Camping in the Big Horns Menu Plan
Camping brings its own set of plans. I had to consider limited cold storage space and frankly, I didn’t want to be standing over a campfire all week. This is the result:
Monday
Lunch: Cold cut sandwiches, chips, veggies, cookies
Dinner: Bratwurst, pretzels, veggies, s’mores
Tuesday
Breakfast: Pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit
Lunch: Sandwiches, chips, veggies
Dinner: Hamburgers, fries, veggies, banana boats
Wednesday
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, fresh fruit
Lunch: Sandwiches, chips, veggies
Dinner: Chicken skillet dinner, veggies, biscuits, apple crisp
Thursday
Breakfast: Instant Oatmeal, fresh fruit
Lunch: Sandwiches, chips, veggies
Dinner: Tacos In a Bag, peach cobbler
Friday
Breakfast: Breakfast burritos, fresh fruit
Lunch: Sandwiches, chips, veggies
Dinner: Beef stew, biscuits, s’mores
Saturday
Breakfast: Instant oatmeal, fresh fruit
Snacks for the week: Jiffy Pop popcorn, cookies, granola bars, trail mix
To save time I cooked the chicken and shredded it, cooked the taco meat, and assembled the breakfast burritos. All of these I froze in zip top bags. Then I also made the trail mix and cookies. I made a mix for pancakes and biscuits so all I had to do was add wet ingredients. Also, I bought pre-cooked bacon. Shelf-stable milk to can save on cold storage space. FYI, you can crack eggs into a container and eliminate the fear of crushing the carton – plus they will store easier. Also, the individual powdered drink packets can add variety to beverages without taking up tons of storage space.
Happy camping.
Summer Cleaning Schedule
SCHOOL’S OUT! I’m thrilled to be home for the summer – my first free summer in years. My cleaning and organization schedules went out the window during the school year, thus my house is a wreck. The dust bunny militia under my couch is starting to take over my home. Scary!
For starters, I have determined to deep clean one room a day for two weeks (not that I have 14 rooms, but I need some free days for maintaining my sanity. My hope is that I will be able to maintain my home once I get it deep cleaned.
Here’s the plan:
- have three empty laundry baskets available (keepers, donations, and trash)
- line the donations and trash baskets with garbage bags
- go through every closet, drawer, pile, etc and sort stuff
- purge, purge, purge
- clean each space, drawer, cubby hole, etc as I go
- clean drapes
- launder bedding (yes, including the comforter set and blankets)
- move furniture to clean behind and underneath
- dust, vacuum, dust, vacuum
- start at the ceiling and work my way down to the floor
- start at the door and work clockwise around the room
- one room a day, and one room only (heehee The Hunt For Red October reference)
- I will work for no more than two hours each day. If I don’t finish, I will pick up where I left the day before.
With this schedule, I should be able to have our home in tip-top shape in two weeks’ time. Whoo-hoo!
White Bean Soup
6 cups water
2 ham hocks
1 lb. great northern beans (pre-soaked)
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 Tablespoon fresh minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or 1/2 Tablespoon fresh
1 teaspoon dried rosemary or 1 Tablespoon fresh
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon olive oil
15 ounce can tomatoes, chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
Place water, ham hocks, and pre-soaked beans in stock pot. Cook for 1 1/2 hours. Add onion, carrot and celery to stock pot. Add spices and garlic. Cook one hour. Drain tomatoes and add juice to stock pot. In a skillet, saute the tomatoes in olive oil for about 5-10 minutes. Stir in the parsley then add to stock pot. Remove ham hocks, cook and trim meat off bones. Add meat to soup. In a blender or food processor, puree 1/3 of the soup and add back to soup. Serve hot.
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