*** February 2010 Home Cooking Challenge *** - Page 11

[Ianthe]

Everything cooked at home is vegan... lunch is usually leftovers or FFY

1. (School night) Macaroni and cheeze & peas
2. Chickpea Cutlets, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Brussels sprouts.
3. (School night) Babah Ganoush, hummus, pita, stuffed grape leaves.
4. Lunch Out (spent the day out of town)/ Dinner: FFY
5. Baingan Bharta , over basmati rice
6. Chickpeas with Spinach over rice
7. I'm going to a vegan superbowl party, DH & DS1 will be FFY tonight (he is not interested in going with me).
8. (School night) Chickpea Casserole
9. Spinach Dal over rice
10. (School night) Creole "chik'n" and rice
11. Garbanzo Goulash
12. Chili and chips
13. White Bean and Collard Green Soup with french bread
14. (Valentines) Dinner Out (Planned Date to an Indian/Tibetan restaurant)
15. Asparagus-mushroom quiche and rutabagas
16. (Fat Tuesday) New Orleans feast: Black Eyed Pea Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, King Cake
17. (School night) Leftovers
18. (Girls Night in & Guys night out) FFY
19. Scrambled Tortillas, Quinoa and veggies
20. Went out to dinner with my sister, DH went to dinner with his friends
21. Homemade veggie pizza & salad
22. (School night) Cabbage & Noodles
23. Mushroom Stroganoff
24. MIL ordered Chinese take-out
25. Lentils with Spinach and Rice

Planned
26. Red Lentil Cauliflower Curry with rice
27. Lasagna, garlic bread, and Salad
28. Bean Burritos, Spanish rice

October's Challenge
November's Challenge
December's Challenge
January's Challenge
(Keeping track so I remember some yummy recipes!)

[hjrowan]

1/2 Spaghetti bolognase
2/2 Fish tacos
3/2 Spinach and ricotta ravioli with mushroom sauce
4/2 Chicken madras curry with brown rice, raita and mango chutney
5/2 Squash soup with home made bread
6/2 Take out: Burritos/Sopes
7/2 Roast chicken with parsnip puree, broccoli and gravy
8/2 Baked cod sweet potato chips (fries), peas
9/2 Grass-fed beefburgers with cheese, home-made burger buns and pickles
10/2 Thai green chicken curry and brown rice
11/2 Shrimp tacos; peach crisp for dessert
12/2 Boiled eggs and "soldiers" (hot buttered toast with Vegemite, sliced)
13/2 Chicken breast with parmesan crust, salad, home-made rolls
14/2 Butternut squash ravioli with mushroom cream sauce
15/2 Take out: Enchilades
16/2 Mahi mahi, sweet potato mash and peas
17/2 Beef mince sauce and polenta (just gone Gluten Free, this is going to get harder)!!
18/2 Modjadhra (sp?) onion curry
19/2 Roast chicken, salad
20/2 Leftover chicken
21/2 I cannot remember - absolutely no idea!!
22/2 Mushroom and pepper frittata
23/2 Fish tacos
24/2 Steak with mushroom, madeira and cream sauce, broccoli and potatoes
25/2 Spanish omelette and peas

[Alyantavid]

1-dinner at my mom's *dh and ds2 had lunch out
2-stir fry for dh and I, taquitos for the kids
3-bacon, waffles, applesauce
4-steak, baked potatoes, salad
5-pizza night
6-out, but mil bought
7-pork chops, twice baked potatoes
8-I had broccoli cheese soup and a grilled cheese, boys had chili dogs and dh had leftovers
9-trout sandwiches, fries, carrots
10-leftovers *dh ate dinner out
11-out at ds1's basketball game
12-pizza night
13-chili dogs, fries
14-penne with vodka sauce, garlic bread and a pink vanilla cake for dessert
15-baked potatoes
16-tacos
17-leftovers
18-paninis, roasted potatoes, carrots
19-pizza night
20-lunch and dinner out. We were out all day and didn't get home until 7 so that's my excuse there.
21-sloppy joes, baked fries, something with cabbage
22-soup and bread (split pea for dh, tomato for the kids, potato for me)
23-leftovers
24-out
25-chicken strips, fries, roasted cabbage
26-pizza night

[Alyantavid]

