Once again I did not follow my meal plan. So what else is new?
1.Chili, cornbread, coleslaw
2. Meatloaf, broccoli, mashed potatoes (TheHub) cauli mashers (me)
3.Tacos with all the fixings, black beans, rice (TheHub) Taco salad (me)
4. Seared scallops, tossed salad, baked potato, rolls (TheHub) grilled keto bread (me)
5. White bbq chicken, green beans, coleslaw, caulitater salad.
6. Chicken noodle soup, cheese toast (TheHub) chicken fake noodle soup, cheesy keto bread (me)
7. Bookclub night. TheHub will fend for himself.
Monday:. Our very sweet Son2 brought some leftover chili from his work and he, DIL2 and TheHub and DIL2 ate together. Since he had that this week I crossed making chili off my list of possibilities.
Out to eat with bookclub (me) Chili and cornbread (TheHub)
Tuesday: It was cold and windy and screamed for comfort food. TheHub had chili the night before so I decided to make soup instead. I found a ton of mung beans while I was cleaning out the pantry and had them in various stages of sprouting. I thought they would make an acceptable "noodle" substitute. I was right, but I put too many in the soup. Less really is more sometimes! I had leftover soup for lunch during the week too, so it was a double win.
Homemade fake noodle and chicken soup, grilled cheese (regular bread for TheHub, Keto bread for me) OMG the grilled cheese sandwich was fantastic!
Wednesday: After my class I was busy summoning my inner Marie Kondo and playing in the laundry room. I kind of lost track of time and did not think about dinner until about 6 pm. I pulled a pack of frozen cooked polish sausage and threw dinner together.
Polish sausage in an artichoke cream sauce over pasta (TheHub) or cauli rice (me), tossed salad
Thursday: I had to take Mom for a little dental work but did not plan for it to occupy my entire day. Ok, it did not really occupy my entire day, just most of it. She called me at 7:25 a.m. to remind me that we only had 10 minutes before her appointment__ which was at 9:30. I had told her previously I would be at her house a few minutes before 9, since Rocky's office is only a 15 minute drive from her house. I got to her house at 8:53 and called her from her driveway. The phone rang about 10 times which means she was talking on the other line and would not pick up the call waiting call because she forgets how to do it. Naturally I got out of the car and walked up to the door to get her. Then off to the dentist we went, with her pronouncing every single thing that displeased her en route*. (Ugly clouds, the shape of the holly's in Pete's yard, the plaid shirt on the man walking across the parking lot, Krystal hamburgers, a random roadside weed, a funny looking dead tree, a bad pothole, a winding driveway to the dentists office and a heavy door were just the more memorable things that offended her sensibilities.) When I got back to her house after the dentist (about an hour later) and was getting her settled in her house and doing a zillion chores and going to the store for ice cream, and fixing her stove which was not broken, and getting her meds and making her meals,I left her house at about 3:30 to finally go back to my house. When I got in the house I noticed I had a voice mail sent to me at 8:53 am. It was mother wanting to know when I would be there. And now I know why she didn't answer the phone when I was in her driveway calling her.
Tacos (TheHub) taco salad (me)
Friday: TheHub and I decided to get out of Dodge and go to the lake for the weekend. Mom and I needed a break from each other. I went down to check on her Friday morning, then again in the late afternoon to do her breathing treatment. TheHub supposedly left early to come home so we could be outside of town before the drive time traffic. Of course when you get home at 6 you have not missed the traffic. This is the way to let a 45 minute car trip turn into an hour and a half trip. We had decided to go out to eat on the way down, but decided we did not want to delay arrival any later than we had to so we opted to pick up two chicken meals at the closest fast food restaurant to the lake place (13 miles away)
Take out chicken, green beans, and coleslaw
Saturday: We rode around the county side during the morning then worked at the lake place in the afternoon. I had taken food down so I made a quick dinner and then read some before watching GroundHog Day. Since it was groundhog day, it seemed appropriate to watch and it was on the television on several channels at different times throughout the night. As an aside, the groundhog at the Birmingham Zoo would not come out, so they used a possum instead?!? Only in Alabama.
