There are two things I never thought I'd learn to cook well. Really they are just two variations of the same thing, since they both start with "chicken" and "fried." The last time I attempted chicken fried chicken was in 1996. No joke. The chicken was still raw in the middle, and I've been scared to try ever since.
Chicken fried STEAK is another matter entirely. I have become quite good at making that if I do say so myself. But so does my husband. Of course, I don't make it more than once or twice a year. But today, since was my husband's birthday, I made it again. Yum! The best I've ever done. And the gravy was to die for. Double yum. And a salad - we aren't totally devoid of nutrition here. But we did top it off with cherry crunch and Blue Bell ice cream. But the salad makes up for it, right?
The only down side is that one of my two big burners went out on me, so I was making steak in one cast iron skillet and frying hash browns in another cast iron skillet on one of my small burners. Not ideal. And yes, just in case you were wondering, my Facebook post for the day went something like "Cholesterol for lunch." But it is a rare treat, so we thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
The Fruit of My Labor
I crack myself up. He he.
Anyway, last weekend I made strawberry jam. I had found strawberries for 99 cents a pound that week and bought 8 pounds. With that I made 15 pints of jam.
With the cost of sugar, pectin, lemon juice, lids, I figured this cost me about $1.45 per pint. You can buy jellies and jam cheaper than this, but (1) they don't taste as good and (2) they have corn syrup instead of sugar. To get sugar sweetened or naturally sweetened jams and jellies at the store, you'll have to pay a lot more than that. And it only took me a couple of hours, including clean up.
Best paired with homemade buttermilk biscuits. Yum!
Anyway, last weekend I made strawberry jam. I had found strawberries for 99 cents a pound that week and bought 8 pounds. With that I made 15 pints of jam.
Ta-da!
With the cost of sugar, pectin, lemon juice, lids, I figured this cost me about $1.45 per pint. You can buy jellies and jam cheaper than this, but (1) they don't taste as good and (2) they have corn syrup instead of sugar. To get sugar sweetened or naturally sweetened jams and jellies at the store, you'll have to pay a lot more than that. And it only took me a couple of hours, including clean up.Best paired with homemade buttermilk biscuits. Yum!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Plans
I had grand plans for yesterday, and I got 95% of them done. Not too bad. But I was definitely over-ambitious and was worthless when I got done.
Friday, I had Kelly stop by Sam's Club and get a case of ground beef. We do this every 6-7 months, because the 90% lean ground beef there is about $0.80 per pound cheaper (and sometimes more) than buying the family packs there at Sam's - and that is way cheaper than the same stuff at any other grocery store here in town.
Of course once you buy that much meat, you have to DO something with it. :-) I've done this for several years now, and always before I would cut up some of the logs into 1, 1.5, or 2 pound sections, bag and freeze them raw for future use in meatloaves, meatballs, or meat patties. Then I would start browning meat and freezing the ground beef in 1 or 1.5 pound portions. Not only does this save us a lot of money over the months, but it saves me a lot of time in the kitchen.
This time I decided to take it a step further. Instead of just freezing the raw meat, I actually mixed up 7 meals worth of meatloaf (3 different recipes), 3 bags of meatballs, 4 meals worth of taco meat. I also bought 8 pounds of ground Italian sausage last week at HEB. Three went into one of the meatloaf recipes, and the other 5 I browned and mixed with an equal amount of ground beef. This is now frozen for 10 different Italian based meals (spaghetti, lasagna, etc.) when I usually mix the two. The remaining beef was browned and frozen as before.
That's A LOT of work on 80 pounds of beef plus 8 pounds of sausage. But I got it all done in one day. I had also planned on taking some of the beef right after it was browned and cooking up a couple of meat sauces in triple batches and freezing them for the casseroles they go in. But I ran out of time, energy, and my back and feet were killing me. All of the above plus clean up took about 8 hours, maybe more. But it will be so worth it in the amount of time it will save us. We love just being able to pull out the meat already browned - it makes meal prep so much easier on those days.
