Friday
frittata with garden Swiss chard and onions (I'm now using eggs that I had frozen in June, they're working great)
brown rice
steamed carrots
freshly-baked blackberry pie
Saturday
brown rice and beans
green salad with garden lettuce and kale plus cucumber in homemade vinaigrette
blackberry pie
Sunday
bean and cheese burritos in homemade whole wheat tortillas
cole slaw
Monday
scrambled eggs
baked potato topped with steamed garden kale and cheese sauce
Tuesday
leftover refried beans
sauteed garden kale and onions
homemade French bread and butter
fresh blackberries
Wednesday
ham and egg fried rice, with cabbage, garden snow peas, garden garlic, and leftover brown rice (ham was from Easter)
freshly-baked blackberry pie
Thursday
barbecued chicken leg quarters (Walmart's 59 cents/lb in 10-lb bags)
brown rice
green salad with garden lettuce and tomatoes
freebie watermelon
blackberry pie
Looking over our menu, I noticed that we ate blackberries on 5 nights. That's a lot of blackberries!
It was a low meat consumption week -- not planned, it just worked out that way. But it's appreciated as this preserved our meat stores. Most of our produce was either free or fairly low-cost, such as cabbage at 49 cents/lb, carrots at 44 cents/lb, or onions at 28 cents/lb.
For breakfasts, we had toasted French bread, homemade granola, and homemade blueberry muffins (with blueberries from our garden).
Lunches were whatever anyone wanted to prepare for them self. I had a lot of salads, some pesto or leftover cheese sauce on French bread, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and my dinner leftovers when I couldn't eat everything. It was a good and frugal week.
What was on your menu this past week?
