Yet another rock-bottom (Shabbos food)

Another rock-bottom Shabbos due to the awkward, between-paycheques and bills-to-pay placement of Purim, which I like to think of as the Little Ouch next to its big brother, the Great Big Honking Painful Squeeze of Pesach. (Tuition month, in August / September, is probably somewhere in between on this Pain/Payin’ Scale)).

So what are we eating??? Ted’s been making the menus for a while now because I lost all interest in food planning (a terrible admission for somebody who is technically a full-time homemaker). Here’s what’s on the agenda, almost entirely “salvaged” out of the cupboards and freezer:

DINNER

Challah (Ted made a grocery run last night and deemed flour an “essential” – smart man!)
Chicken Soup (bones from freezer) with Kneidlach
Pickled Brisket
Pumpkin Kugel (still lots of cheap November 1st pumpkin in the freezer!)
Corn (eek - do we have corn in the house?!?!!?)
Roasted red potatoes
Curried carrots (not sure what this is, but Ted has it written on the list, so it shall be done…)
Desserts = whatever we want from the shalach manos, PLUS…
Sugar cookies (sliced from frozen logs, which were crumbly and falling apart)
Blueberry crumble (too-crumbly cookie dough from logs for a base, pie filling, crumble topping)
3-Layer Jello in Bundt-shaped silicone pan (didn’t spray first – I’m hoping it releases nicely)

LUNCH

Cholent (pareve)
Kishke (veggies, cornmeal, oil, salt, pepper)
Tuna salad (left over; a guest brought it to the Purim seudah)
Blueberry blintz loaf – blintzes from freezer, sour cream store-bought with the last of Ted’s pennies
Desserts as aforementioned

Hmm… not exactly starving to death, especially compared to times past… and we are very lucky in that it’s only for a few days.

But it is somewhat depressing trying to do various Purim things and birthday things without very many nickels to rub together. Blah.

What do you-all do for Shabbos or Yom Tov… when there isn’t much money to go around?

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