Welcome to my weekly menu discussion!
I created this space to share my thoughts on the weekly dinner menu in my home. I've been cooking at home and making weekly menus for 25+ years, with varying levels of success! I have evolved in certain ways, from a new bride who just cooked whatever recipe sounded the best (4 cheese pizza anybody??) to a coupon clipper (thanks, Great Recession) and my current identity, focusing on weight loss (for me), feeding an athlete (my triathlete spouse), and a growing kid.
Some of my goals for each week include keeping to less than $150 per weekly trip to the store (OMG), cooking most of our dinners at home, using less processed food, eating vegetables and fruit, and counting my calories/keeping very caloric meals to a minimum.
Price is a challenge. I love to shop at Publix but it ain't the cheapest place. I like to buy clean and humanely raised meat, so you have to bite the bullet and tell yourself that the price is worth it if it keeps smaller farms operating. I buy cheap eggs and feel guilty about it. I have been shopping at Earth Fare (a local organic/healthy grocery chain) a little more, buying what's on sale that week. We had a Whole Foods here in my town for about two years and they abruptly closed. So Whole Foods can suck it! My town's not good enough for your profit margins, huh? I also use Kroger for certain frozen single-serve lunch options (easy to take to work).
I am not a creative person who makes up their own recipes/dishes. I am a total recipe addict. Don't want to think about the hours I've spent in my life poring over food magazines, cookbooks, recipe sites, and now Pinterest. That's just how I roll. A few recipes in my file have been served often enough that I can make them from memory, but most of the time when I'm cooking I have a recipe at hand. Hundreds of dishes have made a single appearance at my table, never to be served again. Really that's part of the reason I'm blogging here; to keep a better record of what I've eaten (old or new) and how the family felt about it.
Anywho, next post will be the menu for November 5-11. Thanks for reading.
Some of my goals for each week include keeping to less than $150 per weekly trip to the store (OMG), cooking most of our dinners at home, using less processed food, eating vegetables and fruit, and counting my calories/keeping very caloric meals to a minimum.
Price is a challenge. I love to shop at Publix but it ain't the cheapest place. I like to buy clean and humanely raised meat, so you have to bite the bullet and tell yourself that the price is worth it if it keeps smaller farms operating. I buy cheap eggs and feel guilty about it. I have been shopping at Earth Fare (a local organic/healthy grocery chain) a little more, buying what's on sale that week. We had a Whole Foods here in my town for about two years and they abruptly closed. So Whole Foods can suck it! My town's not good enough for your profit margins, huh? I also use Kroger for certain frozen single-serve lunch options (easy to take to work).
I am not a creative person who makes up their own recipes/dishes. I am a total recipe addict. Don't want to think about the hours I've spent in my life poring over food magazines, cookbooks, recipe sites, and now Pinterest. That's just how I roll. A few recipes in my file have been served often enough that I can make them from memory, but most of the time when I'm cooking I have a recipe at hand. Hundreds of dishes have made a single appearance at my table, never to be served again. Really that's part of the reason I'm blogging here; to keep a better record of what I've eaten (old or new) and how the family felt about it.
Anywho, next post will be the menu for November 5-11. Thanks for reading.
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