Next time I think I will do it again, with a couple of minor changes. On Friday evening I think I will cook one log (10 pounds) and go ahead and do those sauces that night. Then I can refrigerate them overnight and bag and freeze the next morning. Then proceed on Saturday as I did yesterday. But my freezer is nicely stuffed and I really don't want to eat any ground beef for several days. :-)
Friday, I had Kelly stop by Sam's Club and get a case of ground beef. We do this every 6-7 months, because the 90% lean ground beef there is about $0.80 per pound cheaper (and sometimes more) than buying the family packs there at Sam's - and that is way cheaper than the same stuff at any other grocery store here in town.
Of course once you buy that much meat, you have to DO something with it. :-) I've done this for several years now, and always before I would cut up some of the logs into 1, 1.5, or 2 pound sections, bag and freeze them raw for future use in meatloaves, meatballs, or meat patties. Then I would start browning meat and freezing the ground beef in 1 or 1.5 pound portions. Not only does this save us a lot of money over the months, but it saves me a lot of time in the kitchen.
This time I decided to take it a step further. Instead of just freezing the raw meat, I actually mixed up 7 meals worth of meatloaf (3 different recipes), 3 bags of meatballs, 4 meals worth of taco meat. I also bought 8 pounds of ground Italian sausage last week at HEB. Three went into one of the meatloaf recipes, and the other 5 I browned and mixed with an equal amount of ground beef. This is now frozen for 10 different Italian based meals (spaghetti, lasagna, etc.) when I usually mix the two. The remaining beef was browned and frozen as before.
That's A LOT of work on 80 pounds of beef plus 8 pounds of sausage. But I got it all done in one day. I had also planned on taking some of the beef right after it was browned and cooking up a couple of meat sauces in triple batches and freezing them for the casseroles they go in. But I ran out of time, energy, and my back and feet were killing me. All of the above plus clean up took about 8 hours, maybe more. But it will be so worth it in the amount of time it will save us. We love just being able to pull out the meat already browned - it makes meal prep so much easier on those days.
Next time I think I will do it again, with a couple of minor changes. On Friday evening I think I will cook one log (10 pounds) and go ahead and do those sauces that night. Then I can refrigerate them overnight and bag and freeze the next morning. Then proceed on Saturday as I did yesterday. But my freezer is nicely stuffed and I really don't want to eat any ground beef for several days. :-)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
My Christmas Gift
I mentioned a couple of weeks back about my Christmas gift I would blog about in the future. I finally remembered to take a picture of it when I was using it this morning so here it is:
This, my friends, is a grain mill. Yep, it's a counter top appliance that will grind grain into flour. Until a few years ago I didn't even know such things existed, but as I started learning more about bread baking and started doing more of it, I started coveting one, er, I mean, wanting one. ;-) My hubby obliged for Christmas.
Of course this means I had to go buy some wheat berries. I also decided to buy some oat groats at the same time, as oat bran is extremely high in soluble fiber, which Kelly needs in his diet due to his digestive condition. I bought both red and white wheat berries, for different uses. I tend to use the red wheat when baking bread and the white for more general baking purposes. I use half white and half whole wheat flour in most of my non-bread baking, and my family loves it. I baked bread this morning with freshly ground whole wheat flour and the house smelled wonderful!
But I have to say the most pleasant surprise has been the oat bran. While I bought it primarily to use in making Kelly's sandwich and toast bread, I have started using it in other applications. It makes really good breakfast meals - I replace half the white flour with an equal amount of oat bran. I've made muffins with it that were almost inhaled. I made pancakes yesterday morning with half white flour/half oat bran that were scrumptious! The oat bran adds a richer flavor to everything that we are really liking.
I have yet to experiment with grinding anything else, like rice or beans. I'm not entirely sure what I would use this for. Anyone with a mill have any suggestions?
Do you know what it is?
This, my friends, is a grain mill. Yep, it's a counter top appliance that will grind grain into flour. Until a few years ago I didn't even know such things existed, but as I started learning more about bread baking and started doing more of it, I started coveting one, er, I mean, wanting one. ;-) My hubby obliged for Christmas.Of course this means I had to go buy some wheat berries. I also decided to buy some oat groats at the same time, as oat bran is extremely high in soluble fiber, which Kelly needs in his diet due to his digestive condition. I bought both red and white wheat berries, for different uses. I tend to use the red wheat when baking bread and the white for more general baking purposes. I use half white and half whole wheat flour in most of my non-bread baking, and my family loves it. I baked bread this morning with freshly ground whole wheat flour and the house smelled wonderful!
