If you’re a regular reader here at Go Gingham, you know that I’m a regular weekly meal planner. I’m such a regular meal planner, I even plan our meals when going on a vacation or for a weekend away. For spring break, we’re headed to San Francisco for a home exchange. The people we’re trading… Continue reading Vacation Meal Planning
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Weekly Meal Plan
We’ve gotten used to eating tomato soup made from tomatoes grown in our garden so when I made a quick tomato soup this week with canned tomatoes, we all agreed it didn’t taste nearly as good and was too salty. At the end of last tomato season, I roasted all of the remaining tomatoes, in… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
This week’s meal plan went according to plan, mostly. Well, I forgot we had dinner group on Friday and our kids ate at home without us. My son had signed up to make dinner on Friday but I don’t like to assign a dinner for someone else to cook if I’m not going to be… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
Another week, another week of meal planning and making dinners. The freshest meal this week was Monday’s dinner. The eggs were from our backyard chickens who are finally back into their routine of laying and the mustard greens were fresh from the garden. The greens had grown all winter (meaning they hadn’t died over the… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
So, when your teenage son says he wants to make potato Latkes for dinner, what do you do? You say YES of course! That’s what we had for dinner one night – every last 3.5lbs of organic potatoes in one meal. It was delicious. Weekly Meal Plan This meal plan is Monday, February 20, 2012… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Frugal Grocery Shopping: Buying From Bulk Bins
Everyone always wants to know my method for frugal grocery shopping when they learn that I don’t make a practice of using coupons. The truth is there simply aren’t coupons for vegetables, fruit, and food purchased from bulk bins. Frugal grocery shopping can be achieved by purchasing items in bulk from the bins. These items… Continue reading Frugal Grocery Shopping: Buying From Bulk Bins
Weekly Meal Plan
Since it was Valentine’s Day this week and I was feeling so much love after writing about everything I loved, I baked a double layer cake, too. The cake was quite good with ice cream and coffee the next morning. It was gone before I could take pictures of it. I have a feeling that… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
Several readers have asked me to post our meal plan each week. I’ve decided to try to do this on Saturdays. The recipes from these meals will eventually find their way to Go Gingham. My cooking is free form style and I just make things up as I go along. Weekly Meal Plan I meal… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
What’s for dinner at your house? I ask this question regularly. Isn’t everyone on a quest to regularly come up with healthy meals that taste good and your family will enjoy? Since I like to plan for leftovers, this weekly meal plan was particularly exciting in the no-waste food department. One simple roasted chicken fed… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Meals to Plan, Food to Cook
Meals to plan and food to cook is non-stop, isn’t it? It’s kind of like dirty laundry, always there, never really going away. As soon as you’re done with one meal, there’s another one coming. Clipping coupons is all the rage when it comes to saving money in a food budget. You can use coupons,… Continue reading Meals to Plan, Food to Cook
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