Category Archives: menu plan Monday

In which we wage battle against some old wallpaper

Rockford got home from a 12-day overseas trip late Thursday night, and I greeted him with hugs and a completed house project. We’ve been talking about taking down the wallpaper in both bathrooms and repainting — one of many projects we planned to do when we moved in and have yet to start — and I figured I could get one of them done while he was gone. I told him that I was working on a surprise for him; he thought I was making a scrapbook. I’m not known for my DIY prowess. I spent the better part of five evenings on a ladder, but I got it done. I was pretty pleased with myself.

We started on the second bathroom this weekend, and so far it’s been a lot more work. There’s more wallpaper, for one thing, and from what we can tell it was applied straight to the drywall with no primer so it’s been a bit of a beast to remove. I’m hoping we’ll have it done by the end of the week.

Here’s what we’ll be eating this week!

Monday: BLAs
The good bacon was on sale!

Tuesday: Chicken enchilada casserole
I was going to make this tonight, but I forgot the chicken and it’s cold outside and warm in here and I don’t want to go out.

Wednesday: Meaty macaroni
Pete requested this. It’s a Velveeta boxed thing.

Thursday: Pizza subs
And Poppy requested this!

I’m linking this up with OrgJunkie.com’s weekly Menu Plan Monday thing.

A menu plan whilst I watch ‘Galavant’

Have you been watching “Galavant”? It’s not the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, but I’ve been enjoying it enough to keep watching it. I can envision the songs popping up at lots of high school talent shows.

Without further ado: Here’s our menu plan for the week.

Monday: Cheeseburgers
We’re going to check out another kids-eat-free night!

Tuesday: Sizzling Rice Soup
My mom is going to be visiting, and she’s requested another go at sizzling rice soup.

Wednesday: Spaghetti
I thought I had spaghetti makings on hand when I made my menu plan. I still haven’t checked to see whether or not I was right.

Thursday: Festival of Frozens
This is that thing where we go to Trader Joe’s and we all pick out an individual frozen entree.

Friday: Pizza

I’m linking this up with OrgJunkie.com’s weekly Menu Plan Monday thing.

I firmly resolve to make a perfect bowl of Sizzling Rice Soup

This year I made one New Year’s resolution: To finally figure out how to make Sizzling Rice Soup. I’ve tried to make it once or twice before, but I’ve never been able to get the broth to taste just right. I did some research while we were on the road for Christmas, and I started to pull together a plan.

I started my Sizzling Rice Soup 2015 challenge on Saturday. I tried miso soup for the first time last year, and I thought the flavor I was missing might be hiding in there. So I used a miso mix in my soup this time, and it turned out pretty well. The broth is still a bit too heavy, though, and I can’t quite get the rice right. I baked it to dry it out and then I fried it lightly just before adding it to the soup, but it didn’t get crisp enough and it didn’t sizzle. So basically we had Slightly Chewy Rice Soup. I think I may need to invest in a little deep fryer to get it right.

One does not live on Sizzling Rice Soup alone, however, so it’ll be a few weeks until I try it again. Here’s what we’re having this week for dinner:

Monday: Bacon, lettuce and avocado sandwiches
I didn’t get any special bread, nor did I buy the fancy bacon. But there’s still bacon and avocado involved, so it’ll still be a satisfactory sandwich.

Tuesday: Ravioli lasagna
The world’s simplest/laziest lasagna!

Wednesday: Chicken mafé
I’d planned to have a coconut curry chicken, but the sauce I normally buy wasn’t available. Poppy spotted an African peanut sauce and thought it sounded good, and I’m certainly not going to deny her the opportunity to try a new food.

Thursday: Fish sticks and mac & cheese
This was another Poppy request. It isn’t my favorite, so there’s a pretty good chance I’ll just be having a salad.

Friday: Pizza
Friday is usually pizza night, but I might switch it up this week.

I’m linking this up with OrgJunkie.com’s weekly Menu Plan Monday thing.