But I have to say the most pleasant surprise has been the oat bran. While I bought it primarily to use in making Kelly's sandwich and toast bread, I have started using it in other applications. It makes really good breakfast meals - I replace half the white flour with an equal amount of oat bran. I've made muffins with it that were almost inhaled. I made pancakes yesterday morning with half white flour/half oat bran that were scrumptious! The oat bran adds a richer flavor to everything that we are really liking.
I have yet to experiment with grinding anything else, like rice or beans. I'm not entirely sure what I would use this for. Anyone with a mill have any suggestions?
Friday, December 11, 2009
What's for Supper - revised
I had to revise this 'cause I'm a total dork and forgot to add in the cheese.
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Two XL pizzas, one pepperoni, one BBQ chicken.
$1 for the pepperoni (half a package)
$1 for the chicken (BBQ thighs from HEB I grilled then chopped up into 4 helpings and froze)
less than $0.20 for a couple slices of bacon
about $0.05 for chopped onion
about $0.20 for pizza sauce (maybe, maybe more like 10)
a few pennies' worth of BBQ sauce
a few pennies for the ingredients for the pizza dough (which took all of 3 minutes to make)
$1.60 for mozzarella cheese (bought in bulk at Sam's)
Total: Less than $5 for two XL, very yummy pizzas. It's virtually impossible to make ourselves order pizza delivered anymore, especially when the kids PREFER homemade pizza any day of the week!
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Two XL pizzas, one pepperoni, one BBQ chicken.
$1 for the pepperoni (half a package)
$1 for the chicken (BBQ thighs from HEB I grilled then chopped up into 4 helpings and froze)
less than $0.20 for a couple slices of bacon
about $0.05 for chopped onion
about $0.20 for pizza sauce (maybe, maybe more like 10)
a few pennies' worth of BBQ sauce
a few pennies for the ingredients for the pizza dough (which took all of 3 minutes to make)
$1.60 for mozzarella cheese (bought in bulk at Sam's)
Total: Less than $5 for two XL, very yummy pizzas. It's virtually impossible to make ourselves order pizza delivered anymore, especially when the kids PREFER homemade pizza any day of the week!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Mmmmmm
I have decided that heaven on earth is homemade bread. The smell, the taste ... yum! I've made bread for years, but usually in a bread machine. I've gone through three different machines in my married life. Eventually I just used it as a dough machine and would bake the loaves in the oven so that they would have a proper shape. But of course, with 6 kids, this was a rather inefficient use of my time.
Then my husband developed some health issues which could be helped by homemade bread, which I could custom make to what he needed. But I still usually bought bread from the outlet bakery for the rest of us.
Finally in the last several months, I've let go of the bread machine and started baking all our bread. I don't do it all "by hand" but use my 1000-watt motor Viking mixer to help with the mixing and kneading. But now I bake 3-5 loaves at a time, slicing and freezing what we won't use in the next couple of days. I've been combining and tweaking some basic recipes to find some that we like.
Now that I'm comfortable doing this, I'm ready to experiment. I've been reading about soaking the grains first, different grains to use, and all sorts of good stuff. I even went to a mini-seminar on bread baking today hosted by some friends cause I just love learning new tips on it. I think it's fascinating all different ways to make bread and how healthy it can be while being yummy at the same time. Since I have several in my family with baaaaad allergies and there's my husband's digestive conditions, I am interested to see if some of these things could help them.
Contrary to what I always thought, bread making isn't hard, even without the bread machine! It's actually quite satisfying. And of course, now that my family is used to it, if we eat store bought bread now we all think "yuck!"
Too bad we don't have smell-o-blogs. This stuff smells so good!
Then my husband developed some health issues which could be helped by homemade bread, which I could custom make to what he needed. But I still usually bought bread from the outlet bakery for the rest of us.
Finally in the last several months, I've let go of the bread machine and started baking all our bread. I don't do it all "by hand" but use my 1000-watt motor Viking mixer to help with the mixing and kneading. But now I bake 3-5 loaves at a time, slicing and freezing what we won't use in the next couple of days. I've been combining and tweaking some basic recipes to find some that we like.
