I'm having a tought time at work this evening, so in my head I'm planning out the meals for the week - which is very easy, since we are going out of town on Thursday and I wont have to worry.
So far, here's what I have had today:
Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch @ 11:00
Bob goes to work at noon on Mondays so we have a late breakfast/early lunch. Today we had Bufflao Chicken Mac - inspired by a Rachael Ray recipe (which I will now call 'RRRs')
Take 1lb of chicken and hack it up into bite size pieces. Cut up an onion, some celery, and some carrots while you're at it. I make Bob do these tasks becaus chicken is gross and slimy and onions make me cry :( Toss the chicken pieces in a skillet w/ some oil and brown them. Then add the carrots, celery, onion, some paprika (for color) and a bay leaf (to add flavor) Cook these all together, then add 2 cups chicken stocks. Let simmer for 10 mins.
Take some cooked macaroni, and mix it in to the chicken mixture. Then, put all of it into a baking dish, top with blue cheese and bake @ 400 for 5mins.
I had 2 bowls of this with a large glass of milk.
Around 4pm I ate:
Pastrami sandwhich
Green Olives
I take whole grain bread, top it with herb mustard, and slap on some beef pastrami and gouda. yum. I had about 15 green olives on the side.
8.31.2009
8.11.2009
Beets
Our CSA has forced us to cook with beets and we have learned that Bob likes beets. Here's how I make them.
Cut off the greens. The CSA says you can use them, but I tossed then in a salad a few weeks back and they were gross. Then, wrap each beet individually in foil so you have a bunch of little foil balls. Roast in the oven for about an hour to an hour and a half depending on the size of the beet. unwrap. let them cool for about 15mins, and then the skins just fall right off.
B likes the beets sliced and in salads. I like them sliced and on a cracker with a herb-goat cheese spead.
Cut off the greens. The CSA says you can use them, but I tossed then in a salad a few weeks back and they were gross. Then, wrap each beet individually in foil so you have a bunch of little foil balls. Roast in the oven for about an hour to an hour and a half depending on the size of the beet. unwrap. let them cool for about 15mins, and then the skins just fall right off.
B likes the beets sliced and in salads. I like them sliced and on a cracker with a herb-goat cheese spead.
8.09.2009
Jalapeno Poppers (but better)
This past week B made me some of his famous Fish Tacos (see April 2008) We went to the store to stock up on supplies, and this recipe calls for 3 jalapenos - but Sunflower Market only sells Jalapenos in packages of 10.....whatever. So with the leftovers I made poppers.
Cut the jalapenos in half, and de-seed them. In our house this is a job for Bob because my delicate skin cant take the heat and I sometimes end up with a seed in my eye.....moving on.....
Mix together some herb flavored goat cheese (or any kind of soft cheese) with some blackberry Habanero jam (see October 2008) If you would like to cut down on the heat you can substitute regular fruit jam for pepper infused jam.
Fill the jalapeno halves with the cheese/jam mixture, then top with parmasean cheese. Bake @ 400 for 15 mins, then let cool for 5mins.
Enjoy.....perhaps with a glass of milk.
Cut the jalapenos in half, and de-seed them. In our house this is a job for Bob because my delicate skin cant take the heat and I sometimes end up with a seed in my eye.....moving on.....
Mix together some herb flavored goat cheese (or any kind of soft cheese) with some blackberry Habanero jam (see October 2008) If you would like to cut down on the heat you can substitute regular fruit jam for pepper infused jam.
Fill the jalapeno halves with the cheese/jam mixture, then top with parmasean cheese. Bake @ 400 for 15 mins, then let cool for 5mins.
Enjoy.....perhaps with a glass of milk.
I am a lazy blogger.....but enjoy this curry recipe :)
I know. I havent posted anything in awhile. And I know I type this in every other post, but I've been busy and I'm sorry. To make excuses: I had to plan a wedding, be in that wedding, be a wife, and a bunch of other things that go along with that.
On the brightside - I have a new work schedule. My sister-in-law and mother-in-law agree that my new schedule sucks....which it kinda does...but finding the lemonade in the whole thing, I am now home for dinner 6 nights a week! OMG!
Inspiration has also come to me from a few places. 1) being home 4 days a week has given me lots of time to watch the Food Network. Most of the time, I watch it while folding laundry or cooking or cleaning or other domestic housewife projects. I also like having it on in the background because it seems to calm our dogs. 2) B (I call Bob "B" because Bob is sometimes just too long to write out...jk) and I joined a CSA, which stands for Community Suported Agruculture. Each week B goes to a neighbors house and pick up a box of fresh from the farm, organic veggies, a bag of fruit straight from the orchard, and a half dozen eggs. We never know what were going to get or how to use what we get........more about that in future posts.
But here, as promised, a curry salad recipe.
Take some mayo and mix in a decent amount of curry powder, celery salt, and some fresh ground pepper. Mix it all together well to make a dressing. Then, add some dried cranberries, some chopped celery, and some chopped almonds. This is your salad base and since it has mayo in it it needs to be kept cold. Serve this on a bed of lettuce, mixed with veggies, or mixed with a cold meat. B and I grilled up some chicken sausage, sliced it and stirred it into the curry mixture. Its good.
On the brightside - I have a new work schedule. My sister-in-law and mother-in-law agree that my new schedule sucks....which it kinda does...but finding the lemonade in the whole thing, I am now home for dinner 6 nights a week! OMG!
Inspiration has also come to me from a few places. 1) being home 4 days a week has given me lots of time to watch the Food Network. Most of the time, I watch it while folding laundry or cooking or cleaning or other domestic housewife projects. I also like having it on in the background because it seems to calm our dogs. 2) B (I call Bob "B" because Bob is sometimes just too long to write out...jk) and I joined a CSA, which stands for Community Suported Agruculture. Each week B goes to a neighbors house and pick up a box of fresh from the farm, organic veggies, a bag of fruit straight from the orchard, and a half dozen eggs. We never know what were going to get or how to use what we get........more about that in future posts.
But here, as promised, a curry salad recipe.
Take some mayo and mix in a decent amount of curry powder, celery salt, and some fresh ground pepper. Mix it all together well to make a dressing. Then, add some dried cranberries, some chopped celery, and some chopped almonds. This is your salad base and since it has mayo in it it needs to be kept cold. Serve this on a bed of lettuce, mixed with veggies, or mixed with a cold meat. B and I grilled up some chicken sausage, sliced it and stirred it into the curry mixture. Its good.
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