My week

I woke up around 6 this morning. It was just starting to get light.  The blue sky was gorgeous against the new dusting of snow and the sliver of moon was shining bright. It was 4 degrees.  This entire week is going to be COLD thanks to a polar vortex.  It is winter though.

The work week was a little rocky.  By Friday I was SO thankful it was over.  Saturday morning we ventured to the grocery store.  We could have just made a quick trip for veggies but looking at next Saturday's forecast of -4 I decided we needed to do it now.  The store was a lot busier than normal, I'm sure because of the super bowl and the coming weather.  Today I am going to do my usual Sunday cleaning, food prep and laundry.  I want to be as ready as I can for the rough week ahead.  

We watched Hillbilly Elegy on Netflix which was a really good movie.  While cooking each night, I watched/listened to various cooking shows.  Thursday I had my fix of the one trash TV show I watch Southern Charm on Bravo.

Kristen Hannah is one of my favorite authors.  I have read all of her books. Some are better than others but in my opinion The Great Alone and Winter Garden are my favorites.  Her newest novel, The Four Winds was released Tuesday.  It arrived Thursday and I can't wait to start reading it.

This weeks dinners were:

Sunday- Stuffed shells, salad, bread

Monday- Beef bone broth with Thai noodles.  Our local butcher sells beef soup bones for a really good price.  I had one in the freezer so once it thawed I seared both sides in the caste iron skillet then put it in the crockpot with celery, carrots, onion and garlic.  Then I added about 7 cups of water and cooked on low until late Monday afternoon.  I pulled the pieces of beef out and strained the broth. I sauteed garlic, ginger, onion and mushrooms, splash of tamari and then added the beef.  Added the mixture to the broth, sprinkled in cumin, turmeric, coriander, red pepper flakes and let simmer for about 30 minutes.  Add the Thai or any noodle you choose, simmer for another 10 minutes.  This was one of those wing it dinners turned out really good.

Tuesday-Chicken legs, baked potato and salad.

Wednesday- Chicken (left over), cabbage, carrot and ginger egg rolls with green onion, cream cheese in an egg roll wrap. I sliced up 1/2 head of cabbage, one carrot and one nub of ginger. Shredded the left over chicken from Monday.  Cooked the veggies, added red pepper flakes, tamari and a splash of fish sauce. When the cabbage softens, add the chicken.   Cook for about 5 minutes.  Let cool and then assemble the egg rolls.  Then I just mixed green onion with cream cheese and spread on two egg roll wraps and rolled.  Then fry or bake. 

Thursday- Beef and bean chili

Friday- Mushroom, green pepper, pepperoni and red onion pizza.

Saturday- Beef sausage stir fry with spicy rice and a cheese roll up.

What was your week like?