Now that I'm comfortable doing this, I'm ready to experiment. I've been reading about soaking the grains first, different grains to use, and all sorts of good stuff. I even went to a mini-seminar on bread baking today hosted by some friends cause I just love learning new tips on it. I think it's fascinating all different ways to make bread and how healthy it can be while being yummy at the same time. Since I have several in my family with baaaaad allergies and there's my husband's digestive conditions, I am interested to see if some of these things could help them.Contrary to what I always thought, bread making isn't hard, even without the bread machine! It's actually quite satisfying. And of course, now that my family is used to it, if we eat store bought bread now we all think "yuck!"
Too bad we don't have smell-o-blogs. This stuff smells so good!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Reformation Day
Last Saturday we gathered with our church family to celebrate Reformation Day. We do it on the 31st of October every year to celebrate the anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of the 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg church in Germany. Each year we study and discuss a particular reformer from the period of the Reformation and his life as well as the impact he had on church history. We also cook food from the country the reformer hailed from.
This year being the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, we of course had to read about Calvin. Since Calvin was French and later moved to Geneva, Switzerland, we had French and Swiss foods. Yum!
I found a recipe for a French apple tart that was, even if I did make it, was goooood. It took a while to slice up all the apples, especially since I made two of them, but I laid them on a pastry crust:
The diagonal pattern made them pretty. That's butter dabbed on top.
Just before they were to come out of the oven, I heated up a combination of apricot jelly (all I had was preserves, so I stuck them in the blender for a couple of pulses) and rum. Double yum. After that heated up and reduced, I spread the mixture on top of the apples. Pastry, granny smith apples, and a rum apricot sauce. Triple yum.
This year being the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, we of course had to read about Calvin. Since Calvin was French and later moved to Geneva, Switzerland, we had French and Swiss foods. Yum!
I found a recipe for a French apple tart that was, even if I did make it, was goooood. It took a while to slice up all the apples, especially since I made two of them, but I laid them on a pastry crust:
The diagonal pattern made them pretty. That's butter dabbed on top.
Just before they were to come out of the oven, I heated up a combination of apricot jelly (all I had was preserves, so I stuck them in the blender for a couple of pulses) and rum. Double yum. After that heated up and reduced, I spread the mixture on top of the apples. Pastry, granny smith apples, and a rum apricot sauce. Triple yum.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
I'm Really Brave to Try This
So I've toyed with the idea of a small garden, either in a raised bed or container garden, for a couple of years now. Kelly agreed this spring to build me a bed, so I asked for some advice from others around here who keep gardens and dove in. You see I have two problems when it comes to this sort of thing.
1. I have, if not a black thumb, a very grey thumb. I seem to do ok with shrubs and bushes and certain flowering things, like Mexican heather and lantana, which are indestructible anyway. But annuals, perennials, and many other green things usually don't stay green very long under my inexpert care.
2. Most gardening books and websites don't apply to the climate down here. Plants that say "full sun" can't always take the full sun of a San Antonio summer, which is approximately 7 months long. Ask me how I know.
So part of my procrastination has been fear of failure. But I finally felt adventurous enough this year - and have girls old enough to be of real help with it - that I dove in. Kelly built a raised bed for me, I filled it with a rich garden soil/compost mix. We got started little late so I started mostly with plants, which is the more expensive option I realize. But this fall and next spring I can start with more seeds and save a lot of money.
Right now I have a squash and a zucchini plant, two bell pepper plants (one green and one red, I think) a jalapeno plant, a tomato plant, and a grape vine. Even though some people told me it was too late for seeds, some said it was still ok. I decided it wouldn't hurt to try, and it would be a good educational experience for the girls. So we also bought a seed starter kit, which acts like a little greenhouse. We planted green beans, onions, and a pumpkin seed. Sure enough they are all sprouting. Hopefully they will stay healthy and thriving long enough for transplanting to the bed. Then the real test begins. ;-)
This fall I can't wait to plant lettuce and next spring: strawberries!
1. I have, if not a black thumb, a very grey thumb. I seem to do ok with shrubs and bushes and certain flowering things, like Mexican heather and lantana, which are indestructible anyway. But annuals, perennials, and many other green things usually don't stay green very long under my inexpert care.
2. Most gardening books and websites don't apply to the climate down here. Plants that say "full sun" can't always take the full sun of a San Antonio summer, which is approximately 7 months long. Ask me how I know.
