All the Peas in the Pod

Lessons learned this week:

Bread must be thawed gradually, not in warm water. (Please do a visual on me trying to dehydrate soggy bread for dinner on Monday night.)

Grocery shopping must happen on the weekend. Not matter how tired I am.

Do not freeze shredded cabbage. 

This past weekend I was so exhausted from camping that I could not get it together to shop on Sunday. Apparently, the sleeping conditions that one finds acceptable when one is 23 is NOT the same sleeping conditions that are acceptable at almost 30. Essentially an Aerobed is now on the camping pack list. So on Sunday I napped rather than grocery shopped. I worked on Monday and Roman had a mental breakdown about going to the store that night. Tuesday morning I got up and raced around like a manic (Do you see a theme of mental instability in our house?) to get to the grocery at 9. R was a precious good boy and I was home and cooking by 10:30. No joke I didn't stop until 6:00 that night. 

Here is my list:

I cooked during the week because we are headed to Murray for the weekend to visit my in-laws. Remember, the inspiration for this project? 

My payout:

Sausage and Veggie-4 meals

Breakfast Casserole-4 meals

Stuffed Peppers-3 meals

Pad Thai- 2 meals

Italian Layer Bake- 4 meals

Quiche-4 meals

Perfect for school to start!!!

Here is some of the crazy going on:

This was when I was prepping the pad Thai. Please look away from the laundry in the middle of the living room.

This is the Italian Layer Bake/Cheesy Meaty Thing/Mighty Good. My friend Jenny brought this to a party once. It's awesome. I attempted to request it for another party by asking for her to please make the "cheesy meaty thing". She had no idea what I was talking about at first and then was like, "oh, the Mighty Good". Huh? So apparently as a child Jenny named her mom's delicious dish the Might Good. Jenny has told me multiple times how to make it. This is usually at a party.So I forgot. I later found a recipe on Pinterest for Italian Layer Bake. I think it's the same. However, when R asks his usual "Mama, whasat?" (adult translation-What's that?I will be telling Roman that this is the Mighty Good. 

As a result of Tuesday's freezer fest, I am officially addicted. 

This past week's menu:

Due to my inability to get off the couch grocery shop, this menu happened, but totally out of order. I moved chicken pita pockets to Monday because it was the only thing I had all the ingredients for. This last minute decision resulted in Lesson Learned number one, see above.

We once again changed Sunday's dinner (are you seeing a pattern here), but we had steak on Tuesday because Warren was home to make it. As you can see, it was very late. Wednesday we had the avocado pasta. I have been habitually forgetting the green salads to go with these dishes. I mean it says it right there. I'm going to try and get that together. The peppers were DELISH, I set them out to thaw on Thursday morning and just stuck them in the oven on 350 for 10-15 minutes. I had sadly canceled my enchiladas on Friday because I thought we would be gone. We weren't, but Warren had the peanut chicken and cabbage (see Lesson Learned number three) solo because R and I ate out with my mom. And now we're off to Murray for calzones tonight (calzones that are so good I refuse to eat them anywhere else) and I swear I thought I overheard my MIL tell my FIL to thaw the fish (this usually means salmon) for tomorrow. True story: My brother in law's best friend went to eat at The Oakroom at The Seelbach as a child. He ordered salmon. When they finished eating, I bathe presence of the waiter, his parents asked him what he thought. He replied, "It was good, but not as good as Fred Thomas'." Fingers crossed.