*October* Home Cooked Challenge! - Page 6

[RoadWorkAhead]

Just keep cooking, just keep cooking...

1: Deceptively Delicious Lasgna w/ cookie brownie bars
2: Cheese dip and left overs
3: Fake sloppy joes
4: Sandwiches
5: Sloppy Joe Rotini w/ apple crisp
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[mnnice]

I just lurked last month and found the thread inspiring. DH and DS2 are spending a few days away (grandma's and a job interview so things will get a bit wonky.

1-- Dh and kids had tacos. I had a work potluck and slacked and brought nothing
2--Dh made curry
3--bean, veggie, and a tiny amount of leftover ham soup with cornbread
4--homemade pizza
5--chili

[maryeliz]

This time I'm only going to note if food isn't homemade.

1) shepard's pie
2) eggs on toast
3) cream cheese-stuffed hot pepper, oatmeal cookies (weird)
4) pizza
5) fried rice
6) Squash stuffed with sausage and apples, chard on the side (this was so good, as long as week keep getting CSA squash, it is going on the regular rotation)
7) Calzones-with leftover sausage, chard on the side
8)eggplant parm (made this weekend and froze), kale on the side
9) patty melts, homefries
10) Garlic, Kale, rice soup
11) Tofu pot pie
12) egg on toast, collards
13) stuffed peppers

[velochic]

1 - Chili and cornbread
2 - Papa Murphy's (50% off coupon; I work late)
3 - Grilled beef fillet with bernaise sauce, sweet peas, and homemade scratch rolls
4 - Dorowat (Ethiopian chicken and onion dish) over rice
5 - FFY (fend for yourself, I work late, dh works late)
6 - ham and beans with cornbread, tossed salad
6 - Breakfast hash (sausage, potato, red pepper, onion, egg, spices) & toast

I forgot to soak the beans last night. I worked late and just forgot. This is the great thing about having a well-stocked pantry. I was able to quickly adjust without ordering in or going out. I guess I'll do the beans on Thursday.

This is the sad part. I called my mom from work this morning. She lives with us and is almost 70 years old, but still quite able-bodied. I told her I forgot to soak the beans and asked if she would do the quick soak method for me and I'd finish them off when I got home. She didn't know how to do it. She didn't *want* to learn how to do it and didn't want me to walk her through it. I don't mean to be critical, but what person, born during WWII, doesn't know how to soak beans???? She is so useless in the kitchen it makes me cringe!! How can someone live so long and be so inadequate in the kitchen? Sorry for the rant. I just love to cook so much and it would be awesome to have someone (like Clara) to learn more "old-timey" ways from.

[dachshundqueen]

Tonight is white bean and swiss chard soup, with roasted acorn squash halves and Japanese sweet potatoes.

Mmm.

Liz

[mommyto4grits]

Thank you for starting this up! I loved doing this last month, and only ate out 4 times! I don't think that has ever happened before last month.

01- Halloween Pasta/Salad
02- Tacos/Mexican @ Bible Study
03- Fish Sticks/Rice/Corn
04- Picked up Pizza & Salad
05- Lasagna/Salad
06- Stirfry
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[dachshund mom]

I'll join! I'm embarrased about how often we get takeout. It was weekends - Sat and Sun - because we'd be busy. Them DH got Fridays off, so we'd go out then too. Then Papa Johns started $5.99 large pizzas on Mondays, and that's a great deal... Ugh, it's out of hand. My goal is to cut back to twice a week.

