Showing posts with label meal plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meal plan. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2012

Just How Brave ARE You??


How experimental are you when it comes to what you eat?  I will pretty much try any fruits/veggies/non-once-breathing things.  Having said that, I HATE curry.  It is gross!  I won't even try it anymore!  Ugh!  The exception to fruit would have to be Durian...if Andrew Zimmer gags and spits it out, yeah, no way am I going to be able to choke it down!  Anyway, I've tried over half of them and of the 45 left, I would not eat only 15 of them.  Hey, I'll try almost anything once!!

The Very Good Taste Omnivore's 100 List

Rules:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (I hate curry)
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal (I hate curry)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (I don’t wanna die!!)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99.
Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

My Score:  55

Monday, May 14, 2012

Weekly Meal Plan via the SMARTSHOPPER!

I follow a couponing/deal blog on WRAL.com hosted by a friend of mine and local celebrity, Faye Prosser.  This lady rocks!  She teaches you how to coupon the RIGHT, ETHICAL way!  We call her the "SmartShopper" and her blog is called that too!  Anyway, I just posted my weekly menu plan there so I thought I'd post it here as well!  Hopefully, I will be able to incorporate a few bentos as well!  What do you think??


Monday - Homemade "Hambone Veggie Soup", blueberries/strawberries
Tuesday - Corned Beef Brisket, carrots, potatoes, cabbage (St. Patty's Day again - will be making corned beef hash for breakfast Saturday)
Wednesday - Leftover soup and our fave grilled ham n' cheese topped with a thin slice of tomato (produce box) and fresh basil leaves (YUMMM)
Thursday - Cheese enchiladas (with homemade sauce put up last year), corn on the cob, salad (weekly produce box)
 Friday - my version of Sesame Chicken, broccoli (weekly produce box), roasted new potatoes (produce box) Saturday - HUGE Sea Scallops (Trader Joe's has the BEST), garden peas (produce box), new potatoes (box) and strawberries/blueberries (also from box)
Sunday - Sounds like a great day to use a GROUPON at Backyard Bistro!!
Wow...didn't think I had it in me! Sounds like a yummy week...if I follow through!

Soup is always a win in our house!  Leftovers for lunches!  :)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Pantry Challenge Days 1-3

I have been extremely busy with work so I do apologize for the delay.  Also, to those who have requested directions on how to make the candy bouquet, it's coming...I promise!

The Pantry Challenge is going GREAT!  It's day 3 and I haven't gone to the grocery store - that's a huge accomplishment for me.  I take after my daddy...I love the grocery store - not to mention Harris Teeter is having Super Doubles right now!  Ugh!

We've pretty much stuck with our meal plan.  I did have to sub tonight because there was a container mix up this morning and hubby took the leftover broccoli to work along with the leftover burritos makings!  So, we had instant mashed potatoes in place of the broccoli casserole and I will use the broccoli tomorrow night when he brings it back home.  It's all good!

Some have asked to see my meal plan.  I will post for week 1 tonight and post for week 2 on Sunday.  I will also let you know how well we have stuck to it!  It has actually been nice not having to play the guessing game of what's for lunch and dinner.  We already know!

It will look kind of weird because I am copying and pasting from Excel.  Also,  I used my own version of shorthand to fit everything in the blocks.  R stands for Rich and J stands for Joy!  On Saturday and Sunday we basically eat the same thing except for the mussels...yuck!
How are you doing on meals this week?  Are you trying to use any of your stockpile items?  Share some of your recipes from this week with me please!   :)

Planning, planning, planning,

Joy

WEEK 1  MEAL PLAN






1.3.11-1.7.11














Breakfast Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

J HB muffin HB Muffin HB Muffin oat. w/ raisins fruit waff cer sau,egg,che stk, egg

R poptarts poptarts poptarts poptarts brkfst cass bis w/HB toast

Lunch  J leftov chikrice ham meal leftovers leftovers mini pizzas leftovers HBH, can

R ham meal leftov chikrice leftovers leftovers mini pizzas leftovers gb, gb*

Dinner Baked Chicken Burritos, SC,  filet s N b chicken *chick tacos chuck roast *saus puff


cabbage blk olives, lettuce broccoli cass** stuffing* ricearoni carrots, pots pastry, 


salad broccoli carrots (2) froz gb w/ garl salad pearl onions sopapillas













Snacks nabs 5 TJ crackers




wk 1 hostess 2 oranges







cookies








trailmix








ritz 1 sleeve








choc ball