting more expensive but we are defintely spending less this way. This week:

Sunday: boiled chicken, brocolli, fruit salad and nuts
Monday: steamed flounder, green beans, sliced apples and grapes with pecans
Tuesday: Steak, corn, canned fruit salad, peaches, nuts
Wednesday: chicken marinara (really easy - chicken in a foil wrap with sauce and some mozzerella cooked for about 18 minutes), brocolli, cucumber and tomota salad, strawberries and blueberries
Thursday: Hamburgers, green beans, orange slices
Friday: cola chicken (another easy recipe - can diet coke, cup ketchup covering chicken in a frying pan..cook until thickens!) strawberries, blueberries, grapes in a salad, corn
Saturday: Day trip to Washington, dc..packed lunch and eat out for dinner.

We eat a lot of fruit which is an easy item to prepare for dinner. I buy fresh orfrozen veggies and use steamfresh bags to cook them...very easy. And i try to find easy ways to cook the protein. Makes dinner fast and easy and heathy!

 

[CherylA]

What is the best way to precook chicken for recipes that call for cooked chicken? I usually always grill a couple extra chicken breasts and freeze them but don't have any on hand. We are light meat eaters so two chicken breast cut up or shredded usually feed five of us. I have 8 chicken breast in freezer right now and would like to cook 6 to use in recipes for next week(chicken enchilada's, chicken pot pie, maybe chicken salad.) What is best way to cook them up and still keep them moist for shredding chopping etc. with a little seasoning added? I was thinking maybe crockpot.

I would put them frozen in the crockpot with some chicken broth.

My leftover beef roast made a really nice beef and broccolli dinner and I was so happy to find a way to use up those leftovers. Last night we had leftover lasagna, tonight is a pasta dinner at my MIL's church so no cooking for me. Tomorrow night chicken and black bean crockpot recipe that I'm trying. Then I'm away for Friday and Saturday night. I know hubby is getting pizza Friday night and Saturday night I'm hoping he'll make some pasta for dinner so they don't eat out again but it's not likely! Oh well I'll be back to it Sunday night.

 

[figment3258]

Well I am glad to see this thread is still going strong! I have been dealing with some issues that are getting better so i am back!

Tonight is Hot dogs
Thursday is chicken and rice
Friday Pizza and a movie
saturday not there yet

 

[charming23]

Last night I took the leftover pot roast, shredded it up and diced the veggies up finer and simmered it with the leftover gravy and some beef broth. I added noodles and we had pot roast soup. It was really good and made the little we had leftover stretch further.

I hit the grocery this morning and shopped for the next two weeks. I will only have to pick up fresh milk and bread as we froze a ton of fresh veggies this summer from various gardens. I got a great deal on a whole boneless pork loin which I had cut into two small roasts and enough chops for three meals.

Tonight is turkey burgers I got on managers special today with sweet potato fries.

 

[limace]

We did great last week-7 days of home cooked meals then soup from Costco Sunday night and back on track on Monday.

We had:
-homemade pesto and pasta
-butternut squash soup mad with coconut milk (meh)
-pork tenderloin with plum chutney
-chicken paprikash with homemade Polish noodles and braised red cabbage (new recipes-this was fabulous!)
-homemade pizza with corn salad-we've been eating a ton of cone trying to use what's left in our garden

A couple nights of leftovers. I think we did pretty well-couple vegetarian meals, ate most our leftovers, ate a lot of veggies. It helps that it's fall and I'm feeling motivated to cook.

This week I'm planning tilapia with chili-lime butter and rice, Brots and smashed new potatoes and cabbage, and probably soup tonight (red lentil maybe-yummy, healthy and cheap).

Thanks for keeping me motivated!

 

[angierae]

This was our week 1, because we just started doing couponing and stocking up to eat at home for dinner more often.

So far this week:

Sunday: Cheese tortilini, alfredo sauce, salad and garlic bread
Monday: Chicken breast sandwiches, mac and cheese, salad
Tuesday: Soft tacos
Tonight: baked pork chops with apples and applesauce, cheesy rice, some sort of biscuits
Thursday: Smoked sausage and some sort of side (low-fat turkey smoked sausage)
Saturday: Hamburgers and some sort of side


DD15 is at her Dad's this weekend, and DH is working Friday night, so I'll be on my own for dinner and will fix something from the house.


I've been working on stocking a pantry so I can "shop from the house" for my weekly meals and only use grocery shopping for stocking up on things. Next week is week two, so we'll see how it goes.

 

[figment3258]

This was our week 1, because we just started doing couponing and stocking up to eat at home for dinner more often.

So far this week:

Sunday: Cheese tortilini, alfredo sauce, salad and garlic bread
Monday: Chicken breast sandwiches, mac and cheese, salad
Tuesday: Soft tacos
Tonight: baked pork chops with apples and applesauce, cheesy rice, some sort of biscuits
Thursday: Smoked sausage and some sort of side (low-fat turkey smoked sausage)
Saturday: Hamburgers and some sort of side


DD15 is at her Dad's this weekend, and DH is working Friday night, so I'll be on my own for dinner and will fix something from the house.


I've been working on stocking a pantry so I can "shop from the house" for my weekly meals and only use grocery shopping for stocking up on things. Next week is week two, so we'll see how it goes.

Aboard!

 

[tinkmom2]

What a mess today was! My hubby works every other week and was out sick at the begining of the month. No one told him he needed to file a disability claim for being out the whole week. He works 80 hours in a week normally and SURPRISE didn't get a check today. We were finally able to get half of his check so I was able to food shop today. We are going to be living off the freezer for this week. I saved $25.00 in coupons today. Here's the game plan for this week.

tonight tostadas with rice and beans
crockpot chili
speghetti
chicken rice bake
Rachael rays mexican pizza (Jiffy cornmeal is the crust in a cast iron skillet)
breakfast for dinner
diabetic apple pie
baked tilapia with potato

 

[Tink-n-MrIncredible]

I've been working on stocking a pantry so I can "shop from the house" for my weekly meals and only use grocery shopping for stocking up on things. Next week is week two, so we'll see how it goes.

Any suggestions on stocking the pantry to shop from home?

 

[angierae]

Any suggestions on stocking the pantry to shop from home?

I'm just starting out, but so far it's lots of coupons and shopping sales for things you eat a lot so you can stock up, and buying as few "need' things as possible every week - perishables, etc.

One of the first things I did was sit down and make a list of the sorts of meals we generally eat, and figure out what things in there could be bought in bulk.

For instance this week between sale and a coupon I can get jars of pasta sauce for $1.15 instead of the 3.19 they usually go for - so I'm buying four. English muffins are a beloved snack in our house, and they are on sale 50% off, so I'll buy four or five packs at $1 each and freeze them.

Since we eat pasta probably once every other week, those four jars will last us two months, during which another brand of pasta that we eat will probably go on sale with a coupon and I'll stock up again.

I bought pork chops in bulk last week on sale - so tonight we're eating three of them, but there's two more sets of three in the freezer.

I also have a spreadsheet of what's in the freezer and in the pantry, so for the upcoming shopping for next week I can plan meals around what I already have, buy a few things to fill in the holes (since we're just getting started) and spend the bulk of this week's grocery budget stocking up on things that are on sale (and preferably things on sale I have a coupon for!)

I'm new at this, so I don't know how successful I'll be, but this is the plan, anyway.