Menu Monday: Nourishing Body and Soul

 

                Good morning and welcome to a new week! I confess that both of us are struggling a bit this morning…the long weekend was SO nice, and we don’t feel ready to return to normal programming! Anybody relate?? Maybe talking about food will help. Let’s do that.

Monday: Leftover Deconstructed Enchiladas

What we loved: This was a long day for both of us – with me at the conference and Ryan working over unexpectedly. Coming home to leftovers was a blessing indeed.

Tuesday: Brisket, Broccoli, and Tater Tots

What we loved: A few weeks ago, we bought a brisket at Aldi (preseasoned), and it was so good. It was also so easy. So on a recent Aldi trip, they had more on sale and we bought some to store in the freezer. Since I had to leave extra extra early this day, and Ryan was working all day, this was a perfect dinner. We just put it in the slow cooker with a little water, and it was so ready when we arrived home. (We were so ready for IT, too!) Ryan steamed some broccoli and did tater tots in the air fryer, and that was our meal!

Wednesday: Leftover Brisket, Cucumbers, and Homemade Bread

What we loved: Again, leftovers on a busy week – yay! This time we had our brisket with fresh sliced cucumbers and homemade bread. Delicious.

Thursday: Date Night at Amazing Joe’s

What we chose: One of Ryan’s coworkers told him about Amazing Joe’s, so we decided to try it. He went for the breaded tenderloin and steak fries, and I had the grilled tenderloin (sans bun) and sweet potato fries. We decided to only eat half our meal that night so we could have lunch the next day, which was a great decision. I will say that the grilled tenderloin wasn’t dry. Sometimes they can be, I think, at restaurants. We split the apple pie alamode, and I could have absolutely LICKED the plate.

Friday: Subway Sandwich

What we chose: We had dinner with my parents on Friday, so we got McDonald’s for them and Subway for us. The deal of the day was black forest ham, so we each got that – and of course, I got mine on flatbread.

Saturday: Sloppy Joes with Broccoli and Salad

What we loved: For lunch this day, I made sloppy joes and added steamed broccoli. We ate inside because it was a thousand degrees outside, but it still felt like a good cookout meal. And for dinner, I made salad with lettuce from our garden!

Sunday: Leftover Salad

A Plan B Meal – I had another meal all planned out for Sunday night – a burrito bowl meal, but alas, all the ground beef we bought at Aldi the day before…was bad! We opened all of it and it was all really really bad, even though it was a week and a half away from its date. We contacted the company because last week we had to throw away pork chops from there that weren’t any good. That was a LOT of money lost on meat in two weeks, so hopefully we can find a resolution. Meanwhile, we had to find something to eat, so we just had leftover salad.