The illustrious and industrious Meal Planner, has persuaded me to post what my family eats in a week. As breakfast and lunch aren't anything special and are pretty haphazardly created, dinner will be the only meal I share here.
I have no idea what each meals costs, maybe that will be something I try out after I get meal planning down pat. And most of these dishes have no recipes. I usually just throw stuff together. Because I am so creative (read: short on time and lacking in a lengthy attention span for recipes with a large number of ingredients and steps to follow.) and I follow the FBTSOYP method of cooking. (That's Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants to all you gourmet chefs out there!) Or is that more like Iron Chef?
Whatever it is, I try to create dinners that don't go over like a lead balloon...lol! This can be an exercise in extreme creativity and patience as I have picky eaters.
I am not a vegetable fan. However, I do try to incorporate vegetables into our diet. This usually takes the form of salad, broccoli, corn, tomatoes, and black beans. Yes, we are a diverse palate over here in the FITPH household...lol. I imagine that the people who dreamed up the Food Pyramid would be appalled, but it works for us. We eat a lot of fruit to compensate.
We also don't do desserts. There is no money-saving rationale behind this, just laziness. After I have prepared dinner, all I want to do is relax. Perhaps if I were a tad more organized (something my husband tells me a lot....and he is) I could get the meal AND the dessert done at the same time. Something to try!
(And because I have been so sleep deprived as of late, I will just be telling you what we had for dinner, but not what day we ate it because all the days meld into one zombie-esque blur!)
Chicken with Sweet Red Chili Sauce Glaze on Rice
Shredded Beef Tacos with Black Beans
Chicken Quesadillas with Black Beans
Fried Potatoes and Cheese
Creamy Chicken Cheese Rice with Salad
All right, my memory is a bit fuzzier than I thought. I can't remember what we ate for the remaining two days of the week. My guess, with the way things were going this week, would be some sort of sandwich and probably scrambled eggs with cheese for the other day.
And unlike the Meal Planner, I don't have yummy looking photos of my dinner fare. Too busy taking care of my sick little baby for that.
So there it is in all its simple glory...our unadorned, un-gourmet and mostly Hispanic meal plan :)
FIVE IN THE POTTER'S HAND
4 comments:
Oh your dishies always sound so good mouth watering want to try them! wnjoy you weekend girl!
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Your Chicken with Sweet Chili Glaze sounds amazing! I think my husband would love all your hispanic meals...every week his requests are "tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas..." But I don't make them every week, only when I'm in the mood.
And I'm definitely not a fancy breakfast or lunch planner. We usually do leftovers for lunches and whatever we feel like for breakfast (cereal for me, eggs and toast for my hubs). I don't think I could handle being that over organized.
And no desserts in this house either! Maybe if the mood strikes me I'll bake a batch of muffins but that's about it :)
Question: so my husband loves it when I make fried potatoes - but his head would explode in joy if I added cheese...what kind do you use? I suppose you add it at the end...?
Elizabeth:
Yes, add the cheese at the end so it doesn't scorch. We use plain old Cheddar cheese. But you can also use Parmesan too. We're out of Parmesan right now :) It adds a nice little zing to the potatoes.
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