Hello, hello, everyone!
How's your Monday been?? Last week was an unusual one for us. I mentioned that my husband was out of town for a few days. What I didn't mention is that a few days was actually from Sunday afternoon all the way to Friday night. Well, forgive me that I didn't want to admit to staying home alone with the kids for the whole week out loud on the web :)
But as you can imagine, we didn't stick to our menu much. It's much easier to feed just the kids when the head of the household is out of town :) On the other hand, we were pretty good finishing up all the leftovers and bits and pieces of food in the fridge, so we had zero food waste last week. Wohoo!! I like weeks like that (minus the fact that Hubby was gone...This I didn't like a single bit!!)
And because I don't have any food waste pictures for you, how about another small harvest from our garden:
We finally started getting plenty of tomatoes and peppers. It's nice to have some fresh produce right off the vine! Our cucumbers are pretty slow though - it's just way too hard for them. We haven't had a single rain in the past six weeks, and I'm getting really tired of it. Oh well, two months from now I will complain about wet weather too :)
Instead, that's what we are eating this week:
Mon.- sandwiches (well, we were planning something different but I really didn't feel like cooking. We'll see how much we will actually stick to the whole menu thing:)
Tues.- crock pot bbq pork ribs (thank you for all your awesome advice last week!), salad
Wed.- IKEA dinner
Thurs.- stuffed zucchini (thank you, Cindy for the recipe :), grilled chicken
Fr.- eggs, hash browns, smoked sausages
Sat.- leftovers or soup of some sort
Sun.- pork roast, cut up potatoes, salad.
Our oldest is starting school on Wednesday, so we decided to go to IKEA. A long time ago we promised to take him out for his first day but right now it's out of the question to go to his favorite salad-bar place. Instead we offered IKEA because they have a deal when a family of 4 can eat for only $9.99. Considering you don't pay tips in IKEA, it's the best deal in town right now!!
And what's on your menu this week?
Wow what a deal on the Ikea dinner! Hope you enjoy the night out!
ReplyDeleteRhonda
Don't you just love pulling things from the garden, I miss ours so much this year. What a deal at Ikea, our DD's like to feed the kiddo's breakfast there
ReplyDeleteI've never actually had breakfast there but I really like their meatballs!
DeleteNo waste at all? That's great. I'm always amazed at you for not wasting at all... I consider it good when I only have to throw out a few things. I've been to IKEA a ton of times, but have yet to ever eat there! We should try it sometime!
ReplyDeleteWell, thank you :) We used to go on Tuesdays occasionally because on Tuesday kids eat free. But this deal is even better! I like their meatballs. I went to Sweden years ago, and they taste the same I tried there!!
DeleteHeaded to IKEA today - kids eat free on Tuesdays!
ReplyDeleteWell, with the size of your family, this is the best deal :)
DeleteHope the first day of school goes well for all concerned.
ReplyDeleteThank you! He's really excited and I'm just a little sad...
DeleteFood for the garden is awesome. I thought IKEA was a furniture store? We don't have any IKEA's around here...food or furniture. ;)
ReplyDeleteGood luck to your little one starting school!
It is :) But they also have a little cafe area inside. Their selection is pretty limited but I like what they have :)
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