This last week-end we enjoyed a nice relaxing week-end staying home. Pat did service the AC and temporarily fixed the kitchen sink, and we did run errands, but other then that we watched TV or swam in the pool. It was too hot to do anything other then stay cool.
Refrigerator is working well last week with the new interior fan and after being fully frosted. Now to see how long it runs well. The ice cooler is in the trailer now and is working well for beverages. The water isn't supper cold, but it is colder then tap water. We use 4 two liter bottles that we freeze in the club house freezer.
The next two weeks our extra money goes towards rent. So my grocery budget was tighter then normal. I did find some nice cheap recipes to try that don't take much room in the refer. I am going to try to make a cool aide Gatorade using orange juice to keep our electrolytes up, since we are sweating so much. I bought some powdered milk so that I can mix up what I need for recipes instead of using rice or soy milk that will need refrigeration. I wasn't able to buy lunch meat this week. I have one package in the freezer for Pat. The girls and I will just have to eat differently for this week.
I am also making cold neck ties and am thinking of selling them. My sewing machine is in storage and so I am borrowing the girls child sewing machine. My first one is ready for the crystals. Earlier this week, I made a napkin holder that I tied to the cabinet handle. I made it with plastic canvas and thought of my grandma the whole time. She was the plastic canvas queen. :) I also am planning on making some hot pads, because the ones I have seem small and they don't have a loop to hang them with.
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
gf = Gluten Free
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes - Or maybe this version (One of these weeks I won't let the heat suck my energy and I will make this.) I use gf flour blend and cut down on the cheese. I also am adding turkey ham.
* Crock Pot Breakfast Supreme
* Breakfast Scramble
Lunch
- Split Pea Dahl Good - Except the peas needed to cook longer.
- Citrus Salmon Salad (will post the recipe later this week)
- Bean and cheese burrito
- Beans, rice and terriyaki bowls
- Chili over potatoes (or something else)
* Lunch Meat Sandwich
* Sausage Italian Sandwiches - Sausage links, pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese
Dinner
- Sweet and Sour Lentils- Good
- Bombay Chicken 'n' Rice - Used seasoned steamed rice instead Good
- Blackeye Pea Gumbo - Trying out this recipe Good
- Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken - Always a favorite
- Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole - Family is craving Pizza. Found this recipe to try out. And it was great.
* Beef Stroganoff Really good!
* 4th of July - BQ something, coleslaw and potato salad
? Cowboy Stew (Third post down) from A Man, A Can, A plan. It is a great RV cookbook. lol Good camping dish.
? Cowgirl Beans
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Menu for June21st to 27th, 2010
- Late start this week. I will be dropping one of the dinners, because we ate something other then what was half way planned. I just don't know which one I am dropping yet.
Last week fell apart on me towards the end. Defrosting the refrigerator only gave me a little over a week for the same fruit flies in the refrigerator problem to come back and I was having tummy troubles on Friday. A friend in the park suggested a full freezer and refrigerator defrost. I went home and tossed out the dinner in the crock pot, leftovers, mayo, lunch meat, produce and other things in question. (No wonder we spend too much on groceries!?%@#) Saturday we picked up a battery operated interior fan for the refrigerator. Now we see how long this holds up.
We finally finished off our liter pops and filled them up with water. We used the club house freezer to freeze them and now have them keeping the water, ice tea and pop cool. Seeing if this works without spending any money. Krogers has dry ice and I am wondering how well that works.
The girls have been hunting gecko's. E had the first one for a couple of days before it jumped out of her hands while handling it. V caught a baby and it was easier to handle. It seemed to adapt better then the older one. We let him go after a couple of days, because V thought that he was missing his parents. They were eating and drinking water in captivity. They seem to like cockroaches and crickets. They learned it was important to wash hands after handling them.
Father's Day we had a nice breakfast on Saturday, V bought P a ball so that he won't use hers in the pool to float with, E made a nice picture frame at church and then bought P some of his favorite gum and we took the van through the car wash so that he was driving a clean car this week. He really misses his truck.
This week I start off the week with a migraine. Menu planning isn't as easy when thinking hurts, but it is necessary to have a plan. It's really hot and feels like an oven almost all of the time. We don't think that it makes a difference between 95 to 100 degrees. Hot is just hot!!!
