Thursday 5/21/2020
L: nachos, salad
D: Roast potatoes and cauliflower, and something else? I just don't remember what it was.
Friday
L: sandwiches, salad
D: leftover fried rice, stir fried green beans and broccoli
Saturday:
L: Takeout. Finney's. Tasty, but hurt my tummy later
D: Brown rice risotto with mushrooms and fava beans, loosely based on a recipe from Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow
Sunday:
L: Mac and cheese? Leftovers?
D: Lentil soup
Monday: (holiday, but who am I kidding we worked)
L: Quesadillas, Ramen, Salad
D: Leftover soup, kale chips
Tuesday:
L: Sandwiches, mac and cheese, salad
D: Favorite chicken, leftover risotto, salad, leftover lentil soup
Wednesday:
L: Takeout. Los Agaves taco bar.
D: Was going to be pasta, instead will be leftovers from lunch and soup and rice.
I've started taking probiotics to help with tummy issues.
We have half a head of lettuce left, an onion, and a green pepper. Plus some cherries, bananas, and some apples.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Friday, May 1, 2020
Friday!! Menu plan
Well, the dog actually broke the skin, so the neighbor with the poodle found us yesterday (we knew she was on the street, just don't know what house. But it's a small hood.) We exchanged numbers so that we can pay her vet bill if it comes to that. Hopefully nothing more than that, maybe a fine from Animal control.
Meal plan for the week, a day late:
This week in our boxes, we are getting lots of spinach and zucchini. Also strawberries and peaches! Hubby went to Costco and got 5 lb of onions and a lot of bell peppers, so we will be using those.
Thursday:
L: leftover red lentil curry with brown rice/quinoa and leftover Afghan kidney beans with white rice. I was so overwhelmed with how bad Weds was, and I had a long conf call (6:37pm) that I texted my husband that he had to figure out dinner. Well, he didn't make one pot pasta. He saw "Afghan kidney beans" on my meal plan and googled it and got the same recipe I'd planned AND made the same substitutions. He also made white rice and it was delicious. Go hubby!
D: (we got our box): chard and potato soup. The bunch of chard was massive, and only 4 leaves. So before the water gun fight but after lunch, I washed and chopped the stems and the leaves, and chopped the onion. Hubby made the soup while I was on a conf call (again), and we ate this with quesadillas.
Friday:
L: Leftover soup or maybe takeout
D: Homemade pizza (I fired up the bread machine. I'm pretty good at this stuff, too bad I can't eat it) and frozen GF pizza for me. With salad or soup.
Saturday:
L: Mac and cheese with creamed spinach & salad
D: Beef and black bean chili, with the freezer ground beef. We bought some a few weeks ago. I hear there's going to be a meat shortage. Honestly, we don't eat that much, so I don't think we'll miss it or even notice much. (Will be using bell peppers and onions).
Sunday:
L: Sandwiches and salad, or leftover mac and cheese and soup.
D: Veggie lasagna. I think. Because we don't have ricotta, I may skip that layer. Or maybe use something else. Or...??? Maybe I can make a cashew ricotta. Or use the last sweet potato and cashew? Or substitute some cream cheese. Hm...
Monday:
L: bean tacos and salad
D: leftover lasagna, kale chips
Tuesday:
L: leftover lasagna
D: Middle eastern lentils and rice with caramelized onion
Wednesday:
L: takeout
D: salmon
As we get towards Tues/Weds, I leave the veggie blank, because I don't know what we have left. A lot of salad, and probably some creamed spinach.
This week, we have gotten/ will get:
Fruit: peaches, strawberries (x3), apples, lemon, and we already have oranges and bananas
Veggie: zucchini, lettuce, spinach, chard, potatoes, spring onion. And tomorrow: spinach, beets, lettuce, baby lettuce, radishes, kale, zucchini, spring onion, avocados
Meal plan for the week, a day late:
This week in our boxes, we are getting lots of spinach and zucchini. Also strawberries and peaches! Hubby went to Costco and got 5 lb of onions and a lot of bell peppers, so we will be using those.
