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Sunday, September 9, 2007
September Menu...oh, and a baby too!
Posted in EatingSo we had our baby- 6 weeks ago yesterday. I have been a little busy and more than a little tired so the blog has gone by the wayside. I am finding that I enjoy reading them far more than writing them. I always thought I wanted to be a writer (even as a small child) but I realize now that what I really want to be is a reader :) Are there any jobs out meeting that description? One I can do from home with a multitude of interruptions, sometimes every 30 seconds? Oh wait! I have that job already.
Anyhoo- baby Rosie is now 6 weeks old and I am starting to feel guilty about my terrible grocery "budget" (ha! that's a laughable word in this context) from the past few months. So this month I buckled down, took inventory of my pantry and freezers and made up a list of a month's worth of suppers. I also took stock of our snack situation so we won't be caught out when those post-nap munchies strike. Here's what we'll be eating for supper in September:
spaghetti with carrot sticks, homemade dressing and some kind of bread (my oven will be fixed this week- yippee!) - we'll be having this meal twice
goulash with similar sides to the spaghetti
9/1 stuffed pepper filling with salad- we don't care for the whole pepper for serving so I just make the filling with bits of chopped bell pepper. Not a huge hit with the kids but Honey and I love it.
baked beans quintet (a lovely crockpot baked bean dish) with brown bread and raw carrots
9/6 *minute steaks, macaroni salad, devilled eggs
salmon puffs, rice pilaf, veggie
tater tot casserole (anotehr that can go in the crock if I don't want to heat up the kitchen)
9/4 tacos, refried beans and Spanish rice- we've had this once already and will have it again before the month is out
"green stew"- my secret name for split pea soup, french bread, raw veg
black bean chili over rice, maybe some fruit salad (depends on what we have around when I make this)
orange chicken, brown rice, sticky rice balls
corndog casserole, cooked veggie
*fried chicken, crockpot macaroni and cheese, green beans
*skillet chicken teriyaki, brown rice, broccoli
lentil stew, cornbread, raw veg
*BBQ ribs, leftover baked beans from when we have baked beans quintet (I'll freeze enough leftovers to go with this) coleslaw
roast beef with carrots and potatoes (all cooked together)
9/8 hamburger stroganoff, green beans, devilled eggs
shepherd's pie, bread and butter, veggie
hambuger vegetable soup, sour dough bread, raw veggie
9/7 *pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs
*potato pancakes, tuna, applesauce, litte pickles
*leftovers
9/5 *ham and cheese (or just cheese) omelets, leftover fruit from fridge, cottage cheese
9/3 hot dogs, crockpot macaroni and cheese, sliced garden tomatoes
we had dinner (for free!) at a church block party on 9/2 and we will be gone one day this week. Hopefully that's all the eating out we'll do for supper this month. That's another area of my budget that really needs some attention (or less attention, depending on how you look at it :))
Anything with an asterisk does not generate enough leftovers for Honey's lunch so it has to be served on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday when he doesn't need lunch the next day (the boss buys lunch on Fridays- nice, no?)
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Posted by Chas
Nice job my friend! I have been working on my menu too, trying to make it more do-able!!! I still have some work to do! :) I need to see that baby again, I need to squeeze her before she gets too big!!!!! :)
Love you!
chas
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Posted by ntiveheart
i'm so glad little miss rosie is safely arrived and settled in! i've thought about your little family often, these last few weeks. welcome back to blogland and i hope to see you soon on country at heart as well!
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Preserving the Harvest 2008
~June 22nd~
*11 half-pints
honey-sweetened peach-strawberry jam
~June 27th~
*7 half-pints and 2 pints
honey-sweetened peach jam
~June 28th~
*24 home-grown chickens in the freezer
(7 whole, 17 cut up
plus feet and backs for stock!!)
~July 6th~
*8 pints and 14 half-pints
honey-sweetened peach jam
~July 16th~
*18 cups fresh green beans,
blanched and frozen (a gift from the boss)
*12 pounds ripe bananas,
cut into 1 inch chunks and frozen for smoothies
~July 22nd~
*32 ears home-grown corn
blanched and frozen in meal-sized packages
~July 27th~
*8 pints cream-style corn
(home grown)
~July~
about *8 cups blackberries
and *5 cups wild blueberries
from around our property,
in the freezer
~August 4th~
14 pints
4 half-pints
and 1 quart
hot and spicy tomato salsa
(that's 18 cups altogether)
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