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
gf = Gluten Free
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Eggs
*Eggs, ground sausage patties, and potato with onions and toast (P request) - didn't get to it last week, because we didn't have eggs.
*Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes - Or maybe this version (One of these weeks I won't let the heat suck my energy and I will make this.) I use gf flour blend and cut down on the cheese. I also am adding turkey ham.
Lunch
-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs
- Beans, rice and teriyaki bowls
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
* Oregon Tuna Melt - Hoping to try it this week. (trying this out and eating them in corn tortillas instead of the bread) Very good
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches
Dinner
- Tater Burgers - (it was good, we really liked it) Ground beef, onions, can mushrooms cooked together. Top with cheese, tomatoes, Catchup and mustard Simple and delicious
- Bombay Chicken 'n' Rice - I will be using this recipe for rice pilaf instead of a mix. Good
- Blackeye Pea Gumbo - Trying out this recipe Good
- Lazy CP Chicken - Chicken breast and any old sauce in the crock pot. My favorite to prepare :) and it is good
- Bean Cheese and Rice Squares - Heard this was a good recipe. I have wanted to try it out for quite awhile. Good
* Cowboy Stew (Third post down) from A Man, A Can, A plan. It is a great RV cookbook. lol Makes a good camping dish.
* Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole - Family is craving Pizza. Found this recipe to try out. Good
Last week fell apart on me towards the end. Defrosting the refrigerator only gave me a little over a week for the same fruit flies in the refrigerator problem to come back and I was having tummy troubles on Friday. A friend in the park suggested a full freezer and refrigerator defrost. I went home and tossed out the dinner in the crock pot, leftovers, mayo, lunch meat, produce and other things in question. (No wonder we spend too much on groceries!?%@#) Saturday we picked up a battery operated interior fan for the refrigerator. Now we see how long this holds up.
We finally finished off our liter pops and filled them up with water. We used the club house freezer to freeze them and now have them keeping the water, ice tea and pop cool. Seeing if this works without spending any money. Krogers has dry ice and I am wondering how well that works.
The girls have been hunting gecko's. E had the first one for a couple of days before it jumped out of her hands while handling it. V caught a baby and it was easier to handle. It seemed to adapt better then the older one. We let him go after a couple of days, because V thought that he was missing his parents. They were eating and drinking water in captivity. They seem to like cockroaches and crickets. They learned it was important to wash hands after handling them.
Father's Day we had a nice breakfast on Saturday, V bought P a ball so that he won't use hers in the pool to float with, E made a nice picture frame at church and then bought P some of his favorite gum and we took the van through the car wash so that he was driving a clean car this week. He really misses his truck.
This week I start off the week with a migraine. Menu planning isn't as easy when thinking hurts, but it is necessary to have a plan. It's really hot and feels like an oven almost all of the time. We don't think that it makes a difference between 95 to 100 degrees. Hot is just hot!!!
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
gf = Gluten Free
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Eggs
*Eggs, ground sausage patties, and potato with onions and toast (P request) - didn't get to it last week, because we didn't have eggs.
*Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes - Or maybe this version (One of these weeks I won't let the heat suck my energy and I will make this.) I use gf flour blend and cut down on the cheese. I also am adding turkey ham.
Lunch
-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs
- Beans, rice and teriyaki bowls
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
* Oregon Tuna Melt - Hoping to try it this week. (trying this out and eating them in corn tortillas instead of the bread) Very good
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches
Dinner
- Tater Burgers - (it was good, we really liked it) Ground beef, onions, can mushrooms cooked together. Top with cheese, tomatoes, Catchup and mustard Simple and delicious
- Bombay Chicken 'n' Rice - I will be using this recipe for rice pilaf instead of a mix. Good
- Blackeye Pea Gumbo - Trying out this recipe Good
- Lazy CP Chicken - Chicken breast and any old sauce in the crock pot. My favorite to prepare :) and it is good
- Bean Cheese and Rice Squares - Heard this was a good recipe. I have wanted to try it out for quite awhile. Good
* Cowboy Stew (Third post down) from A Man, A Can, A plan. It is a great RV cookbook. lol Makes a good camping dish.
* Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole - Family is craving Pizza. Found this recipe to try out. Good
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Yum Sauce From Eugene, OR - My variation
I never follow directions like they tell me to. There is something that we have to substitute for our gluten free diet or that we don't have on hand. This is one of those recipes that I only had some of the ingredients they called for, but was determined to make anyway. I am happy to report that I liked my variation much better then the restaurants. I really am not a huge fan for Cafe Yum, but while visiting a friends house, she doctored up their sauce and I liked it much better. I have made my notes in red. I got the recipe from this sight and she also has her own adaptations listed there.
Original Yumm Sauce:
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup almonds (I used cashew butter. Normally when a recipe calls for a nut, I use what ever I have on hand.)
1/3 cup brewers yeast (I used Nutritional Yeast, because brewers yeast is made from barley and not gluten free. * See note below)
1/3 cup garbanzo beans - drained (I used instant humus)
1/4 cup soybeans (didn't have any and just skipped this one all together)
1/2 cup water (not sure how much water I used. I kept adding it in little by little to keep the consistency smooth.)
1/2 cup lemon juice (I used a squirt of Minute Maid pure lemon juice, because it is strong.)
2 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder (I used garam masala, an Indian spice, because I was out of curry.)
Blend nuts, beans and oil in food processor. Then blend in yeast and liquids one at a time. Puree until smooth. Voila! (My food processor is packed and so I cut in the cashew butter with the oil and then kept blending in the other ingredients and kept adding water to make the consistency smooth. I also microwaved it for about 2 minutes to heat the sauce and allow the ingredients to melt together.)
This sauce is great with rice or pasta. It can also be used as a dressing for salads, a topping on soup & chili, a spread for sandwiches, a dipping sauce for veggies, a basting sauce for grilling, or a mayo alternative. It's really quite versatile! But best of all, it's egg free, dairy free, wheat free, gluten free, sugar free, cholesterol free and low in sodium. There are nuts in it, however, for anyone with allergies to nuts. My kids love it! I'm sure if you make it you'll find a ton of creative uses for such a flavorful, yummy sauce. Go for it!
* According to this article, the restaurant Cafe Yum uses Nutritional Yeast and not Brewers Yeast. They claim the sauce is gluten free and so I am assuming that they do use the Nutritional Yeast.
Original Yumm Sauce:
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup almonds (I used cashew butter. Normally when a recipe calls for a nut, I use what ever I have on hand.)
1/3 cup brewers yeast (I used Nutritional Yeast, because brewers yeast is made from barley and not gluten free. * See note below)
1/3 cup garbanzo beans - drained (I used instant humus)
1/4 cup soybeans (didn't have any and just skipped this one all together)
1/2 cup water (not sure how much water I used. I kept adding it in little by little to keep the consistency smooth.)
1/2 cup lemon juice (I used a squirt of Minute Maid pure lemon juice, because it is strong.)
2 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder (I used garam masala, an Indian spice, because I was out of curry.)
Blend nuts, beans and oil in food processor. Then blend in yeast and liquids one at a time. Puree until smooth. Voila! (My food processor is packed and so I cut in the cashew butter with the oil and then kept blending in the other ingredients and kept adding water to make the consistency smooth. I also microwaved it for about 2 minutes to heat the sauce and allow the ingredients to melt together.)
This sauce is great with rice or pasta. It can also be used as a dressing for salads, a topping on soup & chili, a spread for sandwiches, a dipping sauce for veggies, a basting sauce for grilling, or a mayo alternative. It's really quite versatile! But best of all, it's egg free, dairy free, wheat free, gluten free, sugar free, cholesterol free and low in sodium. There are nuts in it, however, for anyone with allergies to nuts. My kids love it! I'm sure if you make it you'll find a ton of creative uses for such a flavorful, yummy sauce. Go for it!
* According to this article, the restaurant Cafe Yum uses Nutritional Yeast and not Brewers Yeast. They claim the sauce is gluten free and so I am assuming that they do use the Nutritional Yeast.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Menu for June 14th to 20th, 2010
Great news! The cold box is acting like a refrigerator again. Defrosted it and am only keeping mayo on the top shelf. Right under it, I am keeping my dairy products. I also took out the crisper trays and putting all of my veggies and eggs down there. With out the trays, there is more room. I guess I will have to keep an eye on it and defrost periodically. Hopefully I can time it when we don't have much in there. :)
I planned out my menu Thursday and then things got changed. I spent over my budget. Seen a great sale that was too good to pass up. The whole brisket was on sale and so we asked the butcher to slice it up into steaks. We cooked 1/3 of it and got beefed out this weekend. I am actually looking forward to my vegetarian dish on Monday. At least my freezer is stuffed at the moment.
