You know it’s your birthday when:
A. A new immersion blender shows up at your house
B. Your mom shows up with a sewing machine and a car full of FREE plants to plant all around your house and diagram plans from a landscaper as to where to place them
C. A growler of beer from a microbrewery in Chicago appears with your sister at 8:00 at night
D. You receive email after email informing you that “X wrote on your wall”
E. All of the above
I’m down one kid this week. Kiwi is spending the entire week at horseback riding camp about two hours away. At some point during the week I’ll lose Kola Nut to an overnight with his cousins. This is when your parenting is tested: when the kids are miles away with other people and you’re not there to course correct when they wander off the path. How they act will reflect my parenting abilities. Be good, you guys. Or else. Or else I’ll eat all the PEZ while you’re gone.
The menu is going to be based on only leftover ingredients this week because of the limited number of people on any given day. It feels odd to only walk out of the supermarket with fruit and milk, but it’s also nice to see the total ring up so low. I don’t know that it’s ever been under $50 for a week’s worth of groceries, even before there were all these kids involved. When I am looking for recipes online for specific ingredients that are handing around, I type the ingredients I want to pair together into my Google search bar and wait to see what it reveals. You never know what you’re going to get, but it gives me a direction and some ideas as to where I might want to start.
Monday – Ginger steak salad and croissant rolls (I’ve been on a steak salad kick, and I happen to have a similar shriveled piece of ginger in my fridge left from the ginger garlic green beans)
Tuesday – Asparagus, goat cheese and lemon pasta with asparagus from last week’s neighborhood BBQ, goat cheese leftover from Mediterranean pasta and burgers and lemons that we have taking up space
Wednesday – Lemon and dill salmon, spinach Parmesan rice bake, steamed broccoli
Thursday – Roast grilled chicken with herbs from the garden, grilled potatoes and vegetables
Friday – Mankato special. I have no idea what or where we’re eating, but we’ll be traveling down to pick up Kiwi from her horseback riding adventure. Maybe one of Ole’s relatives wants to feed us while we’re there.
Christy says
We haven’t had salmon in so long. This menu plan really makes me want to change one of my night’s meals to salmon. I just hate the smell it leaves (we blacken ours).
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Shaina says
Blacken your salmon on the grill and you can avoid the smell. 🙂
Christy says
That is why I love blogging. I wouldn’t have even thought about that. I think I will put that on the agenda for next week. That will be a double win situation because my husband grills and then I can do something else.
Christy’s last blog post..Weekly Menu Plan for June 14-20
Faith says
Whoa! Nice B-day!!
Happy birthday. Enjoy all your wonderful gifts. 🙂
~Faith
Carla says
Happy Birthday!!!!!
You must tell me about that cake in the picture above. It looks divine.
Joy@Frugal Menu Mamas says
This sounds like a healthy and delicious menu plan! Happy Birthday!
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