Saturday: Breakfast Sandwiches. I used canned Spam slices as my breakfast meat. I still haven't restocked breakfast meats. I only have one more can of Spam, too. I always make a sort of well in one bread slice, then crack the egg into it and then I layer cheese on another bread slice and I lay Spam flat on the pan with the toasts and bake it all at once. It's really quite a hearty breakfast which is what we needed today.
Cheeseburgers, Oven Fries. Oh those hamburgers were so good. Mind you, the hamburger meat used was from the last week of January. It's all the ground beef I have on hand, having finished off the last I purchased in October at Sam's Club when I made something a week or so ago.
I seasoned these burgers with half a packet of onion soup mix and some Worcestershire Pub Seasoning (so good!). That made for very flavorful burgers. I served on homemade buns. Amazed yet again how much better homemade buns are.
on our own. I offered to reheat leftovers. John would have none of them. I don't even know what he ended up eating. I made myself some butterfly shrimp (purchased in December).
also: Today I realized I had absolutely messed up the sourdough starter. Oh, it's bubbly already but I added way too much water to the starter. I talked it over with John and I'm going to just start fresh tomorrow. I'm too new to sour dough to understand how to use it much less to salvage after making mistakes.
Sunday: Bagels with cream cheese and frizzled ham slices. Frizzled ham is nothing more than thinly sliced sandwich meat that is warmed in a lightly buttered frying pan to heat it through. Sounds fancy though, doesn't it? I wanted the added protein, since we were going to be going to Katie's after church.
Gramma's Fried Chicken, Mac n Cheese. We'd noted that Taylor seemed to be disappointed each time we showed up and then Caleb started whining each time we arrived saying he was hungry and asking for chicken. We'd stopped taking chicken over once a month because two or three times we'd carried it in, and no one ate. We thought they were tired of it.
Well, we took the hint and said to each other that we'd carry it in once a month. Oh, the joy from the children when we came in with chicken! Taylor grinned ear to ear. Bella and Caleb shouted 'Chicken!' And Cody confessed that he was awfully glad to see us come in with chicken as each time he saw us he'd been a little disappointed that we hadn't brought any.
Leftovers. When John asked what was for supper tonight, I repeated the same leftovers I'd mentioned the night before. He groaned. I told him, "You can eat whatever else you'd like, but understand that we will be eating these leftovers in the next day or so. We're not wasting food!" He reluctantly agreed to eat the leftover enchiladas. I reheated the leftover Beef Stir-fry for myself.
also: Started new sour dough starter and disposed of the messed-up batch. I printed out the instructions first before I started this time, and I have placed them with the canister I put the starter in. Now I've no excuse to mess up. I hope this batch ferments as quickly as the first one did.
Having read up and noting the way the first batch looked, I think it was actually hungry and needed more flour to offset the extra water I'd put in. It's all a learning process.
I cleaned out the fridge this evening, too. I had a little waste: a jar of chickpeas I'd completely forgotten which was buried behind the pickles, and a portion of potato salad that John apparently felt we should 'save'.
Monday: Grits and Toast
Ham Sandwiches, chips, apple
Mama's Swiss Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Garlic Toast
also: Fed the sour dough starter properly. Made 1/2 gallon of granola and 2 pints of plain yogurt. I also cleared a big portion of a shelf so I can add things to the freezer after Sam's Club tomorrow.
Tuesday: Kielbasa, Hash browns, and Toast.
Rotisserie Chicken, Leftover grits, Mandarins.
BBQed Rotisserie Chicken, Baked Beans, Mac n Cheese. This was a small chicken from Sam's Club. Not too terribly small, but not a big bird by any means. I have a portion of breast meat tucked away in the fridge for sandwiches. I put half the can of baked beans and a pan of mac 'n cheese in the freezer tonight as well.
Wednesday: Blueberry Muffins, Smoked Pork Sausage. I slept in late, so I was especially glad that I had made these muffins last night. I used some of the sour dough discard to make them. No, my starter isn't fully sour yet but it's semi-active and the muffins turned out quite nice.
