In which we go to town again

Breakfast: Scones

Lunch: Mama, Claire, and I were in Nashville most of the day. We had chicken salad with Grammy Evelyn.

Dinner: Daddy fixed fried rice!

While we were out, we picked up a few things we forgot Thursday. :/ I still owe $100, but I should get paid soon. We spent $9.68.

A Last Minute Decision

Breakfast: Panna Cotta!

Lunch: Claire fixed pasta with some sort of sauce that had smoked sausage and peppers in it.

Dinner: Breaded and baked pork chops with left-over baked potatoes

At lunch it was decided that Mama and I would go grocery shopping. We finally managed to get away around 2:00pm. We hit Sam's first (probably a bad idea...), then Walmart, and, after a brief stop to re-fuel, we made it home by 7:15pm. Pretty good, in my opinion - especially seeing how it takes us ALL. DAY. when we go into Cool Springs. Anyway, all that was to stall the bad news. We spent $627.90, which, according to the total I have here, I should have been able to do, but I wasn't. I guess I've missed some receipts; they're hard to keep track of when I send money with this person, then that person, and only go into town myself once every couple of weeks. In the end, I wound up owing one of Mama's envelopes $100. I will get paid today though, thankfully. Also, I was going to collect this time, but I'm not sure what I'll do now. I'll get paid $450, pay Mama back, $350, and then the question is do I keep that, or do I let the grocery money keep it until the next pay period? I'll probably do the latter.

In which we go to town

Breakfast: Eggs, sausage, and green chiles all mixed together and baked in muffin tins.

Lunch: Left-over rice and pork satay

Dinner: All of us except Kyle ran into Centerville yesterday evening. We got ice-cream and corn dogs from Sonic, and then made a quick stop at Save-A-Lot and Rite Aid across the street. We got butter, onions, and allergy medicine and spent $13.75, bringing the total to $668.95.

So tired

But people have to eat nonetheless... Here's yesterday's menu. Oh, and Kyle got $6 worth of toilet paper (some things are too necessary to wait for... :P); that brings the total to $682.70, I think.

Breakfast: Biscuits, sausage gravy, apples, etc.

Lunch: I was over at some friends' house helping with their planting, so they very kindly invited the rest of my family over for lunch! We had awesome barbecue, salsa and chip, jambalaya, and baked beans. It was delicious!

Dinner: Baked potatoes with the trimmings ('cept we're out of sour cream... Thought we were going to go grocery shopping today, but turns our we're not...).

Another day done

Breakfast: Omelets

Lunch: Left-overs from lunch the day before

Dinner: Rice and pork satay

No Title

Because I can't come up with one that is even remotely good.

Saturday:

Breakfast: Left-overs, get whatcha want

Lunch: Get whatcha want

Dinner: Popcorn, Alton Brown's Cocoa Brownies (look them up, make them, devour them. They're absolutely the best homemade brownies I've come across!)


Sunday:

Breakfast: Get whatcha want

Lunch: Shepherd's pie, cabbage, pound cake

Dinner/Fellowship: We didn't actually take what we had prepared, but let me highly recommend mixing left-over mashed potatoes with beer, cheese, and onions, rolling it into bite-sized balls, rolling those in flour, and deep-frying them. Trust me, they're beyond excellent! Also, if you feel like it, mix up some ranch dip, thin it a little, and add just enough chipotle tobasco sauce for the tiniest kick and a nice chipotle flavor. Again, it's amazingly good.

Time to Par-tay!

Yesterday was spent in getting ready for a party and actually partying. Think loads of fun, delicious food, cute kids, and lots of smiles and you'll hit close to the mark.

Breakfast: Eggs, etc.

Lunch: Mama and I were over at some friends' house again, so I got to have some more of that delectable chicken salad! I am still craving that stuff!!!

Dinner: PARTY TIME! Spinach-stuffed pork roast, mashed potatoes with caramelized onions mixed in, green beans, and rolls for dinner. Phyllo cups filled with seriously awesome chocolate mousse for dessert. I gorged myself. :p

March showers bring... allergies

Yep, it's raining around here again. Yesterday and today have been rather drizzly, but perhaps the rain is cutting down on our recent through-the-roof pollen count. Anyway, here's what we at yesterday:

Breakfast: Eggs and cheesy-garlic-y drop biscuits

Lunch: Mama and I were over at a friends house helping get ready for a party (which is happening tonight! Yeah, kinda excited!); we had a delicious chicken salad. It was on the sweet side, which I loved! I'm going to have to remember that next time I make chicken salad; I tend to unthinkingly take mine the savory route. I liked theirs way better though!

