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Weekly Menu March 19

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Weekly Menu March 19

Weekly Menu March 19
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Weekly Menu March 19 is up and ready. I have not taken time off of cooking because these people insist on eating every single night. Honestly, a lot has gone on and I’m just not with it. So, with this week, we are taking it easy (we meaning I) and it is going to be survival of the fittest.

Sunday

Chew on your own tongue and call it a night.

Monday

Lasagna. Now, this isn’t my super cheesy and expensive lasagna but it’ll do in a pinch. I had 3 boxes that were 1/2 full of gluten free noodles. Why? I dunno. Honestly, I need to eliminate the word ‘why’ from my vocabulary. Also making some garlic bread (gf for one of my kids).

Tuesday

Pizza night. It has moved due to some big changes in our house. I think this will be pizza night for the next unforeseeable future.

Wednesday

Cheeseburger soup. It’s always a winner.

Thursday

Leftovers.

Friday

Today is my Oak’s birthday AND my sister is coming to town! My siblings and parents are meeting up at a little local place to celebrate the greatness of her existence.

Saturday

Today is the reception celebration for my baby boy child. He got married last summer and this is their planned day. I will be getting my hair done, helping however I can and celebrating.

Side Note:

Tonight (the 18th), I had 2 bags, 1/2 full (cause why not) of tortilla chips. We also had some leftover cheese sauce and some meat. It has been a busy day cleaning house and just putting my life back together. Still, these people insist on eating every single night.

Since it isn’t “chewing on our tongue” Sunday, I had to do something in between cleaning up pee and laundry. I got out my big cookie sheet and sprayed it well. From there, I poured on the chips and sprayed those with cooking spray. I tossed them around with chili powder and spread them out.

In a bowl, I got my ground beef, added seasoning, chili powder, and a bit of water to help it stick. I poured that over the chips. Then, I added my cheese sauce. Got that in the oven and baked it at 350 for about 30 minutes. In the mean time, I cut up some lettuce to pour on top. One pan meal means easy clean and very few leftovers. Those will be eaten tomorrow for lunch by my kids.

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I Don’t Even Know the Day of the Week

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I Don’t Even Know the Day of the Week

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Honestly, I Don’t Even Know the Day of the Week. It has been a whirlwind for the last several weeks. That, however, is not the plot of this post. I have cooked, a lot, as usual. We have eaten a lot. Date nights…not so much. Well, we have had one in the last month, the rest of the time we didn’t. So, here are some of the things I cooked over the last couple of weeks.

The Past Couple of Weeks

Of course, we have had pizza night. One night we ordered in food. There have been a lot of leftovers from birthday celebrations. Since January 24th, we have had ten birthdays. Over the next few weeks, we will have five more birthdays. These are mainly my children, grandchildren and in-laws.

That’s a lot of celebrations.

H’s Big Day

He wanted sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, and macaroni & cheese. I kid you not. Did I make it all? Yes, yes I did. Also, for the other people who don’t want side dishes, I made chili and boiled some hotdogs.

I had some chili left in the pot, but not enough to eat leftovers for the next night. We that knowledge, I threw it all in a gallon-sized baggie and put it in the freezer. The next week, I purposed to finish up what was in my freezer. I found that bag of chili. Creative juices begin. I made Spanish style rice and frito pie (sort of but not really). It was very good.

February Celebrations

Every month (more or less), we get together at My Oak’s house and do lunch (or supper) for the birthdays of that month. This time was no different. We gathered, we ate, we laughed, and we (I) cried. From there, Martha sent me home with leftovers. I threw all the veggies in a baggie and, you guessed it, froze them.

With that, I made vegetable beef soup tonight. I didn’t have many veggies from mom but I did find some leftover lima beans in another freezer. Some potatoes were cut up and a can of corn was added to the soup. I marinated stew meat in garlic and worcestershire sauce. It was fantastic.

A’s Big Day

She requested stromboli, so I made three of those and chicken noodle soup. She shares a birthday with my sweet mother-in-law. Dane wanted a taco trifle, so I made that. There was some leftover meat and I prepared that extra and some ate regular old tacos. There was enough leftover to have for the next night. Score for me.

Hitting the Bottom of the Barrel

Bless this bag of salmon’s heart. It has been living in my freezer for way too long. Finally, I decided to cook it. I am not a big salmon fan. I love catfish caught by my husband and son-in-law and Tilapia. We don’t buy it often. So, I made salmon in my instant vortex air fryer and garlic/butter/parmesan rice. Fan-freaking-tastic.

