Monday - cheesy ham chowder that I got ready on Sunday and just had to warm
Tuesday - chicken satay, rice, peas
Wednesday - pizza from the freezer
Thursday - Texas black bean soup, only with a regular onion instead of green (I froze mine in the car), added shredded carrots, some paprika, a can of tomato sauce, and some red pepper.
Friday - BLT's, fries, raw veggies
Motivation for cooking: Low.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
On the menu...
Tonight - sloppy joes on dinner buns with ripple chips. They were a hit all around. An easy weeknight meal.
Tomorrow - chicken fajitas, corn and nachos. Thanks mom for the recipe.
Friday - TBD...potentially hot dogs. Gross...I know. But so easy.
Saturday - Teriyaki chicken & baked potatoes
What are you cooking these days?
Tomorrow - chicken fajitas, corn and nachos. Thanks mom for the recipe.
Friday - TBD...potentially hot dogs. Gross...I know. But so easy.
Saturday - Teriyaki chicken & baked potatoes
What are you cooking these days?
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Christmas baking.
Christmas baking is so not my thing.
Except these. Quite possibly the easiest and most delicious little square. I made one batch and have a freezer full of squares. They are rich, and you don't need a huge chunk to leave satisfied.
Umm.
Except these. Quite possibly the easiest and most delicious little square. I made one batch and have a freezer full of squares. They are rich, and you don't need a huge chunk to leave satisfied.
Umm.
Monday, October 12, 2009
deliciously easy.
With the holiday, I let menu prep slide for an extra day - and so sat down today ready to fill in the gaps on my grocery list for this week's menu. And then I wondered what I was thinking all those weeks ago when I compiled this week's list. Nothing sounded like anything I wanted. And so I promptly pulled out a cookbook and began flipping and scratching, and revamped the menu.
In the meantime, I found this and whipped it up. This is the deliciously easy item I referenced.
By the end of it, this weeks menu now looks like this:
In the meantime, I found this and whipped it up. This is the deliciously easy item I referenced.
By the end of it, this weeks menu now looks like this:
| MONDAY |
| Menu: Hamburger |
| soup, bread, salad |
| TUESDAY |
| Menu: Tuna fishcakes, |
| roast potatoes, peas |
| WEDNESDAY |
| Menu: |
| Fragrant chicken, (10 minute book) |
| rice |
| THURSDAY |
| Menu: THE WIGGLES |
| (Gavin and I are going to a show, and are eating out this night) |
| FRIDAY |
| Menu: Fly the flag |
| fusili, caesar salad |
| SATURDAY |
| Menu: Lasagna |
| (from freezer) garlic |
| bread, salad |
| SUNDAY |
| Menu: Roast chicken, |
| mashed potatoes, |
| corn, gravy, bread |
Saturday, September 26, 2009
alive.
A big hello to those who pop in from time to time. I am still cooking!
September has been flying by - a new routine finds me at work 40 hours a week, which has drastically reduced my time and energy for meal preparation. We've done well these past weeks, and still manage to keep the majority of our meals consisting of healthy and homemade ingredients.
I have gotten more acquainted with the bread machine lately. I can put a loaf on time and have it hot and ready when we come home. Also more familiar with the crock pot - whipping up honey-mustard lime chicken and a gigantic vat of mixed-bean chili. I didn't have a recipe for the chili, but here's a brief sketch from memory:
4-15oz cans of beans [two six bean blends, one black, one kidney]
two 28-oz cans diced tomatoes with liquid
about 1/4 cup chili powder
mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, diced onion
couple teaspoons reduced sodium beef bouillion
can of tomato sauce (I think!)
4-6 cloves minced garlic
seasoning salt
pepper
extra water to get it to the right consistency
Ken helped me get all the ingredients ready the night before (he is a can opening machine!), and I popped it in the slow cooker on low for 10 hours in the morning. Whipped up a caesar salad, let the fresh bread cool - and viola! I would be sure to have the chili be extra thick when it goes in in the morning, as it gets more soupy as it warms.
I also picked up a wonderful cookbook from the discount bin in the grocery store. I was even more pleasantly surprised when it's $6.99 price tag was incorrect, scoring the sweet find for a mere $3.49. It is conveniently titled "just 10 minutes" and has a large sampling of deliciously healthy, fresh, and varied recipes. While I don't think I am going to be experimenting with duck anytime soon, the lamb burgers and pork meatballs have grabbed my attention. Last night we tried chicken satay, and it was the best three-ingredient recipe I think I may have ever had.