S 4- chicken tenders, zucchini, rice
M 5- pizza (takeout)
T 6- spaghetti, cucumber
W 7- chicken enchiladas, salad
T 8- leftovers
F 9- our anniversary, maybe I'll cook steak
S 10- block party potluck, taking a pasta salad
S 11- Out??
M 12- must resist cheap pizza
T 13-

[caiesmommy]

I'm in..I did pretty well last month, but got lazy posting...This month I'm trying to improve

Should post that everything is vegan...unless stated

1-Leftover vegan Jamaican Patties...FANTASTIC!!!
2. I worked and the in-laws took dh and the kids out for dinner...DRIVES ME NUTS! He has ONE night where he has to cook for the kids and his parents take him out almost every fri so he doesn't have too
3. I defrosted homemade tomato sauce, made a mixture of all of our half bags of pasta topped it with hemp seeds and we had roasted spicy potatoes, and peas and corn for dinner...seriously I have no idea what I just cooked..but it was good AND I didn't cave on take out
4. Potato, caulifloer, peas, beans curry on rice...yum!
5. Got called into work so dc ended up w Grandparents, they fed ds Boston Pizza pasta, dh had leftover curry and I forgot my dinner...so I just pigged out on leftover curry and tortilla chips
6. Homemade vegetable/bean/rice soup using the leftover rice frm curry and beans that didn't get thrown in w a ton of herbs frm the garden. And yeastless/wholewheat rea/cracker type thing w rosemary, garlic, basil s and p....Dh finished off the bread in to time...Loved the soup too..lucky I made a big batch for lunch tomorro and hopefully some to freeze

[Ianthe]

1. MIL cooked [vegan] tater-tot casserole.
2. Pasta Della California (Veganomicon) with garlic toast
3. Chana Masala/basmati rice
4. Bean & TVP chili with tortilla chips
5. (School night) Boca Chick'n nuggets, tator tots and toast (Cooked at home, but packaged & processed!)
6. (School night) Frozen pizza
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[Keeta]

1 - Leftovers from Macaroni Grill (my mom took us out for lunch; not an auspicious start, I know. )
2 - Homemade veggie burgers (no recipe, and turned out pretty great!), tater tots and broiled green beans on the side
3 - Ate at Parents' - they brought in dinner (pasta & salad)
4 - Honeybaked Lentils with chopped yams, corn-on-the-cob from the garden (!!)
5 - West African Peanut Stew (from the freezer, woo-hoo!), fresh baked whole wheat bread and Peach-Plum Crisp for dessert.
6 - "Cheesy" Chickpea Shepherd's Pie. SO GOOD. Doubled the milk+flour in the recipe (tip from another MDC mom )

[Kismet_fw]

I worked today, and then had to go to HIS work so we could choose our next-year health/dental/vision insurance stuff (thank GOD we have that, he actually admitted he has to get his dental work done!) We knocked some of our costs down by choosing certain options, that will help us save up the out-of-pocket part of what we know needs done.

01 - cheeseburgers, frozen mozarella sticks
02 - (planned and made ahead, my house smells yummy!) pot of beans with smoked pork, biscuits for dinner, and we made mac & cheese for lunch.
03 - eggplant parmesan with spaghetti and ragu, with garlic bread on the side, so good!
04 - take-out from Sonic
05 - made up for the take-out, it was grilled cheese sandwiches
06 - pork chops, green beans, bread & butter

[RoadWorkAhead]

Just keep cooking, just keep cooking...

1: Deceptively Delicious Lasgna w/ cookie brownie bars
2: Cheese dip and left overs
3: Fake sloppy joes
4: Sandwiches
5: Sloppy Joe Rotini w/ apple crisp
6: Leftover fend for yourself - Mama is sick! ETA: Food delivered by awesome friend Cottage Pie
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[ursusarctos]

Originally Posted by dachshundqueen

Need ideas for leftover ratatouille that didn't go over well the first or second time. (originally served with baked ziti)

Liz

Spaghetti sauce?

[RoadWorkAhead]

Originally Posted by Keeta

1 - Leftovers from Macaroni Grill (my mom took us out for lunch; not an auspicious start, I know. )
2 - Homemade veggie burgers (no recipe, and turned out pretty great!), tater tots and broiled green beans on the side
3 - Ate at Parents' - they brought in dinner (pasta & salad)
4 - Honeybaked Lentils with chopped yams, corn-on-the-cob from the garden (!!)
5 - West African Peanut Stew (from the freezer, woo-hoo!), fresh baked whole wheat bread and Peach-Plum Crisp for dessert.
6 - "Cheesy" Chickpea Shepherd's Pie. SO GOOD. Doubled the milk+flour in the recipe (tip from another MDC mom )

Yum! I think I'm going to have to try this one soon

[mommyto4grits]

Thank you for starting this up! I loved doing this last month, and only ate out 4 times! I don't think that has ever happened before last month.