Thursday:
L: leftover red lentil curry with brown rice/quinoa and leftover Afghan kidney beans with white rice. I was so overwhelmed with how bad Weds was, and I had a long conf call (6:37pm) that I texted my husband that he had to figure out dinner. Well, he didn't make one pot pasta. He saw "Afghan kidney beans" on my meal plan and googled it and got the same recipe I'd planned AND made the same substitutions. He also made white rice and it was delicious. Go hubby!
D: (we got our box): chard and potato soup. The bunch of chard was massive, and only 4 leaves. So before the water gun fight but after lunch, I washed and chopped the stems and the leaves, and chopped the onion. Hubby made the soup while I was on a conf call (again), and we ate this with quesadillas.
Friday:
L: Leftover soup or maybe takeout
D: Homemade pizza (I fired up the bread machine. I'm pretty good at this stuff, too bad I can't eat it) and frozen GF pizza for me. With salad or soup.
Saturday:
L: Mac and cheese with creamed spinach & salad
D: Beef and black bean chili, with the freezer ground beef. We bought some a few weeks ago. I hear there's going to be a meat shortage. Honestly, we don't eat that much, so I don't think we'll miss it or even notice much. (Will be using bell peppers and onions).
Sunday:
L: Sandwiches and salad, or leftover mac and cheese and soup.
D: Veggie lasagna. I think. Because we don't have ricotta, I may skip that layer. Or maybe use something else. Or...??? Maybe I can make a cashew ricotta. Or use the last sweet potato and cashew? Or substitute some cream cheese. Hm...
Monday:
L: bean tacos and salad
D: leftover lasagna, kale chips
Tuesday:
L: leftover lasagna
D: Middle eastern lentils and rice with caramelized onion
Wednesday:
L: takeout
D: salmon
As we get towards Tues/Weds, I leave the veggie blank, because I don't know what we have left. A lot of salad, and probably some creamed spinach.
This week, we have gotten/ will get:
Fruit: peaches, strawberries (x3), apples, lemon, and we already have oranges and bananas
Veggie: zucchini, lettuce, spinach, chard, potatoes, spring onion. And tomorrow: spinach, beets, lettuce, baby lettuce, radishes, kale, zucchini, spring onion, avocados
Saturday, October 6, 2018
So what's new ? MORE VEGGIES and MORE RUNNING
So, we have a new box. There's a local CSA that decided to try and expand to schools. So, they have partnered with several schools around town. Families sign up. The boxes are delivered once/ week and they are $25. The school gets a $3 donation. You can "add on" other things like extra fruits and veggies, bread, etc., and the school gets a cut of that too.
It's great! If you remember, I get a box from the farmer's market on Saturdays (we switched to this when our CSA stopped being a CSA). But I find that we run out of fruit and veg by Thursday. Conveniently, box delivery is Wednesday.
This is awesome! And...this sucks. The first few weeks I was plagued with sick family members and traveling husband. Oh. My. God. So much washing and chopping and cooking. I'm trying to get into a good rhythm that isn't "just spend every waking moment not at work or helping kids with homework washing and prepping vegetables."
As an example, this is what we got this week:
Saturday box:
Apples - 1 lb
Oranges - 2 lb
Broccoli - 1 large bunch
Cherry tomatoes - 1 basket
Carrots - 1 bunch
Lettuce - 1 head
Radishes - 1 bunch
Baby mixed greens - 1 bag
Kale - one bunch
Plums - 1 lb (about 5)
Peppers, baby - 1 basket
Wednesday box:
Strawberries - 1 basket
Cantaloupe - 1
Celery - 1 bunch
Carrots - 1 bunch
Zucchini - 1.5 lb
Apples - 2
Cherry tomatoes - 1 basket
Broccolini - 1 bunch
Avocado - 1
Sigh.