Chicken Satay (from 'just 10 minutes')
Ingredients:
4tbsp smooth peanut butter
heaping 1/3 cup soy sauce [don't ask about the 'heaping', I was confused myself]
4 chicken breasts cut into think strips/chunks
Directions:
Preheat broiler.
Mix peanut butter and soy sauce.
Stir in chicken strips (I skewered mine first, then shook the snot out of them in a marinading container).
Thread chicken onto 4 pre-soaked wooden skewers, broil about 5 minutes each side (I did a little more).
Serve with rice and lemon wedges.
I threw a cooling rack on an old cookie sheet (and sprayed the cooling rack with Pam) - worked like a charm. We ate it with rosemary roast potatoes (toss small cubes of potatoes in olive oil, sprinkle with fresh rosemary, garlic powder, salt, pepper and stir) that I had heated in the microwave for about 6 minutes and stuck in the oven for about 15 minutes on 475 to brown. It was all ready in 20ish minutes. Totally do-able.
Anyways, that's all for now.
September has been flying by - a new routine finds me at work 40 hours a week, which has drastically reduced my time and energy for meal preparation. We've done well these past weeks, and still manage to keep the majority of our meals consisting of healthy and homemade ingredients.
I have gotten more acquainted with the bread machine lately. I can put a loaf on time and have it hot and ready when we come home. Also more familiar with the crock pot - whipping up honey-mustard lime chicken and a gigantic vat of mixed-bean chili. I didn't have a recipe for the chili, but here's a brief sketch from memory:
4-15oz cans of beans [two six bean blends, one black, one kidney]
two 28-oz cans diced tomatoes with liquid
about 1/4 cup chili powder
mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, diced onion
couple teaspoons reduced sodium beef bouillion
can of tomato sauce (I think!)
4-6 cloves minced garlic
seasoning salt
pepper
extra water to get it to the right consistency
Ken helped me get all the ingredients ready the night before (he is a can opening machine!), and I popped it in the slow cooker on low for 10 hours in the morning. Whipped up a caesar salad, let the fresh bread cool - and viola! I would be sure to have the chili be extra thick when it goes in in the morning, as it gets more soupy as it warms.
I also picked up a wonderful cookbook from the discount bin in the grocery store. I was even more pleasantly surprised when it's $6.99 price tag was incorrect, scoring the sweet find for a mere $3.49. It is conveniently titled "just 10 minutes" and has a large sampling of deliciously healthy, fresh, and varied recipes. While I don't think I am going to be experimenting with duck anytime soon, the lamb burgers and pork meatballs have grabbed my attention. Last night we tried chicken satay, and it was the best three-ingredient recipe I think I may have ever had.
Chicken Satay (from 'just 10 minutes')
Ingredients:
4tbsp smooth peanut butter
heaping 1/3 cup soy sauce [don't ask about the 'heaping', I was confused myself]
4 chicken breasts cut into think strips/chunks
Directions:
Preheat broiler.
Mix peanut butter and soy sauce.
Stir in chicken strips (I skewered mine first, then shook the snot out of them in a marinading container).
Thread chicken onto 4 pre-soaked wooden skewers, broil about 5 minutes each side (I did a little more).
Serve with rice and lemon wedges.
I threw a cooling rack on an old cookie sheet (and sprayed the cooling rack with Pam) - worked like a charm. We ate it with rosemary roast potatoes (toss small cubes of potatoes in olive oil, sprinkle with fresh rosemary, garlic powder, salt, pepper and stir) that I had heated in the microwave for about 6 minutes and stuck in the oven for about 15 minutes on 475 to brown. It was all ready in 20ish minutes. Totally do-able.
Anyways, that's all for now.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
not so much a budget beater.
I made this and it was fabulous. While it could've used a bit more basil and some oregano, it was wonderful in spite of that. I'd probably add more garlic next time, and I used a jar of pasta sauce rather than homemade as the recipe suggests. A winner on the tastebuds - less of a winner on the budget. But so worthwhile.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
hiatus.
Summer has been a bit hectic around these parts. I've continued the wheat-free experiment on and off, and am still unsure as to the correlation between itchy, watery eyes and my food intake. I think there's something to it, but a trip to the doctor - and hopefully the allergist is in order.
This, plus the fact that I am going back to work, has made me realize how precious my time is - and chances are I'll post good recipes as I find them, but steer clear of the week by week stuff.
So until I am inspired, this blog will be a little quiet.
This, plus the fact that I am going back to work, has made me realize how precious my time is - and chances are I'll post good recipes as I find them, but steer clear of the week by week stuff.
So until I am inspired, this blog will be a little quiet.
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