Meals of the Week, December 7th to December 13th, 2025

 

Well, its Sunday and you know what that means.  A recap of all the meals I cooked or ate over the previous week. My Meals of the Week.  I am really enjoying gathering these meals together each week. It helps me to plan my meals for the week ahead and helps me to keep a note of exactly what and how I am eating.

It is all very tempting when you are a person who lives all on your own to eat out of cans, takeaways or frozen meals. My mother lived on her own from the age of 53 until she passed away at the age of 87. She always cooked for herself.  She never ate out unless it was with other people. Occasionally she would treat herself to a TV dinner buying them when they were on special. She liked the turkey one. No surprise there as I love turkey also, just not in a TV dinner. 

Mom always enjoyed feeding herself healthy meals for the most part. She also enjoyed a glass of red wine every night and a small dish of ice cream. Oh how I miss her.

I am taking a leaf from her book, and making sure that I eat a decent meal every day of the week, and I am enjoying bringing you along for the ride.  Hopefully you will be inspired to do the same and maybe even get some new ideas from what I am cooking for your own meals!

These are only my main meals which I have eaten. It does not include my breakfast or supper, which is my light meal of the day. I usually eat my main meal around early afternoon unless I am eating with someone else.

This week was a bit unusual as I ate away from home three times. That is not really normal for me, but it is that time of year when we are all stretching the boat out a bit!

Here is what I cooked myself over the past week. (Where I have eaten out, I have provided a similar option so that you can cook it yourself.) Let me know what you think!

  SUNDAY, December 7th - Sunday Dinner with the Family

On Sunday I went to my sisters for Sunday dinner with her, Dan and my Dad. She had made a Pot Roast this week. She hadn't made one in a while. It was delicious. She always cooks a delicious supper. We enjoyed it with some mashed potatoes, carrots, broccoli and gravy.  Jello with whipped cream for dessert.

In its place I am sharing my recipe for Slow Cooker Pot Roast.  It always comes out juicy and tender and with a delicious gravy. You can brown the roast before putting it into the crock pot or you can just put it in as it. It works beautifully either way. I always cook some potatoes and carrots with it as well.

MONDAY, December 8th - Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce with Spaghetti Noodles

I was out shopping with my sister for a good part of the day and so I just took some of this Instant Pot Bolognese Sauce that I had frozen for my supper and enjoyed it with some spaghetti noodles. I was starving when I got home. It was a bit later than I usually eat my dinner, so it was a late dinner/early supper.   I enjoyed it with a small salad that I had picked up at the shops.

Traditionally a Bolognese Sauce needs to be slow simmered on top of the stove for several hours in order for the flavors to deepen, and the sauce to thicken to a great consistency. This simple recipe reduces that time by more than half, without reducing any of the delicious flavors. The leftovers also freeze very well.

TUESDAY, December 9th - One Pan Egg Toast Omelet

I usually will have eggs for supper maybe once a week. They are nutritious and make a great supper. I am more likely to have eggs for supper than I am for breakfast. In the terms of cost, eggs are probably one of the cheaper forms of protein to enjoy. 

This One Pan Egg Toast Omelet is one of my favorite ways to enjoy eggs. These delicious omelets are like a combination of French Toast and an omelet. Quick and easy to make, filled with cheese, they go down a real treat. Quantities are for one, but you can easily multiply to make more. You can also adapt to add other fillings like ham, salami, bacon, pepperoni, sauteed peppers and onions,etc. Delicious! I enjoyed this with a few cheeky oven chips on the side and some salad leftover from Monday. 

WEDNESDAY, December 10th - Dinner out with Dad and Cindy

On Wednesday night the bad weather cleared enough for us to go to dinner with our dad. We really don't like him driving himself and his usual dinner companion, Hazel, is not coming on Wednesday's anymore until the days start getting lighter. Can't say that I blame her. She has quite a distance to come and she is in her 80's.  We don't like to think of dad sitting there all by himself and so we have been going with him.

I had high hopes this week as they had a Roasted Ham Dinner special. It said Sliced Roast Ham, with Scalloped Potatoes, veggies, coleslaw and a roll. I thought, that would be pretty hard to mess up. Well  . . . I was expecting sliced roast ham, not this thinly sliced ham in some sort of sauce, that I would rather have done without.  The potatoes were probably the best part of the meal. My roll had been nuked in the microwave beyond belief. It was dry and rubbery. (Shame that as it looked like it might have been good otherwise.) Cindy and Dad ordered fish and chips and got theirs right away, they were almost finished eating by the time I got mine. They forgot my coleslaw as well. I would not recommend.

I would recommend however my own recipe for a Classic Baked Ham.  Always turns out nice. I will be cooking one of these for Boxing Day this year as my daughter and her husband are coming over.

THURSDAY, August 15th - Creamed Chicken & Biscuits

I had some chicken to use up and so I made myself Creamed Chicken & Biscuits for my dinner on Thursday.  I had some biscuits in the freezer that I had baked and frozen, so I just thawed several of them out and gently reheated them before ladling on the creamed chicken. 

This was so delicious. The gravy was rich and creamy, nicely flavored with some tarragon. There was a generous amount of chicken in it and some peas. You could enjoy a nice, tossed salad on the side of this or some coleslaw. This is a real winner of a chicken dinner and a great way to use up leftovers! It more than made up for the terrible ham dinner from the night before.

FRIDAY, December 12th - Lunch out with my friend Jacquie

It had been my friend Jacquie's Birthday at the weekend last and I wanted to take her out for her Birthday, so we went to a different restaurant for lunch, right around the corner from where I live. It is usually fairly good. The weather was terrible, but we managed to make it, and enjoyed our time together.

We each had a turkey dinner. I have had it there before and it is usually quite good. It's not quite as involved as it would be if you were to make one at home, but still good.  There was turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing and carrots, with gravy, cranberry sauce and a roll. Oh, and a pot of coleslaw as well.

In its place I am sharing my recipe for a Sheet Pan Turkey Dinner for two with Veggies. Everything cooks together on the one sheet pan with a bacon wrapped turkey breast, carrots, parsnips, stuffed squash and roasted potatoes. You can always make a small pan of stuffing to enjoy on the side, gravy as well. It's delicious if I don't say so myself!

SATURDAY, December 13th - Tuna Burger  

I missed having my fish on Friday, so I had it on Saturday instead by way of a delicious Tuna Burger. I have been making Tuna Burgers since I was a teenager.  They are really simple to make and incredibly delicious. I always enjoy them with a bit of cheese melted on top, served in a toasted bun with some lettuce and tomato. Lemon Mayonnaise is also very nice spread on the bun, or even tartar sauce.

You could serve these with potato chips on the side if you wished, or salad, even coleslaw.  I always find them to be very filling so am happy with just the burger. I was really happy with this.

And once again these were my meals of the week for the past seven days. I think I did pretty good, despite having eaten away from home three times. Not very usual is that!  I hope you will be inspired to want to cook a few of these things for yourself!

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