Monday, March 18, 2013

3/3/13 to 3/17/13

It was great having the boys a little longer than usual.  I ran a long race (the "Long Play 33 1/3" race), so they came over a little earlier on Sunday so we could go out to eat together.  We went to Bonefish Grill.

Sunday  (3/3) - Bonefish Grill.  I had shrimp and scallops with pan Asian sauce

Monday - Publix fried chicken meal deal

Tuesday - ???

Wednesday - Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches

Thursday - Curried lentils and rice

Friday - Just Tom and I for dinner, so we had Salmon, rice, snow peas, and shrimp (it was on sale, couldn't pass it up!

Saturday - Beef O'Brady's - I hadn't been there since right before Iron Horse race last year when I was in Palatka

Sunday - Burgers on the grill (Grill master night!)

Monday - Spaghetti and meatballs

Tuesday - Marinated grilled chicken, rice, corn

Wednesday - Tomato soup and grilled cheese

Thursday - Eggs in fiery tomatoes (from the back of A.1. bold and spicey) - eggs cooked in crushed tomatoes with A1 bold & spicy and crushed red peppers, served on top of corn tostados

Friday - just Tom and I again - grilled salmon (bought a pound!), rice and snow peas

Saturday - Tom's choice night so we did not go out to eat like we usually do on Saturday nights, spaghetti and meatballs!

Sunday (3/17) - grilled sirloin, boiled cabbage and julienne potatoes

Sunday, February 24, 2013

2-18-13 to 2-24-13

This week went a little bit smoother I think

Monday - eggs in fiery tomatoes
Tuesday - Soup and grilled cheese (co-jack, asiago, and bacon) (cupcakes for dessert for Jenny's bday)
Wednesday - Breakfast for dinner, scrambled eggs, bacon and toast
Thursday - spaghetti and meatballs
Friday - Bite night (including grilled salmon for Tom and rice)
Saturday - belt test celebration dinner at Ichiban Sushi
Sunday - Grillmaster Special - grilled quail, asparagus, roasted rosemary potatoes,multi grain baguette.

2-3-13 to 2-10-13

There was one extra day since the boys came over a little bit early due to the Super Bowl

Sun - Super Bowl bites dinner
(Andy was not feeling well starting on Monday morning, flu type B)
Mon - Roast beef dipper sandwiches
Tue - Soup and grilled cheese
Wed - Chicken Enchilladas
Thu - I think we had chicken??
Fri -  Spaghetti night was delayed by one day, so we had it tonight instead.
Sat - went out to eat as Andy's appetite was back
Sunday - went to parents house and had dinner with them and Aunt Margaret, Uncle Dan, cousin Matt and his wife Michelle and their three kids.  Had Uncle Dan's gravy with meatballs and sausage and a whole bunch of other stuff

1-21-13 to 1-27-13 (to be filled in)

I'm drawing big blank on this week !!! (maybe I have some notes someplace)

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

1/3/13 to 1/13/13 Post Holiday, tail of Winter Break

Thu. 1/3/13 - Roast beef dippers.  Boys came back from Texas the evening before and came back to the house early to spend the rest of Winter break at the house.

Fri 1/4/13 - Publix Fried chicken, rice, sugar snap peas, grapes - Tom's friend Alex stayed over

Sat 1/5/13 - Steak N Shake.  A little different from usual Saturday night going out but first choice Chilli's was way too busy, the change of pace was fun

Sun 1/6/13 - Fried Rice .  My first attempt at this, need to make the rice day before next time as it should be chilled first so it doesn't get too sticky when cooking it again.

Mon 1/7/13 - Went out to Buffalo Wild Wings to do something a little bit fun for the very last day of winter break.

Tue 1/8/13 - Roast chicken, corn, taboule salad (I didn't really cook this, it was Publix again )

Wed 1/9/13 - Curried Lentils with Rice.  I love this one and cooking it makes me really feel like I'm really cooking.  I cook the lentils in the morning and then do the currying in the evening.  Andy gets the rice started for me.

Thu 1/10/13 - Spaghetti Night!!

Fri 1/11/13 - Salmon, rice, sugar snap peas.  Was just Tom and I tonight as Andy was at a friends house.

1/12/13 - Brick Oven Pizza!  Andy's friend Connor was over and ate out with us.  My parents came over after dinner so we could try and finish the Monopoly city game started before Christmas.

1/13/13 - Steak "Restaurant".  No, we didn't go out, I said we would just pretend.  Flank steak, corn, potatoes au gratin and salad

A pretty good week for eating, reasonable mix of eating out and at home.  I could do better, but I could be doing a lot worse!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

12-10-12 to 12-16-12, and Christmas

12/10 Monday - Roast Beef Dipper sandwiches

12/11 Tuesday  - Costco pizza with added pepperoni and fresh basil from backyard, fried
 rice for Tom - then, later made homemade chocolate chip cookies, my first attempt ever.  They came out pretty good!

12/12  Wednesday -  broiled Chicken (perdue premarinated breasts), rice, broccoli  (I'm usually a griller, this was the first time I used the broiler by myself - yeah, kind of sad, but I do like the grill a lot better!!

12/13 Thursday - spaghetti and meatballs with pepperoni mixed into sauce (andy loved this), I love spaghetti night.  The old pot we used to have for spaghetti is gone, but I had this huge pot that I originally bought for making beer.  It was way too big but is kind of fun in a way.  Nice having some new rituals.

12/14  Friday - Domino's pizza ( whoops )

12/15  Saturday - Grillmaster night - new york strip (it was on sale, about same price as sirloin), homemade cherry soda, grilled asparagus, rice, fruit salad  (had a friend of one of the kids over for dinner)

12/16  Outback Steak  house

12/18 - Special night out with the kids for my birthday, parents treated us to Bonefish which I had picked then we stopped back at the house for cake before I took the kids back to the apartment

12/25 - My first ever Christmas dinner cooked and served by me.  My parents originally wanted us to come over but I wanted to let the kids spend as much time at home for Christmas as possible.  I cooked filet mignon for myself and the kids, lobster tails for all of us, and portobello mushrooms for my parents, along with grilled asparagus and roasted potatoes with rosemary.   My parents brought some bread, salad, and dessert.  I also picked out a bottle of Rioja with dinner and some

12/26 - we didn't do too much today besides relaxing.  For dinner it was assorted leftovers.