Who else has been having trouble meal planning for these crazy summer nights? Instead of trying to plan out the whole week ahead of time, today I'm bookending the week with a plan and then thinking later about what I want to do in the middle. Which I guess is kind of the opposite of planning, …
Yesterday's Father's Day extravaganza interrupted the normal meal planning post -- and people in this house are traveling hither and yon, visiting family, going on business trips, and/or attending evening events just about every day this week, interrupting the normal meal planning. So I won't lie to you: It's likely to be a lot of …
It's Sunday, so let's do some meal planning! Please comment here with your own meal plans, recipe ideas, and what you’re going to make with what’s on sale this week, and we’ll continue to help each other out. So if you've ever wondered what the igniter on your oven looks like, it might look a …
Let's get back to meal planning, here: I'm going to try to start posting meal planning posts every Sunday, because several of you have noted that midweek is just too late. (Yes, it's not actually Sunday, but I'm a little behind from being sick all weekend -- hence Chicken Soup Sunday!) Please comment here with your own …
I'm really pleased with the results of this past week's Cook Once, Eat All Week experiment (pictured above, the jazzed up homemade chicken soup I had for lunch yesterday by adding fresh spinach, roasted potatoes & mushrooms, and shaved Parmesan). So, I thought it might be useful to scratch up a shop on Saturday, cook on Sunday meal …
I know what we're eating all week! A fridge full of clearance meat this weekend turned into a cooking extravaganza, and now I have a fridge full of leftovers and peace of mind. On Saturday, I threw one of my $3.00 Target clearance hams in the Crock Pot with a little brown sugar, so we still …