Grilled tuna steaks, cauli mashers, tossed salad, toast
Sunday: The Super Bowl , which I did not watch because I had to go to Mom's and do some things for her, including the one thing she does that irritates me more than anything. I had been at her house a couple of hours and was getting up to leave when she told me I needed to go get her some milk and crackers. Silly me! I thought it meant she wanted me to walk into the kitchen to prepare some milk and crackers to serve her in the den, only to find she needed me to go to the store and buy them. It would be so nice if she mentioned things like this before I get there so I could stop and pick it up on the way to her house. After a couple of hours I am ready to come home, not go shopping.
Sloppy Joe's, tater tots, coleslaw. (TheHub requested this delicious and nutritious meal for a game day feast)
I am stymied by planning for this upcoming week. Nothing sounds good and nothing sounds bad mainly because I went off the Keto rails yesterday and everything in me wants chocolate again. A lot of chocolate in every chocolate permutation. I can't let that happen! I know me well enough to know if I do, then 2 days off the plan will snowball into a week of food debauchery, and all of the sudden I will be up 10 pounds and pissed off with myself. (And probably anyone who has the unmitigated gall to speak to me. So I am sacrificing my chocolate wants/needs for the sake of the world around me. Canonization possibly?)
1. Asian crispy bbq chicken, cucumber salad, Chinese broccoli
2. Meatloaf, green beans, cauli mashers
3. Grilled scallops, tossed salad, some kind of green veggie, rolls (TheHub) keto rolls (me)
4. Chili, coleslaw, cornbread (TheHub) Keto cornbread (me)
5.Soup of some sort, salad, rolls or cracker (TheHub)
6. Grilled steak or hamburger patty, baked potato (TheHub) cauliflower "potato" salad (me) broccoli
7. Chicken in a mustard cream sauce, sautéed greens, sliced tomatoes
Do I believe this will actually happen? Nope, but at least it is an idea that might spark so other idea.
* Son 2 and DIL 2 went to see Mom and she was telling them about Rocky's (Family friend/oral surgeon) new office. I am quoting as closely as possible the directions she gave:
Go up that road and turn at the big place then the road curves all around and you go into the room with the beautiful antiques
1.Chili, cornbread, coleslaw
2. Meatloaf, broccoli, mashed potatoes (TheHub) cauli mashers (me)
3.Tacos with all the fixings, black beans, rice (TheHub) Taco salad (me)
4. Seared scallops, tossed salad, baked potato, rolls (TheHub) grilled keto bread (me)
5. White bbq chicken, green beans, coleslaw, caulitater salad.
6. Chicken noodle soup, cheese toast (TheHub) chicken fake noodle soup, cheesy keto bread (me)
7. Bookclub night. TheHub will fend for himself.
Monday:. Our very sweet Son2 brought some leftover chili from his work and he, DIL2 and TheHub and DIL2 ate together. Since he had that this week I crossed making chili off my list of possibilities.
Out to eat with bookclub (me) Chili and cornbread (TheHub)
Tuesday: It was cold and windy and screamed for comfort food. TheHub had chili the night before so I decided to make soup instead. I found a ton of mung beans while I was cleaning out the pantry and had them in various stages of sprouting. I thought they would make an acceptable "noodle" substitute. I was right, but I put too many in the soup. Less really is more sometimes! I had leftover soup for lunch during the week too, so it was a double win.
Homemade fake noodle and chicken soup, grilled cheese (regular bread for TheHub, Keto bread for me) OMG the grilled cheese sandwich was fantastic!
Wednesday: After my class I was busy summoning my inner Marie Kondo and playing in the laundry room. I kind of lost track of time and did not think about dinner until about 6 pm. I pulled a pack of frozen cooked polish sausage and threw dinner together.
