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| Ala Thel Dala (Spicy Sauteed Potatoes) |
My September Week 1 meal plan options were as follows:
Brunches: Fresh fruit; Milkrice and seeni sambol (September 1); Scrambled eggs and fried potatoes; Pancakes and syrup; French toast, Tortillas with scrambled eggs and lunu miris, Protein shakes
Dinners: Rice with leftover beef curry and/or chicken curry and vegetables; Sauteed spicy potatoes; Macaroni and cheese (boxed mix) with tuna; Pork chops with vegetables and rice or baked potatoes or a boxed pasta mix; leftovers
Snacks/Desserts: Fruit, ice cream, protein drinks; peanut butter and bread; gelatin or pudding; fruit juice/ade.
Here's how that worked out:
Monday (August 31; dental appointment in the early afternoon):
Brunch: Protein drink (me); not sure what daughter had - a frozen burrito, maybe?
Dinner: Ala thel dala (Spicy sauteed potatoes; me); rice and leftover curries (daughter)
Brunch: Protein drink (me); not sure what daughter had - a frozen burrito, maybe?
Dinner: Ala thel dala (Spicy sauteed potatoes; me); rice and leftover curries (daughter)
Snacks/Dessert: Slice of bread with peanut butter (me); bananas; hot cheetos (daughter)
Tuesday (September 1):
Brunch: Milkrice and seeni sambol
Dinner: Tuna Mac & Cheese: boxed macaroni and cheese with a can of tuna, frozen green peas, chili powder, and ketchup stirred into it
Brunch: Milkrice and seeni sambol
Dinner: Tuna Mac & Cheese: boxed macaroni and cheese with a can of tuna, frozen green peas, chili powder, and ketchup stirred into it
Snacks/Dessert: Protein drink (me); ice cream; tangerines
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| Omelet with Spicy Potato Filling |
Wednesday:
Brunch: Omelets with spicy potato filling
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| Omelet with Ala Thel Dala Filling |
Dinner:
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| Rice, Beef Curry, Sauteed Moringa Leaves, Cucumber |
Snacks/Dessert:
Thursday:
Brunch: Pancakes and seeni sambol (me); pancakes and syrup (daughter)
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| Pancakes and Seeni Sambol |
Dinner: Leftover milkrice (me); rice and chicken curry (daughter)
Snacks/Dessert: Watermelon
Friday:
Brunch: French toast
Dinner: Pork chop and salad (daughter); ramen noodles with sliced pork chop added (me)
Brunch: French toast
Dinner: Pork chop and salad (daughter); ramen noodles with sliced pork chop added (me)
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| Homemade Potato Chips with Chili Powder & Salt |
Snacks/Dessert: Homemade potato chips, chocolate cake and ice cream
Saturday:
Brunch: Egg salad sandwich
Dinner: More egg salad sandwiches, cheese, salami, & crackers (picnic meal at the park)
Brunch: Egg salad sandwich
Dinner: More egg salad sandwiches, cheese, salami, & crackers (picnic meal at the park)
Snacks/Dessert: Chocolate cake, calamondin-ade
Sunday:
Brunch: Prayer gathering lunch at cousin's: Rice and an assortment of curries, salad; assorted desserts
Dinner: Appa (hoppers) with chicken curry
Brunch: Prayer gathering lunch at cousin's: Rice and an assortment of curries, salad; assorted desserts
Dinner: Appa (hoppers) with chicken curry
Snacks/Dessert: Bread pudding, flan, jello, berries, watermelon
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| Appa/Hopper |
I sort of followed my meal plan options during September Week 1 and it all worked out quite nicely.
Moving onto September Week 2, here are my meal plan options:
Brunches: Eggs, sausages, and fried potatoes; French toast, Raisin buns with bananas, Tortillas with scrambled eggs and lunu miris, Fried rice, Tuna salad sandwiches, Congee
Sunday Afternoon Potluck (daughter & friends): Pasta salad (daughter), whatever daughter's friends might bring!
Dinners: Rice with sauteed salmon and cucumber salad; Rice with chicken curry, sauteed cabbage, beetroot curry, and eggplant curry; Pork chops with mashed potatoes and vegetables; Leftovers
Snacks/Desserts: Fruit, ice cream, chocolate cake, smoothies, raisin buns
As always, I am grateful for the blessing of having plenty of food to eat, variety, and choice.
How about you? Did you make a meal plan for the first week in September? If so, did you follow the plan? Are you making a meal plan for the second week in September?
I would love to see some of your more simple recipes. Also I would love to learn more about the milk rice on the first of the month. I love your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anonymous. If you do a search for "Cooking with Bless" on the search bar on the blog (upper left corner), you will find a collection of my "recipes" for some of the meals I make, including milk rice. Milk rice is similar to an unsweetened version of rice pudding. Basically, it is rice cooked with water and coconut milk until it becomes thick. One could use dairy milk or any other type of milk, but, coconut milk is what is used traditionally. It is made for all special occasions such as New Year celebrations, weddings, and the first of the month for good luck. One can eat it with savory accompaniments such as sambols and curries or with sweet accompaniments such as jaggery (traditional), brown or white sugar, or even syrup, I suppose (although I've never eaten it with syrup!)
DeleteI'm glad you are enjoying my blog, but, please, won't you provide a name at the end of your comment? That would be very helpful.
I need to figure out why my name doesn't show. My name is Kelly and I live in Michigan. We also have/had chickens. We had four, but one died at 8 years (Grace), one at 9 years (Marshmallow) and one at 10 year (Willow). Georgia, our last remaining chicken, is 11 years old and still going strong.
DeleteThank you, Kelly! Wow! Your chickens have had long lives and I really like their names! We are new to having chickens and are still learning how to take care of them! You might have to be logged into your online account for your name to show in your comments or, if you are logged in, when you go to comment, you might have to click on the down arrow next to the "Comment as:" and choose your name; it's possible that you might have "Comment as Anonymous" selected by mistake. Hope that helps.
DeleteLovely food photos. I've got to get back into the swing of things and do the meal planning again. I certainly enjoyed not having to think about it for a while!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. I hope you've had a lovely visit with your sisters.
DeleteI enjoyed reading your menu, dear friend.
ReplyDeleteYour photos of the food are lovely. I hope you are having a good week 💓
Thank you, Linda. Enjoy the food photos while you can because Blogger is not letting me post any new pictures, as of yesterday! My week is going well, so far, thank you. :)
DeleteIf I see any more of those photos I shall be jumping on a plane to where you live!
ReplyDeleteLOL, Bushlady. You'd be most welcome, but, you might want to wait until it is a bit cooler to visit! It was 105F yesterday (with a higher "feels like" temperature) and humid, too, and I don't have air conditioning. :)
DeleteDear friend, I am sorry that Blogger is being so difficult! I haven't noticed about posting photos yet, because I only post twice a week on my blog, but for 2 days now the Blogger news reader has been dead! Not slow, (like it has been in the past), but totally dead! No new blog posts are showing in the news reader at all. I hope they fix these issues.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all you share, for your friendship and presence!
I hope you have a lovely weekend ahead!
Hi Linda, I was able to post the grocery photo, earlier today, so, that post is now up on the blog if you'd like to read it. :)
DeleteAs for Blogger, one gets what one pays for, I suppose. I hope that they will fix the issues with the blog reader. What I usually do is look up the different blogs I read and check if there are any new posts. :)
Thank you, Linda, for your kind words. Much appreciated. Hope you have a lovely rest of the week, yourself. :)