1-dinner at my mom's *dh and ds2 had lunch out
2-stir fry for dh and I, taquitos for the kids
3-bacon, waffles, applesauce
4-steak, baked potatoes, salad
5-pizza night
6-out, but mil bought
7-pork chops, twice baked potatoes
8-I had broccoli cheese soup and a grilled cheese, boys had chili dogs and dh had leftovers
9-trout sandwiches, fries, carrots
10-leftovers *dh ate dinner out
11-out at ds1's basketball game
12-pizza night
13-chili dogs, fries
14-penne with vodka sauce, garlic bread and a pink vanilla cake for dessert
15-baked potatoes
16-tacos
17-leftovers
18-paninis, roasted potatoes, carrots
19-pizza night
20-lunch and dinner out. We were out all day and didn't get home until 7 so that's my excuse there.
21-sloppy joes, baked fries, something with cabbage
22-soup and bread (split pea for dh, tomato for the kids, potato for me)
23-leftovers
24-out
25-chicken strips, fries, roasted cabbage
26-pizza night
27-soup, panini's
28-quesadillas

Ok, so 6 meals eaten out. Not great, but not too terrible. We're going on vacation next month, so I don't have high hopes for doing very well then either.

[painefaria]

1 left over chicken chili and chips (I didn't even have to make it, a friend dropped it off Thanks Angel!)
2 Homemade Moo Shu Chicken and it was quite excellent to make it gluten free do not use hoisin sauce and only use La choy soy sauce
3 Roast with onions and mushroom with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables
4 Black Bean Burgers with Homemade Fries
5 Vietnamese out $22.00 with Homemade Gluten free Chocolate Cake with Marshmallow Frosting (elana's pantry)
6 Portugese Pork Chops and sauteed Spinach and Homemade Chocolate Chip cookies for DP **NOT Gluten Free** She says they are the best ever and I really am lacking at the chocolate chip cookie baking
7 Superbowl Party!!! We had wings, Homemade crabcakes, Nacho dip and salad.
8 We ate a late lunch out... $15.00 and really didn't eat dinner.
9 Breakfast for dinner (I think, I can't remember)
10 Hot Dogs with Mashed Potatoes and bacon
11 Indian Buffet $22 for lunch and snacks for dinner
12 Crockpot Stew for lunch probably snacks for dinner
13/14 on vacation in Brooklyn NY $16 lunch at whole foods
15 Shrimp in a garlic and butter sauce, Leftover Stew and bananas
16 eggs and potato pancakes
17 zucchini "spaghetti" with Meatballs and Sauce
18 Leftovers for me and a sub with Fries for DP and DS $10
19 ate out Chili's Gift cards from Christmas
20 FFY and popcorn for snack
21 Burgers and Fries with spinach
22 I forget But we ate at home
23 BBQ porkloin tacos with salad
24 Leftovers
25 Vietnamese Take out $24
26 Fried Shrimp and Chicken fingers with Salad
27 DATE NIGHT!!! $17
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Total eating out cost - $127 not including the two meals out in NY that our hosts paid for and the Chili's Gift certificates

[Ianthe]

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Everything cooked at home is vegan... lunch is usually leftovers or FFY

1. (School night) Macaroni and cheeze & peas
2. Chickpea Cutlets, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Brussels sprouts.
3. (School night) Babah Ganoush, hummus, pita, stuffed grape leaves.
4. Lunch Out (spent the day out of town)/ Dinner: FFY
5. Baingan Bharta , over basmati rice
6. Chickpeas with Spinach over rice
7. I'm going to a vegan superbowl party, DH & DS1 will be FFY tonight (he is not interested in going with me).
8. (School night) Chickpea Casserole
9. Spinach Dal over rice
10. (School night) Creole "chik'n" and rice
11. Garbanzo Goulash
12. Chili and chips
13. White Bean and Collard Green Soup with french bread
14. (Valentines) Dinner Out (Planned Date to an Indian/Tibetan restaurant)
15. Asparagus-mushroom quiche and rutabagas
16. (Fat Tuesday) New Orleans feast: Black Eyed Pea Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, King Cake
17. (School night) Leftovers
18. (Girls Night in & Guys night out) FFY
19. Scrambled Tortillas, Quinoa and veggies
20. Went out to dinner with my sister, DH went to dinner with his friends
21. Homemade veggie pizza & salad
22. (School night) Cabbage & Noodles
23. Mushroom Stroganoff
24. MIL ordered Chinese take-out
25. Lentils with Spinach and Rice
26. Ate out (Kind of for a homework assignment, so it was a good excuse )
27. Red Lentil Cauliflower Curry with rice
28. Italian rice and beans

I ate out much more than I planned to

October's Challenge
November's Challenge
December's Challenge
January's Challenge
(Keeping track so I remember some yummy recipes!)

