*** March Home-cooking Challenge!! *** - Page 3

[bronxmom]

3/1 - ate chicken and beer & tagine from our freezer stash of meals
3/2 - pork chops with apples, onions, bourbon sauce with orzo
3/3 - chipotle glazed country ribs with pinto beans in mole sauce & salad
3/4 - Chicken and Chickpea Curry (made earlier in the week and brought to mtng)
3/5 - Beef Stew with meat done in crockpot day before; veggies glazed and added; also made pork braised in milk before pork went bad - need to figure out when to eat it or might shred for freezer
3/6 - Chicken and rice for a substantial lunch; planned dinner out paid for by friend
3/7 - guests over: roast chicken, roast veggies, salad and peach cobbler

[akwifeandmomma]

*** We have a bunch of frozen ground moosemeat to use up, so my frequent/many ground beef meals are actually moose.
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1. Pancakes and smoothies
2. Brown Sugar Meatloaf (love this recipe! I double it and cut the brown sugar and ketchup in half, add oats, garlic...) steamed corn, salad.
3. DH and the kids had Papa Murphy's Pizza, I went out for Teppanyaki with a friend.
4. Burritos.
5. Egg Salad sandwiches, smoothies, veggies with dip.
6. Nachos with leftover burrito meat, leftover veggies with dip, fruit
7. Ordered Pizza. Hubby was painting the kitchen, fridge and stove were totally occupied. Ah well.
8.

[ursusarctos]

Originally Posted by LizzyQ

Welcome! no flames from me.. you might see an occasional frozen pizza here or there with me

Pre-made food from the store is still eating at home!

I have been trying to plan ahead a bit more as I have fallen into the "plan dinner and go shopping the same day and then spend way too much money at the store buying extra stuff" pattern lately and we really need to save some money.

1 - Garam masala-red cabbage-carrot-onion-lamb-tomato stew
2 - Leftovers
3 - Ffy
4 - Green lentil and carrot soup
5 - Mattar paneer
6 - Red cabbage and lamb sausage saute
7 - Leftovers
8 - Curry-carrot-lentil soup
9 - Roast chicken and veggies, cream sauce from drippings
10 - Chicken pot pie
11 - Ground lamb-potato casserole
12 -
13 -
14 -
15 -
16 -

[Alyantavid]

1-dinner at my mom's
2-out
3-waffles, sausage patties for the boys, dh and I had leftovers
4-apples and sausage (leftover), twice baked potatoes, roasted cabbage
5-pizza
6-boys had leftover pizza, I had a fish sandwich and I think dh had cereal
7-hamsteak, roasted potatoes, cauliflower
8-dinner at my mom's

[applecider]

I'm in. I kind of fizzled last month, but I want to do better in March!

1. leftover roast with pepper, onions and cream cheese. Kind of a fajita/philly cheese steak combo if you will.
2. Baked trout, salads
3. leftover trout, quinoa pancakes, green beans
4. noodles with sauce, leftover trout, green beans
5. out with DPs parents, they usually foot the bill
6. leftovers, went to a party, also made some beans in the crockpot
7. went to a friend's for dinner
8. defrosted pork chops, cauliflower saute, salad, whatever else needs to be used up!

[painefaria]

Originally Posted by Belia

Please don 't flame me for the amount of pre-made and packaged food we eat. First of all, I decided to start small and easy. Secondly, I made this decision to cook without actually going to the store and menu planning, so I was flying by the seat of my pants a bit.

I don't think that this crowd is the flaming type Really please feel welcome, we do what we can . Really just trying puts you ahead of most. Really, isn't eating with our families the most important.

[painefaria]

1.) Roast Chicken, Brussel Sprouts, Ginger Carrots for lunch and Hummus and Chips, honey popsicles for dinner
2.) Left over Roast Chicken, baked potatoes, and brussel sprouts (DP/DS lunch $9)
3.) (DP and DS away) - left over chicken, ginger carrots, brussel sprouts
4.) (DP and DS away) - Meetza with caramelized onions and zucchini
5.) (DP and DS away) - Meetza and chips on the road!
6.) Visiting MA - Lunch out $6 for DP and DS and Hamburgers and homemade fries for dinner
7.) Visiting MA - breakfast out $15 sadly not worth it and Chili dogs and salad for dinner
8.) Chicken Picatta and green beans
9.) BBQ Chicken Taco's and Chicken Soup
10.) Possibly Dinner with Friends PLANNED Tilapia Ceveche and salad
11.)
12.)
13.)


