Stuology

We are back from an overnight trip out of town. I fared well with no internet access. I need to make my meal list for the week. I’m using this post as an opportunity to make my meal list.

Monday: Mexican casserole - this is basically an 8×8 dish with a layer of roasted peppers. Then a layer of cooked ground sirloin, onion, tomatos and spices, then a layer of corn, a layer of beans (black or refried) and a layer of cheese. This time I’m going to mix salsa with some yo-cheese via a recipe by L who was also kind enough to loan me her strainer to make the yo cheese, which I did this weekend.

Tuesday: Chili rubbed filet mignon salad, which didn’t get made last week.

Wednesday Meatball subs featuring the meatballs that I made last week. When I make these, I use a spoon to make a well in the bread. It holds the meatball goodness better and gives me bread crumbs for the next night’s meal. I need a vege to go with this. Ideas?

Thursday: Breadcrumb and walnut crusted pork chops. Probably having rice with this one. The rice will have veges.

Friday: Probably need to see if we have leftovers. I’m not making anything freezable. Although, I could make an extra casserole on Monday and freeze it with everything but the cheese/salsa mixture.

Generally, I can come up with a variation on main dishes that feature meat. With veges, not so much. I need to try to make a new vegetable dish every 1-2 weeks.

I have an apple crisp in the oven right now. I didn’t feel like mixing together some ice cream, so it will have to be without. And now that I have an ice cream maker, buying ice cream just won’t do.

I’m known (well, probably only in really small circles) to not be able to peel anything–vege or fruit. It takes me forever, and I hate it, and I’ve never understood how anybody is able to even use a vegetable peeler. That was until I bought the vegetable peeler of the gods. I peeled my potatoes with them the other night, and I did the apples tonight. Now I can peel like a normal person. I want to buy 10 of them to store up for the fact that they will quit making them now that I love it.