We have been extremely busy today. Hubby hired a company to fix our stone front on the house. Three of the ledge stones had fallen off. They wanted $800. to do the job. We said okay. That was back in May. They said they would do it when they got time. They have never come or called us. With winter upon us, Hubby decided to fix it himself. He did a lot of research this week to learn how to do it. This afternoon he has been working on it. He is an engineer so he built a contraption to hold the stones against the house while they dry in place. It is ingenious and seems to be working well.
This morning I cut up all of the leftover lasagna from Hubby’s birthday dinner. I used the food saver to package in up in 2 portion meals and put them in the freezer for future dinners. Two nights in a row was enough. It’s very rich.
Then I made my next two weeks of menu plans. I like having to do this every two weeks instead of one. Sorry about the shadows on the first week.
Next I made my prep tray for dinner tonight. I do this every morning for meals that need prepping. That way when it is time to cook all I have to do is pull the tray out of the fridge. We are having chicken stir fry with onions, red, orange, and yellow peppers, and pineapple chunks. We will use a little of the stir fry sauce. Hubby will make rice to put on it in the rice cooker.
After that I made a little homemade blueberry and banana ice cream and it is freezing in the freezer as I write this.
Then it was time to bring all of the items for our next two weeks of dinner meals up from the chest freezer. They all reside now in the first drawer of my fridge freezer. I also keep my yeast here for making bread.
On the left side of that drawer, I keep our breakfast items like chopped onions for our omelets and hash browns, sausage, bacon, orange juice to make cranberry orange muffins, and blueberries for muffins, smoothies, and pancakes. I also have two toaster waffles left from when my granddaughter was here. West will eat them next time he is here to visit for a weekend.
Now I am about to go watch football with Hubby before I make dinner.
How is your Saturday going?
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Just hankering for banana-blueberry ice cream.
Well come on over! 🙂
Love your prep idea in the morning for dinner. I will have to try this sometimes afternoons get hectic then I dread cooking and getting everything together, Thanks for the tips love your ideas I have learned so much from your blog. Joyce
Hi Joyce,
Your reason is why I do it. I am better in the morning so it is a great time to do my prep. By dinner time, I am beat. Now that I have more on my plate- going to the YMCA for exercise every day- I love that I do this.
I love how organized you are
Thanks Patti!
Hi Liz, this is Chris. We had a great Sat, but I couldn't write until now. We had our family over to celebrate our daughter's birthday. I wrote you about it in an email. The food was so good, we had ribs smoked on my hubby's smoker, mac and cheese, spinach souffle, and brussel sprouts. Our son made the most awesome 3 chocolate raspberry layer cake for dessert.
Hi Chris,
Wow! What a great birthday dinner you guys cooked.