Taco Tuesday (WFD?)

tlq0726

I'm starving, and task avoiding at work, so let's talk about FOOD!!!  What's for dinner this week?

vlagrl29

I only think 1 day at a time for dinner - never good at meal planning.  Tonight we are having parm crusted tilapia with salad.

sprkls8506

I am terrible with meal planning as well!!! I don't even know what is for dinner tonight. We will decide later. Right now I'm just avoiding cleaning...

tlq0726

Chicken spaghetti tonight (one of my favorites).  Tomorrow is baked chili cheese dogs, and Thursday will be Big Red ribs in the crock pot.  DH and I will be back in the hometown this weekend for Mother's Day, so no weekend cooking for me!!!  His sister's do all the hard work, and I bring the dinner rolls

MimoCa

We plan only 10 minutes before we are starving here. I'm not even sure what i'm having for breakfast yet, I'm already in work though lol

tlq0726

@vlagrl29 @sprkls8506 DH and I both only get paid once a month, so I plan our entire month's worth of meals in advance of shopping.  Otherwise our grocery budget would be shot!  That being said, we unfortunately don't get to eat a lot of fresh veggies, so the frozen section has become my friend.  I do try to keep some cash out for the fruit stand during the summer months though.

msstephanielynn

Of course tonight we're having ground chicken tacos, because it's TacoTues!

SP128

Um whatever is leftover in the fridge. I'm not that great with planning. I cook usually on the wknds and it's leftovers or winging it for the rest of the week

do your dhs cook? Just wondering 

sprkls8506

My DH cooks. I love nites when he cooks. I prefer baking. Not cooking 

SP128

Jealous. He screwed up spaghetti a couple months ago. It took him an hour to make spaghetti and heat up meatballs last night. He asked if it counts as cooking. I said no. I defrosted the meatballs that I made. He boiled noodles. 

Mack2342

Lol. I hate cooking. We do not prepare ahead either.  My DH cooks whatever meat we are having because he wants to grill it.  I just take care of sides.  I do make dishes like chili, lasagna, casseroles. I'd much rather bake.  I'd also prefer to eat just sweets lol.  We will probably have pasta.  I dont think we have meat thawed. My DS only eats pancakes and waffles so I just buy those frozen by the ton.  He eats at daycare but not at home.  His fruits and veggies only come from a purée pouch.  

sprkls8506

My fav nites are grilling nites 

jchpg

@SP128 that's hilarious!

my DH loves to cook. He complains I don't cook enough- but then when I do cook he complains its not good enough. So I avoid it.

Tonight we're having pizza! We make our own dough and it's so yummy. It's our go to easy meal. 

We don't usually plan ahead. We have a super tinny fridge so we buy food every 2-3 days and just get whatever is on sale. 

SP128

I love grilling too. It always tastes so yummy. 

@jchpg ever try grilled pizza ? We haven't done it in awhile. Takes practice 

tlq0726

@Mack2342 your DS sounds like my DD!!!  She gets a little chocolate milk every morning (so I can get her probiotic in her), and I make her breakfast to take to school.  Then she eats two snacks and a lunch at school.  They tell me she eats all of it, no matter what it is.  So I try to make the same things at home.  Nothing.  It's a battle to get her to eat at home.  I think she just wants to eat with her friends.

ladipale

We are big meal planners around here And also get SunBasket so actually now they meal plan for me!

Tonight we are having a lemongrass turkey salad (so good!)
I think this week we have the following meals coming:
korean beef skewers with apple cabbage slaw
spicy red salmon with basil and lime
jamaican jerk spiced pork with blueberry salad

We eat at my parents once a week and get take out or pull meat from our freezer for the other days.

I also made some chicken breasts to make salads for lunch for the week and a big sausage and veggie fritatta to have for breakfast for the week. 

MooFish2364

Tonight we are having seared chicken with creamy couscous and tomorrow is salmon with a roasted potato salad. Those two meals are part of our Blue Apron meals. We are on week two of their service and we love it! Since it's just the two of us, it actually saves us a lot of money on wasted ingredients. 

DH does cook but only like 3 things. While I appreciate that he always offers to cook, I'm really sick of the food that he can make. Lol. 

