What I Spent
I didn’t do tons of grocery shopping this week. Which probably means next week will be nutso.
I made a $32 trip on Monday, and then a $17 trip on Wednesday.
And yesterday I made a $13 stop for some dinner ingredients plus a cantaloupe and some sausage that was on sale.
So, just $62 this week. Yay!
What We Ate
Monday
I tried a Cook’s Illustrated recipe for Zha Jiang Mian, which is a noodle dish with a bean paste sauce.
It kind of looks like an Asian version of spaghetti with meat sauce, doesn’t it?
The recipe serves six and uses only a half pound of ground pork, as part of the bulk of the sauce is chopped shiitake mushrooms.
Sometimes Hungry Harvest sends me shiitakes, and now I know exactly what to do with them.
Tuesday
Our new next-door neighbor had gone fishing on Memorial Day and he brought us a bag of fresh rockfish. Lucky us!
I coated them with panko and cooked them in a cast-iron pan. So, so good. I always forget just how deliciously non-fishy the fresh caught stuff tastes.
Wednesday
I made the sizzling Korean lettuce wraps for the second time, and was re-impressed with how tasty and fast they are to make. You should totally add this to your dinner-in-a-hurry recipe rotation!
Thursday
I tried a new recipe for a Thai-inspired fish and rice dish, from Dinner Illustrated (which I just checked out of my library). It was just ok, and I don’t think I’ll make it again.
Friday
I’m planning to make BLTs. I last had one at a diner and it didn’t have nearly enough mayonnaise. Ever since then, I’ve been wanting to make a better one.
I’m a person who always thinks everything needs more sauce, and that applies to sandwiches as well as other dishes. 😉
BRING ON THE MAYO.
What did you eat this week?
(Whatever you ate, I hope it was saucy enough. 😉 )
Gwen
Wednesday 6th of June 2018
I usually try daily to reflect on a positive note of each day in my bullet journal (aka the monthly calendar page of my planner), but I'm kind of in a funk lately and some days it's hard. I need to try a little harder!
Kate
Monday 4th of June 2018
Grilled chicken and salad on grainy rolls, sweet potato oven fries, fruit salad and yoghurt.
Dahl and brown rice. Stir fried veggies.
A crock pot thing - it doesn’t have a recipe - a whole lot of vegetables, some chicken legs, and fragrant spices - garlic, coriander, cumin, ginger, garam marsala, turmeric and cinnamon served with a brown rice, quinoa, lentil, and kidney bean mix.
Roast vegetable lasagna, garlic bread, and salad.
A baked potato topped with a sweet corn, tuna, and natural yoghurt topping, and a salad.
Crock pot leftovers
Steak, baked potato, and salad.
sabrina
Sunday 3rd of June 2018
What do you usually serve with Korean lettuce wraps? I would be happy with fruit, but I am afraid my husband might divorce me...the man needs his carbs. Any suggestions?
Kristen
Sunday 3rd of June 2018
Fried rice is good! Or frozen potstickers from Costco.
Mrs. Money
Saturday 2nd of June 2018
I'm with you on the mayo! When I see the side of the jar that says 1 tbsp (tsp?) is 100 calories I just ignore it. It is makes everything taste so good! Have you tried the avocado oil mayo from Costco?
David
Saturday 2nd of June 2018
I have been cooking lately so no memorable meals. Julia just has not been feeling up to cooking, even though she Loves to cook. But three years of Chemotherapy has taken its toll. We recently took a 4 week vacation - cruise and 2 weeks in England so she has been off the chemo and now feels up to doing some cooking Yay! Now at least we can do some of it together. I get to do the “hard” part - washing, peeling, chopping etc - while Julia does the creative bits and tells me what to do. But chemo started again 3 days ago and it looks like it will be back to me doing it all. She is not even up to eating out, so that route is not on. I should be getting better at cooking, right? You’d think so, but it just escapes me. I can clean house, take care of a beautiful sick lady, mow the lawn and fix almost anything, but cooking it seems is beyond me!