Hawaiian haystacks is another favorite staple. That’s crunched up ramen noodle you see in the cabbage. One night we had grilled cheese sandwiches made with homemade bread (they’re so much better that way) with leftover red cabbage slaw. No one else, including me, was really a fan. Hubby ate them like a champ (he eats anything I make and never complains), as did my vegetarian daughter. The egg rolls weren’t as good as I had hoped. I put together some sweet and sour sauce and brown rice to go along with them. I made some egg rolls both to eat and to freeze. Suddenly green salad sounds pretty easy to manage. It turns out a great way to get kids to eat salad is to pair it with something that’s even “scarier” than the salad. After trying some that a lady from church made, I was inspired to buy a red cabbage for the first time in my life. It makes me feel kind of grown up that I actually like this red cabbage slaw. Years ago I would have prefered to go to bed hungry than eat something like this. I think it’s actually best when it’s frozen, thawed, and cooked. This night we cooked and enjoyed one of the frozen pans. I made three pans for the freezer and we ate one the night I assembled them. Remember when I bought the dehydrated potato slices in bulk? I used them to make a cheesy potato broccoli freezer meal. No one ever complains about breakfast for dinner. We had friends over for dinner to share this with. On this occassion we had scrambled eggs with cheese, fruit salad, pancakes, and bacon. We had some chips and salsa, cilantro lime rice, and salad to go with it. I baked it according to basic instructions I found online. We’re not usually seafood eaters, but I picked up some tilapia a while back and had it in the deep freezer. We usually always drink water at meals, but this night I made strawberry lemonade with some of our frozen berries, so that was a special treat! We usually make it with macaroni pasta, but this time we tried it with spiral pasta which was even better! We had a relatively boring salad on the side consisting of just lettuce and spinach. I’ll post each dinner with a short description below. In no special order, here’s what we’ve had for dinner lately. I’ll start with dinner since that’s what stumps most people. I know you don’t expect perfection in photography or perfectly balanced meals, so here goes! I feel a little vulnerable sharing this, but you are kind and understanding. Plus, there’s a hungry family behind every photo (“Hurry up and take the picture Mom so we can eat!”).īut there are LOTS of pictures in this post! I’m not a photographer (especially not a food photographer), so they’re not glamorous. I’ve stopped now, but my kids still ask if their plate looks picture-worthy and want me to snap a shot before they start eating. Nearly every time we sat down to dinner for a month, I took pictures of what we ate. I’ve been listening, and today I’m sharing what we make and eat out of the groceries we buy! This year I’ve been sharing everything we buy and how much it costs, both in YouTube videos and blog posts, which you’ve said is helpful.īut there’s one component missing. Many of you have asked to see what we buy and eat on a $400 grocery budget for our family of seven.
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