We tried pizza on the grill but scorched the bottom. I was so hungry I ended up eating the toppings and delicious fresh mozzarella off of the top. I have no shame. Lol

vlagrl29

yes my DH cooks and it's so helpful especially when I need the help or I can't cook cause I'm teaching - He will do it.  He also grills.

jchpg

@SP128 yes we did try pizza on the grill- it's good but a little tricky. My husband loves to BBQ but we don't have a good outdoor place at our new apartment

Mack2342

@tlq0726. That is totally my DS.  I think it peer pressure lol so he eats it with other kids.  I make same meal at home and he refuses.  So annoying 

dpjennifer

sprkls8506 I also prefer baking to cooking.  Last night I made a pound cake for the pizza party thing at work today.

@SP128 Pizza on a grill sounds like a recipe for disaster.  I have no grace and I’m sure I’d probably end up with a ginormous mess if I tried that.

Therapy tonight, so probably having some dippy eggs and chocolate milk.  Our chickens are producing eggs like crazy, so this meal is now an easy go-to staple.

vlagrl29

pizza on grill we tried once - epic fail and never again.

SP128

@dpjennifer what are a dippy egg?

guysssss. Grilled pizza is amazing once it's mastered. I'm just not a master at it

amberruka

I'm another prepper! (weekly). Last night we had cauliflower cheese crock pot soup with popovers, tonight I have a mexican casserole to pop in the oven, tomorrow chicken/broccoli/cheese turnovers, and Thurs probably mexican casserole again. We always keep some frozen chicken around so if needed we can just defrost and marinate/grill it with some Rice-a-Roni or something (our "what are we having for dinner tonight" meal). 

As you can guess, I  my carbs , hee hee. 

ETA: I did fish tacos last week for the first time with homemade coleslaw (was trying to use up a 1/2 cabbage)....SO going into the rotation! 

tlq0726

@amberruka I"m pretty sure I need the recipe for the cauliflower cheese crock pot soup.  Yummy!

@dpjennifer you have me intrigued as well with dippy eggs...

SP128

You preppers are so organized. I'm a disorganized mess but no one has starved yet. Any veggie spiralers out there. I'm intrigued but don't need another gadget to clutter up my precious real estate cabinet space

NewMommyCoop

I am a meal planner. Cajun fish tacos with homemade jalapeno coleslaw tonight, steak with roasted red potatoes and artichokes tomorrow night, kielbasa sausage with bell peppers and rice on Thursday night, Ahi tuna melts on Friday night.  Saturday night we will eat out and Sunday we are making marinated lamb chops and pistachio crusted salmon for mother's day.

@amberruka cauliflower cheese soup sounds delicious!
 

Mack2342

@dpjennifer. I only eat dippy eggs.  The only way to eat them. My DH makes fun of me dipping my toast in my eggs

hdaley

I am a huge planner!  Every Wednesday DS and I go grocery shopping.  I make a weekly meal plan. Make the grocery list and off we go.  I also only shop at Aldi for groceries! 

Chawk17

I am terrible at meal planning to, but I fell in love with home chef so they do it all except cook!
@ladipale is sunbasket a meal delivery or just planning?

amberruka

I used this one, but you can alter it any way to suit your taste:

https://realhousemoms.com/slow-cooker-cauliflower-cheese-soup/

FYI: I used the darker part of the leeks and when I pulsed in the blender I got a bit of a greenish cast to the soup....learn from my mistake, use the white part of the leek!!

40momma

it's 7pm here and I still don't have a clue but all of your posts have me starving!!

ladipale

@Chawk17 - its meal delivery - like Home Chef. We've tried Blue Apron, Plated and have landed on Sun Basket mostly because they offer Paleo options. We aren't strictly paleo but try to minimize carbs so it works for us.

dpjennifer

SP128 tlq0726 LOL.  Dippy eggs are Sunny Side UP.  It’s my western PA coming through.

Mack2342 You must be from Western PA somewhere! 

@amberruka I also need said recipe so thanks for posting!

Mack2342

@dpjennifer nope I'm from MI

dpjennifer

@Mack2342 I'm just excited you know what dippy eggs are.  

Chawk17

@ladipale I'll have to look into sunbasket. My husband and I did a year of strict paleo when we did cross fit, but it got exhausting thinking/finding ideas.
Sunbasket sounds perfect.

tlq0726

@amberruka I haven't cooked with leeks since I lived in London!  This excited me  Thank you.