Meals of the Week, June 15th -21st , 2025

Hello everyone and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week post for this the third week of June, 2025. Every Sunday I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the deliciousness that I have enjoyed over the past seven days each day for my main meals. This does not include my breakfasts or lunch/suppers.

Generally speaking, I will eat my main meal at noon, unless I have been out running the roads. That was the case this week for most of my days as I found myself dealing with lots of health appointments, etc. I had a very busy week that way and so I kept things pretty simple for the most part.

I had one day where I did capitulate and eat a cheeky dinner purchased from Mary Brown's fried chicken, but I did make do with what I could throw together for the rest of the week. Mary Brown had a customer appreciation day this week and was selling their two-piece chicken dinners for only $4.99. Who could resist that! Not I!

As I said, this roundup only includes the meals that I enjoyed for my main meals of the day, along with my menu suggestions and recipe links to said meals. I don't include my other meals of the day as they are quite unremarkable.

Usually for breakfast I will enjoy a protein smoothie (homemade) or some granola or toast. I have always made my own granola which I enjoy along with Greek yogurt and usually some fruit or some date syrup.  This is my favorite Granola Recipe. I have made many different kinds in my life, but this is the one I keep coming back to.

I eat my main meals, most of the time, around early afternoon. This is what suits me and my aging stomach. I don't really like to go to bed with anything too heavy on my stomach.

Later in the day I will usually eat some fruit, or a sandwich, maybe a salad, or something I will enjoy a bowl of cereal, a throwback to when I was a child.  I can remember sitting in my brother's highchair eating a bowl of cereal and milk watching my mother scrub the floors around me, carpet rolled up and she on her hands and knees. I am grateful for that memory as it is unique to me. My sister and brother never got to experience that.

In any case these are the main meals I enjoyed this week. I try to keep them fairly healthy and within the budget that I live by. There is nothing spectacularly expensive or out of range here.  Just good simple food that we can all enjoy!

 SUNDAY, June 15th - Father' Day Dinner

Sunday was Father's Day and we had a bit of a do for our dad at my sister's place. Nothing too special.  Smash Burgers, Potato Salad, Cindy's Pasta Salad and some crudites. Just a simple meal really, but we all enjoyed it immensely. 

The burgers were perfect and the salads were delicious! I have included links to my recipes for everything that we enjoyed. It really was a lovely supper.  We just had sugar free Jello pudding for dessert with whippy cream. Dad is a diabetic and they have taken him off Metformin now because of his age, so we try to watch his sugars.

We enjoyed celebrating him. He will be 92 on his birthday and although he is slowing down a bit, his brain is just as active as ever!

MONDAY, June 16th. - Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

I had a bit of a busy day on Monday. I had to take my cat Cinnamon to the Vets in the afternoon to have her post op checkup. I don't know why if I have an appointment in the afternoon, it throws my whole day off, but it does!  I am getting old I guess.

Anyways, for supper I had a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad. Light and delicious. I think Caesar Salad is one of my absolute favorite salads, next to the Cobb Salad, and when you add some grilled chicken it becomes even more so! I rub the chicken before cooking with my own homemade Montreal Chicken Seasoning.  It's very easy to make and tastes delicious. 

This is always an expensive option to order when eating out and never quite comes up to my expectations. I would always rather make it from scratch at home!

TUESDAY, June 17th - Mary Brown's Fried Chicken special

On Tuesday I had to spend the day up in Kentville at the hospital there having various tests done. Kentville is about an hour from where we live. I also did a few errands when I was up that way. Cindy is always my driver for days like this. On the way back we decided to take advantage of Mary Brown's Customer Appreciation Special. You could get two pieces of chicken and wedges for only $4.99. We got a meal for everyone.  They were really generous with the chicken and wedges as well. I got a drumstick and a breast in mine and everyone else got a decent amount as well. It was a real treat!

In its place I am sharing my recipe for Oven Fried Chicken with a Chive and Buttermilk Mash. When it comes to fried chicken, I would rather enjoy mashed potatoes with it than anything else and this mash is spectacular. Tangy and rich with a lovely hint of chives. The chicken is also delicious. Nicely coated and not greasy with just the right flavor.

All you need on the side is a cooked vegetable or a salad of some kind. You can also make a larger amount of the chicken and freeze it ready to thaw out and enjoy another time!

WEDNESDAY, June 18th - Classic Cold Plate

I had a lot of catching up to do on Wednesday from this course I am taking. I had fallen a bit behind. Cindy had given me some salad from Sunday and so I put together a cold plate.  I had some sliced ham in the refrigerator and so I used that and had it on a plate with some leftover potato salad, macaroni salad and some sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.  It was delicious.

The link will take you to a post that I wrote on How to Put Together a Cold Plate. I hope that you will take a look at it and that you will enjoy it!  With all the hot weather coming up over the next 8 weeks or so, it is sure to come in handy!

THURSDAY, June 19th- Ina Garten's Gruyere Omelet

I had yet another busy day on Thursday. I had eye appointments all afternoon. I had to have a field test, etc.  Because of the spacing out of them and the waiting around in between most of my afternoon was spent with that. When I got home my eyes were still dilated and I was starving, so I had an early supper/late lunch.  Just an omelet and some toast with some bacon leftover from the other day.  It fit the bill perfectly.

This is a really nice omelet.  If you don't like gruyere cheese, feel free to use another kind.  Cheddar is really nice. I love to use a British cheddar if I have it. I used cheddar on this day because I didn't have any gruyere.  It was delicious and filled my empty gap. I hadn't wanted to eat before I went out as I do tend to get carsick when my eyes are messed up, so I thought it best to go on an empty stomach!

Cheese omelet, crisp bacon, whole-grain toast, color me satisfied!

FRIDAY, June 20th - Hot Tuna Buns

I had a cleaning day on Friday as I had been running my butt off all week with appointments, etc. Between those and catching up on my course work I decided to make myself a simple supper that I always enjoy. Hot Tuna Buns! Fish for Friday!

I have been making these for years! They were something my children always enjoyed as did I.   These tasty buns are simply hot dog buns filled with a deliciously flavored tuna and cheese filling. Baked in the oven until the buns crisp up and the cheese melts, they are incredibly tasty! They are also very quick, easy and simple to make!  

You can serve them with potato chips, or oven chips, or salad, veggie sticks, soup, etc.  I served mine with some crisp veggie sticks and had some lovely fresh cherries for dessert!

SATURDAY, June 21st - Amish Country Casserole

I had some of this tasty casserole in the freezer which I just heated up in the microwave.  The original recipe makes four servings, and that is a small batch of the original recipe which made twice that amount.  I like to make the four serving size and then freeze three servings, individually, for those times when I am super busy and don't have a lot of time for cooking.

Saturdays I usually go grocery shopping with my sister. We make almost a whole day of it. We go to several different shops to pick up on the specials that we can. You have to do what you have to do in today's economic climate in order to make ends meet.

I knew I was going to be late getting home and so I had taken the casserole out of the freezer this morning.  This is a delicious casserole that is made by the Amish. It has ground beef, pasta, a delicious creamy sauce, cheese, etc.  Those Amish sure know how to cook.

I enjoyed this along with a mixed side salad that I had picked up at the shops and a crusty roll. I was stuffed at the end but very content!  

An early supper, a good film to watch on the television, some popcorn to much on, and that was my Saturday night sorted!

And there you have it, the main meals I enjoyed over the past seven days. I think, despite being sugar busy this week, I ate rather well and still kept everything within my budget.  What do you think?  

Please join me next Sunday to see what I've cooked up over the next seven days!

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