Dinner Calendar - December 2007

I'm on a bit of a roll with these, mainly because I wanted to get 2007 over and done with so I could file the calendar away. Thomas was still with us so he was joining in on meals whenever he was home at dinner time. Joe ate out most nights, and I continued with my 'grazing through dinner' meal plan. So, this is really a list of what the KIDS ate every night for dinner, unless there were veggies involved or soup because THOSE I join in on. I love me some soup! Just last week (July '08) I made some FANTASTIC chicken noodle soup; Joe even loved it and he usually only likes soup if he's sick.

'Mixed Veggies' means either a half or full 16 oz bag of frozen Central Market Organic brand mixed peas, carrots, corn and green beans. 'Big Dinner' means that we had more than just our family of 4 eating the meal, anywhere from one more person up to 4 more people.

So, without further delay, here is the dinner calendar for December 2007:
1 - Ate out-in from Burger King, leftover black-eyed peas thing
2 - Fresh meatballs (ground pork & ground Jersey bull) w/ homemade sauce, mushroom ravioli
3 - Big Dinner - Salmon, scallops, pizza bites
4 - Pasta (foot-long ziti) w/ white bean sauce (maybe from Everyday Food?)
5 - Macaroni & Cheese w/ mixed veggies, grilled hot dogs, smores (we must have just gotten the charcoal grill 2 days before - it was end of the season clearance. I know you're saying "End of season clearance? But it's December! I think the grilling season ended a while ago." But see, in December we still regularly have daily highs in the 70's (80's in the sun) so grilling out is really a year-round thing here)
6 - Big Dinner (Lisa was in town) - Tamales, broccoli, guacamole & chips, still-in-season-at-the-farmers-market bell peppers & dip, pepper & tomato soup w/ rice
7 - Macaroni & Cheese w/ ground beef and veggies mixed in
8 - Oops, forgot to write it down
9 - Pasta (star shaped) w/ sauce
10 - Pizza bites
11 - Big Dinner - Salmon, scallops, home-made Lo Mien
12 - Hot dogs w/ chili & rice
13 - Tortellini w/ sauce & meatballs, green beans
14 - Ate out-in - Summer Sausage & cheese from North Carolina (thanks Cea & Charlie), Domino's pizza (our standard order is double black olives, double mushrooms on a hand-tossed crust, Joe's is green pepper, onion, pepperoni on thin crust)
15 - Ate out at a dinner/Christmas party at a friend's house
16 - Tortellini w/ mixed veggies
17 - Hot dogs w/ chili & rice
18 - Ate out at Kerby Lane Cafe
19 - Ravioli w/ edamame
20 - Tamales
21 - Macaroni & Cheese w/ ground beef & mixed veggies mixed in
22 - Tortellini w/ meatballs and sauce
23 - Ravioli w/ meatballs and sauce
24 - Home-made black olive pizza, tortellini w/ fresh meatballs & sauce
25 - Christmas - Big Dinner - Wild turkey (the poultry not the bourbon), mashed potatoes, sauteed green beans, steamed carrots, dressing, King Hawaiian rolls, gravy, chocolate cherry cheesecake (from Aunt Nita at the Farmers Market)
26 - Leftovers from last night except we had brisket (thank you Christian) instead of turkey
27 - Leftovers from last night minus the beans and the rolls
28 - Ate out at Dynasty Buffet
29 - Tortellini & ravioli w/ meatballs and sauce
30 - Macaroni & Cheese w/ mixed veggies and ground beef
31 - Ate out-in - Domino's Pizza