Weekly Menu || Number Nine ~ Summer

Happy June! 

We've been planting, weeding, mulching, and seeding for the last three weekends. Now it's time to keep up the watering and weeding and hopefully things grow! 

I'm trying a garden for the first time and am super excited! I'm doing a mini container garden to test it out. 

My beginner container garden 

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>> Weekly Menu >>

We eat light and easy during the warm weather months, I'll be featuring my favorite recipes and trying some new ones.  We also have a bunch of house projects we'd like to do, so I'm attempting to cut our food budget for June, July, and August from $300 to $200 a month; as close as I can get will be wonderful, all extra money will go to the home project fund! 

Here's my weekly menu for the first week in June.

Weekly Menu || Number Nine ~ Summer 

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>> Monday >>

Fresh Spinach Salad 

Mac and Cheese

Side: Salad

{30 minute meal, hot weather meal}

For the salad I used fresh spinach, Coarse White Sarawak Pepper, French Fleur de Sel (flaky salt), Tuscan Herb Olive Oil, Raspberry Balsamic. Drizzle, sprinkle, and enjoy! ~ AMAZING! Welcome to my obsession of different pepper, salt, olive oil, and balsamic. 

Loves: 

Kraft Mac and Cheese Original, I'm not sure if I'll ever not love this. 

Olive Oil and Balsamic - Venice Olive Oil Company 

Salt and Pepper - Savory Spice Shop 

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>> Tuesday >>

Potstickers, rice, and fresh tomato slices 

Potstickers

Side: Rice and fresh tomato slices 

{30 minute meal, hot weather eats}

Loves: Frozen Potstickers Costco, super easy to make. 

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>> Wednesday >>

Cereal 

Side: Bacon

{30 minute meal, hot weather eats}

Who doesn't like that! I remember the first time my husband said, "Why don't we just have cereal for dinner tonight?" Hello...I've met the man of my dreams! I love cereal for breakfast!!

With the price of bacon reaching $5 a pound, it also makes for a budget friendly meal. 

Loves: 

Bacon - Farmland 

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>> Thursday >>

Leftovers 

{30 minute meal, hot weather eats}

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>> Friday >>

Frozen Pizza

Side: Salad 

{30 minute meal}

Loves: 

Pizza - The man likes Jack's 

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>> Sweet >>

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet - Box

Frosting Recipe: Cook's Country Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting 

I also striped the frosting red and sprinkle with mini chocolate chips. 

Sorry, I forgot to take a picture. 

When I was working in the yard the other day, the neighbor kids said, what are you doing? Can I help? So I put them to work, I tell you what, if you want good workers get three five years olds and an eight year old, amazing workers! And super cute too, very excited to find worms. They helped me for about a half hour pulling weeds and moving a pile of dirt. So I made them cupcakes as a thank you. It's really cool too because now they ask how the tomatoes are doing (we were getting the ground ready for a mini garden bed). Now we look at the plants growing and when/if somethings grows we'll pick and eat them right off the vine! 

First Step:
Measured how much space I needed for my five plants
Tore up the ground and pulled any weeds

Second Step:
My honey made the wooden frame
We hand tilled the ground
Added some compost dirt from our compost pile
Added some new soil for fruits and vegetables

Third Step:
Planted my tomatoes
I'll add tomato cages when they get a little bigger

Hopefully we'll have some delicious tomatoes to enjoy!!!

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Have a lovely summer!

xoxojolleen

{you are beautiful and wonderfully made}