So part of my procrastination has been fear of failure. But I finally felt adventurous enough this year - and have girls old enough to be of real help with it - that I dove in. Kelly built a raised bed for me, I filled it with a rich garden soil/compost mix. We got started little late so I started mostly with plants, which is the more expensive option I realize. But this fall and next spring I can start with more seeds and save a lot of money.
Right now I have a squash and a zucchini plant, two bell pepper plants (one green and one red, I think) a jalapeno plant, a tomato plant, and a grape vine. Even though some people told me it was too late for seeds, some said it was still ok. I decided it wouldn't hurt to try, and it would be a good educational experience for the girls. So we also bought a seed starter kit, which acts like a little greenhouse. We planted green beans, onions, and a pumpkin seed. Sure enough they are all sprouting. Hopefully they will stay healthy and thriving long enough for transplanting to the bed. Then the real test begins. ;-)
This fall I can't wait to plant lettuce and next spring: strawberries!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
How to have hot, fresh rolls anytime
For our Easter dinner after church with friends, I wanted to serve hot, fresh rolls. I admit that I am something of a bread snob, especially regarding dinner rolls. There is just nothing like having freshly made bread to top off a meal. Of course, I wasn't going to have time after church to make fresh yeast rolls before everyone showed up to eat lunch. So I employed a trick I've often used in order to have fresh rolls after church or for supper after a busy afternoon.
Start off by making your favorite yeast roll recipe. I've used recipes from the bread machine (using the dough cycle) or by hand. This particular one is my friend Candace's recipe. Let the dough rise once and then punch it down. Then form it into balls and place on baking sheets, plates, cutting boards, anything flat that will fit in your freezer. You can put them almost touching because they won't have time to rise.
As soon as you are done, pop them in the freezer. And then if you are like me, set the timer for 30 to 45 minutes. I'm forgetful and have left rolls in for days like this because I didn't set a reminder timer. (Please excuse my messy freezer. I can never seem to keep it clean and organized.)
At the end of the 30-45 minutes, take them out of the freezer and pop them into a Ziploc bag, and immediately put them right back in the freezer.
There now - you have just made yourself a gold mine. Ready to rise homemade dinner rolls. Yum!
About four hours before you are ready to bake them, take them out of the freezer bag. The flash freezing you did just after forming should have frozen them just enough so that they don't stick together. Set the frozen dough balls on the pan; this time leave plenty of room in between for them to rise.
Cover with clean towels and leave alone for about 4 hours.
Come home and you'll find these beauties awaiting you.
Just preheat the oven and pop them in when the oven is ready. You'll have hot, fresh rolls ready to eat just minutes after you walk in the door. Goes great with crockpot dishes! Happy baking!
Start off by making your favorite yeast roll recipe. I've used recipes from the bread machine (using the dough cycle) or by hand. This particular one is my friend Candace's recipe. Let the dough rise once and then punch it down. Then form it into balls and place on baking sheets, plates, cutting boards, anything flat that will fit in your freezer. You can put them almost touching because they won't have time to rise.
As soon as you are done, pop them in the freezer. And then if you are like me, set the timer for 30 to 45 minutes. I'm forgetful and have left rolls in for days like this because I didn't set a reminder timer. (Please excuse my messy freezer. I can never seem to keep it clean and organized.)
At the end of the 30-45 minutes, take them out of the freezer and pop them into a Ziploc bag, and immediately put them right back in the freezer.
There now - you have just made yourself a gold mine. Ready to rise homemade dinner rolls. Yum!About four hours before you are ready to bake them, take them out of the freezer bag. The flash freezing you did just after forming should have frozen them just enough so that they don't stick together. Set the frozen dough balls on the pan; this time leave plenty of room in between for them to rise.
Cover with clean towels and leave alone for about 4 hours.
Come home and you'll find these beauties awaiting you.
Just preheat the oven and pop them in when the oven is ready. You'll have hot, fresh rolls ready to eat just minutes after you walk in the door. Goes great with crockpot dishes! Happy baking!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Menu Monday Recap
Well, the last eight Mondays I posted our weekly menus, so now I have started over. If you are just dying of curiosity, go over to the side bar and scroll down until you get to the the list of categories and click on "food." You can then look back on my two month rotation menu.
I do have an extra week menu and shopping list made up for those times when there are really nine weeks in a two month span. I'll post that next time that happens.
