Hello everyone and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week post! On Sundays I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the delicious main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days, along with the recipes and menu suggestions. If I have eaten out, be it in a restaurant or at a family member's house I always include a recipe you can make in it's place.
I am a senior who lives on her own and I am determined to be a senior who cooks for herself on a daily basis. As much as possible I try to cook everything from scratch. I will not be that person who relies on ready meals, frozen dinners and takeaways for sustenance. They are loaded with fat, sugar and salt. I don't want to eat those things, although I will admittedly have one every now and then. I am always disappointed.
I also try to keep my meals somewhat nutritious and budget friendly. That is becoming more and more important in today's economy where every time you go to the shop's prices seem to have jumped up inordinately. It's scary to those of us who live on a fixed income. I honestly do not know how families are coping with the rising costs.
What you will see here are the main meals I have enjoyed over the past seven days. I do not include what I have had for breakfast or my lunch/supper.
My main meals are usually enjoyed in the early afternoon as I do not like going to bed with a lot on my stomach. I will have a decent breakfast, usually a protein shake, or sometimes some toast or cereal, or a muffin. Maybe even leftover pizza from time to time. 😂 Yes, I do enjoy lefover pizza for breakfast.
My meals later in the day tend to be much lighter. I will often enjoy a salad, or some fruit. Sometimes a sandwich. On other occasions I will enjoy a bowl of cereal or some toast. I try not to eat anything after 7 pm.
These weekly posts are an opportunity for me to look back on the previous week's meals, which are definitely a challenge for me. To try to keep things healthy, reasonable, without a lot of waste, and within budget, as well as interesting. I think I am doing pretty good with this challenge. What do you think?
I really hope that in sharing these things I will inspire you to want to cook for yourself and that you will be tempted to try at least a few of these delicious meals!
SUNDAY, November 2nd. - Sunday Dinner with the family
Most Sundays I have a meal with my family over at my sister's place. That is Cindy, her husband Dan and my dad. I enjoy spending this time breaking bread together. My sister always cooks a delicious meal. This week it was pot roast with roasted veggies and potatoes and apple pie for dessert.
In their place I am sharing my recipe for Instant Pot Pot Roast and Mom's Apple Pie. The pot roast recipe is an Instant Pot Version of my Classic Onion Pot Roast. If you don't have an Instant Pot you can access the normal recipe here. I can promise you that it is pretty delicious either way. You can get Mom's Apple Pie Recipe here. I can promise you that that is also very delicious, but then again whose mom didn't make great apple pies!!
MONDAY, November 3rd. - Ham Steak with Savory Green Bean Casserole
On Monday I cooked myself a ham steak with this delicious green bean casserole. I had made the casserole ahead of time on Sunday because I knew that I was going to be busy all-day on Monday. It was just a simple matter of quickly frying the ham steak and heating up the casserole.
This is a really delicious green bean casserole. It is a hearty side with fresh green beans and chunky potatoes in a rich creamy, cheesy sauce. Crisp buttered breadcrumbs adorn the top. This was hearty and delicious and went down a real treat. If you wanted you could serve a salad or some coleslaw on the side, or even cook an extra vegetable such as carrots or corn.
TUESDAY, November 4th - Cheddar Crusted Chicken
I heated up the remainder of the Green Bean Casserole on Tuesday and enjoyed it with some Cheddar Crusted Chicken. Chicken breasts are coated in mayonnaise and then a crumb, spice and cheese coating, before baking to succulent perfection in a hot oven. This is one of those chicken recipes that is quick and easy to make, using simple ingredients, with the end result being a chicken dish that melts in the mouth!
This is a really delicious version of a baked chicken. I love the crispy crumb coating. It went very well with my leftover casserole and I just had a salad on the side. But you could also serve this chicken with sweet potato fries and some veggies. Trust me when I tell you that it is really delicious!
WEDNESDAY, November 5th - Dinner out with Dad
On Wednesday my sister and I went out for dinner with our father. I was only going to get a club sandwich or some such, but I allowed myself to be tempted by the Fish and Chips Special, which I regretted afterwards. Not that it didn't taste good. It did, but it was clear that they had scooped the fish right out of the fat fryer onto the chips without draining it first and it was very greasy. I was not impressed.
In its place I am sharing my recipe for Lemon Butter Cod, with Asparagus and Orzo pasta. It is a lovely recipe, all cooked in one pan. No fuss no muss and perfectly sized for two people. You don't really need anything else on the side although you could serve this with a salad of some sort. Its quite simply perfect.
What you have here is a delicious mish mash of two cultures. Canadian poutine, which is a dish composed of hot gravy cheese curds and fries, and delicious Indian Butter Chicken.
This was fabulously rich and delicious. The chips were, on this occasion, air fried frozen chips. I used squeakers cheese curds and made my butter chicken from scratch. It was creamy and delicious. I had a simple salad on the side and garnished the poutine with some chopped spring onions. I also enjoyed some mango chutney with it. This was a fabulous meal and a bit of an indulgnce.
FRIDAY, November 7th - Classic Tuna Casserole
I went for Fish for Friday with a Classic Tuna Casserole on Friday. This tasty dish is everything a good tuna casserole should be and is the tuna casserole I have been making for my family for many, many years.
It is creamy and rich and very simple to make. Undiluted soup, some milk, cheese, seasonings, etc. Very old school. Very delicious. Unbeatable in my opinion. You can of course just make a simple white sauce and flavor it with the suggested seasonings.
Add to that some pasta, tuna, peas and a crunchy potato chip topping and this is a casserole that we just love! I was feeling a bit under the weather because I had had both my flu and my covid shots on Thursday and so this was the perfect comfort food meal. All you would need on the side is some crusty bread and perhaps an extra vegetable or a salad.
SATURDAY, November 8th - Four Can Chili
Four Can Chili is a delicious slow cooker meal that leaves you hands free to get on with other things in your day, knowing that you have a delicious meal on the go. The slow cooker does all the work.
This is a simple store cupboard meal. Four simple cans of ingredients are put together in the slow cooker in the most delicious way. Tomatoes, beans, chili (without beans) and two cans of beans, pinto and kidney. With some seasonings and a few other bits, you end up with a delicious chili that belies the fact of how very easy it is to put together. It also freezes very well, so for myself I get to enjoy a delicious meal on the day and then some to freeze in single sized portions for the future.
Its great with crackers, but also with crusty bread. It was a great way to end my week!
And there you have it, my meals of the week for this the first week of November. I hope that there was something here to tempt you to get into the kitchen and start cooking!
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