Also, my last freezer meal of the cook fest back in December. Taco bake. I will officially be done with freezer meals. All the odds and ends that I have tossed in my freezer are cooked up. I think there may be a loaf of french bread in the freezer so I will make cheesy/garlic bread out of that when I make lasagna next week. For some reason, I have three boxes, half full, of gluten free lasagna noodles. I can’t stand that, so obviously, I am going to use those up. Oh, lasagna soup… Dang, I love soup.

We will have hamburgers this week and honestly, I can’t remember what else we had the past couple of weeks. I am crawling, slowly, out of my hole, which is a good thing. That post will be forthcoming, yet difficult.

#PullingMyShitTogether

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February 5 Weekly Menu Options

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Here is our February 5 Weekly Menu Options. There will be some rollover meals that I didn’t use last week (ie my Zuppa, Croquettes, and the Mystery Meat). Sadly, I still have not gotten my groceries ordered, but will do so as soon as I hit “publish” on this post.

Basketball is close to winding down cue angels and I am super thankful. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching my kid play but five nights a week is just a bit too much for this mama and her sanity. I am sure there will be a little break before districts and before summer ball.

This month is also HEAVY with birthdays, so lots of birthday person supper choosing. I enjoy that because these are nights when I simply have to cook and not worry about what to cook. The birthday person picks the menu and dessert. I love having my family all around. It is certainly much more quiet around here then it used to be back when all seven kids were at home.

Monday

Mystery Meat, which turned out to be deer and has been marinating in BBQ sauce (now if it sucks, I will have B make hamburgers instead)

Fries

Tuesday – Shelf-Cooking

Croquettes

Leftover 3 Cheese Hashbrowns

Peas

Wednesday

Date night for B and I!

Chicken Alfredo (gf noodles being used)

Thursday

Pizza night

Friday

Zuppa Toscana (rollover from last week and the prior week)

Saturday

Cheesy Chicken Ranch

3 Cheese Hashbrown

Corn

Sunday

I don’t cook. Leftovers, find what you can, or starve LOL.

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January 30 Weekly Menu Options

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January 30 Weekly Menu Options

January 30 Weekly Menu Options
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Last week did not go as planned. I mean not even a little bit but here is our January 30 Weekly Menu Options. There will be some rollover meals that I didn’t use last week. On a bright side, by the time I ordered groceries (for last week), I only spent $76. That is a positive. I am determined to order groceries tonight to be picked up tomorrow and get back into my routine. Depression be gone.

Monday

Ham and Hashbrown Casserole (rollover from last week)

Glazed sweet potatoes

Corn

Tuesday

Cheesy Mexican Chicken

Spanish Rice

Wednesday

Date night for B and I!  Due to the events of last week, we didn’t get a date night but come hell or high water we will this week.

**Kids will eat leftovers.

Thursday

Pizza night (we didn’t have this past week a homemade pizza but did order Papa John’s because life got in the way)

Friday

Zuppa Toscana (rollover from last week)

Saturday – Shelf-Cooking

There is some mystery meat in our freezer. We have no idea what they are, so what I will do is thaw them out and create something around whatever meat that is. Might want to pray for everyone.

Ranch Potatoes

Lima Beans

Sunday

I don’t cook. Leftovers, find what you can, or starve LOL.

Shelf-Cooking Notes

Please do not do what I do. Label what you put in the freezer! We know one unmarked baggie is ham which I will probably do a chowder of some sort with that. The other two bags, we are literally clueless. If it is stew meat, I can definitely figure out how to do some sort of something with that. My fear is that it is deer meat and this girl doesn’t cook deer meat. Ever.

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January 23 Weekly Menu Options

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January 23 Weekly Menu Options

January 23 Weekly Menu Options
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Ha! I got my January 23 Weekly Menu Options posted on Sunday and not Wednesday! Look at me…winning in life. I am hoping that this week returns to a bit of normalcy, but that is always subject to change. Last week was a roller coaster of events and emotions. So, here is to a ‘normal’ week of basketball, doctor appointments, therapy, grandchildren, and celebration!

Monday

Ham and Hashbrown Casserole (Yes, again but it is a great main dish and then it is a great side dish. This is my last one from my freezer cooking batch)

Green beans with bacon

Rolls (gluten free for one child)

Tuesday

Happy birthday to my son-in-law! We are hoping he will be ready to celebrate but understand if he just isn’t feeling it. This is his pick and if he decides it is too much, we will probably do burgers or something.

