Pizza

The pre-teen wanted pizza so we got frozen ones from the Safeway. They used to have a really good refrigerated pizza, but they changed manufacturers and now it's really crappy. I need to find out how to send a complaint to the company, just so they know.

Chili

TMOTH found chili in the freezer, so we had that for dinner. Tortilla chips for me, Ritz crackers for TMOTH. Kids wound up eating Chef Boyardee.

Surf & turf

Well, sort of. Shrimp and steak, not lobster and steak. Much discussion ensued at dinner about whether this "counted" as surf & turf.

No pie crust made today, so there may not be quiche this week. I did get the chicken broth made and in the fridge. Once it solidifies some more, I'll skim off the fat and freeze the broth.

Salad and French Onion Soup

A nice dinner for the grownups - kids wound up with Kraft mac & cheese (which they're very happy with, at least). The onion soup was good - homemade beef broth to make it, melty onions...yum. I'd gotten an Australian olive oil at Trader Joe's last week, and it's very nice for a little oil and vinegar salad dressing.

I don't even remember what we had for dinner last night.

Menu planning...need to do more of this. I have chicken backs in the fridge to make chicken stock, so maybe a pot pie at some point...leftover bacon for quiche...but don't want two pastry-based main dishes the same week. So, the menu draft:

Sunday - Chicken? Need to go to the grocery and see what's on sale.
(make chicken stock, saute mushrooms and make pie crust for quiche, bag up veggies for lunches for everybody)

Monday- Quiche, salad, fruit

Tuesday - pork of some sort, fried apples, broccoli or green beans

Wednesday - steak, baked potatoes, salad (maybe too much salad for TMOTH, but I'll be happy).

Thursday - chicken, some sort of vegetable, probably some sort of potato - O'Brien potatoes, maybe?

Friday - lasagna and garlic bread (and probably salad again.)

Saturday-