warlybabe's delusional ramblings
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Slow-Cooker Swedish Meatballs
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Microwave Chicken Enchiladas
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Classic Cheesy Baked Ziti
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Hamburger Gravy Night!
Monday, June 5, 2023
The Best Whole Chicken in a Crock Pot
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Week 1 Combined
So Sunday is chicken night, my daughter was scheduled to start us off. We scheduled a new recipe titled OMG chicken. We had a shaky start, my daughter announced she was going to order pizza and asked if I wanted anything. I reminded her that I had pulled chicken out of the freezer. So she made the OMG Chicken. It really was pretty OMG. Four simple ingredients that we already had on hand - which is why we started with it. Unfortunately, the grandwarrior didn't get any leftovers for lunch the next day, it was a big hit.
Tuesday is beef day. I started making sloppy joes in the crockpot at the butt crack of dawn hoping it would be ready for lunch that day. The grandwarrior was picked up early of course and had some for lunch the following day. For once she wasn't thrilled to just steal bites from my plate and there was no way we're crazy enough to hand the child a sloppy joe to throw if/when it is decided that it isn't wanted.
Thursday is recipe surprise. It was supposed to be baked Ziti. My daughter's turn and she forgot to ensure that we had the ingredients. Somehow we didn't have a meal planned for the 8th and had decided to schedule Tuna Helper that my daughter had thought looked interesting and bought on her last shopping trip. So we had that tonight and will have the baked ziti on the 8th instead. She was napping, so I made the Tuna Helper at 7pm. Wonder if I'm still on the hook for chicken Sunday. Probably. The Tuna Helper was just as disgusting as I expected. Not a fan of tuna.
A New Leaf, Lettuce Begin
This was an old inactive blog dating back to 2008. I unpublished the 16 old posts and repurposed it. I've never been much of a cook, nor am I exactly a foodie. My tastes are simple and fairly plain and not very adventurous. Now that I'm older I have time to cook. I'm tired of eating the same old, same old. Having the energy to cook is a different story as I'm finding that I've become a bit too old to chase after a toddler day in day out. But basically the only thing on my calendar is watching my 2 year old grandwarrior and making dinner a few nights a week. Yup, I really said grandwarrior. I am Warly after all and I guess it's time I hung up the persona of warlybabe that I acquired in my 20's and embrace what the family now calls me - Grandwar.
We have a bit of a strange living arrangement. My oldest daughter is disabled. My son-in-law (SIL) has been her caregiver since she got to the point of needing help with chores and day to day stuff. Several years ago, my SIL was diagnosed with cancer. Coincidentally, their upstairs neighbor was moving. So I moved into the upper flat with my youngest daughter. When my youngest started her own family I moved downstairs with my oldest and SIL. They don't really need my help so much anymore, prolly a good thing because somewhere along the way I got old and slow. So I live with my oldest and SIL, with my youngest, upper SIL, and my grandwarrior right upstairs. The grandwarrior comes and "visits" when mom leaves for work until dad picks her up.
As grocery prices skyrocket, my daughter and I decided to try making up a menu again. It is so much cheaper to share meals than always eat separately. Plus it's nice to have planned meals for the grandwarrior, though she generally has our dinner leftovers for lunch the following day. Except daughter and I don't really have the same tastes. She prefers chicken while I prefer beef. She likes vegetables, I like grease. What can I say, we were raised in different eras. Turning over a new leaf and attempting a menu plan again was my daughter's idea. I suspect she has forgotten why we quit planning menus before. Or maybe she hasn't and hopes this attempt will turn out the same way - with me cooking all of the meals.
I'm not entirely sure what has prompted me to blog about this endeavor. I guess that I kind of miss blogging. I've done it a lot on assorted blogs over the years, under different pseudonyms. Many times involving recipes for some reason. Anyhow, the premise was simple. We picked out 3 meals a week, one beef, one chicken, and the third day is comprised of a variety of pork, meatless pasta, breakfast for dinner recipes etc. We started on last Sunday. Unfortunately I have no pictures from previous meals. The beginner meals that I've missed will be heard about again, I'm sure. I probably could take one of tonight's dinner but it's hardly worth writing home about. More about that in my next post.
I have this really awesome recipe app. I'm thinking that it might get it's own page instead of me rambling about it here in the first post. I swear, they don't pay me to advertise it, it is just so incredibly handy.