Lasagna

Salad

Bread

Wednesday

Date night for B and I!  Woot Woot! #dateyourspouse

One of my children will be tackling how to make spaghetti.

Thursday

Pizza night

Friday

Zuppa Toscana

Saturday

Leftovers. It is a rare day that I have to throw out food because it wasn’t it. We either eat leftovers once during the week or we have it for lunches. There are times when I get totally wild and take leftovers and create a whole new meal out of it.

Case in point, last week, I made chili. The next night I took my hotdogs and put them in the air fryer. Once they were done, I got out hot dog buns (or gluten free buns), laid a slice of cheese on it and threw it in the air fryer. All of this was done while the little bits of chili was being heated through.

When the buns were done, I laid the hotdog on top, layered it with chili, and then topped it with some cheddar. This was shelf-cooking at its finest. I had enough hotdogs for everyone to have two. There were some leftover hotdog and gluten free buns in the freezer, leftover chili, and a bit of cheese. I try really hard not to waste anything.

Sunday

I don’t cook. Leftovers, find what you can, or starve LOL.

Shelf-Cooking Notes

No notes for this week unless you count my diatribe for Friday! Maybe I will start some sort of posts that revolve around what I do with the bits and pieces of my leftover meals.

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January 16 Weekly Menu Options

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January 16 Weekly Menu Options

January 16 Weekly Menu Options
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I know, I know, it’s Wednesday. It’s been a busy week but here are my January 16 Weekly Menu Options. I am still working out of my freezer, so that is a positive. Soon, though, I will either do another big batch set of freezer cooking or I will just cook for the week. We shall see.

Monday

Ham and Hashbrown Casserole

Zucchini in the air-fryer

I had down to make some corn, but I needed to use up the zucchini.

Tuesday

Poppy Seed Chicken

Leftover Ham and Hashbrown Casserole

Zucchini and fresh mushrooms in the air fryer

Again, I had to change this up. Originally, I was going to have peas and 3 Cheese hashbrown. I had enough leftovers from last night to have as a side dish. Wasting food is nothing something I do often. There is still one sad little zucchini so I need to use that up. I also have some fresh mushrooms to add to it.

Wednesday

Chili

Thursday

Chili dogs and fries

Chili also freezes well. For one of our children, we use gluten free sandwich rolls.

Friday

Pizza night

Saturday

B will probably do burgers for this night since some things have come up and I’m not sure where I will be. Gluten free burger buns will be used for one of my kids.

Big shake up for this day. Originally I was going to make my son-in-laws birthday dinner but that has changed due to some unfortunate events, so that will be postponed until when he is ready.

Sunday

I don’t cook. Leftovers, find what you can, or starve LOL.

Notes

Who believes that the first day of the week is Sunday? I do not. Monday is the first day of the week. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the weekends. Sunday is the 7th day according to Genesis!

 

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Weekly Menu Options

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Weekly Menu Options

Weekly Menu Options
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Weekly Menu Options for our busy, gluten-free family. This is a realistic type of shelf-cooking (and freezer cooking) that has worked for me over the years. In August, I did a huge round of freezer cooking. I was heading back to a semester of grad courses and needed to have meal options prepared so I didn’t stress out. We do not eat out often and I don’t typically buy junk food or ‘quick meal’ type things.

However, the start of the year brought on some changes to my life and my family’s life. Here is a modified list of what we will be eating this week. If I don’t have the recipe saved on my blog, you are welcome to email me at barefootfaithjourney@gmail.com or leave a comment requesting the recipe.

Monday

Pizza (B makes our pizza, one child has a Jack’s pizza, and for the other child we buy gluten free pizza crusts and make a pizza. This is the best crust we have bought to adapt to his needs.

Tuesday

Spaghetti with french bread (this is all gluten-free)

Wednesday

It’s date night!  B and I will be doing date night every other week. We have childcare and honestly, if you are married, make your marriage a priority! At the end of the day, your kids will be gone…take time for each other.

I am so not going to enjoy this, but my child will be making Hamburger Helper (gag). This child is learning how to cook and we are starting simple. Hamburger helper is not my jam but this was a request. The other child will have gluten-free tortilla sandwich wraps, fruit, and popcorn

Thursday

Taco Soup

Friday

Leftovers

Saturday

Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry with Rice

Sunday

I don’t cook, so it is a whatever you can grab or leftovers.

Notes

This is always subject to change. If my kids come over and want something different, I will make it. There are times when I’m exhausted and we need to order pizza and that is okay! I like to have a general idea of what to set out because it helps me to feel like I’m accomplishing something.

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