I think that the goal is to spend less than $100 in food out this month.
$30/$100

[mbtmom2000]

I'm going to try to do this in March(and in the future hopefully). Dh was laid off this week, so we need to lower the budget and eat from the pantry and freezer.

The meal plan kind of changed this weekend but we still ate in!

1- Chinese Take-Out
2- Quick Zesty Chili with rice and tortilla strips
3- Chicken Sandwiches, Baked Fries
4- Chicken Alfredo with Broccoli and Pesto, chopped salads, garlic toasts
5- Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad,
6- FFY (I had a turkey burger, DH and children had mac and cheese)
7- Broiled Sirloin, Baked Potatoes, Green Beans
8- Slow Cooker Beef Tips, Rice, Corn, Butter Beans, Cornbread

Planned:
9- Chicken Spaghetti, Salad, Green beans
10-Red pepper and Parmesan Tilapia, Red Bell Pepper and Zucchini Couscous, Lemon-Garlic Broccoli
11-Cheddar Ranch Turkey Burgers, Baked Fries, Baked Beans

Dawn

[bluebunny]

1. smoked sausage, homemade macaroni and cheese, peas
2. salad and pizza
3. leftover spaghetti and meatballs
4. ham slices, cheese, crackers, and fruit
5. roast, rice, steamed broccoli
6. honey-bbq chicken drumsticks, sauteed spinach
7. cheeseburgers, steamed broccoli
8. cheese tortellini, salad

[bronxmom]

3/1 - ate chicken and beer & tagine from our freezer stash of meals
3/2 - pork chops with apples, onions, bourbon sauce with orzo
3/3 - chipotle glazed country ribs with pinto beans in mole sauce & salad
3/4 - Chicken and Chickpea Curry (made earlier in the week and brought to mtng)
3/5 - Beef Stew with meat done in crockpot day before; veggies glazed and added; also made pork braised in milk before pork went bad - need to figure out when to eat it or might shred for freezer
3/6 - Chicken and rice for a substantial lunch; planned dinner out paid for by friend
3/7 - guests over: roast chicken, roast veggies, salad and peach cobbler
3/8 - leftover chicken and beer from the freezer stash; down to 5 meals in the freezer; need to rebuild freezer stash - but man did it come in handy tonight

[TripMom]

Wow! What a great thread - I just got 3 great recipe ideas. Lentils and Spinach looks so yummy. As does Brown Rice meatloaf . . . thanks!

We are doing great eating at home - and this will keep me motivated.

[Ianthe]

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

1. (School night) Lentils with Spinach with rice (Ate Lunch Out for my little brother's birthday)
2. Pasta Della California
3. DH cooked steamed veggies and rice with peanut sauce
4. Broccoli/Chickpea/Rice casserole
5. (Lunch Out with my sister. Paid with a Gift cert from Xmas) Dinner: Taco Salad
6. Enchiladas and Spanish Rice
7. MIL ordered Chinese Take-Out
8. (School night) Noodles & Cheeze
9.
10. (School night)


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

[Alyantavid]

1-dinner at my mom's
2-out
3-waffles, sausage patties for the boys, dh and I had leftovers
4-apples and sausage (leftover), twice baked potatoes, roasted cabbage
5-pizza
6-boys had leftover pizza, I had a fish sandwich and I think dh had cereal
7-hamsteak, roasted potatoes, cauliflower
8-dinner at my mom's
9-spaghetti, whatever veggies we have

[_ktg_]

I'm back again - February was a brutal month to our budget and we decided not to stick to the planned menu. Here's to March & a better month all around.

March

1 - Ribs with French Fries & salad
2 - Leftovers from homemade Chinese night
3 - Dinner out ala steak & shake
4 - Homemade pizza with GF crust (DH not a fan) me - pretty good
5 - Chicken Chow Mein with noodles (rice noodles for me!)
6 - Flank Steak with veggies, quinoa and mashed potatoes
7 - Potato Soup
8 - Leftover or "mustgo" night

[caiesmommy]

I did really well last month(ate out x2ish!) but slaked on posting at the end

I'll try and do better posting this month

We eat vegan. Im also gluten free for lent. The very occasional egg might make an appearence