I was planning on getting a large bottle of pickles so that I can make pickled eggs for the girls. But I didn't see any on my shopping adventure this week. I will try again next week.
Also trying to hunt down a Bean Breakfast Cake that I use to make that I got from the Oregon Extension Office. I was going to try converting it to gluten free and try it in the mini crock pot. It is definitely a recipe from Eugene, and uses peanut butter and banana's or applesauce. I did find a gluten free bean recipe online, but it is not the same one.
One of my girls is missing bread. Gluten free bread here is so expensive. I miss Trader Joe's and their $3 rice bread. I checked out the gluten free bread mix. For the price, why bother. I am really thinking about bringing out my bread machine and making it from scratch. Just not sure where I would store it.
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
gf = Gluten Free
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Crock Pot French toast - didn't get to try it last week. Had leftover steak instead. (trying this recipe out) Too sweet and didn't like the bread pudding texture
*Eggs, ground sausage patties, and potato with onions and toast (P request)
*Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes - (didn't get around to making this last week and am trying a different recipe) I use gf flour blend and cut down on the cheese. I also am adding turkey ham.
Lunch
-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs (The girls loved it and it was easy) 1 can of Baked Beans, 4 cut up hot dogs, and a squirt of BQ sauce. Heat up and serve. Good
- Yum Sauce - Another Eugene, Oregon thing. Has Nutritional Yeast in it. Trying to make ourselves unattractive to mosquitoes. (I made my own variation and liked it a lot better then Cafe Yumm's sauce. You can view the post here) Good
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
* Oregon Tuna Melt - (trying this out and eating them in corn tortillas instead of the bread) Good
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches
Dinner
- Caribbean Blackeye Peas - (We loved it)
- Crock pot Meatloaf and Mini Crock Pot Corn Bread - Any meatloaf recipe done in the crock pot will do. (trying out the meatloaf recipe) Good
- Crock Pot Chicken Makhani - I follow this recipe, but always using my own variations. Family favorite
- Beans and Rice - Thinking with Teriyaki
- Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole - Family is craving Pizza. Found this recipe to try out. Yum
* Beef Kabobs Always good
* Chili Kraut Dogs
I planned out my menu Thursday and then things got changed. I spent over my budget. Seen a great sale that was too good to pass up. The whole brisket was on sale and so we asked the butcher to slice it up into steaks. We cooked 1/3 of it and got beefed out this weekend. I am actually looking forward to my vegetarian dish on Monday. At least my freezer is stuffed at the moment.
I was planning on getting a large bottle of pickles so that I can make pickled eggs for the girls. But I didn't see any on my shopping adventure this week. I will try again next week.
Also trying to hunt down a Bean Breakfast Cake that I use to make that I got from the Oregon Extension Office. I was going to try converting it to gluten free and try it in the mini crock pot. It is definitely a recipe from Eugene, and uses peanut butter and banana's or applesauce. I did find a gluten free bean recipe online, but it is not the same one.
One of my girls is missing bread. Gluten free bread here is so expensive. I miss Trader Joe's and their $3 rice bread. I checked out the gluten free bread mix. For the price, why bother. I am really thinking about bringing out my bread machine and making it from scratch. Just not sure where I would store it.
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
gf = Gluten Free
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Crock Pot French toast - didn't get to try it last week. Had leftover steak instead. (trying this recipe out) Too sweet and didn't like the bread pudding texture
*Eggs, ground sausage patties, and potato with onions and toast (P request)
*Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes - (didn't get around to making this last week and am trying a different recipe) I use gf flour blend and cut down on the cheese. I also am adding turkey ham.
