Thrill me with your dinner!

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Having less than $20 per week to spend on groceries is getting real old real fast.
Mac and cheese, scrambled eggs, and $1.00 frozen pizza's are starting to affect my brain functioning.

Someone quick, tell me what you're having for supper tonite. I want to live vicariously through your meal! LOL



My mom asked what we want for Christmas and I told her meat. We want a bag of meat!


Soooooooo what's for supper tonite?

 

[JC2]

I'll have to get with you a little later and let you know what's for dinner tonight.

Last night was Fried Pork Chops and Kale.

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Well, ya thrilled me with LAST nights dinner, so that works too!

Thanks! MMmmmmmmmmmmmmm meat!

 

[circus slim]

True story:

When my wife and I were living in Colorado Springs, my parents were on their way through Denver, travelling from the east coast to the west coast. They had a four hour layover, so we figured we'd meet them, have a quick dinner and then get them back to the airport in time. Understand, this was years ago, well before the security measures we have today were in effect. In fact, you could meet your party right at the end of that loading thingie that goes out to the plane

At that time my mother was working for a Deli distributor.

Anyhoo...it turned out that their flight from Syracuse was delayed by several hours. Enough to almost completely use up the four hours we thought we had.

They called us to let us know. We figured we'd still meet them at the airport to say hello.

They came walking off the plane and both my mom and dad had two of those big shopping bags, one in each of thir hands.

Lo and behold they were filled with frozen meat. Well, partially frozen meat at that point.

We had time for quick kisses and hugs and a meat handoff.

I love my parents.

Anyhoo....back to the topic at hand.

Green salad and boneless pork chops. I'm not sure how I'm going to prepare them yet. Probably broiled. We could always set another place, HMG.


Yummy.

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Ah the classic parental meat hand-off story! LOVE it!!!

Thanks for the offer of another place at your table, but we're fine with the cyber-meat you shared. LOL LOL

Seriously, it's odd, but it is helping my meat craving to have posted here asking what everyone else is having for dinner! Yeah....I'm weird......

 

[snoopy]

My mom asked what we want for Christmas and I told her meat. We want a bag of meat!

ROFL! This struck me as soooooooo funny, HMG!

We are having homemade stuffed shells that I made last Sunday, garlic bread, and a salad.

 

[TerriP]

Fetucini (how do you spell that??? ) Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli. DH will have it with the noodles and I'll have it without. He'll also have some french bread but I'll be having a salad instead of the bread. Can you tell I eat lowcarb???

Yummm....this thread is making me hungry. Who's next???

 

[tkyes]

I have no idea what's for dinner tonight. We are going to a football game so we'll probably stop and grab Quizno's on the way. I'll have a ham and cheese sub though - does that thrill you?

Here's something you might like - considering what area you are from - I have a Porketta in the freezer



tamie

 

[Cinders]

Swiss steak with tons of fresh mushrooms, mashed tators, salad and Hawaiian rolls.

Having less than $20 per week to spend on groceries is getting real old real fast

Hmmmm now wouldnt this be a good challenge for the Budget Board.

How many are you feeding? Any strong dislikes?

How about Salmonettes, Chicken Dumpling Soup, or Pasta Primavera....all recipes from a cooking magazine that are listed as low cost meals.

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Cinders, we have a little LESS than $20 per week and we feed 2 adults and the occasional 7 year old (she's here approximately every other day LOL)......

it hasn't actually been too bad what with coupons and all that. I'm pleasantly surprised how we haven't really missed alot of the junk foods.
I splurged last week and bought super-cheap potato chips and sour cream for snacks and there's still plenty left.


TKYES..........you know what porketta is? Isn't it delish? Weird but delish!!! LOL

 

[tkyes]

Of course I do - born and raised on "the range" until I was 13.

Last time we were up we bought some porketta to bring home with us. It's just not the same down here.


You should see what the budget board can do for you. Those folks are geniuses at stretching a dollar!!!


tamie

 

[CRB#33]

A bag of meat! Well, I hope you get several HMG!!!

And here's what I do with a big batch of ground beef. I make a big pot of spaghetti sauce with homemade meatballs. I freeze a bunch of it in one meal containers. You could get at least 7-10 meals for two on a $10.00 family size package of meat.

That's what we had last night with salad and bread. I buy my pasta when they have two boxes for $1.00 or some other great sale. I also do the same thing with the tomatoes, I buy the cans when they have a buy one, get one or something similar.

DH is cooking tonight, so it's still unknown

 

[gina2000]

I just made french onion soup, HMG. It's easy, tasty and cheap!

 

[Allie322]

I have to ask---what is Porketta?

 

[tkyes]

Porketta is - a spicy, tasty and extremely moist boneless pork roast.

The seasonings are unbelievable!! Very good stuff.


Tamie

 

[Minnesota!]

Alright - I have to ask - What's Porketta? A version of Spam?

HMG - If I could get it to you, I have a HUGE bag of chicken breasts in my freezer from Sam's Club. I just bought them, but will probably never use them. I thought they were boneless breasts - yep, nope, them have bones. I refuse to eat them. ICK!!! Can I use them in soups, anyone?

Anyway, back to the topic. Tonight, we are taking mom out for dinner for her 53rd b-day. She chose Applebee's, so there you go. I will probably have a steak or fajitas. I am switching from low carb to low fat, and today and tomorrow are my days b/t the diet. Low carb just doesn't work for me

 

[tkyes]

not even close to Spam Andrea! It's real meat - you buy it in the meat dept of some grocery stores. I think it's a Northern Minnesota thing. It's the seasonings that make it so great.

 

[Lars624]

mmmm....porketta sonds yummy!!! I wonder if I can get that here???
Tonight we are having spaghetti with Italian sausage, salad & garlic bread.

 

[Disney845]

Tonight was a quick take out night. A pizza place is right next to a chinese place in a small grocery store strip area near our house, so some of us are having subs made from the pizza place and some are having chinese.

I am having:

a hot meatball parmigiana sub and some crab rangoon as an appetizer

 

[DMickey28]

I have no idea... any suggestions....

bread and butter anyone....seriously may eat that as a meal