Weekly menu planning

I had a menu on the fridge last week, and it REALLY helped. Thinking about it on the webz also helps, so here goes...

Sunday: Leftover beef strew (this was really good last week)
Monday: Chicken tortillas
Tuesday: Pasta
Wednesday: Burgers
Thursday: Potato soup
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Hot dogs on the firepit

Chocolate zucchini bread

The original recipe was called "Death by Chocolate Zucchini Bread". I made some changes, of course.

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 cups shredded zucchini (or summer squash)
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2/3 cup chocolate chips

Mix eggs and sugar; add oil and vanilla, mix; add zucchini, mix.

Mix dry ingredients and add to zucchini mixture in 3 parts; add chocolate chips.

Bake at 350 degrees until done - recipe claimed 50 minutes; mine took more like an hour and a half.

Next challenge: The Lovely Daughter has requested that I try a vegan version - so there will be tofu instead of eggs next time around.

cinnamon roll recipe

https://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/recipes/2-ingredient-lunchbox-scrolls/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=The%20Organised%20Housewife

Weekly menu plan

Monday: something made with leftover chicken - enchiladas?
Tuesday: Soup
Wednesday: fish
Thursday:  pasta
Friday: steak/burgers
Saturday: pizza
Sunday: Chicken skewers

Granola!

I made this last night from a Bon Appetit recipe, and had it with my breakfast yogurt this morning.

Full confession - I didn't follow the recipe exactly. I used all of a nearly-full small canister of oatmeal, the remains of a bag of coconut, the remains of a bag of pecan pieces, a cup or so of wheat germ, the remains of a bag of brown sugar, the remains of a jar of honey...and filled in the blanks with a guess on how much oil to add. All of the "remains" were fairly close to the amount called for in the recipe, given the scaling up to how much dry stuff I had.

Now I just need to add some dried fruit to one of the containers!

Breakfast for dinner

I used the Belgian waffle make Santa brought us for Christmas. So far, I've just started with a box of waffle mix, and honestly, it works so well I don't see a real reason to try anything different, at least when I'm feeding boys. I do have to reconcile this with the fact that I'm basically feeding them cake for dinner, but the bacon offsets the sugar, right?

Shopping also means I have shrimp and hot dogs for dinners later in the week.