What I'm eating this week!
Sunday: Tomato Soup/Grilled Cheese
Monday: Sausage Balls, Turkey Sandwich, Swedish Meatballs
Tuesday: Pancakes, Chicken Pot Pie, Dumplings
Wednesday: Pancakes, Chicken Pot Pie, Swedish Meatballs
Thursday: Sausage Balls, Dumplings, Etouffe
Friday: Pancakes/pop tarts, Hamburgers
Saturday: Sausage Balls, Hamburgers, Etouffe
We had such a fun and busy day for our first Thanksgjving! Finley was so adorable in his outfit that I got him with a little turkey on the booty!
So lately I've been trying to do some different recipes, mainly to add some variety for me to eat. After a while life can become monotonous and eating habits can get stuck in a rut. I was looking through my recipe books and the recur for meatballs caught my eye. I love eating meatballs but I've never made them. So onto my meal plan they went! And I think it was the best idea I had all week. I ended up making a whole batch but that was a lot of meatballs for one person at one time so I think next time I will freeze half of them before I cook them!
I had such a good success with the meatballs, when I remembered that my mom used to make these breakfast sausage balls. So I looked up the recipe for those on Pinterest and whipped up a batch! It made almost 60 balls so half of those definitely went into the freezer. I've been snacking on them for breakfast all last week because they are easy to just grab a handful for a quick breakfast. Which is good for me with an almost eleven month old to chase around!
Making these two dishes made me think of when Katherine and I worked at the Bean together and many of the desserts we made were in ball form. I remember at one point Katherine said how much she was starting to dislike all the desserts bc of all the balls. Haha. Ah good times!
So now that Kevin is off at work and not home for supper, I get to expand my meal plan and make dishes that he doesn't really care for. Which is super exciting to me! And with it getting colder that means soups!! I'm also taking another step and planning for breakfast and lunch, too. I basically stick to the same things for those two meals, but it will be nice to have them added to the plan. Also, another reason for meal planning is to use your plan to make your grocery list so by adding those meals it will help me with my grocery shopping! Baby steps!
Sunday: Banana Muffins, Nana's for lunch, Chicken Noodle Soup/Grilled Cheese
Monday: Banana Muffins, Potato Salad, Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday: Pancakes, Grilled Cheese, Fried Rice
Wednesday: Banana Muffins, Potato Salad, Leftover chicken pot pie
Thursday: Thanksgiving!! Yay!!
Friday: Cinnamon rolls, Leftovers (yum, yum)
Saturday: Pancakes, Potato Salad, Grilled Cheese, Taco Soup
Ah! I'm an offshore wife again! I'm glad for us to be back in a life we are used to and comfortable in. Except this time I'm doing it with an infant and an extra dog in my house. Last night as I was driving home from church, I realized that I have a couple more responsibilities when it comes to taking care of the household. Like...tending to the dogs needs more.
Taking care of a ten month old is pretty much the most exhausting thing I've ever done. It's easy to let other things get forgotten such as giving the dogs food. Not that they're starving, it's just, I pick up their food bowl usually to keep Fin from playing in the food. Which wouldn't be a big deal except for him, playing also means sticking it in his mouth and nobody wants that!
Leaving the house is a challenge these days because Finley is usually fussing about being in his car seat and the dogs are running around my feet like maniacs because they are excited either about getting a treat or they think they're going to go for a car ride.
Coming home, Fin fell asleep in his car seat and I was so looking forward to putting him in his crib and then getting right into bed. But then I saw my poor doggies who were so glad that I was home and I knew I had to spend some time with them. So instead of snuggling down in my bed, there the four of us were, snuggling on the couch together. I'm very positive I made the right choice, too.
So oops, I skipped last week! But here's what I'm planning to eat this week:
Sunday: Chili
Monday: Meatballs, baked green beans, baked potato
Tuesday: Taco soup, macaroni and cheese
Wednesday: Leftover Meatballs, macaroni and cheese
Thursday: Taco soup, salad
Friday: macaroni and cheese, potatoes
Saturday: Chicken noodle soup