[bluebunny]

1. Chicken pockets, butternut squash, green beans
2. Sandwiches and soup
3. Crab cakes and salad
4. leftovers/sandwiches
5. DS and I ended up using a gift card to eat fast food and DH and DD fended for themselves.
6. chili potluck with family
7. pork carnitas, black beans, rice, guacamole
8. chicken pot pie
9. leftovers
10. sausage/potato/kale soup with French bread, roasted butternut squash
11. leftovers
12. frozen pizza (brownies made with black beans!)
13. family dinner at a restaurant -- parents treat
14. chicken salad on French bread, sauteed kale, broccoli (fish sticks for kids)
15. fried rice with chicken, potstickers, chocolate chip cookies
16. spinach/cheese ravioli and broccoli
17. chicken tenders and fries (frozen)
18. leftovers
19 - 21 road trip to a friend's house for the weekend
22. sandwiches/cereal
23. baked ziti with sausage, salad, French bread, and chocolate cake
24. hot dogs and salad
25. leftovers - ziti
26. leftovers, sauteed spinach
27. salad, rice,chicken strips
28. spaghetti, meatballs, rapini (bread pudding)

We did well this month, only eating out during our roadtrip but several meals were at my friend's house. On to March!!

[mnnice]

Feb 1--German night! DH made schnitzel and spatzle and green peas. Very good for never having made anything like it before.
Feb 2-- Mexican night--ended up with pork tacos
Feb 3-- Chinese night--had sweet and sour pork with lots of veggies and rice
Feb 4--not pork, maybe something Thai since we have fresh bean mung bean sprouts ready to go. We ended up with spagetti and red sauce and olive tapenade on bread. Italian night
Feb 5--pho so I guess it was Vietnamese night. DH and DS2 ended up at the Burger King playland for lunch too.
Feb 6--Thai lunch--end up with big meal mid-day and made Pad Thai with tofu the rest of the bean sprouts and leftover rice noodles.
Feb 7--DH has a giant ham in the crock pot. I am not sure if really for today or just for lunches for the rest of the month lol. DH thinks we should keep up with a different ethinicity for the rest of the month. I want to try to make injara and a eithopian dinner and he is talking about lefse and cod. I sort of doubt we can make a whole month, but so far it has been fun. We had wings and chips and guac.
Feb. 8--ham and bean soup and some really good cornbread muffins.
Feb. 9--frozen pizza
Feb 10--steak, green beans, and potatos (and we went to a coffee shop for some local music and had desert too--$6)
Feb 11--went out for mexican with a coupon and spent $22
Feb 12--soup with chicken broth, chickpeas, onions, carrots, garlic, pasta and cherizo (DH went out with some friends)
Feb 13--homemade ice cream--chunky monkey (my contribution to dinner at friend's)
Feb 14--steak and lobster, garlic mashed potatos, steamed veggies (brocilli, carrots, and red pepper) plus cheap sparkling wine. The steak was leftover and the lobster tails were only $6 total. DS1 and I had fun setting the table with the good china and candles too. Even the kids seemed to enjoy the "fancy" aspect of it.
Feb 15--curry with lots of squash and lamb in it
Feb 16--spagetti and noodles
Feb 17--we ate ate home what exactly?
Feb 18--baked potato soup
Feb 19--garden burgers, baked beans, and potato salad
Feb 20--homemade pizza
Feb 21--noon meal at a church event and supper a free pizza and a pitcher of soda at the local arcade type place (think chuck e. cheese with pizza that's actually tasty) Not a very healthy eating day, but not budget draining either.
Feb 22-crab legs and salad (DH and DS2 went out for lunch too)
Feb 23- ??
Feb 24-chicken marsala and noodles salad
Feb 25--baked fish, veggies and potato
Feb 26--general tsoa tofu with rice and veggies
Feb 27--lasange, salad, and garlic bread
Feb 28--homemade summer sausage, crackers, raw veggies and dip (DH and kiddos went out for lunch)

Total eating out 1 nice dinner, 1 out for desert, 1 pitcher of pop at the arcade, Dh and DSs had one fast food lunch and two sport bar type lunches. DH also went to a fish fry with his buddies one night. Other note DH should stay away from the seafood counter . It has produced some good meals, but not the best for the budget or very sensical when we have so much meat in the freezer.

