Sunday, May 08, 2022
Menu Plan: May 8 - 14
Christ is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!
As we watch the prices of food rise, we find more reasons to be grateful for the discipline of the Church and her fasts. We are endeavoring to bring our weekly fast more closely in line with these guidelines, because of the incredible growth we found from them, but are also noticing that it is saving us money in our grocery budget, as well. I think I am going to try to do another month of shelf cooking, with a minimal budget for produce, milk, and animal and paper supplies. This will also help keep things more manageable. This week, and during the rest of the Paschal season, we will not quite be as strict about it, but will slowly be easing into the practice. Our kids are actually who encouraged us in this, which is a huge blessing to us.
We were able to take a family vacation to the Oregon coast last week. It was kind of interim camping. We stayed in yurts, but there was electricity and a place to shower and indoor bathrooms (not in the yurts). We crabbed and clammed and harvested mussels, and failed to catch any fish. It was delightful. The kids want to go camping for real this summer with another family we are friends with , and this was a good in between, especially during the windy and misty weather we had for some of those days. We weren't allowed to cook in the yurts, but we were allowed to use an extension cord, so we brought an electric griddle and our electric pressure cooker. We also brought a tea kettle and a gas stove burner and we could use all of those outdoors and eat inside. It made for an easier experience. Loads of ice and packing frozen meats made our meals simpler, too. As far as vacations go, especially vacations for eight people, it was pretty inexpensive, and we still got to go buy fancy chocolates from a local company and get the seafood, and even eat out a few times. For the price of two hotel rooms for that amount of time, we were able to get all the licenses, food, the yurts, and the experiences we had.
We drove directly to the kids' homeschool co-op potluck, and the following day was a fiber festival I went to with a couple friends, and that night was a dance put on by our girls' ballet studio that Amira and Yasmina went to with Amira's boyfriend and Yasmina's best friend. Then there is Mother's Day. Because our church service is in the evening only this week, we will be able to have a brunch this year. This week isn't much less full, but it will not be quite as rushed. We are in the run up to ballet recitals, we have the homeschool formal dance, and so much more as we come to the end of the school year in just a month and a half!
- Sunday
Breakfast: Mother's Day Brunch
Dinner: Beans and Sausage, Rice, Rhubarb Crumble - Monday - Feast of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
Breakfast: Vanilla Yogurt, Apple Sauce, Tea with Honey
Dinner: Chile Verde Burritos, Salsa Rice - Tuesday
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs with Chopped Tomatoes and Cheese, Toast (Gluten-free for Jerome), Tea with Honey
Dinner: Tuna Bean Salad, Home Canned Pears - Wednesday
Breakfast: Ful, Shatta, Sliced Radishes, Kalamata Olives, Toast (Gluten-free for Jerome), Canned Peach Halves, Tea with Honey
Dinner: Tomato and Olive Pasta (Gluten-free pasta for Jerome), Green Salad, Fruit Plate - Thursday
Breakfast: Vegetable Hash with Fried Eggs, Apple Sauce, Tea with Honey
Dinner: Homemade Hamburger Helper, Faux Pots de Crème - Friday
Breakfast: Rice Pudding with Leftover Gatayif Filling, Home Canned Pears, Milk and Coffee
Dinner: Pasta with Smoked Salmon, Spinach and Tomatoes, Crème Brûlée - Saturday
Breakfast: Cereal and Milk, Fruit, Milk and Coffee
Dinner: Grilled Bacon Cheeseburgers, French Fries, Spicy Garlic Dill Pickles, Ice Cream
Labels: Church Year, Faith and Morality, Family, Fesah', Governor Inslee Needs a Frozen Fish to the Forehead, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Pascha, Tales from the Kitchen
