I have been planning a menu for our meals and very seldom do I actually eat the meals I intend to. I keep this record so I will know for future meal planning what works and what doesn't (Mostly what doesn't) Life and desires get in the way of my plans most of the time.
This was planned for last week:
✓. Stuffed boneless leg of lamb or baked ham, potatoes, asparagus, salad, coconut custard pie
✓. Spaghetti or zoodles w/ meat sauce, tossed salad, garlic bread
✓. Pork roast, rice or cauli rice, brussels sprouts
✓. Salad meal
✓. Out to eat
X. Burgers on the grill and fixings
✓. Take out smoked chicken wings . (I got home from Nashville at dinner time and was not going to cook.)
And this is what really happened:
Finally, I had a week where we ate mostly what I had actually intended to eat. It is a rare thing for me
Monday: I was in Nashville until about 2:30 Monday. Had a wonderful visit with my friend Sandy then drove home. Mom had appointments with 2 doctors Tuesday so I had to be back Monday night in order to have her at her first appointment early Tuesday morning. Luckily my friend lives on the south side of Nashville and I literally turned off her street (ok its a long street, but still) onto I 65 and did not stop until I got off at my exit (under a mile from my house)
Take out smoked chicken wings, cucumber slices thanks to my beautiful DIL2
Tuesday: TheHub was still in Nashville and we knew he would not return until after a banquet Tuesday night. I figured there was no reason to cook a real meal, but I still wanted something keto compliant. Oh, and if any of you are planning on coming to Birmingham, our interstates are totally jacked up right now. There is no way to go east to west or vice versa without taking detours through town. It is especially nice when you are trying to get to the airport hangers (which are on the back side of the airport anyway) at 0 dark 30. Fortunately I have a reasonable sense of direction and in the most unsafe areas I drove through, auxiliary roads were under construction so there were workers everywhere. I was very thankful for their presence, and I am sure no one likes to be outside working at midnight.
BLT salad
Wednesday: I had bought a pork butt on super sale so it became a crock pot meal. On days when I need to do a lot of running around nothing beats coming in and having dinner ready.
Mexican pork butt , rosemary potatoes (or not), brussels sprouts
Thursday: This was our night for Chinese class. We had decided to incorporate this into a date night. While we were in class the bottom fell out and storms were raging. Instead of going out to eat, we called a local Chinese place, ordered some soup and picked it up to eat at home
Mandarin House hot and sour soup
Friday: I know we ate something because we eat every night, but I honestly have no idea what we had but I think we had spaghetti.
Spaghetti or zoodles with meat sauce, spinach salad, garlic toast (I finally remembered)
Saturday: We had planned on grilling burgers but the weather was crappy so we punted.
Hamburger patty with onions and brussels sprouts.
Sunday: We celebrated Easter lunch with Mom and my sister.
Herb stuffed lamb roast over wilted spring greens, asparagus, mashed potatoes and strawberry shortcake. Yep, no keto options for the day!
And what is planned for the coming week. Nothing! We are meeting Son1 and family in NYC to visit Son3 and wife. We will be in the city through Monday so I see boatloads of eating out. We do not stay with Son3 (tiny NYC apt) so we will be hoteling it for the duration.
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wed-Monday: Whatever happens, happens.
This was planned for last week:
✓. Stuffed boneless leg of lamb or baked ham, potatoes, asparagus, salad, coconut custard pie
✓. Spaghetti or zoodles w/ meat sauce, tossed salad, garlic bread
✓. Pork roast, rice or cauli rice, brussels sprouts
✓. Salad meal
✓. Out to eat
X. Burgers on the grill and fixings
✓. Take out smoked chicken wings . (I got home from Nashville at dinner time and was not going to cook.)
And this is what really happened:
Finally, I had a week where we ate mostly what I had actually intended to eat. It is a rare thing for me
Monday: I was in Nashville until about 2:30 Monday. Had a wonderful visit with my friend Sandy then drove home. Mom had appointments with 2 doctors Tuesday so I had to be back Monday night in order to have her at her first appointment early Tuesday morning. Luckily my friend lives on the south side of Nashville and I literally turned off her street (ok its a long street, but still) onto I 65 and did not stop until I got off at my exit (under a mile from my house)
Take out smoked chicken wings, cucumber slices thanks to my beautiful DIL2
Tuesday: TheHub was still in Nashville and we knew he would not return until after a banquet Tuesday night. I figured there was no reason to cook a real meal, but I still wanted something keto compliant. Oh, and if any of you are planning on coming to Birmingham, our interstates are totally jacked up right now. There is no way to go east to west or vice versa without taking detours through town. It is especially nice when you are trying to get to the airport hangers (which are on the back side of the airport anyway) at 0 dark 30. Fortunately I have a reasonable sense of direction and in the most unsafe areas I drove through, auxiliary roads were under construction so there were workers everywhere. I was very thankful for their presence, and I am sure no one likes to be outside working at midnight.
BLT salad
Wednesday: I had bought a pork butt on super sale so it became a crock pot meal. On days when I need to do a lot of running around nothing beats coming in and having dinner ready.
Mexican pork butt , rosemary potatoes (or not), brussels sprouts
Thursday: This was our night for Chinese class. We had decided to incorporate this into a date night. While we were in class the bottom fell out and storms were raging. Instead of going out to eat, we called a local Chinese place, ordered some soup and picked it up to eat at home
Mandarin House hot and sour soup
Friday: I know we ate something because we eat every night, but I honestly have no idea what we had but I think we had spaghetti.
Spaghetti or zoodles with meat sauce, spinach salad, garlic toast (I finally remembered)
Saturday: We had planned on grilling burgers but the weather was crappy so we punted.
Hamburger patty with onions and brussels sprouts.
Sunday: We celebrated Easter lunch with Mom and my sister.
Herb stuffed lamb roast over wilted spring greens, asparagus, mashed potatoes and strawberry shortcake. Yep, no keto options for the day!
And what is planned for the coming week. Nothing! We are meeting Son1 and family in NYC to visit Son3 and wife. We will be in the city through Monday so I see boatloads of eating out. We do not stay with Son3 (tiny NYC apt) so we will be hoteling it for the duration.
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wed-Monday: Whatever happens, happens.
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