Lunch
-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs (The girls loved it and it was easy) 1 can of Baked Beans, 4 cut up hot dogs, and a squirt of BQ sauce. Heat up and serve. Good
- Yum Sauce - Another Eugene, Oregon thing. Has Nutritional Yeast in it. Trying to make ourselves unattractive to mosquitoes. (I made my own variation and liked it a lot better then Cafe Yumm's sauce. You can view the post here) Good
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
* Oregon Tuna Melt - (trying this out and eating them in corn tortillas instead of the bread) Good
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches
Dinner
- Caribbean Blackeye Peas - (We loved it)
- Crock pot Meatloaf and Mini Crock Pot Corn Bread - Any meatloaf recipe done in the crock pot will do. (trying out the meatloaf recipe) Good
- Crock Pot Chicken Makhani - I follow this recipe, but always using my own variations. Family favorite
- Beans and Rice - Thinking with Teriyaki
- Slow Cooker Puffy Pizza Casserole - Family is craving Pizza. Found this recipe to try out. Yum
* Beef Kabobs Always good
* Chili Kraut Dogs
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Menu for June 7 -13, 2010
Adjusting to my RV living with the cold box instead of a refrigerator. It was so hot yesterday that the temperature in the refrigerator was almost up to 60 degree's. The good news is, I only threw out 2 slices of lunch meat. I moved the mayo, sour cream and half and half next to the ice at the top. I also decided to buy more canned meats and store the lunch meat in the freezer until the outside temp. cools down. We also have two small fans blowing on the back of the refrigerator. Still waiting for the interior fan to come in on order. Praying that one of those helps.
We had to pay rent and so things are really tight. Another frugal week. But we are looking forward to payday on Friday. These times sure remind me of when we first got married, pay check to pay check.
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Eggs
*Egg and Bacon Sandwich (as V requests)
*Crock Pot French toast (trying this recipe out) Too sweet and bread pudding texture
Lunch
-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs (The girls loved it and it was easy) 1 can of Baked Beans, 4 cut up hot dogs, and a squirt of BQ sauce. Heat up and serve.
-Salmon Rice Salad (didn't make it last week) (trying this recipe out) Good
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
*Spam Sandwich
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches
Dinner
-Alligator Stew without the alligator. (didn't make it last week) (trying this recipe out) Will be making this in the Crock Pot. Good, but definately a winter recipe
-Cajun Dirty Rice (didn't make it last week) (trying this recipe out) Good
-Chinese Fried Rice I like to start out with this recipe and add what I have and omit what I don't have. Of course I don't make it with the pork. I usually make it with a Chow Mien, but it has been too hot to do both. Family favorite
-Curried Lentils and Potatoes (Trying out this recipe) Will be making this in the Crock Pot. Good, but needs more spice
-Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes Will be converting this to Gluten Free and will be cutting down on the dairy portion. Also will add ham. Another one I am doing in the crock pot.
*Honey Chicken (I didn't get to make it this week) Angie made this when she had us over and it was sooooo good.)
*Gourmet Hamburgers - not sure how I am going to make these yet.
We had to pay rent and so things are really tight. Another frugal week. But we are looking forward to payday on Friday. These times sure remind me of when we first got married, pay check to pay check.
I like some flexibility and so I don't assign days. Here is a legend of my notes.
- = Monday - Friday
* = Weekends
Of course we eat leftovers when we can. I love having leftovers, less work. :)
Breakfast
-Cold cereal
-Grits
-Hot Cereal
-Eggs
-Eggs
*Egg and Bacon Sandwich (as V requests)
*Crock Pot French toast (trying this recipe out) Too sweet and bread pudding texture
Lunch
-Egg Salad
-Tuna Salad
-Vegetarian Baked Beans with Hot Dogs (The girls loved it and it was easy) 1 can of Baked Beans, 4 cut up hot dogs, and a squirt of BQ sauce. Heat up and serve.
-Salmon Rice Salad (didn't make it last week) (trying this recipe out) Good
-Lunch Meat Sandwich
*Spam Sandwich
*Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwiches
Dinner
-Alligator Stew without the alligator. (didn't make it last week) (trying this recipe out) Will be making this in the Crock Pot. Good, but definately a winter recipe
-Cajun Dirty Rice (didn't make it last week) (trying this recipe out) Good
-Chinese Fried Rice I like to start out with this recipe and add what I have and omit what I don't have. Of course I don't make it with the pork. I usually make it with a Chow Mien, but it has been too hot to do both. Family favorite
-Curried Lentils and Potatoes (Trying out this recipe) Will be making this in the Crock Pot. Good, but needs more spice
-Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes Will be converting this to Gluten Free and will be cutting down on the dairy portion. Also will add ham. Another one I am doing in the crock pot.
