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What I Spent

I tried four recipes from the ATK Bowls cookbook that I patiently waited for at the library.  Since it’s new and in high demand, I figured I’d better dive in and quickly see if it’s a cookbook I want to own!

ATK bowls cookbook

Anyway, grocery spending first!

I started the week off with a $157 trip to Aldi. Which is a sign that we were out of a lot of things!

I had a pretty disorganized week after that, requiring a bunch of small trips to the grocery store, and by the time the week ended, I was at $240.

GEEZ.

Fortunately, I know that this kind of week does average out over time, so it’s gonna be fine.

What We Ate

Saturday

Mr. FG and I went out on a date night; the girls ate at home.

Sunday

We made a strawberry and chicken green salad from Pioneer Woman, which we ate with some toast.

Monday

I tried a pork and quinoa bowl recipe; thumbs up! It’ll go into rotation around here.

pork quinoa bowl

Tuesday

Next up from the Bowls cookbook: a green curry paste Thai soup. 

This one is a lot like the Thai chicken soup I posted before, except it’s got green curry paste, shrimp, and sliced snow peas.

Thai Shrimp Soup

I would not have thought to add raw sliced snow peas to a bowl of soup, but they were really good. Nice and crunchy!

Wednesday

This time I tried a Thanksgiving-inspired bowl, and all the elements were good except the sauce. Thanksgiving made us think of gravy, and the sauce for this dish was more like a salad dressing vinaigrette.

Verdict from all of us: weird. We do not want salad dressing on meatballs.

turkey meatball bowl

I don’t think I’ll give up on the idea of a bowl like this, but I’d be inclined to make a more gravy-like sauce next time.

Thursday

My last bowl meal was this salad.

Moroccan chicken salad

This one was just ok; nothing amazing, perhaps because salad in a bowl is not that unique of a concept (whereas a quinoa bowl feels more interesting.)

Friday

I have a wedding to go to and I haven’t quite decided what the not-at-a-wedding portion of the family is going to eat.  Maybe a fend-for-yourself kind of night with the leftovers in the fridge.

What did you eat this week?

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Kylie

Wednesday 18th of March 2020

Monday: Bacon cheddar burgers with homemade fries and salad

Tuesday: Shrimp tacos for me and New York Strip and roast potatoes for DH. Roasted broccoli for both.

Wednesday: Tacos -- defrosted ground beef and also have chicken leftover from a whole chicken I roasted earlier in the week. Will throw that in a couple, even though I never love chicken tacos as much as I'd like to!

Thursday: Not sure yet! We have a lot of fresh meat to go through, including a corned beef that I didn't feel like making Tuesday.

Friday: Beef stroganoff, egg noodles and green beans

Saturday: Going to see family (less than 10!)

Kym Parker

Sunday 15th of March 2020

Sunday - Chicken Pot Pie

Monday - Pizza

Tuesday - Spaghetti & Meatballs

Wednesday - Philly Cheesesteaks

Thursday - Hamburgers

Friday - Beef Stroganoff

Saturday - Fried Chicken

deidre

Sunday 15th of March 2020

Those bowls look yum - I do like meatballs in a salad but I can see how that would be weird for you - incidentally has anyone got a recipe for chocolate cream pie? I always drool over the one in the film 'Julie & Julia' & I've never been able to find a recipe.

Anyhow, this week I have eaten lentil veg soup twice, chicken & veg soup, tuna & avo rolls, ham & pineapple pizza, & spaghetti in tomato sauce.

kristin @ going country

Monday 16th of March 2020

This one came up first when I Googled to see what you were asking about:

https://www.pjandthomas.com/blog/2018/11/22/the-chocolate-pie-from-julie-julia

And this is one I made just last week, though my MiL made the pie crust with my son without that recipe, so I don't know about the pie crust recipe right there, but the filling was delicious:

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/chocolate-pudding-pie

Kelly

Saturday 14th of March 2020

Monday - chicken apple sausages, rice, & peas Tuesday - fish tacos, grilled veggies (frozen heated in the oven, thank you Wegmans!) Wednesday- pasta with Italians sausage meat sauce Thursday - lentil chick pea curry over rice Friday - veggie burgers & kale salad for my husband and I; cheese pizza for the kids (we abstain from meat on Fridays during lent) Weekend dinners are burgers, fries, and a salad. Chicken drumsticks, roasted potatoes, and spinach salad. Not sure which night we are having which.

gina

Friday 13th of March 2020

I love the idea of bowls for dinner and I do that often! Here's what we ate: Monday - Meatballs and Marinara with wholegrain pasta, broccoli Tuesday - Tuna Salad on leftover onion buns Wednesday - Farro Skillet with chicken sausage, bell pepper, onion, tomato, corn Thursday - Grilled Chicken Breast, baked sweet potato, kale Friday - Pesto Tilapia, green beans and carrots Saturday - Going to do pork tenderloin chops and a potato in our SBT oven, chopped salad Sunday - Going to wing it - maybe eggs and sausage

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