It's been a busy week.
Leading up to the Easter holiday last weekend, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. I spent a bit of time Thursday and Friday prepping, followed by most of the day Saturday. The dinner went well and left us with a lot of leftovers.
Once easter was over, I had to get to the garden and work on getting veds prepared and planted. I had spent Monday afternoon working in the garden, so a quick and easy dinner of leftovers on Monday was welcome. In fact all week I've been busy in the garden. As a result, our dinners have been streamlined compared to my regular cooking. I did whatever I could to make meals simpler, including using cheese and crackers as a dish one night and dried fruit right out of the bag on two nights.
Rain is expected to return on Saturday, so I'll put in one more long day getting stuff done in the garden.
Here's what we've been eating this week.
Friday (daughter cooked) pizza and movie night -- we watched Sherlock Jr. (1924)
scratch pepperoni pizza
fresh strawberries
frozen peas
Saturday (other daughter cooked) first cookout of the season
hot dogs
scratch biscuits
fresh strawberries
tomato and avocado
steamed spinach
Sunday Easter dinner
roast chicken, gravy
dinner rolls
smoked salmon and crackers
deviled eggs and cherry tomatoes
kale, cranberry, pumpkin seed salad
asparagus with lemon butter
mustard glazed carrots
plum and cherry pies
Monday
leftovers
Tuesday
chicken salad sandwiches
sautéed kale and Brussel sprout buds
dried prunes
leftover cherry pie
Wednesday
clean out the fridge soup, using the carcass from the chicken, mushrooms, green pepper, garlic greens, celery, leftover gravy, leftover stock, leftover drippings, frozen mixed vegetables
leftover crackers and sliced cheddar
dried Asian pears
leftover plum pie
Thursday
beef and broccoli over brown rice
orange wedges
What was on your menu this past week? Did you end up with leftovers after Easter?
Have a great weekend, friends!
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