*Honey Chicken (I didn't get to make it this week) Angie made this when she had us over and it was sooooo good.)
*Gourmet Hamburgers - not sure how I am going to make these yet.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Frugal Menu Plan
May I was down and frustrated with everything. I think I was a bit homesick. We went to visit our good friends for the week-end. It really helped me come back with a better attitude and refreshed. The girls are even practicing kindness to each other. And I feel like I had a dose of being back home in Oregon, even though it was Oklahoma
Things have been really tight and it looks like funds will be tight for the summer. I decided we were going to eat very frugal, but at the same time limit what needs to be refrigerated, because the refrigerator isn't keeping things as cold as 40. It likes to wonder up to 50 degrees on hot days. I have lots of not so nice words for that cold box. Also it has been very hot and hard to eat. I pulled recipes off of
http://frugalabundance.com/
http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/
And looked up for ideas off of
http://www.5dollardinners.com/
I created a menu plan for breakfast, lunch and dinner this time. I felt victory at the checkout when the grocery bill only came up to $50. What a change that was. Felt wonderful. It isn't the healthiest menu, but when people keep getting sick from the food in the refrigerator, it is time to thing outside of the cold box.
Breakfast (didn't assign days)
-Cereal
-Grits (girls love them now with maple syrup)
-Hot cereal
-Boiled eggs
-Poached eggs
-Hash - for the weekend
-Chorizo with eggs - for the weekend
Lunch (didn't assign days)
-Egg salad
-Veggie beans and hot dogs
-Salmon rice salad
-Spam and egg sandwich
-Tuna Salad
-Lunch meat (thinking of dividing this up into daily use and putting it in the freezer)
-Lunch meat
Dinner (didn't assign days)
-Taco Style Lentils/Mixed veggies with ranch/corn chips Good
-Alligator Stew/Baby Carrots/potato chips (actually split pea, but thought the kids would love the name.) Great for winter, not a summer dish
-Cheap, easy, fast chili/Crock pot corn bread/Greens Good
-Oriental fried rice/Chop suey (cheated with canned - had on hand) Favorite
-Texas Dirty rice/corn/corn chips Good
-Honey Chicken/Potato salad (fell in love with Angie's chicken) - Saving this for the week-end when I can buy chicken without storing it.
Things have been really tight and it looks like funds will be tight for the summer. I decided we were going to eat very frugal, but at the same time limit what needs to be refrigerated, because the refrigerator isn't keeping things as cold as 40. It likes to wonder up to 50 degrees on hot days. I have lots of not so nice words for that cold box. Also it has been very hot and hard to eat. I pulled recipes off of
http://frugalabundance.com/
http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/
And looked up for ideas off of
http://www.5dollardinners.com/
I created a menu plan for breakfast, lunch and dinner this time. I felt victory at the checkout when the grocery bill only came up to $50. What a change that was. Felt wonderful. It isn't the healthiest menu, but when people keep getting sick from the food in the refrigerator, it is time to thing outside of the cold box.
Breakfast (didn't assign days)
-Cereal
-Grits (girls love them now with maple syrup)
-Hot cereal
-Boiled eggs
-Poached eggs
-Hash - for the weekend
-Chorizo with eggs - for the weekend
Lunch (didn't assign days)
-Egg salad
-Veggie beans and hot dogs
-Salmon rice salad
-Spam and egg sandwich
-Tuna Salad
-Lunch meat (thinking of dividing this up into daily use and putting it in the freezer)
-Lunch meat
Dinner (didn't assign days)
-Taco Style Lentils/Mixed veggies with ranch/corn chips Good
-Alligator Stew/Baby Carrots/potato chips (actually split pea, but thought the kids would love the name.) Great for winter, not a summer dish
-Cheap, easy, fast chili/Crock pot corn bread/Greens Good
-Oriental fried rice/Chop suey (cheated with canned - had on hand) Favorite
-Texas Dirty rice/corn/corn chips Good
-Honey Chicken/Potato salad (fell in love with Angie's chicken) - Saving this for the week-end when I can buy chicken without storing it.
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