Like many of you, I have specific household chores assigned to specific days of the week. In general, this system works very well - but on a day when we're particularly busy - this past Monday comes to mind - it's hard to get those daily chores done. And sure enough, between my head cold, appointments, volunteer work and club meetings - no beds were changed on Monday. (Monday is bedroom day.) :)
Well, today we were home all day and I was actually able to get my kitchen chores accomplished. This included cleaning and menu planning. Tomorrow, after the Shaws flyer arrives, I'll work on the market list-making.
Kitchen Day Chores:
Clean out the refrigerator and freezer (toss anything unusable and wipe shelves).
Go through the kitchen cabinets in the same manner.
Note things to purchase in my shopping notebook.
Wash the countertops, stovetop and sink.
Spot wash the floor (especially crumby corners).
Start the menu plan for the next week ... so far I only have a few notes:
M - "shepherdess" pie and jello dessert (It's St. Brigid Day and Crackerjack's getting his braces on!)
T - Chicken-veggie stir-fry over rice, s'mores for dessert using (unscented) candles to toast marshmallows. (It's Candlemas!)
W - Pasta Day - spaghetti and (turkey) meatballs, garlic rolls, salad
Th - ??
F - Homemade Pizza Night
S - ??
Su - a crockpot supper of some kind
And speaking of menus, for dinner tonight we are having ...
baked ziti (affectionately called "cheesey pasta" by the kids)
garlic-parmesan broccoli
crusty Italian bread
chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch sauce*
(*I don't usually make such decadent desserts but I found we had 3 boxes of cake mix on hand and we also had leftover butterscotch sauce from company last weekend to use up.)
Now, about those eggs in the picture above. Aren't they lovely? I bought them last week at Whole Foods - they are cage-free Ameracauna hen eggs sold by Pete & Gerry's out of New Hampshire. I couldn't resist purchasing them - and now I can't bring myself to use them lol! Actually, I do plan to use them in supper omelettes one night this week. So I had to show them to you before they are put to good use. :)
Have a great night, everyone!
