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| Friday |
Friday
While my husband drove me to and from an appointment this afternoon, one daughter made dinner for the 4 of us. We swung by where my other daughter was cat-sitting for the week to get her to join us for a dinner and movie. We watched Death to Smoochy, a Robin Williams comedy, while eating a mac, beef, tomato, and cheese skillet dinner. Tasty and a relaxing evening.
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| Saturday |
Saturday
Just 3 for dinner, my cat-sitting daughter's last night with the cats. My husband made scratch flour tortillas with refried beans, for those eating beans. We also had garden carrots, frozen peas, and some cheddar cheese.
Yay! Both daughters here, so we had a cookout.
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| Sunday |
We had hot dogs/buns, garden tomatoes, sauerkraut, sautéed cabbage, and cooked garden apple bites, plus all the condiments including this year's sweet relish.
The couple my daughter was cat-sitting for texted mid-way through dinner to ask if she could go back and give the kitties one last snack, as the couple's train was delayed and they wouldn't be home for a couple more hours. Both daughters went to the cats' house. While they were there, we had a small earthquake. A lot of people in the area didn't feel it. I felt the chair I was sitting on jolt. My daughters thought a door in the house had slammed shut. My husband thought something happened but didn't know what it was. And my niece in the city didn't feel it at all. Both daughters came home shortly after.
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| a plate of garden potatoes and carrots from Monday's pot roast |
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| Monday |
Monday
I made a pot roast with gravy, garden carrots, garden potatoes, and garden tomatoes. One daughter and I dug potatoes in the morning. It was nice having an hour with her after her week away with the cats. Both daughters love helping with this chore. It is a little like a treasure hunt.
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| Tuesday |
Tuesday
I had just about finished putting dinner together as I began to feel worse and worse. My family was very concerned so we headed to the ER when my husband got home from work. It was a long and hard evening. But just so you know, I'm okay.
My blood sugar plummeted at one point so my daughters found the vending machine and brought back some crackers for me. That and a piece of cheese, plus 2 cups of juice from the nurse's station was dinner for me. By the time we returned home very late, we were all too wiped out to eat anything substantial. So dinner would wait until the next day.
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| Wednesday |
Wednesday
This is what we should have eaten on Tuesday -- chopped leftover pot roast in gravy over scratch biscuits, along with garden tomatoes and our own tree stewed prunes. It hit the spot and didn't suffer by waiting an extra day. One daughter very kindly reheated and plated everything for us.
Thursday (I'll add a photo later, posting this early)
I'm roasting a whole chicken this afternoon. Meanwhile, my daughter will make sides of garden potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cabbage roasted on a sheet pan. She'll also make a gravy to go with the chicken.
That was my week in meals. What's been happening this week with you? Anything special on your menu this week?
The sun came out about an hour ago. So now I'll go get a bit of vitamin D and take a walk.
Looks like everyone chipped in to make this another week of good meals despite the difficulties. I hope this week is smoother sailing for you.
ReplyDeleteHi Live and Learn,
DeleteThey really did and I appreciated it. Thank you. I'm hoping for a much better week.
I love the contentment in your posts. You're very lucky!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Farhana.
DeleteI'm glad to hear that although you had to go to the ER, everything came out ok. I'm sure you've been tired ever since then, so the fact that you could still come up with meals (with your family's health) is a good sign that you are bouncing back.
ReplyDeleteMeals for us .... last night I had a hard time deciding what to cook, so I made gingerbread pancakes with apple topping and sausage for dinner. I have a friend whose husband "won't allow" breakfast for dinner, which makes me appreciate my husband's flexibility when it comes to meals. I made turkey pot pie (with biscuits--my whole cream was at the end of its life so biscuits were a great way to make sure it didn't go to waste) one night, chicken tikka masala over rice another night, easy-peasy crockpot chicken tortilla soup for a worknight, and tonight I'm making cheeseburger soup--I have bread in the oven right now. It's chilly and rainy here today--good soup weather.
Hi Kris,
DeleteMy father didn't think breakfast foods were suitable for dinner. When he was away for work, my mother would indulge us kids and make pancakes for dinner some of those nights. Fortunately, my husband will eat any foods I prepare and be grateful for them.
Those gingerbread pancakes with apple topping and sausage sound delicious! Great use of your long-in-the-tooth whole cream. I wonder if chicken/turkey pot pie with a pastry crust vs a biscuit crust is a regional thing?
In spite of your health issues, it looks like you had a week of good eating and soft enough for your mouth to tolerate. I have no idea what we ate this week but a lot of it was scrambling at the last minute and we never went hungry.
ReplyDeleteWe're on a self imposed low grocery budget for a while and that's a good thing to utilize what is in the freezer and on the shelf. We have begun using my very old bread machine that I bought 31 years ago and have been using it to knead the dough but baking the bread in the oven. I even got a small pan of cinnamon rolls for my husband yesterday. Sometimes going easy is way better than the complicated stuff and that's where we're at in the meal department these days.
Alice
Hi Alice,
DeleteI smiled when I read you baked a small pan of cinnamon rolls for your husband. I bet he really appreciated that. 31 years for your bread machine is pretty awesome. I hope it continues to work well for you for many more years.