Polish sausage in an artichoke cream sauce over pasta (TheHub) or cauli rice (me), tossed salad
Thursday: I had to take Mom for a little dental work but did not plan for it to occupy my entire day. Ok, it did not really occupy my entire day, just most of it. She called me at 7:25 a.m. to remind me that we only had 10 minutes before her appointment__ which was at 9:30. I had told her previously I would be at her house a few minutes before 9, since Rocky's office is only a 15 minute drive from her house. I got to her house at 8:53 and called her from her driveway. The phone rang about 10 times which means she was talking on the other line and would not pick up the call waiting call because she forgets how to do it. Naturally I got out of the car and walked up to the door to get her. Then off to the dentist we went, with her pronouncing every single thing that displeased her en route*. (Ugly clouds, the shape of the holly's in Pete's yard, the plaid shirt on the man walking across the parking lot, Krystal hamburgers, a random roadside weed, a funny looking dead tree, a bad pothole, a winding driveway to the dentists office and a heavy door were just the more memorable things that offended her sensibilities.) When I got back to her house after the dentist (about an hour later) and was getting her settled in her house and doing a zillion chores and going to the store for ice cream, and fixing her stove which was not broken, and getting her meds and making her meals,I left her house at about 3:30 to finally go back to my house. When I got in the house I noticed I had a voice mail sent to me at 8:53 am. It was mother wanting to know when I would be there. And now I know why she didn't answer the phone when I was in her driveway calling her.
Tacos (TheHub) taco salad (me)
Friday: TheHub and I decided to get out of Dodge and go to the lake for the weekend. Mom and I needed a break from each other. I went down to check on her Friday morning, then again in the late afternoon to do her breathing treatment. TheHub supposedly left early to come home so we could be outside of town before the drive time traffic. Of course when you get home at 6 you have not missed the traffic. This is the way to let a 45 minute car trip turn into an hour and a half trip. We had decided to go out to eat on the way down, but decided we did not want to delay arrival any later than we had to so we opted to pick up two chicken meals at the closest fast food restaurant to the lake place (13 miles away)
Take out chicken, green beans, and coleslaw
Saturday: We rode around the county side during the morning then worked at the lake place in the afternoon. I had taken food down so I made a quick dinner and then read some before watching GroundHog Day. Since it was groundhog day, it seemed appropriate to watch and it was on the television on several channels at different times throughout the night. As an aside, the groundhog at the Birmingham Zoo would not come out, so they used a possum instead?!? Only in Alabama.
Grilled tuna steaks, cauli mashers, tossed salad, toast
Sunday: The Super Bowl , which I did not watch because I had to go to Mom's and do some things for her, including the one thing she does that irritates me more than anything. I had been at her house a couple of hours and was getting up to leave when she told me I needed to go get her some milk and crackers. Silly me! I thought it meant she wanted me to walk into the kitchen to prepare some milk and crackers to serve her in the den, only to find she needed me to go to the store and buy them. It would be so nice if she mentioned things like this before I get there so I could stop and pick it up on the way to her house. After a couple of hours I am ready to come home, not go shopping.
Sloppy Joe's, tater tots, coleslaw. (TheHub requested this delicious and nutritious meal for a game day feast)
I am stymied by planning for this upcoming week. Nothing sounds good and nothing sounds bad mainly because I went off the Keto rails yesterday and everything in me wants chocolate again. A lot of chocolate in every chocolate permutation. I can't let that happen! I know me well enough to know if I do, then 2 days off the plan will snowball into a week of food debauchery, and all of the sudden I will be up 10 pounds and pissed off with myself. (And probably anyone who has the unmitigated gall to speak to me. So I am sacrificing my chocolate wants/needs for the sake of the world around me. Canonization possibly?)
1. Asian crispy bbq chicken, cucumber salad, Chinese broccoli
2. Meatloaf, green beans, cauli mashers
3. Grilled scallops, tossed salad, some kind of green veggie, rolls (TheHub) keto rolls (me)
4. Chili, coleslaw, cornbread (TheHub) Keto cornbread (me)
5.Soup of some sort, salad, rolls or cracker (TheHub)
6. Grilled steak or hamburger patty, baked potato (TheHub) cauliflower "potato" salad (me) broccoli
7. Chicken in a mustard cream sauce, sautéed greens, sliced tomatoes
Do I believe this will actually happen? Nope, but at least it is an idea that might spark so other idea.
* Son 2 and DIL 2 went to see Mom and she was telling them about Rocky's (Family friend/oral surgeon) new office. I am quoting as closely as possible the directions she gave:
Go up that road and turn at the big place then the road curves all around and you go into the room with the beautiful antiques
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