The back to work countdown is in the single digits… like 3 single days. This week I am focusing on keeping up with the garden and doing so heavy preserving each day. I also have to get the oil changed, cars washed, glasses ordered and a final grocery stock up as well.\u00a0 In the area of menu planning. I decided to try a new to use recipe each day until Friday when sloppy joes are on the menu!<\/p>\n
Breakfast- Saturday- BLTs Sunday- Steak, egg and cheese scramble. Monday- Steak egg and cheese burritos Tuesday- Homemade everything bagels.\u00a0 Wednesday Thursday and Friday- find it oatmeal, cereal and milk, French toast sticks, bagels, breakfast burritos and pancakes.<\/p>\n
Lunch- Saturday-Tomato Sandwiches Sunday-Applebee’s Monday- Leftovers Tuesday- Sushi lunch treat for kids.\u00a0 Wednesday- Left-overs or sandwich Thursday- Summer lunch, Friday-eat out as I am back at work.<\/p>\n
Dinner- Saturday-Leftovers. Sunday- Left-overs Monday-Big Mac Salad Tuesday Peanut Chicken with rice Wednesday- Beef Lo mein\u00a0 Thursday- Chicken Quesadilla Tex Mex squash and Friday-Sloppy Joes.<\/p>\n
Every Bit Counts Challenge- It made sense for me to include this with Menu planning as they are both food related. This will continue for at least this week if not the rest of August<\/p>\n
Tuesday August 9th Nine Breakfast items
\nWednesday August 10th Apple Butter
\nThursday August 11- Stevia and Squash Casserole
\nFriday August 12- Diced Tomatos
\nSaturday Augst 13th- We worked on a new cabinet for the kitchen and repairs to the greenhouse
\nSunday August 14th- 1 cup portions of Celery frozen
\nMonday August 8th- Diced Tomatoes and Salsa<\/p>\n
Official food preparation count: 58
\nBreakfast count:33
\nSpaghetti Sauce: 25
\nSalsa: 4 full batches (I would honestly like to make 2 more of these but we will need to wait until I get another batch of Wax Peppers in)
\nTomato Sauce: 13 1\/2 cup portions and 2 1 cup portions (I would like to have 12 cup portions before moving to diced tomatoes)
\nDiced Tomatoes- 16 cans- I would like to get 8 more to call it good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The back to work countdown is in the single digits… like 3 single days. This week I am focusing on keeping up with the garden and doing so heavy preserving each day. I also have to get the oil changed, … Continue reading