Oh my goodness. This week’s menu plan goes into the new year. It is hard to believe this year will be done and we will be on a new one when I do my next plan.
When I did my meal plan last week I went ahead and wrote out this weeks too and boy was I happy I took the time. Who knows, maybe this upcoming year I will start planning a whole month of meals at a time
The other night was one heck of a night with the kids. They were coming down from all the Christmas activities and just fighting constantly. Especially over new toys. So it was a beer kind of night. I had this wonderful 22oz bottle of Vanilla Porter in the fridge that I cracked open, but only ended up drinking one glass of it….
Since it went flat, I wanted to use the rest for a pork roast. Last night I made this Balsamic Beer Braised Pork and it was absolutely wonderful. I actually had a pork tenderloin, not a butt roast, so I turned the oven temp down and only cooked it for about 45 minutes. I then thickened the sauce to make a gravy. Wonderful.
On Christmas Eve my sister makes Cioppino for dinner. I don’t like it but my husband loves it, and as it turns out so does Sid.
He did his happy food dance when he was eating the leftovers on Friday.
I can’t even believe another week has gone by in December.
I am so running out of time. The to-do-list is just as long as it was last week. Of course I might keep adding to it…
Cards are coming along, but not yet done….This week is more card assembly, present making, gingerbread house assembly (for our big house decorating party on Sat.) and wrapping. No, don’t worry I didn’t mean rapping, ’cause I can’t throw down rhymes.
But what does that mean? I have no time to cook! OK, I have very limited time to cook. So to the crock pot I turn. And to meals that do not require a side dish.
Or I can turn to take-out, or eating at my sisters, or….are pop-tarts ok for dinner?
We had breakfast with Santa yesterday. No big deal.
I Tri and Craft 