Menu Monday

Last week's menu:

Monday: Stuffed burgers with goat cheese and spinach, baked sweet potato chips, baked beans
Tuesday: grilled chicken, Annie's whole wheat mac & cheese and sauteed cabbage w/ bacon
Wednesday: pork enchiladas with sour cream and homemade guacamole
Thursday: dinner at my in-laws' house (Ribeye steaks, mac & cheese, corn, green beans, broccoli salad, cuban bread, deviled eggs, cream cheese-stuffed celery and German chocolate cake. No I did NOT lose any weight this week)
Friday: grilled hot wing pizza
Saturday: Panera - Mmm, Fuji Apple Chicken salad - my #3 favorite salad behind #1 the Stonechase Salad and #2 Summer Salad from Crispers
Sunday: Spencer and I split my leftover shrimp Udon from lunch on Friday. He ate all the noodles (and various veggies that I may or may not have said we orange noodles) and I added plain ramon noodles to the rest for me.

Okay, so I've been trying desperately to work on using things in my fridge. Have you heard about putting cabbage on your boobs to help the engorgement subside when you stop breastfeeding? I did it, I can vouch that while it doesn't take the pain away completely, it certainly alleviates it enough to sleep. However, ever since then I've had half a cabbage in my fridge which was still good and I had no idea what to do with it. The only time I've ever cooked cabbage is boiled in a slow cooker with a corned beef for St. Patty's Day, and since my husband doesn't like corned beef, it's been awhile. SO I decided to cook it the way I do brussel sprouts. I mean, sprouts are basically just little cabbages anyhow, right? O-M-G it was awesome. I chopped up the cabbage into manageable pieces, rendered a couple of pieces of chopped-up bacon, added the cabbage and then sauteed until soft. FABULOUS!

Then on Friday I used up the leftover wings from Winghouse that were never going to be eaten (lest I remind, we are not leftover eaters, unless I can reimagine them into something else. Hubby does not really like to eat the same meal twice in one week, including lunch). Chopped up, added a little Frank's Red Hot and honey because there wasn't enough sauce, chunky blue cheese mixed in with ranch and a little cheddar grated on top. Yum!

And only $35 in groceries (plus $35 in diapers and a cute sweater off the clearance rack; I really shouldn't do my grocery shopping at Target). Most of that grocery bill was snack-y food, since I feed Spencer lunch at home 4 days a week and I went to the store hungry (hello Sabra hummus and yogurt-covered raisins).

Honestly, I have no idea what to cook this week. I'm pretty low on supplies from my freezer, and need to do some real shopping. I think I'm going to make soup, maybe this soup. I want to try falafels. I'm completely out of chicken. I feel like just going to the grocery store and meandering through the aisles, but I know that means I'll end up with a lot of things I don't need and still no full meals. I'll have to think on it and make a list - I'll get back to you later.