Cheap & Cheerful Suppers For This Past Week

kale, cheese, bacon, and onion biscuits --
a nice change from plain biscuits and squeezes in a bit of vegetables

Friday
homemade pepperoni pizza, sautéed turnips and greens, winter squash, plum pie

Saturday
bean tacos (topped with cheese, diced tomatoes, green onions), Swiss chard, carrot sticks, plum pie

Sunday
eggs topped with simple marinara, rice, cole slaw, applesauce

Monday
chili, kale-cheese-bacon biscuits, rhubarb sauce

Tuesday
chili, bruschetta, rhubarb and apple sauce

Wednesday
hotdog cook-out, homemade buns, garden slaw, fresh plums, sautéed summer squash

Thursday
pancakes, turkey bacon, sautéed kale and onions, fresh plums

Humble meals

We are still eating a lot from our garden -- tomatoes, turnips, Swiss chard, kale, winter squash, plums, green onions, herbs, apples, green peppers, rhubarb, summer squash and more. As you can imagine, this really stretches our grocery budget this time of year and ensures we eat really well.

Breakfasts included toasty o's cereal, toasted homemade bread, homemade cinnamon rolls, homemade yogurt, fresh plums, frozen blackberries, tomatoes, juice, coffee, and milk.

Lunches were more varied, including graham crackers with peanut butter, a cheese, cracker, apple platter, toasted pizza sandwiches, dinner leftovers, raisins, more plums and tomatoes, bananas, pbj's, popcorn, and a pot of carrot soup.

I'm a very lucky person. All of my family members enjoy simple home-cooking. I call our meals "cheap & cheerful" because these meals are budget stretchers while bringing smiles to my family as we gather around the kitchen table.

What was on your menu this past week? What meals are budget stretchers for your household?

What Would You Do With a Liter of Flat Regular Cola?

This bottle is left over from last December. Yeah, old, I know. It's been sitting at the back of the fridge for almost 10 months. I've used a little here and there, mostly in barbecue sauce for sloppy lentils. 

I'm determined to use it up in the next two weeks. I need specifics - recipes, instructions, or links. How would you use 1 liter of completely flat, sweetened cola? I've used the fruity soda for gelatin, but somehow I just don't think that would work with cola.

Suggestions, please, in the comments. I also have about 1 cup of flat root beer in the fridge, if you have any suggestions for that one.