Chipotle Southwestern Soup, Grilled Cheese sandwiches. With the cooler temperatures this hit the spot. That is the last of that soup, to which I'd added the rest of last week's chili at the end of last week. I thawed it overnight and reheated for today's lunch. It was quite tasty. I think I am officially out of homemade soup now. I'll have to take out some of the frozen broth and make up a few more. I find that frozen soup doesn't take long to thaw in a pan on the stovetop so it's a lot like having a convenience food on hand.
Corned Beef, Baked Potatoes, Creamed Baked Cabbage. I have enough meat left to make Reubens (yes!). If you haven't tried baked cabbage, it's a bit of a process but so good. I chop cabbage and onion and cook in bacon grease until tender (I usually cook on low about 30 minutes or so) in an oven ready skillet. Salt and pepper to taste. Then drizzle half and half over the cabbage. You basically just barely want to cover the bottom of the pan. Toss the cabbage and onion with the half and half then top with dry breadcrumbs and bake for 40 minutes. This cabbage does not taste strong nor bitter. One day I'm going to try topping it with cheese before I put on the breadcrumbs, but I didn't think that sounded good with corned beef.
Thursday: Pancakes, Bacon.
Out with Mama.
Sloppy Joes, Chips. I know...it wasn't on the menu at all, but I was watching Becky on Acre Homestead and she was making sloppy joes. Since I knew I'd be out with Mama today I wanted something that required little effort when I got home. This seemed ideal. I had some leftover sloppy joe sauce that had been in the freezer for months, homemade rolls. I added mushrooms, onions, bell peppers and grated carrot to my sloppy joe mix.
also: The pancakes this morning were made with sour dough discard.
This evening, I've taken the discard for today and mixed up a loaf of bread. It's supposed to rise overnight. We'll see. If in the morning there's no rise, I'll remix the dough with yeast and see how that works.
Friday: Sausage Gravy and Biscuits. I know that this season is slowing down, and we won't have mornings below freezing much after the end of February. A few but not multiples like we're having just now. So, Sausage Gravy seemed like a good idea. I had biscuits in the freezer, used the last of the canned milk to make the gravy.
The canned milk was not expired. It was however, both clumpy and yellow. The Disodium Phosphate they used in it did not preserve the color and seemed to clump. I'd rather use it now and buy no more. Perhaps I'll go back to keeping the shelf stable milk on the shelves instead? I don't know. I just don't use the canned milk often enough to make it worthwhile for the space in the pantry.
Burrito, Tortilla Chips. A few weeks ago, I put two burritos in the freezer. I can't recall for sure, but I think they are both leftover Ropa Vieja. I'll have a guacamole cup with my handful of chips. John will likely make himself a sandwich to go with this, unless I make nachos from the chips.
Panfried Pork Chops, Green Peas with Mushrooms, Sweet Potatoes. I don't know where my head was last week when I took out foods to thaw. I didn't take out what I'd planned, and then I haven't used all of what I'd taken out! I still have a whole packet of Brats out...I'll be using those over the weekend, I guess.
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2 comments:
Everytime you mention Spam I think I'll get some and then by the time I go to the store next, I never do. THIS TIME I'm going to! I haven't had it in YEARS. Your breakfast sandwich idea sounds exactly like what I'd love. Your frizzled ham sounds tasty too. We don't eat much pork at all because husband doesn't care much for it. I think it's because his grandfather was a farmer who raised pigs so they had pork A LOT growing up. Maybe he got tired of it?
We’ve continued to eat out of the pantry/freezer. I finally did a big shop this week and stocked up on some frequently used allergy-friendly items I was out of! I had plenty of room in the freezer to accommodate the extra gluten-free items I found on mark down. They’re so expensive … anytime I can get them reduced, I buy them. I did buy 1 lb of ground lamb and a package of bacon. It was on sale, I had a coupon, & I got 10% off for the military discount. We had ham, sweet potatoes, a zucchini side, coleslaw; loaded baked potato with chili; breakfast for dinner (ham, eggs, hash browns, fruit salad); turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, red cabbage; salmon, rice pilaf, roasted cauliflower; crustless quiche with duck eggs, fruit, and I’m not sure what we’ll have this Sunday. I made a soup during the week and used more of the instant mashed potatoes in it.
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