Dinner: We were still over there helping out, so we got to have dinner with a bunch of our friends! We had spaghetti, salad, and another cheesy-beef-y casserole (I didn't actually try that one last night). It is such a blessing to be in a community where we can pull together resources and have fun and fellowship in the middle of the week!

One day and 500 lbs of potatoes later...

I'm posting about yesterday's meals.

Breakfast: Eggs and kale, etc.

Lunch: Claire and I were over helping our neighbors plant 500 lbs of potatoes, and they invited the rest of the family over for lunch. We had tacos/nachos, and they were delicious!

Dinner: Mama roasted potatoes, onions, peppers, cabbage, and kielbasa for dinner.

Spring: Day 1

Breakfast: Eggs, etc.

Lunch: Left-overs, peanut butter, tortillas, peaches... just random stuff.

Dinner: Potato salad (it turned out surprisingly good! I didn't know we were out of sour cream...). When potato salad has the proper proportion of bacon to everything else, yes, it is a meal unto itself. ;) I used almost a whole pound of bacon, and, with the six of us just eating the salad, we only had 1-2 servings left-over!

Days go by...

I can feel 'em flyin'... Sheesh! Are we already almost through MARCH?!?! Since when did that happen?! Crazy.

Breakfast: Get whatcha want.

Lunch: I wasn't home for lunch, so I don't know what they had for sure. A good guess though is probably left-overs.

Dinner: Claire made a pasta, pork, pepper, mushroom dish - it was cold and tossed in Italian dressing, toasted almonds and raw onions were optional sides. Rather perfect for the warm day we'd just finished up.

St. Patrick's Day Weekend

Saturday:

Breakfast: Strawberry shortcakes.

Lunch: Mama and I were in Cool Springs, headed to Manchester, so we grabbed Hardee's; they have curly fries. :)

Dinner: Mama, Emma, and I were on our way home for dinner, so then we grabbed Steak and Shake; they have mint milkshakes. We stopped by McDonald's first, for their Shamrock shake, but were told that they "no longer have that;" ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY for cryin' out loud! I was somewhat disappointed. :P


Sunday:

Breakfast: Freezer breakfast burritos.

Lunch: Gumbo.

Fellowship: Cheese and crackers.

Today

Breakfast: Beersheba eggs (scrambled eggs with sausage crumbled in with it), toast, grapefruit

Lunch: Get whatcha want

Dinner: Grilled pork chops, cooked apples, wild rice, strawberry shortcake for dessert

Kyle went to Spring Hill today, which was rather lucky since Claire needed some chocolate chips for some major baking she was planning on, and we were essentially out of coffee (NOT a good thing). So I sent the grocery money with him, and he picked up $22.07 worth of stuff for us. That brought the total to $238.70, but I also got paid today (Hallelujah!), which brings it to: $688.70!

Ides of March Menu

Breakfast: Blueberry muffins

Lunch: Left-overs, get whatcha want

Dinner: Left-overs

I'm goin' to Dickson

Well, yesterday we did, and we had a lovely time with family for a few hours. While we were there, Grammy told us about some amazing deals on fresh stuff at Aldis, so Mama and I went there for a quick grocery trip. We got quite a few things and only spent $17.40! That brings the grocery total to $260.33, and I should get paid this week. Phew, we're almost past this pay-period!

Breakfast: Get whatcha want. I had protein-packed pound cake. ;)

Lunch: Grammy fixed a delectable lunch of corned beef, cabbage, rolls, "pink fluff," mashed potatoes, with a gluten-free strawberry cake for dessert. (I was *ahem* too full. No, I really was, but I did enjoy the candy that came out a little while later - gluten-free or not.)

Dinner: We were gone most of the day, so Daddy, who stayed home to work, made spaghetti. Because he was so busy with work stuff, he threw the sauce together early in the day, and left it simmering on the stove for probably 6 hours. We've decided, because of that, that the grass-fed ground beef also benefits, just like roasts, from the low and slow! That was some of the most tender ground beef! And I never even considered twice-ground ground beef tough before! Very interesting.

The Food of Yesterday

Breakfast: Eggs, Kale, and bacon in bread in muffin tins... Don't know what it was called.

