Beef stir-fry

Some sort of chuck steaks sliced thin, onion, bell pepper, and water chestnuts in Mr. Somebody's cracked pepper and garlic sauce over rice. Chicken-ginger spring rolls. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE for dessert.

We went and picked strawberries and blueberries today. It is the end of the road for the strawberries, and it was hard picking. Not very many for quite a a bit of work. But, oh so very good. So good I made shortcakes to go with them. Blueberries were plentiful and we got quite a bit more of those, so blueberry muffins for breakfast.

Tacos and quesadillas

Leftover taco meat and leftover mojito chicken = dinner. Quesadillas because the mid-kid ALWAYS wants quesadillas. I don't know how much longer we'll be able to use the lettuce from the garden - it hasn't really bolted yet, but it's getting very leggy and somewhat assertive in flavor. I picked more peas yesterday (about enough for just me) and I have squash coming up!

Hamburgers!

and hot dogs. With chips. Ah, summer.

And a beef. I like ground sirloin for my hamburgers, and luckily I was able to find some this afternoon. I am usually not that lucky. Why is it so hard to find ground sirloin??? They only had the ONE package, or I'd have bought extra and frozen them.

We may yet have s'mores for dessert. We'll see.

Fish (last night)

Mahi-mahi from the frozen section at Trader Joe's, sauteed in olive oil and butter, with salt, pepper, and garam masala. Very very good. I also made hush puppies, just because we hadn't had any in a long time and I wanted some. Also yummy - what's not to like about fried dough? Chicken strips for the kids, along with mozzarella sticks, tater tots for the boys, and watermelon.

Cheese and crackers - with champagne!

We picked up the new [to us] car this afternoon, so a celebration was in order.

Leftover shish-kebab

Along with some french bread from Trader Joe's. Easy, which is good after a long day.

I found us a car today. It looks like a blueberry. I did some looking close to home, but all of the cars were fancy, leather seats, etc. etc. etc. I wanted the bottom of the line. As long as I have kids throwing up in the minivan, I really see no need for fancy. And so I found what I was looking for across the county line.

Tacos and quesadillas

I think the mid-kid would eat quesadillas EVERY day if I let him.

Mojito chicken and biscuits

An odd combination, but TMOTH cooked the chicken, so I wasn't about to argue.

Lasagna

Frozen Stouffer's - mine is much better, but we ate all of it. Garlic bread to go with.

Pancakes and bacon

Since we didn't really have anything else in the house to eat - no bread since the cinnamon toast for breakfast.

Beef Kebabs (last night's dinner)

With rice, pita bread, corn on the cob from the farmers market, and fresh peas from the garden.

The peas were a revelation. I'd grown the for the boys, who really like peas. Turns out they DON'T like FRESH peas, but I DO. I've always hated those nasty little green peas (and still do), but my garden peas taste more like edamame and the leftovers will be wonderful in a pasta salad.

Blogging has fallen off a LOT lately. It started when TMOTH and the mid-kid were in a car accident and I spent a whole week eating mostly fast food. Everybody will be fine (except the van), but it threw a monkey wrench into what has to pass for a routine in this household.