Cheap & Cheerful Suppers for early November

risgrynsgrot -- Swedish rice porridge

Friday
My daughters and I are planning to go to the Christmas store late in the afternoon. I won't have very much time to put together a dinner -- so glad I have soup plus a bunch of carrot sticks, ready to go, in the fridge.

• leftover black bean and veggie soup
• fried corn tortilla chips
• carrot sticks and dip

Saturday

• hot dogs on biscuit dough, with cheese (was supposed to be wrapped in biscuit dough, but I added too much milk, so they were on drop biscuits. Still very good!)
• canned peas with mint
• acorn squash
• pickled beets
• tomato slices
• brownies

Sunday
Lazy Sunday afternoon, one daughter has offered to help with most of dinner prep. She'll make the hamburger squares and cook the pasta, and I'll make the gravy, toss the pasta with EVOO and herbs, and serve it all up.

• hamburger squares, with gravy
• tomato wedges
• leftover acorn squash
• pasta with herbs and olive oil

Monday
A humble and perhaps a bit humdrum meal tonight. I'll add a bit of pizzazz with some of my homemade watermelon rind pickles, made in summer.

• hamburger squares, with onion and herb gravy, over
• brown rice
• leftover acorn squash
• watermelon pickles

Tuesday

• chili from the freezer, topped with cheddar
• carrot sticks
• bruschetta on homemade French bread from the freezer, using one of last garden tomatoes and garden herbs 

Wednesday

• soup made from garbanzo beans, leftover squash, onions, liquid from assorted canned vegetables this week, garlic, and beet greens (pureed just before adding the greens)
• drop cheddar biscuits
• fruit salad, made from not quite ripe figs from our tree, an apple, banana, in a dressing of orange juice and vanilla-plum jam
• Risgrynsgrot 

Thursday
I have a meeting tonight, so leftover soup will come in handy. I also baked some chocolate chip cookies this morning. I'm sure they will be appreciated by my family.

• leftover soup
• garlic-cheese oven-fries
• cookies

What was on your menu this past week? Any plans for a day off, today? I've got an appointment, then some grocery shopping, and maybe some work outside.

Have an awesome weekend!