Lunch: Left-overs, graham crackers and peanut butter

Dinner: Stew (in which the potatoes barely got done in time, must remember to allow myself plenty of time to let it simmer next time.)

March 12 Meals

Breakfast: Left-overs, eggs

Lunch: Guacamole and chips

Dinner: Enchiladas

Daylight Savings Time Weekend

This weekend also happened to be our church's 5 year anniversary! I am so blessed to have been with these folks this long, and I look forward to our 10 year anniversary!

Friday:

Breakfast: Waffles

Lunch: Tacos

Dinner: Crockpot chicken, cranberry rice, green beans, and onion casserole (we had good friends over for dinner!)


Saturday:

Breakfast: Left-overs

Lunch: Guacamole and chips

Dinner: Popcorn and left-overs (our fridge is rather packed right now, so we're doing everything we can to empty it...)


Sunday:

Breakfast: Left-overs again

Lunch: Chicken and pasta dish, gluten-free dark chocolate crinkle cookies, green beans

Dinner/fellowship: Shredded cheese, sour cream, chips, and vanilla ice cream (we had an organized dinner - tacos/haystacks - as part of our church's 5-year anniversary celebration).

And the rain rain rain came down down down

What a dreary day yesterday was! And on top of that, our power was out for 2+ hours yesterday evening - right at the very time when I needed to be cooking, of course. We had a late dinner, which really worked out fine, especially since Daddy and Kyle got home rather late after picking up some groceries for us. Yeah, Mama and I forgot such necessities as eggs and cheese when we went shopping Wednesday... Daddy spent $38.28, bringing the total to $277.73.

Breakfast: Bacon, egg, cup... things

Lunch: Left-overs

Dinner: Beef stroganoff, no sides since we were so late

Back to the store

Mama and I had to go grocery shopping yesterday... I'm not too happy about that since we did an enormous shopping trip just over a week ago, but things happen, and we still have to eat. We ended up spending $198.65 this trip (hopefully going once a week will end! Our budget can't handle that!). That brings the total to: $316.01. What's more, we're almost out of eggs, chocolate chips, and cheese, so Daddy's going to make another Sam's trip for us today. Anyway, here's yesterday menu:

Breakfast: Yogurt, cream cheese, blueberry bowl things. It was really good. Also, the left-over country ham and grits casserole.

Lunch: Mama and I had Church's fried chicken. Not bad, but not the best either.

Dinner: Claire made rice and grilled smoked sausage.

And yesterday we ate...

Breakfast: Grits casserole variation

Lunch: Left-over pizza

Dinner: White beans and cornbread, a personal favorite. :)

One more Monday has been conquered!

Breakfast: And egg-y, cheese-y, green chile-y casserole and oranges

Lunch: Left-overs/get whatcha want

Dinner: Pizza!

First Weekend of March

Saturday:

Breakfast: Country ham, grits casserole (left-over from the night before), and biscuits.

Lunch: Mama, Claire, and I were the only ones home for lunch. Mama and I were cooking, so we just grabbed ingredients of the things we were cooking. Claire, I think, had yogurt and granola.

Dinner: I think it was just a get whatcha want dinner. Unusual for a Saturday evening, but probably good 'cause we woke up with an incredibly messy kitchen Sunday morning as it was!

We also bought 1/2 gallon of pure, Tennessee maple syrup from a friend! That brings the new grocery total to: $514.66.


Sunday:

Breakfast: It was sort of like a crustless quiche in the crockpot. Not sure what it was called.

Lunch: Roast with potatoes and carrots, salad, and carmelitas.

Dinner/fellowship: Caramelized onion and parmesan cream scones, bananas, and fried rice.

Today's Menu

Breakfast: Yogurt and granola.

Lunch: Sort of an eggs benedict with fruit and other toasted English muffins with butter and jelly/jam.

Dinner: Country ham, grits casserole (enough to feed an army... oops), salad, and red-eye gravy.

I was also paid, bringing the total to $544.66, or thereabouts. :)

Can't believe it's March!

Breakfast: Blueberry muffin/cake/thing

Lunch: Left-overs

Dinner: Left-overs again, but slightly glorified. We're actually doing a pretty good job using up the left-overs this week!

The Food Of Leap Day

Yeah, we didn't do anything special for Leap Day.

Breakfast: Bacon, egg cup things

Lunch: Roasted potatoes

Dinner: Fried rice