I do have an extra week menu and shopping list made up for those times when there are really nine weeks in a two month span. I'll post that next time that happens.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday - Sweet & Sour Meatballs over rice, stir fried veggies (crock pot recipe)
Tuesday - Lady's Chicken Noodle Soup, rolls (Candace made this for us when we were all sick, and we fell in love)
Wednesday - Spaghetti, salad, focaccia bread sticks
Thursday - Picante chicken in tortillas, topped with shredded cheese, chops, picante sauce (recipe from Aubrey and Kristen)
Friday - pizza
Saturday - bean and beef burritos (I tweaked my MIL's creation)
Sunday - lunch at church
Tuesday - Lady's Chicken Noodle Soup, rolls (Candace made this for us when we were all sick, and we fell in love)
Wednesday - Spaghetti, salad, focaccia bread sticks
Thursday - Picante chicken in tortillas, topped with shredded cheese, chops, picante sauce (recipe from Aubrey and Kristen)
Friday - pizza
Saturday - bean and beef burritos (I tweaked my MIL's creation)
Sunday - lunch at church
Monday, February 16, 2009
Menu Monday
This is what's on the menu rotation for this week:
Monday: Funeral Casserole, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, rolls (This casserole, which I got from a cookbook put out by my grandmother's church years ago, is so named because the submitter always made this for potluck lunches for funerals up at the church.)
Tuesday: Chicken tortilla Soup, salad, cornbread
Wednesday: Granny's Meat patties, mashed potatoes, green beans (We call this dish that because Kelly's grandmother made it for us several times when we were first married.)
Thursday: Yummy Chicken pasta, rolls, roasted zucchini (My friend Cathi made this for us after we had Ashlynn, and it has been a family favorite ever since!)
Friday: grill something
Saturday: Steak tostadas
Sunday: taco salad
Because I am leaving early Friday morning to attend the Whole Hearted Mothers Conference in Irving, the weekend menu will not look exactly like this. I'll leave a lasagna for Kelly and the girls to throw in the oven either Friday or Saturday,and I'll have taco fixings for the other night. Kelly will be making taco salad for Sunday and I'll have hot dogs on hand for any other meal time needs. When Mama is gone, the meals get pretty simple. I'm even buying - gasp! - muffin mix and canned cinnamon/orange Danish rolls for breakfasts while I'm gone.
Monday: Funeral Casserole, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, rolls (This casserole, which I got from a cookbook put out by my grandmother's church years ago, is so named because the submitter always made this for potluck lunches for funerals up at the church.)
Tuesday: Chicken tortilla Soup, salad, cornbread
Wednesday: Granny's Meat patties, mashed potatoes, green beans (We call this dish that because Kelly's grandmother made it for us several times when we were first married.)
Thursday: Yummy Chicken pasta, rolls, roasted zucchini (My friend Cathi made this for us after we had Ashlynn, and it has been a family favorite ever since!)
Friday: grill something
Saturday: Steak tostadas
Sunday: taco salad
Because I am leaving early Friday morning to attend the Whole Hearted Mothers Conference in Irving, the weekend menu will not look exactly like this. I'll leave a lasagna for Kelly and the girls to throw in the oven either Friday or Saturday,and I'll have taco fixings for the other night. Kelly will be making taco salad for Sunday and I'll have hot dogs on hand for any other meal time needs. When Mama is gone, the meals get pretty simple. I'm even buying - gasp! - muffin mix and canned cinnamon/orange Danish rolls for breakfasts while I'm gone.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Menu Monday
This is what's on the list for this week. This week promises to be a bit nuts, so we'll see if I stick to it.
