Here I am again with another Meals of the Week Post. On Sundays I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the meals that I have enjoyed eating as my main meals over this past week. When you are a person that lives on their own there can be a tendency to eat out of tins, or to eat frozen meals. I don't want that to be my life and if I can inspire one person to also want to cook for themselves, then I think that's a great thing.
My late mother lived all on her own from the age of 54 to 81 when my sister and her partner Dan moved in with mom. By that point mom needed someone to take care of her as she had dementia and was no longer to really care for herself.
While my mother was able to she always cooked for herself. Every day she had a meal that she prepared and that she enjoyed. The odd time it might have been a tv dinner or something from the freezer. She loved Big Macs and when they put them on offer, she would buy four or five, have one for her tea and then freeze the other four to have as a treat on another occasion. (I cannot imagine what they might have tasted like. 😟 I cannot think they would have been very good.
She did love to shop at M&M meats however, and would pick up boxes of chicken breasts and fish from there. She might have a chicken breast for her supper but she always cooked potatoes or rice to go with it and a vegetable.
I am a little bit more adventurous myself, but them I cooked for a living for years and am quite used to cooking for a larger family. Food excites me. I love to cook. Mom ate to live whereas I live to eat! That does make a difference in what you choose to eat.
Right now I have my oldest daughter Eileen living with me as well, which makes it even more exciting and interesting. I am really enjoying having someone in the house to cook for.
Usually on Sundays I have supper at my sisters with the family and every Wednesday night I go out to dinner with my father and his friends at a local eatery. Other than that, I cook everything myself. Food doesn't have to be complicated to taste good. I like to eat a wide variety of things, although looking at the photographs for this week, I did have a very "red meat" week! (Not something I usually do!)
So here we go with my meals of the week for the third week of March,, 2026. I hope you will be inspired to want to cook a few of these things for yourself!
SUNDAY, March 15th - Dinner with the family
On Sundays I usually go to my sister's place to have dinner with the family. Cindy, Dan, Dad and myself and now Eileen is here, she goes as well. Its a lovely time for us all. My sister always cooks a really delicious meal. This week she made her famous Meatloaf. We enjoyed that with all dressed homemade potato wedges and green beans.
Cindy’s Meatloaf is the kind of old‑fashioned family recipe that wins hearts the moment it hits the table. Made with everyday ingredients and a clever secret addition, baking mix, it bakes up incredibly tender, moist, and full of comforting flavor . The baking mix might sound unusual, but it gives the meatloaf the loveliest texture, holding everything together without making it dense. One taste and you understand why it’s a long‑time family favorite.
Lean, grass‑fed ground beef, finely minced onion, ketchup, and a single egg come together in the simplest way, shaped and baked into a beautifully rustic loaf that slices like a dream . You can enjoy it plain — just as Cindy does — or add the optional sweet‑tangy glaze of ketchup, Dijon, and brown sugar for that irresistible sticky finish your family will love.
MONDAY, March 16th - Farmhouse BBQ Beef Cups
These delicious ground beef muffins were something that my daughter really wanted me to make. They were a memory from her childhood and she was craving them. If you enjoy cozy, family‑style recipes that are both practical and delicious, these Farmhouse BBQ Beef Cups are such a delightful option. They take all the flavors of a classic, saucy BBQ beef filling and tuck them into soft, golden biscuit cups that bake up beautifully in the oven. Simple, hearty, and wonderfully satisfying.
We enjoyed some of these with some salad on the side. A nice tossed salad with iceberg lettuce, red onion, tomatoes, cucumbers and celery. I made a simple vinaigrette dressing to toss it with. I don't buy premade salad dressings any longer as I always end up having to throw most of them out.
In any case this was a lovely supper for us both and I ended up with some to freeze for a later date. In all truth I will probably give them to Eileen to take with her when she moves into her new place so she can have something she enjoys to eat in her freezer as a treat!
TUESDAY, March 17th - Saint Patrick's Day
On Tuesday we celebrated the wearing of the green with a simple and delicious Soup. Creamy Reuben Soup. This delicious soup recipe takes all of the flavors of a classic Reuben sandwich, rye bread piled high with plenty of shaved salty corned beef or pastrami, tangy sauerkraut, rich melted cheese and Thousand Island Dressing, and combines them in one tasty creamy bowl, perfect to enjoy on these first chilly, often rainy, days of spring.
This was hearty and very filling. We enjoyed the soup with a salad on the side and some freshly baked Soda Bread. I baked a small batch of Cheese & Herb Soda Bread. The two together were delicious. I had picked up some Saint Patrick's Day cupcakes at the store for dessert as they were cute, but I thought that they were largely disappointing. Those things usually are.
WEDNESDAY, March 18th - Dinner out with the family
On Wednesday nights we usually go out together as a family. My father has been doing this for years. Meeting his friend Hazel at a local restaurant. Old habits die hard. Even though he is not really that mobile any longer, he still wants to go. Its a very social thing. He can't drive himself these days, so we take him.
This week Cindy and I both had the one piece fish and chips, Hazel had the baked Haddock dinner, Eileen had the six layer lasagna and dad had his favorite shepherd's pie.
I am sharing my recipe for a Classic Shepherd's Pie for this day. A delicious, homey casserole which is a real family pleaser, with a tasty ground meat base, peas and a cheesy mash topping. I use ground lamb, but feel free to use whatever type of ground meat you enjoy. Once again, a salad goes very well on the side.
THURSDAY, March 19th - Steaky Chips with Peppercorn Sauce
Simple was the order of the day and on this cold, snowy, rainy day. We each enjoyed a cup of Tomato Soup along with a grilled Cheese sandwich. The recipe shown here is for a Cheese Crusted Grilled Cheese. It lifts a simple grilled cheese up to a deliciously higher level. This is a delectable toasty grilled cheese sandwich, not only with plenty of melting cheese in the middle of the buttery toasted bread . . . but with plenty of melted and toasted cheese on the outside, coating it so that you be eating cheese from the outside in and from the inside out with a double cheese whammy!
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