What's for dinner?

Hopefully I can keep up with each day. Mainly to hold myself accountable to the goals, of making sure I have dinner for my family each night.

Talking is second nature to me, and I am one of this people that shares too much. Steve once told me, "Nobody cares what you ate for breakfast."

I replied, "I care what people eat for breakfast!" Lol

So here goes the download of each nights dinner...

Friday February 21st.

Cute Amy (one of Aubrey's best friends) had a fundraising spaghetti dinner for Weber State Women's Soccer Team. Soccer players are great cooks. It was wonderful!

Saturday February 22nd.

I did not use Citrus Pear, everyone was in and out of the house. Auzzy had been throwing up all night, and had spent 2 days in bed, so I wasn't sure how many needed to eat. We ended up cooking the meals I have on hand.

Hamburgers are always in the freezer. I buy the big Costco bags of 24. I also have chicken patties, and salmon always ready to cook.

 I had wanted some salmon for lunch the day before, so I had my cedar plank soaking in water ready to use. Steve usually cooks salmon on our smoker when we have it. But occasionally if we only cook for 1 or 2, I use the cedar plank. We had 1 hamburger patty and 1/2 salmon left over. Auzzy didn't eat. It was eaten later in the night as a snack. No leftovers by the end of the day! Yay!




Sunday February 23.

We went overboard! I cooked 2 Citrus Pear meals. Josh chose pulled pork for dinner. I wasn't sure how many were coming for dinner, so I cooked an extra pork roast with B-que sauce. Steve has recently bought a new cooking toy, a Sous vide. So he cooked 2 chuck roasts. I also made pasta salad (Josh's favorite).

This was the crockpot containing the 2 meals of pulled pork from Citrus Pear.

We had 3 crockpots going, and only 4 of us for dinner! I ended up taking the pork roast with B-que sauce over to my Dad's so my sister's family could eat it. Also my nephew Jeremy wanted all the leftovers for nachos. Made me happy it was eaten, and I didn't have to throw it away!

The Citrus Pear pulled pork is probably the best I've ever tasted. Soooo good! We still have 2 chuck roasts cooked in the fridge. I'll have to figure out how to use it. Yikes.

I tried Citrus Pear! Trying to downsize our meals...

February 20, 2020 Thursday . 

Day 1 of Citrus Pear!

Citrus Pear is a business where you can make 20 frozen dinners in 2 hours. You prep the meals with the help of Citrus Pear employees in a local grocery store. You can choose 2 different options, a regular meal size (family of 6-8), or a small family size (3-4 people.)

Steve and I have 6 children, 3 still live at home. I throw away food ALL THE TIME! I'm used to cooking for more, and have never downsized our meals as the kids left home. As a result, we eat more than we used to, and we ALWAYS have leftovers which we eventually throw away. This is why I chose the small family size.

I was worried at first because I only saw 1 and 1/4 chicken breast when I threw the frozen meal into the crockpot. The recipe was for creamy Lemon Chicken. Normally when I cook I will use 1 chicken breast per person, and we normally have 5 for dinner. This is a picture of the meal after it was cooked, and before I had shredded it. (The sauce was in the crockpot still.)

After I shredded the chicken, the amount looked larger and I felt a little better.

I sent a group text for a dinner time. If they want dinner...come at 5:40. 

5:40 came and only 2 had come to dinner

Josh and I!

At 5:45 everyone else showed up. Kirsten brought her friend Andy, and I was a little concerned if we'd have enough food. Normally, we would have plenty, and I was doubting this new plan. 6 people for dinner on a small meal.

I had left over rice that I reheated. (About 8 cups cooked white rice.) The lemon flavor was strong, and everyone loved it like that except for Kirsten. She asked me to only use 1/2 a lemon if I made it again. Everyone else at the table disagreed. 

I served dinner with a choice of buttered white, or buttered wheat bread. Everyone was satisfied and happy. Steve had 2 helpings, and I put about 3/4 cup of rice and the leftover sauce in a small container to put in a thermos for Kirsten's school lunch the next day. NO LEFTOVERS! Exactly the amount that we needed!

 We had a busy night. Steve had a meeting at 7, Kirsten and I had basketball at 6, then a dance concert at 7. Josh had basketball also, and Auzzy had been feeling sick, and stayed home. (Which helped the food to stretch, he only wanted a small serving.) No one ate later, which is a good indicator that there was enough.

I believe what made it stretch was the strong lemon flavor. You didn't need as much sauce, broccoli, and chicken with the rice because of it.

Day 1 of trying a Citrus Pear frozen dinner was a success!

Aubrey Seljaas Graduation Pics

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Tim Seljaas is returning Home!

Homecoming talk June 26, 2016

Bountiful 9^th ward 9:00 a.m.

We are soooo very excited! This has been the hardest 2 years of my life! He was the hardest to see leave. Kyle was married the week after he left 2 years ago. Auzzy came home early from his mission with cancer and though he is cancer free, random problems go on and on! My Mother died a slow and painful death. Aubrey graduated from High School. So much has happened in 2 years!
Tim adds brightness to our lives and I honestly can't wait to see him again! So happy he had an awesome Mission President! Can't wait to find out the things he ate, hahaha.
Auzzy said the worst thing he ate in Mexico was chicken rectum. I'm sure they have that in Peru, we'll see if Tim can top it!

Baptisms of a Mother and Daughter!

January 11, 2016

This week was pretty awesome. We had the two baptisms and they were excited. Now we are going to help them go to the temple and do their family history. Everything is going pretty well in the area. We are going to contact a lot more this week in order to find people who need the gospel. This area is also awesome because the ward is great. On Saturday for the baptisms a lot of people came and they almost came on time haha. It was a good baptismal service. 

We all started contacting in a part of the area where we have never really gone before. It is super dusty, but there were a lot of people that wanted to hear the Gospel and are now investigators. One of them bought us soda and told us a lot about her life. She said that she was going to come to the baptism, but never showed up. We have an appointment with her and her family tomorrow. So we will start working there a little bit more.

Also these weeks coming up should be pretty good because it is my companion’s birthday on Saturday and my birthday is next week. We are going to try to tell all the members so that we can get cake and stuff like that haha. Being a missionary is awesome. 

Also since I kind of get bored on my time at internet I have been reading a lot about family history. I just read about Grandpa Seljaas dad and that was cool. You both should tell me who I should investigate and who would be interesting to learn about. Well have a good week and don’t forget to read the scriptures

Elder Seljaas