I have to say, so far this week has been a lot of work. Things just seem to keep piling up work-wise, so it has been running from one thing to another it seems this week. Thank goodness the menu plan was actually THERE for me this week and I've been able to roll with things and still manage to keep putting food on the table so we didn't need to eat out.
I started the menu plan this week on Saturday, which honestly I might keep doing in the future. With my husband's schedule being days now, he has weekends off, so I end up having to do more elaborate meals for breakfast (normally I have toast) on those days as my husband likes to have a full breakfast. So, let's get to this week's menu plan.
Saturday:
Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, toast, honey dew melon chunks
Lunch: Hot dogs
Dinner: Cheeseburgers, melon (leftovers from breakfast)
Sunday:
Breakfast: Sausage crumbles; yogurt parfaits with plain yogurt, honey (from food storage), granola (from food storage), and strawberries (combination of a few fresh strawberries that were on sale with a personalized price I had this week and some frozen ones that I macerated in sugar that we had left over); toast
Lunch: Leftovers
Dinner: Creamy Potato and Ham Hock Slow Cooker Soup: (ham hocks were part of our pork pack and I was trying to find something different than just flavoring beans with them. Good soup!).
Monday: Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls: Originally I was going to make cabbage rolls, but was so busy yesterday I just didn't have time, so I used this recipe instead. I used 1 lb of ground beef and 1 lb of ground pork, though. Turned out pretty good and I I served it over rice :).
Tuesday: Leftover night (pull leftover curry from freezer and defrost for another option as well)
Wednesday: Corned beef (I pray that the recipe I used turned out okay), cabbage and potatoes with sourdough bread on the side.
Thursday: Ham with beer glaze (I'm adapting an old Polish recipe my grandma would make for her Polish husband from time to time. She used ham hocks, but I'm going to go with ham as I have a ton of it that came with our pork pack :).
Friday: Homemade Pizza and Breadsticks
Desserts: Strawberry shortcake or angel food cake (leftovers), fruit (I went a bit nuts with the fruit this week as the sun has been out and my body is CRAVING Spring like mad, so yeah...we're eating fresh fruit this week *laugh*.
And there you go folks. Some of the things we are eating this week. How about you? Eating anything good?
Your meals sound great.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up, my Mom cooked Pork Hocks in a browned flour gravy. Boiled cabbage, carrots and potatoes were served alongside. Never had Smoked pork hocks like your soup recipe calls for, however.
I also make the Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls but it's always been called Cabbage Roll Casserole over here. Sometimes when I want to stretch the ground meat, I'll add lentils along with rice and layer it over lightly steamed cabbage in a casserole dish. Top with the tomatoes etc. and bake until cabbage is cooked thoroughly. Budget friendly.
Love that you posted a Corned Beef recipe. They're very expensive to buy here (Ont., Canada) and so maybe I can use this as an alternative.
Have a great week. Hope you're recuperating nicely.
Pat J.