Did you notice that oranges are
back in the fruit bin again? Even though we live in Florida, one of the citrus
centers of the country, we pay a small fortune for oranges. Unfortunately, when
we first moved into this home and planted two orange trees and one lemon tree
in my backyard, only the lemon tree survived. I’m grateful for the wonderful
lemon harvest each year, but I wish I could find some nice, sweet oranges at a
decent price!
When we went tomato picking a
couple of weeks ago, we passed a U-Pick orange grove! The price still seemed a
little steep at $8 for a 5-gallon bucket of navel oranges, but we took a
chance. Tom, Jared, and I filled that bucket in minutes with some very big
oranges! In fact, we were able to fit almost 40 oranges in that bucket,
dropping the price to less than 25¢ per orange! Since the best we can usually
do around here is 50¢ per orange, and the price is usually much higher than
that, I think we got a deal. And since I’m taking a bowl of orange peels out to
the worm bin every day, I think everyone is pretty happy with them, too!
Don’t forget to stop by Organizing
Junkie for more menu ideas! If you’re looking for some new recipe
resources, check out this Recipe Index
Round Up.
Menu Plan for Week of 01/16/2011
Breakfast
Lunch
Lunch of the week
– Salads, wraps or leftovers
Fruit of the week
– Apples, bananas, oranges, and pears
Dinner
Monday – Homemade
Pizza
Tuesday – BBQ
Chicken sandwiches, salad
Wednesday – Grilled
Chicken, Black Bean and Corn Salad
Thursday – Cooking
Lesson: Spaghetti, including homemade pasta, salad
Friday – Chili,
cornbread, salad
Saturday – Buffalo
chicken wraps, cups of vegetable soup, salad
Sunday –
Minestrone, salad
Thank you for stopping by!
Grace and peace be
yours in abundance,
Betty
I used to do homemade pizzas and gave up as it was too time consuming... you may have just sparked new energy for me as I'm thinking I may have to try it again! Thanks for sharing your menu!
ReplyDeleteI would love to make my own pasta! Do you use a pasta roller, or just roll/cut it by hand?
ReplyDeleteHi Phoebe! Every once in a while I'll roll the pasta by hand just so I don't forget what the dough is supposed to feel like, but I have a pasta machine (or 3). Why do I have 3 pasta machines? Because my original machine is about 15 years old and we use it so much that pieces have been known to shatter. So, whenever I see one on freecycle or a friend is retiring theirs, I snag it for parts.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, pasta is ridiculously easy to make even without the machine.