Week One

This was my first week to plan my dinner menu and go to the grocery store once.  It was fantastic!  Worked out so much better than running to the store every afternoon.  If I could just get into this habit it would make life so much easier.

Plan Ahead Tip: Set out frozen chicken breasts night before and marinade in the morning.  They were perfectly thawed and ready to go on the grill.  Also, cook potatoes night before so they'll be ready to peel and add to soup.  This cut way back on my cooking time.

What we ate:

• Tuesday-  Pineapple Chicken Quesadillas
• Wednesday- Salmon Patties {recipe below}
• Thursday- Baked Potato Soup

Salmon Patties
Before you turn up your nose, just hear me out.  This is the cheapest and easiest recipe ever.  I've checked. When I was tot, my grandmother would make this for me often.  Growing up I was always rewarded at the end of the year by being checked out first thing in the morning on that last day of school, and she would always make me whatever I wanted for lunch that day.  This was my request.  Now we know that it's also kid friendly. Stephen had never had them before and he approves, too (is he just being sweet?).

Ingredients:

1 can of salmon

1 egg

6-7 saltine crackers

1 tsp flour

salt & pepper

And you must eat it with Yellow Label Syrup (and ketchup), which Stephen decided is really honey.

(I don't want to even mention this, but I have to or you'll be surprised.  At least I was.  You have to pick out the bones...gag, gross...ok forget I said that! Apparently there are brands without them I hear, so now I'm on the hunt to find said brand!)

Mix all ingredients up and form into patties.  One can made four which was perfect for us two.  Fry in a little oil for about 5-6 minutes on each side on medium heat. 

Done-zo!

When I have this meal, I have to have blue box macaroni and biscuits of course my biscuits weren't homemade like Grandmama's, but the taste brought back so many memories.  Grandmama didn't write this recipe down, so I was just going off what Mom said and what I remembered, but they were just as good as I remembered!