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