What did we eat last week?

Ok.  I’m obviously not good at this menu planning thing.  I think I did two whole weeks of menus, and then I quit.  I got too busy.  I got too preoccupied with other things to stress out over a menu.  As much as I enjoy menu planning – yes, I really do enjoy it—I really don’t have the desire or the time to be consistent with it.  I’m just keeping it real…

 

Normally, that is, when I’m not on a menu planning kick, I open my refrigerator/freezer/pantry and think, “hmmm…  I have most of the ingredients for_________________.  Let’s have that for dinner.”  Or, Timmy will bring me a bowl of his pretend food and tell me what’s for dinner, which usually means we’re having some variation of a chicken nugget (he calls them “mommy nuggets.”  How cute is that?!) with a salad and a vegetable, usually either broccoli or corn.  When he does that, I know that he will eat dinner if I make what he wants, so I oblige.  :)

 

Maybe I should also clarify that “mommy nuggets” look nothing like the store-bought or restaurant variety.  They are simply chicken breasts or thighs cut into bite sized pieces cooked in a nonstick skillet, with some variation of seasoning.  Or sometimes they translate into the recipes for Oatmeal Parmesan Chicken Strips or Supreme Chicken, which are similar to the store bought junk, but taste oh-so-much better. 

 

So, basically, I stink at cooking from a menu.  While it’s good to have a game plan for grocery shopping, I really don’t like to be tied into a menu.  I need flexibility because inevitably, the day that I planned to have stir fry turns out to be the day that I really want something Italian or Mexican or whatever.  I never seem to want what I have planned.  I know, I’m crazy.  :)

 

So, my amazing friend Julie, who also has a fun food blog, has begun posting her menus not as a plan, but as a record.  I love this idea!  It suits the way that I cook.  So, maybe I’ll start posting my Week In Review Menu.  Because we all can see that the Menu-Plan-for-next-week ain’t gonna happen.

 

As I type all this, I can’t remember, for the life of me, what I cooked this week! Well, except for a couple of things, even though I know I cooked every night except Wednesday(mutual) and Thursday (Ian’s birthday party). 

On Friday had Beef Stroganoff.  The kids won’t touch the sauce, so they had pasta with homemade jarred spaghetti sauce instead.

Yesterday, we had Chili and homemade baked tortilla chips.  Timmy had so much fun making the chips.  He was pretty proud of the fact that he made them, and they tasted great!

I baked a lot this weekend.  :)  I finally cleaned up the wheat grinder than my mother-in-law gave me and ground up some wheat for bread.  YUMMY!  And I made some muffins, Orange Spice Muffins.  I really like them, but I love citrus.  A lot.  Even the first batch that I made, which I screwed up (forgot the sugar of all things!!) tastes pretty good.  You just have to top them with a generous squeeze of honey first…  I’ll post that recipe soon.  :) 

 

If I remember what else I made, I’ll post it here!  How scatterbrained am I!!