Road Trip

I have been going on the road more often lately and starting to figure out food to take with me and food to leave for those left behind.

In my refrigerator cooler goes raw milk, kombucha, kefir, gouda cheese, crackers I can eat, cod liver oil, bio-cult probiotic.

This last trip the choices left behind in the freezer were anything that could be warmed up easily because it was just dad and one teenage boy. Chili, Easy Beef and Bean Burritos, a pizza in the freezer, brats and dogs, sloppy joe meat, lunch meat, taco chip ole meat, ravioli. The bonus of making so much, they didn't eat it all so I have meals in the freezer.

The week before I made two pizza's and froze one. The chili was already in the freezer. The burritos, sloppy joes and taco meat were easy to throw together. The rest was a matter of picking up stuff at the store.

My mind is already mulling around ideas of what to take when I go overseas this summer for two weeks.

What's Cooking?

Do you make the same meals all the time? Lasagne, Taco Chip Ole, Potato Corn Chowder, Pasta e Fagoli, Buckwheat Waffles, Hambergers, Spaghetti, Pizza, these are my standby meals. I read once that we make the same twenty-one meals over and over. What are your standby meals?

I had two little girls stay for a visit and I asked them "What is your favorite meal?" One said Bean Casserole, and the other said White Chili. When I asked my daughter she said, Chicken and Rice Soup, one son always answers, Italian. The other two boys said Pizza. If I ask my husband this question his answer, "anything you make". I love sweet and sour chicken, but don't make it often because the kids don't like it.

On Saturdays, the last two, I make a layered mexican dish. First comes refried beans, then taco mix sprinkled on top (I make my own taco mix), followed by salsa and cheese. I put this in the oven until the cheese is melted and all is warm. Next I add sour cream, and we use it a a dip for chips. This is very simple and easy for a restful Saturday. There is usually some left for a snack on Sunday.