Monday - Cheeseburger Macaroni, rolls, green beans
Tuesday - honey mustard chicken, roasted veggies, baked potato
Wednesday - Italian Meatloaf, salad, breadsticks
Thursday - Chicken Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, refried beans, steamed broccoli
Friday - homemade pizza (probably one pepperoni and one garlic chicken with mushrooms and pesto sauce)
Saturday - roll-ups
Sunday - lunch at church
Monday - Cheeseburger Macaroni, rolls, green beans
Tuesday - honey mustard chicken, roasted veggies, baked potato
Wednesday - Italian Meatloaf, salad, breadsticks
Thursday - Chicken Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, refried beans, steamed broccoli
Friday - homemade pizza (probably one pepperoni and one garlic chicken with mushrooms and pesto sauce)
Saturday - roll-ups
Sunday - lunch at church
Monday, February 2, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday - Lasagna, salad, breadsticks
Tuesday - Hashbrown Sausage bake, sauteed squash, rolls
Wednesday - Baked Chili Rellanos, Spanish Rice, green beans
Thursday - Parmesan Chicken, rice pilaf, cooked carrots
Friday - grilled pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli
Saturday - Crockpot BBQ chicken, oven baked fries, roasted veggies
Sunday - Roast with carrots, mashed potatoes
Tuesday - Hashbrown Sausage bake, sauteed squash, rolls
Wednesday - Baked Chili Rellanos, Spanish Rice, green beans
Thursday - Parmesan Chicken, rice pilaf, cooked carrots
Friday - grilled pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli
Saturday - Crockpot BBQ chicken, oven baked fries, roasted veggies
Sunday - Roast with carrots, mashed potatoes
Monday, January 26, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday - this was supposed to be White Chicken Chili, but I served that last week, so I'm substituting a meal from the weekend that I didn't make (we had Sonic instead)
Tuesday - Pasta Skillet, salad, focaccia breadsticks
Wednesday - Creamy Chicken and Potato Casserole (I believe I got this one from my friend Aubrey), carrots, rolls
Thursday - Green Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, chips and salsa, green beans
Friday - chicken fajita pizza
Saturday - Jambalaya and rice, salad
Sunday - lunch at church, and then I suppose I'll whip up something fun for Superbowl watching
Tuesday - Pasta Skillet, salad, focaccia breadsticks
Wednesday - Creamy Chicken and Potato Casserole (I believe I got this one from my friend Aubrey), carrots, rolls
Thursday - Green Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, chips and salsa, green beans
Friday - chicken fajita pizza
Saturday - Jambalaya and rice, salad
Sunday - lunch at church, and then I suppose I'll whip up something fun for Superbowl watching
Monday, January 19, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday - White Chicken Chili, pepper jack cheese, tortilla chips (This is an alteration; according to my actual menu we should have had steak stroganoff tonight, but Kelly has to take a little trip tomorrow, so I switched so I could make one of his favorites tonight.)
Tuesday - Easy Chile Chicken and Rice, broccoli, cheddar baby biscuits
Wednesday - meatloaf, baked potatoes, cooked carrots with butter
Thursday - chicken spaghetti, salad, rolls
Friday - grilled smoked sausage, rosemary red potatoes, green beans
Saturday - sloppy joes on hamburger buns, oven baked french fries, raw veggies
Sunday - taco salad
Tuesday - Easy Chile Chicken and Rice, broccoli, cheddar baby biscuits
Wednesday - meatloaf, baked potatoes, cooked carrots with butter
Thursday - chicken spaghetti, salad, rolls
Friday - grilled smoked sausage, rosemary red potatoes, green beans
Saturday - sloppy joes on hamburger buns, oven baked french fries, raw veggies
Sunday - taco salad
Monday, January 12, 2009
Menu
Since we participate in a produce co-op, I don't always plan which veggie we'll have too far ahead of time, because I don't always know what will be in my fridge very far in advance. So my two week rotation usually just has main dishes on it. I fill in the sides that week once I know what I have available.
Monday: Chicken Mushroom Fettuccine, salad, Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Tuesday: Mexican Lasagna, spanish rice, green beans, chips and salsa
Wednesday: Chicken Enchilada soup, salad, cornbread
Thursday: Sweet & Sour sausage (similar to this one), rice, stir fried veggies
Pizza: homemade, probably one chicken garlic with basil pesto sauce and one pepperoni
Saturday: tacoes, refried beans, chips and salsa
Sunday: lunch at church
Monday: Chicken Mushroom Fettuccine, salad, Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Tuesday: Mexican Lasagna, spanish rice, green beans, chips and salsa
Wednesday: Chicken Enchilada soup, salad, cornbread
Thursday: Sweet & Sour sausage (similar to this one), rice, stir fried veggies
Pizza: homemade, probably one chicken garlic with basil pesto sauce and one pepperoni
Saturday: tacoes, refried beans, chips and salsa
Sunday: lunch at church
Monday, January 5, 2009
Menu Monday
I've had several people ask me about my newly expanded 2 month meal rotation, and I promised some that I would eventually post it. Not that it is anything really special, and I am tweaking a meal here and there. But I will post it a week at a time, like the folks over at Organizing Junkie.
