At Home My Way

This Sunday's Game Plan cooking involved trying a new recipe and making lots of old ones.  I find that repeat posting these on my blog is a good thing.  Sometimes its nice just to see what I'm cooking and it's always good to have a reminder of successful recipes. As always, my mission for Sunday cooking involves making ahead some freezer lunches for the coming week, getting a game plan for breakfasts, and browsing the contents of the freezer so that I have a menu in mind for supper ideas.   This weekend was especially successful at avoiding restaurants and saving money.  I find that weekends I am the most tempted at eating out but I made most everything we ate all weekend.   Friday night I helped my sister-in-law and her family get ready for a garage sale.  They ordered Casey's pizza (which is my favorite take-out pizza these days) so I did have that for supper but it was their treat for all the work we hammered out that night so it didn't cost me any...

On Sundays, I generally spend some time getting ready for the week ahead.  I hang my sheets on the clothesline, clean out the fridge, finish any odd ball laundry that might be needed and assess the items I have in my pantry for a menu plan.  I also try to prepare some items for the week's breakfasts, lunches, snacks. I've noticed that if I don't have something handy, I'm terribly tempted by such things as McDonalds, Pizza Hut delivery, blizzards from Dairy Queen, packages of Oreos from Walmart, or candy bars.  I never like to go to bed on Sunday nights without knowing what options I have for breakfast and lunch.  Mondays are hard enough without leaving the house empty handed. We had some beautiful weather in mid Missouri this past weekend and I was tempted to spend most of the day outside, but I managed to throw a few things together for the upcoming week. Here's my Sunday Game Plan - 6/1/14 at AT HOME MY WAY: Sunday Game Plan - 6/1/14 The ...

Early this afternoon I saw a Facebook post from the sister of one of my daughter's grade school friends.  She is a young mom who is working very hard to make a nice home for her husband and her children.  This young lady posted that she was making freezer meals for the month of May and today alone she prepared 14 freezer meals, made chicken salad for the week's lunches, boiled eggs to top green salads, and made homemade pizza for their Sunday lunch.   I was feeling "mama proud" for this young lady!  If a young working mom of two very young children can get a game plan together, surely someone as experienced (read "old") as I am, can do it, right! I decided to get off my bum and get something done today to lay the groundwork for my own busy nights of getting home late, tired and hungry! I thought posting a Sunday Game Plan cooking day might be a good idea.  We all need a little inspiration sometimes. Here's a few th...