Cheap & Cheerful Suppers for Early May

Friday

• cheese, spinach, onion and olive pizza, really good (the spinach was thawed, frozen spinach)
• cole slaw

Saturday (husband cooks)

• noodles in peanut sauce
• pumpkin with almonds

Sunday (husband cooks)

• pasta with tomato sauce
• cheese biscuits

Monday

• whole wheat pasta with
• ground beef marinara sauce (made with tomato paste, onions, garlic, seasonings and ground beef)
• cheese to top the pasta
• spinach and onions sauteed in ham fat and oil
• pumpkin snack cake

Tuesday

• scrambled eggs
• garden kale, onions, garlic, sauteed in oil and soy sauce
• brown rice
• last of the pumpkin snack cake

Wednesday

• egg salad sandwiches
• canned corn, blended with last of some tomato pasta sauce
• carrot sticks

Thursday

• pot roast, with onion gravy
• mushrooms, carrots, and potatoes

I put into practice some of the ideas and inspirations from the survey a couple of weeks ago. I made a large batch of pasta sauce, and froze a bunch to have handy for future meals. (Pasta noodles were one of the quick supper ingredients to have on hand, and spaghetti made with jarred or frozen sauce was one of the top go-to meals for busy nights.) I made a quasi-breakfast for dinner on Tuesday, with scrambled eggs, some veggies and rice. Thursday, before leaving for the museum in the morning, I put a pot roast into the crockpot; then when I returned in the afternoon, I added the carrots, mushrooms and potatoes. It all worked well, this week, and gave me time to do some other things.

So, how did your week go? Any quick-cooking meals this week that you'd like to share with us? I have another survey idea. Would you be interested in answering a 1 or 2 question survey in about a week?

Have a great weekend!

Indulging My Champagne Tastes on a Tap Water Budget

So, I ran through our budget the other day. Having the roof repaired, the car repaired, a new water heater installed, 4 new tires put on the car, an unexpected medical bill paid, and a lost pair of glasses replaced, all since December, has put our budget in a tight bind. But I refuse to live like a pauper. If all I can afford is tap water, well, then, I'm going to make that glass of tap water taste fantastic!

Yesterday, I made myself a wonderful pot of tea, using a tea bag that I received free in the mail, a while ago (a Twinings offer). I also made another batch of dark chocolate almond bark, using chocolate chips and whole almonds from the pantry (yum!). In the evening, I packed a dinner and met one daughter on campus, and the two of us had dinner and a show. My other daughter was able to score two free tickets to the production she's in and gave them to daughter number one and I.

And today, daughter number one and I are going to the Seattle Art Museum together. It's the free day for the month, so no cost on admission for either of us. There are tables just outside the cafeteria there, for us to have a nice lunch together; so I've packed us a bite to eat. My daughter had to visit an art museum this week for an assignment, and she has the morning free. This worked out well.

My glass of tap water is tasting might fine, today.