It's Saturday again.
The hardest thing is the fruit. My kids eat free lunch at school - we got 30-40 servings of fruit between the two boxes. Not counting the bananas I buy. It's WORK. I'm eating 4 pieces a day and shoving it at everyone.
My lunch today was zucchini cashew soup and a gluten free bagel with 1/2 avocado and roasted cherry tomatoes with garlic. Dinner is going to be a massive chicken stew (carrots, celery, onion, and probably potatoes from today's box, if it comes in time!)
On to the running. I've run 2 half marathons this year. The next one is in two weeks. It's my therapy with the fucking political climate right now. It's healthier than wine, which I love but messes with my sleep. My May 1/2 was a 2:28 something finish. My September half was 3:23 (this one is all uphill with a 4000 ft elevation gain, so it's not the same!)
My goal for this one? Have fun, beat 2:28. I'm going to try and line up with the 2:15 pacer, but that's a bit of a stretch goal. My very first 1/2 ever was November 2009, and I finished in 2:17 something. My all time PR was 2010 with 2:11:04. Maybe I'll hit that someday? I did break a 10:00 mile recently on a 10k, so yay me!
It's great! If you remember, I get a box from the farmer's market on Saturdays (we switched to this when our CSA stopped being a CSA). But I find that we run out of fruit and veg by Thursday. Conveniently, box delivery is Wednesday.
This is awesome! And...this sucks. The first few weeks I was plagued with sick family members and traveling husband. Oh. My. God. So much washing and chopping and cooking. I'm trying to get into a good rhythm that isn't "just spend every waking moment not at work or helping kids with homework washing and prepping vegetables."
As an example, this is what we got this week:
Saturday box:
Apples - 1 lb
Oranges - 2 lb
Broccoli - 1 large bunch
Cherry tomatoes - 1 basket
Carrots - 1 bunch
Lettuce - 1 head
Radishes - 1 bunch
Baby mixed greens - 1 bag
Kale - one bunch
Plums - 1 lb (about 5)
Peppers, baby - 1 basket
Wednesday box:
Strawberries - 1 basket
Cantaloupe - 1
Celery - 1 bunch
Carrots - 1 bunch
Zucchini - 1.5 lb
Apples - 2
Cherry tomatoes - 1 basket
Broccolini - 1 bunch
Avocado - 1
Sigh.
It's Saturday again.
The hardest thing is the fruit. My kids eat free lunch at school - we got 30-40 servings of fruit between the two boxes. Not counting the bananas I buy. It's WORK. I'm eating 4 pieces a day and shoving it at everyone.
My lunch today was zucchini cashew soup and a gluten free bagel with 1/2 avocado and roasted cherry tomatoes with garlic. Dinner is going to be a massive chicken stew (carrots, celery, onion, and probably potatoes from today's box, if it comes in time!)
On to the running. I've run 2 half marathons this year. The next one is in two weeks. It's my therapy with the fucking political climate right now. It's healthier than wine, which I love but messes with my sleep. My May 1/2 was a 2:28 something finish. My September half was 3:23 (this one is all uphill with a 4000 ft elevation gain, so it's not the same!)
My goal for this one? Have fun, beat 2:28. I'm going to try and line up with the 2:15 pacer, but that's a bit of a stretch goal. My very first 1/2 ever was November 2009, and I finished in 2:17 something. My all time PR was 2010 with 2:11:04. Maybe I'll hit that someday? I did break a 10:00 mile recently on a 10k, so yay me!
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
I'm BORED!! HELP!
So, I have this new position (started in December) at work. It means that several times a week (2-5), I end up working late with late night meetings/ phone calls. This leaves spouse to pick up the kids and make dinner.
So...since I do the shopping, and his method of cooking is different, I've adjusted by... cooking up 2 big meals on the weekend.
Saturday's dinner feeds us Sat, Mon, Wed
Sunday's dinner feeds us Sun, Tue, Thu
Friday is frozen pizza night, and I just make grilled cheese on gluten free bread
I eat salad for lunch every day.