01- Halloween Pasta/Salad
02- Tacos/Mexican @ Bible Study
03- Fish Sticks/Rice/Corn
04- Picked up Pizza & Salad
05- Lasagna/Salad
06- Stirfry
07- Spaghetti/Garlic Bread/Salad
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[Alyantavid]

1-tomato soup, bread *dh did get lunch out for all of us
2-pizza
3-baked potatoes and chili *dh got us breakfast out
4-ham steak, roasted potatoes, carrots and peas
5-we were supposed to eat at my mom's but we're sick so dh and I had chicken noodle soup and bruschetta, the boys had chili dogs
6-fried potatoes
7-pancakes, sausage patties, apples

[mnnice]

Originally Posted by mnnice

I just lurked last month and found the thread inspiring. DH and DS2 are spending a few days away (grandma's and a job interview so things will get a bit wonky.

1-- Dh and kids had tacos. I had a work potluck and slacked and brought nothing
2--Dh made curry
3--bean, veggie, and a tiny amount of leftover ham soup with cornbread
4--homemade pizza
5--chili

6-chili dogs( so not my favorite, but everybody else liked it) raw veggies and dip, baked beans
7--homemade oven baked fries, sauted veggies (mostly swiss chard), and frozen breaded fish (they were on sale and really inexpensive)
8--? leftovers (it will be just ds1 and I)

[caiesmommy]

I'm in..I did pretty well last month, but got lazy posting...This month I'm trying to improve

Should post that everything is vegan...unless stated

1-Leftover vegan Jamaican Patties...FANTASTIC!!!
2. I worked and the in-laws took dh and the kids out for dinner...DRIVES ME NUTS! He has ONE night where he has to cook for the kids and his parents take him out almost every fri so he doesn't have too
3. I defrosted homemade tomato sauce, made a mixture of all of our half bags of pasta topped it with hemp seeds and we had roasted spicy potatoes, and peas and corn for dinner...seriously I have no idea what I just cooked..but it was good AND I didn't cave on take out
4. Potato, caulifloer, peas, beans curry on rice...yum!
5. Got called into work so dc ended up w Grandparents, they fed ds Boston Pizza pasta, dh had leftover curry and I forgot my dinner...so I just pigged out on leftover curry and tortilla chips
6. Homemade vegetable/bean/rice soup using the leftover rice frm curry and beans that didn't get thrown in w a ton of herbs frm the garden. And yeastless/wholewheat rea/cracker type thing w rosemary, garlic, basil s and p....Dh finished off the bread in to time...Loved the soup too..lucky I made a big batch for lunch tomorro and hopefully some to freeze
7. Dh worked late and I was sick, so ds had peanut butter sandwich, apple, veg juice and I had soup

[Kismet_fw]

01 - cheeseburgers, frozen mozarella sticks
02 - (planned and made ahead, my house smells yummy!) pot of beans with smoked pork, biscuits for dinner, and we made mac & cheese for lunch.
03 - eggplant parmesan with spaghetti and ragu, with garlic bread on the side, so good!
04 - take-out from Sonic
05 - made up for the take-out, it was grilled cheese sandwiches
06 - pork chops, green beans, bread & butter
07 - the end of the pot of beans, there was still plenty
08 - pork roast if I have time to put it in (DD may be going into labor) - otherwise sandwiches.

[Ianthe]

1. MIL cooked [vegan] tater-tot casserole.
2. Pasta Della California (Veganomicon) with garlic toast
3. Chana Masala/basmati rice
4. Bean & TVP chili with tortilla chips
5. (School night) Boca Chick'n nuggets, tator tots and toast (Cooked at home, but packaged & processed!)
6. (School night) Frozen pizza
7. Vegan alfredo with macaroni noodles and toast
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