Big salads, that’s all I seem to be eating lately. They’re just so easy, it’s hard to take the time to make anything else these days.
I mean, you can pretty much add anything to them and if you add in a little bread and cheese you’ve probably hit all the food groups, right?
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of them. Even when I have more time to spend in the kitchen once the giant wool project I’m working on is done.
A banana for breakfast and a big salad in the middle of the day and tea and cookies in the afternoon… What else do you need, right?
This past week I prepared the Mediterranean Crunch salad and tabbouleh salad from Costco multiple times. I even made a tuna salad {with all the extra bits}.
Another simple thing we had last week… Baked potatoes. Man those are good!
When I ran out of salad and potatoes I tossed a frozen pizza in the oven. {They aren’t what they used to be but they work in a pinch}.
The meal I probably spent the most time on last week was warming up a carton of Trader Joe’s tomato soup and making a grilled cheese sandwich.
That combo, it never gets old.
The HH whipped up some Kung Pao Chicken {from Trader Joe’s}. At $5.99 a bag it’s way less expensive than going out to eat, that’s for sure.
And of course there were pickety bits too. I don’t think a week has gone by in the last 5 years where we haven’t had pickety bits at least one night a week.
It’s just too darn easy.
My teatime treat this past week was chocolate chip cookies with a little sea salt sprinkled on top. Well those, and Valentine’s chocolates from Wright’s Chocolate House.
Sweet treats, they’re pretty much my favorite thing to eat. But I think you already knew that. 😉
So how did YOU do last week? Did you try any new recipes, or are you like me and just eating the same thing over and over again?
Peace out,
~Mavis
Total Spent This Past Week: $0
Total Spent in January $229.38
Total Spent in February $232.51
Aunt Diane from Streator says
Everything looks healthy & delicious! I’m having pickety bits for lunch today. The cookies are gorgeous!
Mavis Butterfield says
I LOVE those cookies!!
Beccah says
I finally purchased a baking steel and peel, so I’ve been experimenting with pizza and pita bread. Even with a few flops (literally!), it was a really yummy week!
Mona R McGinnis says
The best thing I ate while on vacation in Puerto Vallarta was a beet gazpacho. I replicated it this past week using beets I’d frozen last summer. Delicious. Another new recipe – egg roll in a bowl. The recipes are online. Recipes are merely a suggestion in this household. I’ve adopted your term “pickety bits”. The charcuterie board makes a good late day meal or any time, for that matter.
Laura says
Looks healthy to me! How do you avoid eating dinner to manage your calories? Doesn’t the HH have dinner? I have the same issue but it is so hard skipping dinner.
Mavis Butterfield says
I eat “linner” around 1 and then have tea and a cookie in the afternoon. I’m usually not hungry in the evenings. If I am, I just eat a piece of fruit {or some dried fruit}. Neither of us are big eaters and for me, filling up on liquids {water, tea} likely helps a lot.
Diana says
Just spent 10 days in Hawaii so had a lot of fresh fruit, salads, and fish. Also drank a lot of pog juice, my new favorite, It is made with passion fruit, oranges, and guavas. I plan on making some this week as I have a lot of frozen passion fruit and guavas from our trees, and lots of oranges ready to pick. It has been hard to get back to reality and not just want to sit and relax all day!
Mavis Butterfield says
Lucky you!!!
Marcia says
Only a banana for breakfast? I’d die. Or gnaw my arm off before 10 am.
Sherry says
How do you decide what to put in your pickety bit meals? They ALWAYS look soooo good!!!! I look at the picture of them and think, it looks so simple, yet so delicious.
Mavis Butterfield says
I don’t think about it, I just open the fridge and cupboards and see what we have on hand. 🙂
JulieP says
We are in Spain until the end of April so lots of tomatoes and various beans, for brekkie toast, olive oil, garlic rubbed topped with chopped tomatoes and giant white beans, sometimes spinach added in and topped with more olive oil. Glorious! Lunch salad with everything, dinner is pasta tomato and veg based with capers olives and cheese or fish or pickety bits. Jacket potatoes always a winner at our house too.
Mavis Butterfield says
Do you go to Spain every winter? What’s your favorite place {town}.
Stacey says
I made an old recipe but added a new ingredient, and my husband absolutely loved it. He even said I need to make it to bring to church for our after service meal. It’s my sister’s recipe for a very simple vegetable soup. All I added was a little bit of hamburger. It made all the difference for my husband. I’m a big salad eater too. I love looking in the fridge and thinking what would taste good in my salad today.