Meals the First Full Week of February

I contributed to Bountiful Baskets and went to the farmer's market this past weekend so I have a ton of produce to work with. I will post the pictures here but break down the purchases on the grocery total post.

I did trade the cauliflower, bell peppers and green onions for some Kind Bars.

Sunday: Frito Pie using up a can of chili that was hanging out in the cabinet

Monday: Phillip is sick and wanted just steamed rice so I made that for him and the boys and I had sandwiches and fresh salad

Tuesday: Ground buffalo tacos with Mexican fried rice from Premeditated Leftovers. Tiny one was happy to get a chip taco as he calls them. I cut the rice recipe in half to make use of leftover steamed rice. I also used a partial can of rotel rather than tomatoes and green chilies individually. I will use the rest of the rotel and corn in the taco soup later this week.

Wednesday: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork from A Mind Full Mom , mashed sweet potatoes, sauteed mushrooms and a leftover bread stick.

Thursday: We had Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken Lettuce Wraps from Domestic Superhero only I used the pulled pork from the night before and cooked on the stove top.

Friday: Taco soup using leftover ground buffalo, rotel and rest of corn. I also had a partial envelope of ranch dip mix from making ranch potatoes.

 Saturday: I was going to make corndogs but Phillip went by Winco today and they were sampling a marinade with sirloin steak so it came home with him and became dinner. Parmesan crusted asparagus and garlic toast. I am in love with the new Sara Lee Artisan breads for garlic toast.

Books Jan 11th Through Feb 2nd

I have been trying to race through a few audio books because as generally happens to me all the books I was wait listed for have come available at the same time. I made the decision when that happened to go shortest to longest so I could get through as many as possible before I had to request them again. First up was Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data,and What the Internet Reveals About Who We Really Are. This book is being ripped to shreds by readers and I can understand that. He really does not go far for source material or have independent studies but it was a quick and interesting read nonetheless.  I keep saying I am not going to continue the Stephanie Plum series as I feel the plot is stale but here I was checking out the audio book for Hardcore: Twenty-Four.  It was nothing new other than Diesel was back.  A quick listen that lead into A is For Alibi. This is one I had in the stack next to my bed needing to get to when I noticed it was available in audio. I went for the audio and moved the print book out of my stack. The first thought I had when I started this was people were going to think I just jumped on the bandwagon because Sue Grafton passed away recently. Really this book has been by my bed for ages and I have just never gotten to it. I started with the mystery stack so I am not off to the races.

There was only one print book that I finished during this time span and it was one of the last books I am allowing myself from the library. Away With Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions was not what I thought it would be but I still thought it was interesting. I love a good pun and this book showed that I am not alone in this.

During this time I also completed a Kindle book from a self published author. Forbidden Temptations is a decent read that does not require a ton of thought on my part which is sometimes nice since I read and listen to a lot of heavy books.