Yes, one more night of bean burritos. What can I say. I was in the car almost the entire day.
- bean, rice, olive and cheese burritos
- canned corn
- canned pineapple chunks
Saturday
My husband is in Vegas for the weekend, so it's me and my kids for dinner, for the next 3 nights. I am thinking of pancakes for dinner, tonight, using some of that delicious real maple syrup.
- pancakes
- mushroom frittata
- fruit cup of pineapple chunks and orange segments
Sunday
My daughters and son are performing/working in the musical performance at our church, tonight. I believe they will get dinner, in between shows, which leaves me on my own for dinner. I'll scrounge around in the freeze for something.
- skillet dinner saute of 1 frozen cooked hamburger square, some sliced mushrooms, cooked together in the pan, the meat chopped with the spatula as it heated through. Then I added thyme, garlic powder, salt, leftover cooked rice and canned peas, and cooked a couple of minutes until hot. Good, except the thyme. It didn't go well with the flavor of the peas. But it was very easy, and it only dirtied one skillet and one spatula.
Monday
- turkey in gravy from the freezer
- mashed potatoes (made lots for leftovers)
- canned green beans
- baked squash
- canned cranberry sauce
Tuesday
- thick and hearty vegetarian soup made from lots of leftovers, including liquid from canned veggies, beans, carrots, celery, onions and mashed potatoes
- corn tortillas toasted with cheese
- oranges
Wednesday
- mushroom frittata
- baked squash
- green beans
- leftover mashed potatoes with sour cream added
- olives
- Austrian Almond Braid bread
Thursday
- hot dog taquitos, in corn tortillas with cheese
- carrot sticks, celery sticks
- leftover mashed potatoes, mixed with sour cream and leftover canned peas
- watermelon pickles
It's that very busy month of the year, with Christmas performances, holiday parties, final exams, decorating the house for Christmas and New Years, shopping, baking and lots of merry-making. Cooking has meant relying on easy meals. There wasn't one single elaborate meal, this past week. That's okay. It's nice to have a change and shift my focus to other things. And I'm happy to say that even with a busy week, I was able to throw together meals, quickly, using what I had on hand.
I'm still making efforts at cooking big. When I went to make mashed potatoes, earlier this week, I didn't just make enough for one meal, but I made enough for several. After that first night, the potatoes seized up a bit. To make them soft and creamy again, I stirred in sour cream, before heating and serving. I also found the ready-made mashed potatoes to be great for making a pot of vegetable soup, extra hearty.
How about you? What was on your menu this past week? Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