Those of you in my circle of friends here in San Antonio will be sure to recognize recipes I have gotten from you. I'll try to credit you if I remember who gave it to me!)
WEEK 1
Monday - No Peek Stew, rice, whole wheat bread (similar to this one - thanks Blair!)
Tuesday - Savory Chicken squares, cooked carrots, salad
Wednesday - Ham and Potato Casserole, steamed Broccoli, rolls (casserole recipe from Vivian, roll recipe from Candace)
Thursday - Crispy Yogurt Chicken, roasted veggies, rolls (leftover from Wednesday night)
Friday - grilled chicken (probably using this marinade), rice pilaf, sauteed zucchini
Saturday - crockpot chili, Fritoes, cheddar cheese
Sunday - roast, mashed potatoes, carrots roasted in crockpot with meat
Those of you in my circle of friends here in San Antonio will be sure to recognize recipes I have gotten from you. I'll try to credit you if I remember who gave it to me!)
WEEK 1
Monday - No Peek Stew, rice, whole wheat bread (similar to this one - thanks Blair!)
Tuesday - Savory Chicken squares, cooked carrots, salad
Wednesday - Ham and Potato Casserole, steamed Broccoli, rolls (casserole recipe from Vivian, roll recipe from Candace)
Thursday - Crispy Yogurt Chicken, roasted veggies, rolls (leftover from Wednesday night)
Friday - grilled chicken (probably using this marinade), rice pilaf, sauteed zucchini
Saturday - crockpot chili, Fritoes, cheddar cheese
Sunday - roast, mashed potatoes, carrots roasted in crockpot with meat
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tex-Mex: Baked Chile Rellenos
If you are like Kelly and me, there is nothing in the world like good ol' Tex-Mex food. And certain dishes are harder than others to recreate in your own home. One of these is chili rellenos, a pepper stuffed with various ingredients (usually ground beef, onions, sometimes potatoes and cheese), breaded, and fried. YUM!
This is a little time consuming for everyday cooking, but I recently came across a baked chili rellenos recipe that comes pretty close to the real taste, but with the ease of everyday cooking. After some tweaking, here it is:
Baked Chili Rellenos
3 large poblano peppers
1 pound ground beef
1 small onion, diced
10 oz. Monterrey jack cheese (or more)
2 T butter, melted
5 eggs, well beaten
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1/2 t cumin
1. Rinse peppers and cut off stems. Remove seeds and dice. In a skillet saute peppers in about a tablespoon of olive oil until soft. (If you want to be more authentic, roast them over the grill before dicing.)
2. Brown meat and onions. Drain and set aside.
3. Spray an 8 in square casserole dish with oil. Then layer half of the peppers, half the meat, and half the cheese. Repeat.
4. In a small bowl, mix beaten eggs, butter, and spices. Pour over pepper mixture. Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes. Serve with spanish rice, and your choice of veggie.
This is a little time consuming for everyday cooking, but I recently came across a baked chili rellenos recipe that comes pretty close to the real taste, but with the ease of everyday cooking. After some tweaking, here it is:
Baked Chili Rellenos
3 large poblano peppers
1 pound ground beef
1 small onion, diced
10 oz. Monterrey jack cheese (or more)
2 T butter, melted
5 eggs, well beaten
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
1/2 t cumin
1. Rinse peppers and cut off stems. Remove seeds and dice. In a skillet saute peppers in about a tablespoon of olive oil until soft. (If you want to be more authentic, roast them over the grill before dicing.)
2. Brown meat and onions. Drain and set aside.
3. Spray an 8 in square casserole dish with oil. Then layer half of the peppers, half the meat, and half the cheese. Repeat.
4. In a small bowl, mix beaten eggs, butter, and spices. Pour over pepper mixture. Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes. Serve with spanish rice, and your choice of veggie.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
I'm going to a cookie exchange tonight, and I made these cookies. The only change I made was adding more chocolate chips than called for. Very yummy! Crisp on the outside, soft and chocolate-y on the inside with the heartiness of oats. So if you are in the mood to make, go check it out!
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