It’s Spring Break, so we’ve got lots of family time this week.  Possibly, we’ll even consider eating at the dining room table.  Right now it’s got a typewriter and an art project on it, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be moved for possible togetherness.

• Mon:  bratwurst, baked potatoes, grapes, watermelon, carrots
• Tues:  corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, fruit
• Wed: Prince Spaghetti Day! pasta with beans and sausage, spinach salad, fruit + veg
• Thurs:  dumplings, egg drop soup, pork fried rice, fruit + veg
• Fri: fried halibut, coleslaw, hush puppies, fruit + veg

This is a week of meals I like. On Thursday, Boy can help with chopping and cooking the rice, and on Friday, Tiny will be able to help bread fish and slice cabbage with the mandolin.  We’ve got St. Patrick’s Day covered, and a new dish for Wednesday.  

Typing that put John Bender’s lunchtime comment to Brian in The Breakfast Club in my head:

 “PB & J with the crusts cut off… Well, Brian, this is a very nutritious lunch; all the food groups are represented. “

Which isn’t the worst thing that could happen. I could still have All About That Bass stuck in my head!

The ad post will be up next. Stay tuned, and make sure to check FB and Twitter for sales I find when I’m out and about!

Cheep Cheep!

In a shocking twist, I get 15 points for the week!  That’s what creating the plan halfway through the week will do for you.

Unfortunately the Russian judge and I agree that I am disqualified from any score for last week.  We are tough!

• Mon: french toast, sausages, scrambled eggs, cuties, cucumbers
• Tues: roast chicken, cucumbers, kiwi, mac and cheese, green beans
• Wed:  salmon cakes, fettuccine, salad, watermelon, green beans
• Thurs:  pork curry on rice, baby carrots, watermelon
• Fri:  tuna noodle casserole 

I did finally get my casserole!  It was pretty hysterical–as soon as DH realized I wasn’t kidding when he asked what was for dinner, he started scheming to take kids out to eat. Eldest found a friend that wanted her over for supper. Tiny and Boy suddenly weren’t hungry.  I sat in my rocking chair, not at all sad that I was going to have it all to myself.  It was Dinner and three happy lunches for me!  Add to that the funny sight of everyone trying to politely jump ship and it was a win for Cheepie.

This week’s plan post is coming up today, so I’ve got less of a cheat going this week.  

We’ll have to see what Yakov thinks come next weekend!

Yes, I realize that starting the plan three days into the week is clearly giving myself an advantage, but after last week’s home-cooked catastrophe I think it’s understandable. 

If it helps, I did have a plan for Tuesday, and followed it, there just wasn’t time to type up a plan post–things are hectic over here at Casa Del Cheepie!  Add my need to catch up on The Goldbergs (you really should be watching this show for the sets alone–I want all the posters in the kids’ rooms!) to all of the general running around, throw in a modicum of personal hygiene, and time flies by.

• Mon: french toast, sausages, scrambled eggs, cuties, cucumbers
• Tues: roast chicken, cucumbers, kiwi, mac and cheese, green beans
• Wed:  salmon cakes, fettuccine, salad, watermelon, green beans
• Thurs:  chicken curry on rice, stir fry vegetables, fruit
• Fri:  tuna noodle casserole. dammit.

Can you believe I still haven’t made the casserole!?! Me neither. It’s happening this week.

I think I’m even going to go ahead and put peas in it at this point, since it’s so unlikely that anyone else will want it and I’ve now been waiting forever. There should be drive-thru casserole places.   Just drive up, and they hand over the casserole of your choice. Then you go home, eat, and have a good night’s sleep with a belly full of happiness.

I really thought about just straight-up lying this week.

Then I realized lying about imaginary dinner points on my blog was crazy. So we’re all just going to have to work through this together.

I’m sitting here actually trying to delay the part of the post where I list dinner!  I’m trying to think of jokes to distract from my week of meals.  We’re just going to get this over with:

• Mon: El Mercado. For my non-Austin fans, that’s a Tex-Mex restaurant.
• Tues: Sonic. For non-TX fans, that’s a drive-in burger joint
• Wed:  P Terry’s, carrots, cantaloupe/Date Night. P Terry’s? Drive-thru burgers
• Thurs: venison stew, broccoli, sourdough bread, cantaloupe
• Fri:  I don’t even know. They ate french fries at the lodge, and I made spaghetti when we got home, and I’m sure I put blackberries out because there are so many in the fridge.

This was the plan:

• Mon:  venison stew, cantelope, spinach, dinner rolls
• Tues:   salmon cakes, polenta, blackberries, broccoli
• Wed:  baked chicken, pasta, salad, fruit, fresh bread
• Thurs:  hamburgers, fruit &veg
• Fri:  Refrigerator Buffet

Points-wise? This is going to be a 3. 3 points. Two for venison stew day for being on the plan and involving all the food groups, and one for Friday because I technically followed the plan (with a pre-game of fries) and found a nutritious meal for the night.

There were a few factors that combined to cause this dinner mayhem. I had a meeting night, and DH worked from home a bit. There was a scheduled ice storm that then did not occur, making grocery shopping a risky bet. Most importanly, when DH and I are home together all day, we tend to want to go out in the evening, so we bailed on dinner.  

All in all, this is easily the worst week since the Dinner Accountability Program started. I’m mortified at how the week looks, especially because I know all the other meals eaten weren’t really enough to make it a wholesome week. 

Onward and upward!  If I can’t beat a 3 point week, there’s not really much hope for me, is there?  Let’s all see what happens next.