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
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.