Homemaking Organized Blog

I’m getting sick of gardening. That being said I planted some chives and cabbage last week. Sigh! So maybe not that sick of it. It’s frustrating, aggravating and rewarding. The first vegetable ready to be picked makes you so giddy!

UPDATE: The tomatoes are taking FOREVER to turn red. We pulled a few in the house and let them ripen there. Black from Tulas. Very good. There are a few turning red on the vine. The Black from Tula and Amish Paste. The Golden’s are not doing so hot. The plants look horrible (I’ve been ruined by lovely gardening magazines) but they are still putting forth fruit.

Lately we’re going from temps in the 100′s to the 70′s. My garden is not happy. We’ve harvested a few cumbers too. Boothby’s Blonde. The corn is almost ready. It’s always swarming with wasps so I’m afraid to touch it. Some gardener I am.I’m not sure what is happening there.

We should be harvesting potatoes next week. My husband has been watering for me in the cool mornings. Kiss, kiss!

Anyway as we get ready to start up another school year it has come to my attention that the home arena is falling into major disorganization. I’ve been spending some time each day organizing various areas in the home.

1. Laundry
2. Filing
3. Home office in general
4. Meals

Today I’ll talk about the meals. Family dinner in particular.  My husband has been alternating his days off so he is home some days during the week. This means he really gets into the cooking and it throws my whole meal plan off. Besides after he cooks there are usually a few leftovers so cooking the next few nights is not really necessary.

Well this week things seem to have shifted a bit and I’d better get a handle on the evening meals or we’ll be eating cold cereal.

As far as pantry staples are I usually have those all together bit it’s the fresh stuff I’ve been lacking on.

My plan was to eat from the garden and we have a bit but we need teeny bit more variety.

So my husband took care of dinner last night but this morning I grabbed my Saving Dinner book and headed to the grocery store.

I’m starting with a summer menu and only using three of the five menus for the week.

We’ll have…

• Fish Romano
• Lemon Skillet Chicken with Rosemary and
• Warm Spinach Salad

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned in the past how much I like the Saving Dinner cookbook. Of all the menu plans, cookbooks etc this is the most used in our household.  I have two bookshelves full of cookbooks, a computer database and an online system I use but the Saving Dinner one is the best.

When I first purchased Saving Dinner my husband and I rated each recipe so we could know where we would want to adjust or even swap out if need be. We’ve only nixed about 3 in the whole book of 4 seasons worth of recipes.

As much as I like menu planning I can get lazy about it and having a cookbook handy without having to go the computer is great. There are four seasonal menus, 8 weeks worth of menus per season, your grocery lists and cooking tips.

AND! Leanne is revamping the book. You can preorder Amazon or Barnes and Nobles and the new version will have 4 weeks worth of freezer meals. You can also get an ebook version at Barnes and Nobles….Thanks a lot Leanne! (said sarcastically since I already have my copy).

Oh I guess this is sounding like a review….okay.

Saving Dinner YES! I love this cookbook.

The recipes are not difficult but if you are a complete novice at cooking Leanne also has Saving Dinner Basics: How to Cook Even If You Don’t Know How

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