[_ktg_]

Goal - eat out 1x dinner this month.


February

1 - Flank Steak with sauteed asparagus and mashed potatoes
2 - Speghetti with Meatballs & homemade garlic cheese bread]
3 - Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup
4 - Tri-Tip steak with rice & sauteed baby bok choy
5 - Take & bake pizza for the boys & rice & beans for me
6 - Homemade pizzas at friends house
7 - Quesadillas (beef/bean, cheese) & chicken wings (for DH)
8 - Grocery Shopping, but grabbed chicken from the deli & with sides
9 - Brinner for Dinner (for the boys), meeting night for me FFY
10 -Chinese Take out for dinner
11 - can't remember, so wasn't that great of a dinner
12 - Homemade pizza & Meatballs with homemade sauce over fresh spinach
13 - Leftovers night/clean the fridge out
14 - Flank steak with mashed potatoes, & fresh spinach salad
15 - Speghetti with homemade meatsauce (i had rice noodles- yum!)
16 - Homemade Blackbean soup (thanks Caiesmommy!)
17 - Cheeseburgers & fries
18 - Risotto with spinach & chicken & Brinner for the boys
19 - Chicken Tikka Masala with carmelized onion & potatoes
20 - FFY for DH & me/boys chicken noodle soup
21 - Meatloaf with mashed potatoes & veggies
22 - Homemade Pizza/_ktg_ cabbage rolls in chicken broth
23 - Brinner for dinner/ _ktg_ FFY
24 - Late getting out of work, eye appt - so Dinner out Wendy's drive thru
25 - Leftovers TBD
26 - Dinner out - Pizza for friend in visiting in town
27 - Chinese night- Fried Rice, Chix Lo Mein & Mongolian beef
28 - Roasted chicken with potatoes & brussel sprouts

[painefaria]

1 left over chicken chili and chips (I didn't even have to make it, a friend dropped it off Thanks Angel!)
2 Homemade Moo Shu Chicken and it was quite excellent to make it gluten free do not use hoisin sauce and only use La choy soy sauce
3 Roast with onions and mushroom with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables
4 Black Bean Burgers with Homemade Fries
5 Vietnamese out $22.00 with Homemade Gluten free Chocolate Cake with Marshmallow Frosting (elana's pantry)
6 Portugese Pork Chops and sauteed Spinach and Homemade Chocolate Chip cookies for DP **NOT Gluten Free** She says they are the best ever and I really am lacking at the chocolate chip cookie baking
7 Superbowl Party!!! We had wings, Homemade crabcakes, Nacho dip and salad.
8 We ate a late lunch out... $15.00 and really didn't eat dinner.
9 Breakfast for dinner (I think, I can't remember)
10 Hot Dogs with Mashed Potatoes and bacon
11 Indian Buffet $22 for lunch and snacks for dinner
12 Crockpot Stew for lunch probably snacks for dinner
13/14 on vacation in Brooklyn NY $16 lunch at whole foods
15 Shrimp in a garlic and butter sauce, Leftover Stew and bananas
16 eggs and potato pancakes
17 zucchini "spaghetti" with Meatballs and Sauce
18 Leftovers for me and a sub with Fries for DP and DS $10
19 ate out Chili's Gift cards from Christmas
20 FFY and popcorn for snack
21 Burgers and Fries with spinach
22 I forget But we ate at home
23 BBQ porkloin tacos with salad
24 Leftovers
25 Vietnamese Take out $23
26 Fried Shrimp and Chicken fingers with Salad
27 DATE NIGHT!!! $17
28 Meatballs and Sauce


So we probably ate out more often than most around here but we really made a dent in the basement freezer, which I was able to inventory on 2/28, and spend more time as a family planning and making meals. This alone makes this a positive step. I think that we will join you next month and hopefully this will continue




Total eating out cost - $126 not including the two meals out in NY that our hosts paid for and the Chili's Gift certificates

[Ianthe]

March thread: http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1200902