Weekend Food Chores

[Anonymous]

I went to a couple of farm stands this morning and got a ton of in-season produce. Made a big salad with quinoa and greens and cut-up veggies; we’ll have it for lunch the next few days. Tomorrow I am going to prep some black beans in the instant pot - I want to make black bean burgers and chili.

[Anonymous]

Making Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup tomorrow using my instapot. This recipe is delish:
https://lifeloveandgoodfood.com/lemon-chicken-orzo-soup/

[Anonymous]

I will do an Instacart order and hopefully make a big batch of homemade chicken salad with tons of grapes and red onion. I made homemade muffins yesterday. Might hard boil eggs.

I am buys stuff for beet and goat cheese on arugula salads for fast WAH lunches.

Love the idea of pumpkin pasta- is it a sauce? My kids are unlikely to eat it so if I can pull out some pasta for them that sounds great.

[Anonymous]

Going to make egg bites. Will freeze half, and me and DS will eat the other half during the week. Will probably also make some muffins my kids like in their lunch.

[Anonymous]

All these chilis, pumpkin things, and soups seem very out of season for the dc area given it’s still in the 80s. Perhaps you all live elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these chilis, pumpkin things, and soups seem very out of season for the dc area given it’s still in the 80s. Perhaps you all live elsewhere.

It’s gonna be very rainy this week! Dreary weather makes me crave soup (although I could eat soup any time the temp is under 95)

[Anonymous]

Pumpkin pasta recipe:

1 small onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 T butter
1 can pumpkin
1 can broth
1/4 C cream
1/2 C sour cream
Handful of shredded parm
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
Italian sausage is good in this too

Ok so, I have no idea where this is from but it’s just on a post-it on my fridge now.

You saute the onion and garlic in the butter, can add sausage here if you want. Then mix in pumpkin and broth and simmer for 10 min. Then add in cream, sour cream, parm, spices, and simmer for 5 more min. You need a decent amount of salt. Save a bit of pasta water. Add in a pound of cooked pasta and let it settle for 5 min or so. Add pasta water if you need. It’s kind of like Alfredo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on what's on sale, tomorrow I'll pick up a big pack of ground beef, 2 rotisserie chickens, and the standard produce order. I'll do chicken w/ veggies and rice for dinner, shred any remaining meat and the meat from the 2nd chicken, and save the bones from both in the "soup trash" bag in my freezer. Some of the leftover meat will be wraps later in the week, and the rest will be split in the freezer: white for a future enchilada casserole, dark for the future soup.

Monday, after prepping all the usual fruits/veggies, I'll make a giant vat of chili, 2/3 of which will be frozen for future meals.

Tuesday: wraps

Wednesday: boil those bones for stock (along with the "trash" of carrot peels, onion peels, etc., which I save after veggie prep) and make soup. I'll either make bread or buy a take-and-bake)

Thursday: chili leftovers

Friday: asst. leftovers (chicken, veg), probably over some pasta

Kids are with their dad over the weekend, so I don't have to worry about that.

I try to batch cook and freeze as often as possible to minimize the amount of work. Wednesdays are my "easy day", when I could possible make bread or bigger projects, but the rest of my time is pretty booked, so I try to cook once and eat 2-4 times from that meal and its leftovers/components.

I want chili. I think I'll make some tomorrow.

Do it! Make a double or triple batch and freeze it. Future you will thank you!

I'm doing this because of this thread. I'm going to do a combo of beef, turkey and lentils (weird be we don't like the kidney bean version) and onions, extra tomato and sneak in carrots. Nobody likes peppers except for me so sadly those are out. Hopefully can add enough other veggies for the good benefits without deviating from "chili" too much.

Will make some cornbread with extra corn and sour cream thrown in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made a batch of sun butter and jelly sandwiches (you can freeze them. If you take them out in the AM they are thawed by lunchtime!).

Right now I’m baking a couple trays of chicken tenders for my lunch salads.

Dinner we do Hello Fresh most nights, so I don’t have to prep.

Please don’t be my mother. Frozen and thawed PB&Js were the worst- so soggy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I made a batch of sun butter and jelly sandwiches (you can freeze them. If you take them out in the AM they are thawed by lunchtime!).

Right now I’m baking a couple trays of chicken tenders for my lunch salads.

Dinner we do Hello Fresh most nights, so I don’t have to prep.

Please don’t be my mother. Frozen and thawed PB&Js were the worst- so soggy.

Isn’t that essentially the same as an Uncrustable? Those seem very popular

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on what's on sale, tomorrow I'll pick up a big pack of ground beef, 2 rotisserie chickens, and the standard produce order. I'll do chicken w/ veggies and rice for dinner, shred any remaining meat and the meat from the 2nd chicken, and save the bones from both in the "soup trash" bag in my freezer. Some of the leftover meat will be wraps later in the week, and the rest will be split in the freezer: white for a future enchilada casserole, dark for the future soup.

Monday, after prepping all the usual fruits/veggies, I'll make a giant vat of chili, 2/3 of which will be frozen for future meals.

Tuesday: wraps

Wednesday: boil those bones for stock (along with the "trash" of carrot peels, onion peels, etc., which I save after veggie prep) and make soup. I'll either make bread or buy a take-and-bake)

Thursday: chili leftovers

Friday: asst. leftovers (chicken, veg), probably over some pasta

Kids are with their dad over the weekend, so I don't have to worry about that.

I try to batch cook and freeze as often as possible to minimize the amount of work. Wednesdays are my "easy day", when I could possible make bread or bigger projects, but the rest of my time is pretty booked, so I try to cook once and eat 2-4 times from that meal and its leftovers/components.

I want chili. I think I'll make some tomorrow.

Do it! Make a double or triple batch and freeze it. Future you will thank you!

I'm doing this because of this thread. I'm going to do a combo of beef, turkey and lentils (weird be we don't like the kidney bean version) and onions, extra tomato and sneak in carrots. Nobody likes peppers except for me so sadly those are out. Hopefully can add enough other veggies for the good benefits without deviating from "chili" too much.

Will make some cornbread with extra corn and sour cream thrown in.

Yay! The cult of big-batch chili!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these chilis, pumpkin things, and soups seem very out of season for the dc area given it’s still in the 80s. Perhaps you all live elsewhere.

It’s gonna be very rainy this week! Dreary weather makes me crave soup (although I could eat soup any time the temp is under 95)

This. Also, the fall foods invite fall to come in. It may not be all-the-way here, but with the grey skies predicted this week, I'm gonna lean into that fall feeling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Making Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup tomorrow using my instapot. This recipe is delish:
https://lifeloveandgoodfood.com/lemon-chicken-orzo-soup/

Thank you for sharing, I’m going to try this later in the week!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these chilis, pumpkin things, and soups seem very out of season for the dc area given it’s still in the 80s. Perhaps you all live elsewhere.

It’s gonna be very rainy this week! Dreary weather makes me crave soup (although I could eat soup any time the temp is under 95)

This. Also, the fall foods invite fall to come in. It may not be all-the-way here, but with the grey skies predicted this week, I'm gonna lean into that fall feeling!

I like white chicken chili as a transitional option!

[Anonymous]

This is a fantastic thread. I’m newly without childcare and weeknight evenings are a major struggle. A little late to prep this weekend but saving these ideas for next weekend!