Attempt to Get Back on a Meal Plan...

Upcoming meals and snacks:

lunch Friday:
Banana Boat Melts
Black Bean Salad

dinner Friday:
homemade pizza for family
Steve and I will go out

Saturday:

Pot Roast

I really like coming home from church and having a nice yummy dinner waiting for me.
My favorite recipe is for this pot roast by Paula Deen.

Red Eggs

Every year for Greek Easter we dye a bunch of eggs a deep red.
This year i was given the task and decided to kind of figure it out on my own,
here's what I did:


Put eggs in a pan of 3 cups cold water and 3 Tbsp vinegar enough to cover the eggs.
Brought the water to a full boil over high heat.
Removed from heat and added 6 Tbsp of Scarlet Rit Dye
Covered and let sit for 15 minutes.


I removed the eggs and placed them on a paper plate, letting them cool for a few minutes.
Then I wiped each egg with olive oil and placed in an egg container for Greek Easter dinner.

Egg Salad

With all the eggs around from Easter I tried my hand at my own egg salad recipe.
Steve really likes 7-11's simple egg salad so we tried to reproduce that as best we could.
Of course we ended up with our own version.


8 hard boiled eggs
1/3 c Miracle Whip
< 1/3 c. Ken's Steak House Honey Mustard
1/2 tsp garlic powder
< 1/2 tsp onion powder

Cooking Again

OK so Sarah is gone for a few days so that has me back in the kitchen.

Friday:
Dr Seuss snack for after school 
date night- Thai food for Steve and I, kids with friends and family


Saturday:
sandwiches 
Green Chili

Sunday:

mozzarella, plum tomato, basil pesto, grilled cheese sandwiches
turkey dinner

Monday: 

cressent roll au jus



Tuesday:
Chinese for Justin's 16th b-day meal!!

Wednesday:
leftovers


Thursday:
Sarah can take the wheel

Chocolate Filled Croissants

So I discovered these on Pinterest and linked to this site for the recipe and the above picture.
I did however make a few changes.
First I used chocolate morsels instead of a Hershey bar, not that I don't love Hershey- cause I do!
And...
I filled some with chocolate AND peanut butter morsels-- yummy!


The cool thing was we can make 1 or 2 or 3 or 9!
Custom warm snacks to satisfy a sweet tooth or two

A Season Ending

Yesterday I handed the grocery budget over to my daughter-in-law Sarah.
It has been 18 and a half years of cooking and meal planning for my family and now this season in my life has come to an end.


While some seasons end with a sad or heavy heart this one is welcomed with a joyful heart!


I like coming up with creative Family Night meals but the actual cooking part-- not so much my favorite.


Actually,
I could say I do not like cooking at all.
I've always said if I could I'd hire a cook.
I'll do laundry,
dishes,
clean floors and bathrooms;
but cooking...
not so much my favorite.


Baking I like enjoy, cooking :/


Now I will be responsible for 2 nights a week.
Wednesday and Sunday, so I'm not off the hook all together,
I can do anything I don't like for only 2 nights a week.


So no more Meal Plan Mondays--
hip, hip, horray!


What's your least favorite daily, household duty?