Hello hello!

Everyone who was in the storm’s path this weekend, hopefully you got yourself unburied. As I mentioned Friday, my university was shut down for the day, so I got an impromptu day off.

The view from my window. Fortunately, that is not my car.

 

Wintery days require a hot, slow-cooked dinner, don’t you think? So Friday night I made Julie’s crock-pot curried lentils, except I used canned lentils, chicken breasts instead of thighs, and broccoli instead of cauliflower. I added everything except the lentils (and I left out the broth entirely) in the morning, and added them about an hour before we were ready for dinner.

 Lentils are delicious, despite the fact that they never look particularly appetizing.

It was a tasty dinner, especially with a scoop of sour cream on top.

Let’s get into this week’s grocery shopping and meal planning, shall we?

Proteins/Dairy

• shaved ham
• chicken breasts
• pork chops
• salmon
• lobster tails
• smoked salmon (I was really feeling the seafood this week, wasn’t I?)
• whole chicken
• egg whites
• cream cheese

Produce

• Fuji apples
• blueberries
• minced garlic (hey, sometimes I’m lazy)
• applesauce
• bananas

I promise I still eat vegetables! I still have spinach, bell pepper, carrots, yellow beans and frozen veggies to eat up, so I kept it light on the produce this week. Trying to bring down that grocery bill by making sure I’m eating up what I have.

Miscellaneous

• english muffins
• frozen meals (for the boy)
• almond milk
• church key can opener (I had to google that to figure out what it was called)

I didn’t really have a lot to buy this week, so I managed to come within budget. Yay!

Meal Plan

• Saturday: wing it
• Sunday: salmon, rice and salad
• Monday: pork chops, potatoes and veggies
• Tuesdays: pancakes and bacon (!!!)
• Wednesday: wing it
• Thursday: lobster tails (whether or not you like Valentine’s day, you have to appreciate all the chocolate and the lobster that goes on sale that week)
• Friday: stuffed chicken breasts

Should be good! I’m trying to make a point of having two nights a week where we either pick something up, make leftovers, or eat something simple. It’s cheaper than trying to make beautiful dinner every night of the week, and makes things a little bit easier for me.

Pitch Perfect

I had the apartment to myself last night (Eric went for a boy’s night) so I decided to throw on Pitch Perfect – I’ve seen so many people rave about it that I had to watch it. It is rare that I find a musical/music-focused movie that I do not like (pretty sure I could recite Rent line-by-line) so I figured it’d be a good choice.

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So…I get why so many people rave about it. That was a fantastic movie!

It makes me wish that:

1. I could sing acapella. Or at all. To say that I am tone-deaf would be putting it pretty mildly.

2. I could add start adding aca’ as a prefix to everything. Allison was watching it at the same time I was, and her thoughts?

Well played Allison, well played. (See? It would just make everyday conversation more entertaining).

 Have a good one!

<— What dinners are you planning on making this week? Planning on having pancakes on Tuesday?

<— Any singers out there?

<— What did you think of Pitch Perfect (if you’ve seen it)?