Dinner....1 day at a time

Monday, October 24, 2022

Happy Homemaker Monday

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥

Monday - High Wind Advisory-80
Tuesday - 79
Wednesday - 76
Thursday -79
Friday - 79
Saturday - 82

Sunday - 82

♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥
It's windy so everything is blowing around.

♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥
Working on this post and waiting for a text message. I got a phone call last night about 9pm and I'm now on standby to leave for a month. I'm not even packed yet.

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥
I have so much that I'm thinking about right now.....I need to sit down and write a list out or I'm not going to get anything accomplished.

♥♥ How am I feeling ♥♥

Lazy- I want to curl up and watch movies but I have a bunch of stuff to do so that's not going to happen for quite a bit.

♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥
Pumpkin Bread, I just baked it yesterday.

♥♥ On the lunch plate ♥♥
Leftover Mushroom Bacon Burgers

♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥
Crockpot Pierogi Casserole, Salad

♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥
Black tank top and Friends tv show joggers

♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥

Lock Every Door- I didn't get much reading done. I'm having a hard time adjusting to my new glasses.

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥
Football

Halloween movies

The Blacklist on Netflix.

Once I'm gone, I'll only have my computer to watch stuff on so no clue what that will be.

♥♥ On the menu ♥♥

Monday - Crockpot Pierogi Casserole, Salad
Tuesday - Crockpot BBQ Boneless Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Cheesy Cauliflower
Wednesday - Orange Chicken, Rice, Zucchini

Thursday - Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos

Friday - Stuffed Bell Peppers

Saturday -Eggplant Parmesan
Sunday -

I don't know how much of this menu is actually going to happen because I don't know when I'll be leaving. Whatever is left or any perishables are going to be going to my neighbor.

*Just got the text- I report at 4am Wednesday- so I have a lot to do.

♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥

Ha! I've started doing Flylady again so things are better but nothing else is going to be done until I get back.

♥♥ To Do List ♥♥
-Pack and make arrangements

♥♥ From the camera ♥♥

My dog Dotti- she always looks at me like this when the suitcase comes out

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Spaghetti and Mushroom Bacon Burgers

Friday we decided to do a game night so instead of making the burgers I had planned on. I made spaghetti sauce in the crockpot.

I don't have a recipe. I just throw in whatever I have in the pantry.

This time I used:

2 (15 oz) cans spaghetti sauce

1 (15 oz) can stewed tomatoes that was going to expire soon

1 lb ground beef, browned

dried basil

minced garlic

1 (4 oz) can mushrooms

dried minced onion

Italian seasoning

pinch of sugar

Last night I made Mushroom Bacon Burgers. They were so good. I was a little nervous about burning them because I usually just make plain burgers but they were really easy to make.

The original recipe is here: Full Bellies, Happy Kids: MUSHROOM BACON BURGERS!!!

The only thing I changed was to omit the salt and I used sazon instead.

Friday, October 21, 2022

As soon as I decided I wanted to get back into blogging my internet decided to cut in and out. Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something? We are getting a new modem today and that should solve the problem.

Cooking has been hit or miss....mostly miss.

Tuesday- I took out a frozen rotisserie chicken and when I went to use it, it smelled bad. So my daughter made grilled cheese.

Wednesday- I made a pot roast in the crockpot. There's not really a recipe. I just use whatever beef roast is the least expensive. I place that in the crockpot and pour 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, a package of dry onion mix and a cup of water over it after I've mixed it all together. It always turns out perfect.

Yesterday I went to Winco to get water and I cannot resist the sushi and crab salad there. I threw my menu plan off but that happens sometimes.

Monday, October 17, 2022

Salisbury Steak

My first day back in the kitchen actually cooking after over a year didn't go too badly. I picked a recipe that I've used a bunch of times. It still felt like I was re-learning how to cook.

I used my favorite recipe for: Salisbury Steak w/ Rice.

I did change a few things:

I couldn't remember how to separate an egg so I just used the whole thing.

I eyeballed some dried minced onion because I only had giant onions.

I used Walmart brand club crackers.

I substituted Adobo for salt

I used a can of great value beef gravy because it was cheaper.

I used a jar of mushrooms because I had it in my pantry.

I added some creole seasoning to the gravy because it was kind of bland.

For veggies I had open packs of peas and corn in the freezer. I just mixed them together to get rid of them.

I even did some baking- Blueberry Muffins. It was a mix but I'm on baby step level right now. I had forgotten how amazing baking smells.

Happy Homemaker Monday

I wanted to start blogging again so no better way to do that than with one of my old favorites Happy Homemaker Monday hosted by Sandra.

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥
I thought the weather was finally going to change to fall...jokes on me because we have a couple more 90 degree days this week.

Monday - 83
Tuesday - 90
Wednesday - 92
Thursday - 86
Friday - 82
Saturday - 79

Sunday - 75

♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥
I haven't actually looked out there yet- I have blackout curtains so I can't see anything.

♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥
I'm in bed still- watching the news and trying to figure out how blogger works again.

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥
I'm trying not to think too much today.

♥♥ How am I feeling ♥♥
Sad- there's no escaping that these days. My husband died about a month ago.

♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥
Coffee but I promise I won't try to put it on a plate.

♥♥ On the lunch plate ♥♥
I forgot to buy lunchmeat so probably tuna sandwiches.

♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥
Salsbury Steak, Rice and whatever frozen vegetable we have in the fridge.

♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥
Gray tank top

Gray shorts

♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥

Halloween movies

Football

♥♥ On the menu ♥♥

Monday - Salisbury Steak, Rice, veggie
Tuesday - Baked Mexican Chicken
Wednesday - Crockpot Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes, veggie

Thursday - Mushroom Bacon Burgers

Friday - Crockpot Pierogi Casserole

Saturday - I'm working at a Halloween party so I will eat there and I'm getting leftovers to bring home
Sunday - Crockpot BBQ Boneless Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Veggie

♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥
ugh... I don't want to. I have depression house right now and I've decided to go back to doing Flylady because I have no idea where to even start anymore.

♥♥ To Do List ♥♥
Start flylady again

♥♥ From the camera ♥♥
I haven't taken any pictures this week.