What’s for supper at your house this week?
Last week we had Sweet Potato Fajitas, Beef and Cheese Tostadas and more.
Hello friends! I hope that you are doing well. We spent the last week finishing up what we could of the deck, putting together what I’m calling Denton’s new toy, but I can’t really call it that because I know I’ll use it more than he will. It’s a gas grill, charcoal grill and smoker in one. Keep in mind that we went to buy me a new griddle grill and this is what we came home with.
I think its going to be a good one though. It took us TWO days to put the thing together. I told Denton this is why I like to buy things at thrift stores and yard sales. You just bring it home and all of that is already done. We bought ours at Walmart, but it’s out of stock right now at my store. You can also buy it here, but that price is INSANE. That’s what we’ve done all week, what have you been doing?
Here’s what we ate last week:
Sweet Potato Fajitas. This was one of our Hello Fresh meals. It was okay. I like sweet potatoes. With a lot of butter and brown sugar. I didn’t really care for them as tacos. Ahem. I think this meal would have been fantastic with chicken. I’ll try that and let you know what we think.
Soup beans with salmon, roasted potatoes and onions, and Mac and cheese. My favorite meal. Ever.
Beef and Cheese Tostadas. This meal was our second Hello Fresh of the week. It was REALLY good. Hayden pointed out that it was awkward to eat. We all finally just picked them up and ate them like a hot dog. It worked.
Hot dogs without my yummy chili, broccoli salad and chips. A quick and easy meal that was yummy.
Creamy Lemon Chicken with Spinach and Artichokes with rice. This was a recipe that I altered from Martha Stewart. It was really good. It was also very filling. I’ve never had artichokes which is why I wanted to try this, and they were – okay. I use that word a lot when I’m not sure if I actually like something. I’m planning to alter this recipe even more and I think I would like it better.
Tuna sandwiches, pickles and chips. Easy peasy and always delicious.
Chinese! My favorite. After spending 357 hours in the blazing heat putting the grill together I declared that we were having Chinese. We haven’t had this meal in – I had to go look it up – since the last week of April. I think I showed great restraint. 😕 
What did you eat last week? What are you planning to eat this week? You can see all of my other What’s for Supper? plans here.
Groceries
Last week I tried out our local Walmart pickup feature and I have to say: I LOVED it. I added things to my online list during the week as everyone added them to our whiteboard in the kitchen. On Tuesday night before I went to bed I finalized the order and paid for it after I chose the time I wanted to pick up the entire order (Wednesday between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm), and on Wednesday I received a text at 10:45 am letting me know my order was ready.
I left my office, drove over and parked in the designated spot. I literally put my car in park and a woman popped into my view and cheerfully asked if I was there for a pickup. I gave her my name and she said “We’ll be right back”. I picked up my phone to call Denton and the back hatch of my Pilot opened and two people started loading in my groceries. The whole process took approximately 30 seconds. Again, I loved it.
The only issue I had wasn’t really an issue and it was my doing. I specifically asked not to have any substitutions. I truly love Nature’s Own Butterbread and I didn’t want to chance it being replaced by something else. Since I stated that, when they didn’t have the pizza I asked for they didn’t give me an alternative. That isn’t the end of the world, so I may actually try the substitution thing this week. We’ll see what happens.
After all that, I HIGHLY recommend it if they have it in your area. I also forgot to mention that it’s free. My favorite word. Have you tried it yet? How did it go?
P.S.S. Did you happen to see how much I spent on groceries this week? This is a good thing for my budget!
June 2: Walmart $62.54
June ~ so far: $62.54
May $513.19
April $643.67
March $524.80
February $547.53
January: $485.88
Fetch: if you use my referral code QF4TJ, you’ll get 2,000 points when you sign up.
How did your grocery shopping go this week? Did you buy something yummy?
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Hello Fresh: Trattoria Tortelloni Bake. This was yummy. The 
I need to experiment and find out what they put in their fry seasoning. It was really great on the roasted potato wedges. That’s the one downfall of just using Hello Fresh’s recipes alone. When they send you your meals, they send you everything that you would need to make it. You can always substitute veggie stock for veggie stock, but “fry seasoning” is pretty vague.
Soup beans with 
Hot dogs on the fire. 
You have to remember that my main reason for wanting to try this food experiment was to try new things that I know are supposed to taste like what they actually are. Kim ran a Korean restaurant for decades and I’m telling you it was very, very close to what she made us for dinner. She is an AMAZING cook and what I made was very comparable.