Eating out 2/1-not a great start
Hoping to keep groceries under 90/300

01-thai green curry
02-curry night-red lentil dahl/potato chickpea and rice pilaf
03-pasta(ww for dh/kids, rice for me) w eggplant broc tomato sauce and leftover chickpeas
04-Leftovers-curry/2 types of frozen soup/frozen soy bean patties/coleslaw(fridge/ freezer clean out)
05-OUT FOR LUNCH SUSHI YUMMM -Rice and black beans w sweet potatoes for dinner
06-Take out...missed the bus home/dh was late getting home, no time to cook
07-Ds's night to chose-veggie burgers/grilled veggies/raw veggies/potatoes in the oven
08-Veggie stir fry on rice noodles w thai peanut sauce, cabbage salad
09-Pinto bean soup w masa dumplings, homemade salsa and chips
10-Planned-Chickpea flour pizza "pie"-Chickpea flour pie crust with filling of canned tomatoes, onions, garlic, olives, capers and whatever other yummy stuff
11-Dh's birthday dinner-in-laws taking us to a new vegetarian restaurant YUM

[akwifeandmomma]

*** We have a bunch of frozen ground moosemeat to use up, so my frequent/many ground beef meals are actually moose.

1. Pancakes and smoothies
2. Brown Sugar Meatloaf (love this recipe! I double it and cut the brown sugar and ketchup in half, add oats, garlic...) steamed corn, salad.
3. DH and the kids had Papa Murphy's Pizza, I went out for Teppanyaki with a friend.
4. Burritos.
5. Egg Salad sandwiches, smoothies, veggies with dip.
6. Nachos with leftover burrito meat, leftover veggies with dip, fruit
7. Ordered Pizza. Hubby was painting the kitchen, fridge and stove were totally occupied. Ah well.
8. Pasta Bake - bowties, jarred sauce, canned mushrooms, mozzarella/parmesan. Yum. Easy!
9. I think I'm going to make pancakes for the kids, then head to Costco. Starting South Beach tomorrow.

[bronxmom]

3/1 - ate chicken and beer & tagine from our freezer stash of meals
3/2 - pork chops with apples, onions, bourbon sauce with orzo
3/3 - chipotle glazed country ribs with pinto beans in mole sauce & salad
3/4 - Chicken and Chickpea Curry (made earlier in the week and brought to mtng)
3/5 - Beef Stew with meat done in crockpot day before; veggies glazed and added; also made pork braised in milk before pork went bad - need to figure out when to eat it or might shred for freezer
3/6 - Chicken and rice for a substantial lunch; planned dinner out paid for by friend
3/7 - guests over: roast chicken, roast veggies, salad and peach cobbler
3/8 - leftover chicken and beer from the freezer stash; down to 5 meals in the freezer; need to rebuild freezer stash - but man did it come in handy tonight
3/9 - partner brought turkey sausage/pinto bean chili from freezer stash; kids and i ate out (planned expenditure) with my daughter and her best friend as best friend's present

[Anna06]

I did not take the time to read all the post, but I need to do this!

Also, need to eat what food we already have in the house.

Thanks to all for links and recipes.

[Alyantavid]

1-dinner at my mom's
2-out
3-waffles, sausage patties for the boys, dh and I had leftovers
4-apples and sausage (leftover), twice baked potatoes, roasted cabbage
5-pizza
6-boys had leftover pizza, I had a fish sandwich and I think dh had cereal
7-hamsteak, roasted potatoes, cauliflower
8-dinner at my mom's
9-spaghetti, whatever veggies we have
10-leftovers

[painefaria]

1.) Roast Chicken, Brussel Sprouts, Ginger Carrots for lunch and Hummus and Chips, honey popsicles for dinner
2.) Left over Roast Chicken, baked potatoes, and brussel sprouts (DP/DS lunch $9)
3.) (DP and DS away) - left over chicken, ginger carrots, brussel sprouts
4.) (DP and DS away) - Meetza with caramelized onions and zucchini
5.) (DP and DS away) - Meetza and chips on the road!
6.) Visiting MA - Lunch out $6 for DP and DS and Hamburgers and homemade fries for dinner
7.) Visiting MA - breakfast out $15 sadly not worth it and Chili dogs and salad for dinner
8.) Chicken Picatta and green beans
9.) BBQ Chicken Taco's and Chicken Soup
10.) Lunch Puerto Rican Out $10 and Chips and Hummus with Chicken for dinner
11.)
12.)
13.)


I think that the goal is to spend less than $100 in food out this month.
$40/$100