Small Slice

I spent Mother's Day at the beach with my family, and despite having a variety of chips, cookies and other goodies to choose from, I was pretty good.  I spent my time toe deep in the freezing water, and ended up with a horrific sunburn on my back.  Lesson learned: maybe have someone over the age of five put on your sunblock.  The backs of my thighs are sore today, too, from the ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch sprints across the hot sand.  Last night found me face down in a chocolate cream pie, in an effort to make myself forget about the PAIN radiating from my back.  Ow.  And also, yum!

Although I was due to grocery shop on Saturday, somehow we managed to scavange for our meals this weekend.  I'll be heading off to the store today, and as promised, I made up a menu for the week, and a grocery list.  I'll elaborate on these as I cook them, but I'm not much of a recipe girl.  I like to wing it.  Here it is: 

Breakfasts –

orange juice and tea

Scrambled egg, half piece toast with butter

Oatmeal with brown sugar and shot of cream

Mini bagel with melted swiss cheese

Whole milk yogurt

Lunch –

green salad with dried fruit, lots of variety, hard boiled egg or tuna or something, and sliced French bread with olive oil and vinegar dressing.

Things I want to try to eat every day:

Sweet potato

Banana

Apple

Leafy Greens

Olive Oil

French Bread

Nuts

Edamame

Monday Dinner - 

Lazy Chicken (TJ’s vodka pasta sauce, chicken in slow cooker) served over pappardelle noodles, with steamed broccoli, fruit salad and bruchetta baguettes for appetizer. 

(Frozen chicken, jar of pasta sauce, noodles, strawberries, bananas, apples, cinnamon, cherry or plum tomatoes, basil, sweet onion, olive oil, balsamic vinegar broccoli, parmesean, baguette whipping cream.)

Tuesday Dinner – 

Homemade macaroni and cheese, chopped jicama and avocado salad with lime, fresh bread, tomato soup for appetizer, melon for dessert.

(Milk, noodles, butter, panko crumbs, mild cheddar cheese, jicama, avocado, frozen corn, lime, tomato soup, watermelon.)

Wednesday Dinner –

Baked sweet potatoes topped with chili beans and sour cream, steamed brown rice, peas.  Sliced red bell peppers, sautéed in olive oil with onion and garlic.  Ice cream for dessert

(Sweet potatoes, canned chili beans, sour cream, brown rice, frozen peas, red bell peppers onion garlic.  Vanilla ice cream.)

Thursday Dinner –

Fried rice with egg, almonds, peas, carrots, water chestnuts and snow peas.  Chicken lettuce wraps (chopped chicken, grated carrot, chopped mushrooms, hoisin sauce, chopped water chestnuts, chopped bamboo shoots, chopped almonds, oyster sauce – with two heads butter lettuce) .  Cucumber salad rice vinegar. Edamame. 

(Left over rice from night before, almonds, frozen peas, grated carrot, chopped waterchestnuts, chicken bamboo shoots, mushrooms, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, butter lettuce.  Cucumber, rice vinegar.  Edamame)

Friday Dinner – 

Frozen cheese pizza and green salad, sliced apples.  (Two frozen pizzas, romaine lettuce, crutons, apples, parmesean cheese, dressing)

Saturday Dinner – 

Grilled sausages, roasted peppers and zucchini and onion with barbecue sauce over rice. 

(Italian sausages, bell peppers, zucchini, onion, barbecue sauce, brown rice.)

Sunday Dinner - 

whole roasted chicken with garlic, potato salad, green beans with almonds. 

(Small red potatoes, whole chicken, frozen green beans, almonds, parmesean, butter. Eggs, garlic, carrots, celery onion, lemon, parsley)

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