Dinners! And some lunches...

Oh, my gosh!  I've done such a poor job of coming up with a meal plan and buying for it.  I'm spending a fortune on food these days because I'm just stopping at the grocery store and buying whatever sounds good.  After doing that at least once since Friday, this is what I've come up with based on what I've got.

• Grilled cheese on Potato Dill bread with tomato soup or chili.  We had this today.  Thank heavens for the chili in the freezer!  I'm going to have to make another batch to refill my freezer stock.
• Breakfast for dinner.  Hashbrown casserole (maybe), eggs, sausage, toast.
• Mexican Casserole.  Hoping for some leftovers from this dinner.  
• Halloween Pumpkin Soup from the Holiday Slow Cooker cookbook.  It looks good and I've always wanted to make a good pumpkin/squash soup.  I guess the keyword here is good - I may have to add sausage to boost the flavor.
• Spaghetti and sausage with vodka sauce
• Pizza - Schwans
• Ravioli and sauce

Rob and I went to Target to pick up some lunch stuff.  We bought wraps and a couple of salads.  Rob is pretty good at packing his own lunch every day, but I'm not.  I try, but I'm not as dedicated to planning.  I've got three lunches, and three days I'll need them.  Here's to hoping!

Mexican Tortilla Casserole

This was one of those FB posts that you're supposed to share so you save it to your page.  I always look them up on the internet and post from the source but I couldn't find this one.  So here it is, posting so I can pin again.

Mexican Tortilla Casserole

1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup diced onion
1 package taco seasoning mix
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 can refried beans (warm them first so they're easier to spread)
1 cup cooked rice
1 can Mexi Corn, drained
4-5 large flour tortillas
8 oz salsa

Prepare a casserole dish with cooking spray.

Brown ground beef and onion, drain.  Add taco seasoning and cook according to package directions.  

Place a single layer of tortillas in the bottom of baking dish and spread 1/3 of the beans on them, top with 1/2 of the meat mixture, and sprinkle cheese.

Second layer tortillas, 1/2 the rice, 1/2 the salsa, 1/2 the corn and cheese.

Third layer tortillas, 1/3 beans, 1/3 meat mixture, cheese.

Fourth layer tortillas, remaining beans, meat mixture, corn, rice, salsa and cheese.

Bake covered with foil at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.  Uncover and bake 10-15 minutes longer.  Let sit five minutes before cutting.  

Serve with sour cream, guacamole, shredded lettuce, and tortilla chips if desired.

Food, comfort food!

We're back to hamburgers, slop, and pasta.  Come to think of it, when did we stop?

• Cheeseburgers, Red Robin french fries (frozen from the grocery store!) and salad - maybe, if I can get them to eat it.
• Slop - rice, ground beef, cream of mushroom soup and maybe some green beans.
• Unstuffed Peppers - I started with a Stuffed recipe and made notes on Pinterest to change it to UNstuffed.  We'll also have salad, which I'll make them eat.
• Mac and cheese casserole, or just mac n cheese whatever sounds good at the time.
• Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and biscuits.  
• Pizza
• Lasagna rollups or ravioli (from Schwans) with roasted zucchini and salad.

The only meal that will be any real work is the unstuffed peppers.  Comfort food

Growing up, my kids were allowed to choose the meal on their birthday.  If we were going out, they picked the restaurant.  Lindsay always chooses fried chicken and my mashed potatoes, and this year is no different.  Although, this very minute she is trying to figure out what else she likes that would go well with mashed potatoes.  She suggested spaghetti and vodka sauce.  We decided that was gross.

Jake and his fiancee Willa are coming for dinner on Lindsay's birthday.  It's been a month since we saw them at Jake's birthday breakfast.  I'm looking forward to seeing them, but I'm gonna have to clean my house tomorrow during the day because I won't have any time before they come.  Cleaning - I hate cleaning.