Hubs eats sandwiches or homemade burritos every day.
If we run out earlier, we have other emergency type foods - quesadillas, veggie burgers, curried lentils, grilled salmon, etc.
Our produce box runs out on Weds, so the rest of the week we eat frozen stir fry veg, and I go to Sprouts on Weds or Thurs and buy broccoli, cucumbers, and brussels sprouts. Every. Single. Week. I wander through all the produce and just stare...because it's my lunch break and I'm tired.
The kids are tired of eating the same two things every week.
I don't mind it so much.
But I'm running out of ideas of things to cook that will last a long time (aka, three full meals).
Here's what I've been making:
Vegetarian/ vegan:
- Lentil soup
- Mac and cheese
- Fried rice
- Curried lentils
- Beans and rice
With meat
- spaghetti and meatballs
- chicken soup
- chicken enchiladas
- chili
Each weekend I make one veg meal and one meat meal.
Umm...you'll see that the list has 9 meals. And every month I need at least 8 of them. I'm kind of stumped. I really should go back into this blog's 10 year history and come up with "other things" to make. I kind of miss being able to make something for one or two nights only ... but I never know when there's going to be TIME mid-week! Things like Thai curry, roasted curry cauliflower and potatoes...?? For sure, the gluten free thing has thrown a wrench into things. And the not buying much meat is another issue.
Plus, ya know, I'm tired! It's hard to come up with things to make. When I sit and relax and look at cookbooks, it's not during meal planning. When I grocery shop, I haven't meal planned yet. I might find something that looks good but I'm missing an ingredient or it's not on sale. I hate defrosting meat so I'd rather not bother with that. I have this awesome Instant Pot that I use for great vegan meals but I haven't figured out any meat meals.
UGGGGHHH
So...since I do the shopping, and his method of cooking is different, I've adjusted by... cooking up 2 big meals on the weekend.
Saturday's dinner feeds us Sat, Mon, Wed
Sunday's dinner feeds us Sun, Tue, Thu
Friday is frozen pizza night, and I just make grilled cheese on gluten free bread
I eat salad for lunch every day.
Hubs eats sandwiches or homemade burritos every day.
If we run out earlier, we have other emergency type foods - quesadillas, veggie burgers, curried lentils, grilled salmon, etc.
Our produce box runs out on Weds, so the rest of the week we eat frozen stir fry veg, and I go to Sprouts on Weds or Thurs and buy broccoli, cucumbers, and brussels sprouts. Every. Single. Week. I wander through all the produce and just stare...because it's my lunch break and I'm tired.
The kids are tired of eating the same two things every week.
I don't mind it so much.
But I'm running out of ideas of things to cook that will last a long time (aka, three full meals).
Here's what I've been making:
Vegetarian/ vegan:
- Lentil soup
- Mac and cheese
- Fried rice
- Curried lentils
- Beans and rice
With meat
- spaghetti and meatballs
- chicken soup
- chicken enchiladas
- chili
Each weekend I make one veg meal and one meat meal.
Umm...you'll see that the list has 9 meals. And every month I need at least 8 of them. I'm kind of stumped. I really should go back into this blog's 10 year history and come up with "other things" to make. I kind of miss being able to make something for one or two nights only ... but I never know when there's going to be TIME mid-week! Things like Thai curry, roasted curry cauliflower and potatoes...?? For sure, the gluten free thing has thrown a wrench into things. And the not buying much meat is another issue.
Plus, ya know, I'm tired! It's hard to come up with things to make. When I sit and relax and look at cookbooks, it's not during meal planning. When I grocery shop, I haven't meal planned yet. I might find something that looks good but I'm missing an ingredient or it's not on sale. I hate defrosting meat so I'd rather not bother with that. I have this awesome Instant Pot that I use for great vegan meals but I haven't figured out any meat meals.
UGGGGHHH
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