2nd week Thrifty diet SNAPshots

The second week of the diet, like the first, had some notable hits and misses. The week started out really well with stir-fried pork, pot roast left-overs (not shown), and spicy baked fish. Thursday and Friday, however, were the dark days, with tasteless turkey chili and then a gag-inducing Spanish baked fish. Saturday's baked meatballs would have been an undercooked disaster if we had followed the directions, but with a longer cooking time, they turned out well. Tonight we're revisiting the turkey-cabbage casserole (hopefully, it won't return the favor and revisit us).

stir-fried pork	baked spicy fish
Lots of good vegetables and easy to fix. Cut up pork pieces would have been better than ground pork.	We lucked out with this--it was also a tasty and easy-to-fix dish.
turkey chili	spanish baked fish
This has to be the least flavorful chili that we've ever tasted. Think about what a book looks like after it's fallen in a puddle and then dried. That's how this chili tastes. To compound the misery, the recipe calls for mustard, which turns the glop an unnatural orange.	Hands-down, this dish, with its gag-inducing sauce, was the worst meal that we had during the two weeks, though the saucy noodle bake comes in a close second (to last). Whoever thought to desecrate a perfectly good fish filet with this glop has issues, very serious issues.
baked meatballs
It's hard to go wrong with spaghetti and meatballs; they were a big hit with the boys. Be careful though with the recipe. The meatballs should bake for 25-30 minutes, not the 10-12 in the directions. Hamburger tartar is seldom a good idea.

In addition to the dishes shown, we took advantage of the available ingredients to fix an apple crisp and banana-nut bread.