Here’s our weekend menu for the All You Grocery Challenge:
Friday, Day 13:
Breakfast: I think cereal or fruit?
Lunch:
We had leftover meat and potato pie, mushy peas, and bread.
Dinner:
I heated up two more pre-cooked steaks from the freezer, and served with a small salad and orange slices:
Saturday, Day 14:
Breakfast: I ended up skipping breakfast; I think Jai had fruit.
Lunch:
Grilled cheese sandwiches on homemade bread, with celery sticks & peanut butter:
Dinner:
I wanted to keep dinner simple, so I just threw together some spaghetti tossed with olive oil, shredded cheese, seasonings, and flaxseed. I usually aim to serve a vegetable or fruit with each dinner, but I was just too tired!
Sunday, Day 15:
Since it was the 4th of July, we had holiday plans with friends and family, so it wasn’t a “normal” day. There were some leftovers in the fridge which we snacked on through the day – along with a sample or two of the food I was preparing for that evening! – and then we headed over to watch fireworks with family, where there was a huge buffet of food. My contribution was cupcakes and 2 loaves of bread – the second loaf was still in the breadmaker when I took these photos!
I used a few different effects to decorate the cupcakes. Some of them were plain yellow cake batter with red sprinkles stirred in; for the rest, I tinted the batter, added different flavors, and layered it in the cupcake liners to create fun, multi-colored cupcakes. The first layer was tinted with red food coloring and flavored with a little apple juice and apple pie spices; the second layer was left untinted and flavored with extra vanilla extract, while the top layer was tinted blue and flavored with a little blueberry juice. The addition of juice made the batter quite runny, so I was worried that they wouldn’t cook properly, but they ended up nice and moist.
I normally make all my baked goods from scratch, but I had a Duncan Hines cake mix and pre-made frosting in my stockpile that needed to be used up, so these cupcakes were a good way to utilize those items.
