Well, after taking stock of my freezers I have to say that I was kind of depressed at my meat options. Unfortunately, the sales on meat just haven't really been there in any "wow I need that" type of way, so I've just been steadily eating down our stockpile of meat in the freezers. So, when I went and took stock I realized that I have a decent supply of hamburger and chicken and otherwise we're kind of down lower than I want on everything else. I did pick up some shrimp and a meal's worth of fish while grocery shopping yesterday as I was completely out of fish, but still...I need to keep an eye out for things to put in the freezers in the coming months.
But, yeah, since I have a good amount of hamburger AND hamburger still seems to go on sale decently cheap, be prepared for a lot of hamburger recipes in the coming months as I'm really trying to cut down the grocery budget (which seems to be impossible with the way the kids are growing like weeds) and still making food interesting to eat.
Oh and as an aside, the photo above is actually a Jello No Bake cheesecake I made the other night. I put about 1/2 tsp of ground ginger into the crust when I made it and then I made the topping from this recipe, although I used apple juice instead of apple cider and I had to use about a tablespoon of cornstarch to thicken it to pie filling consistency for the top (not called for in the recipe, but just a personal preference). It turned out awesome and we enjoyed it for a few nights for dessert :).
So, here we go, this week's menu!
Wednesday (since I made my list yesterday): Leftovers/help yourself night
Thursday: Pizza night
Friday: Homemade soft pretzel twists and Knockwurst (from the freezer...this is a REALLY, REALLY late Octoberfest type of meal that I promised to make for the husband ages ago)
Saturday: Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura and salad
Sunday: Easy Mongolian Ground Beef over rice with edamame on the side
Monday: Swedish Meatballs (I'm going to use straight ground beef for these and use up the other 1/2 of the package of ground beef that I didn't use for the Mongolian Beef the night before) over noodles, salad
Tuesday: Baked Chicken, rolls or bread, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy
Breakfasts: I'm hoping to make pancake muffins, blueberry muffins, cranberry orange muffins, some breakfast bowls and things to give us some quick and easy breakfasts to choose from, but it all depends if the kids give me time to get that stuff done.
Desserts: Lemon Bars (Sunday), bread pudding (Tuesday...Use up odds and ends of home made bread in the freezer to make).
And there you are folks. My menu for this week. How about you? Having anything good?
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