This "week" was a bit different. We ate out, not because of convenience but because it was planned. We went out for our anniversary dinner, had dinner with friends, and as we do every Sunday had dinner with parents. Therefore, this week of cooking lasted a bit longer than the typical 7 days.
I looked at our grocery budget and was shocked at how much it costs to buy “protein.” Therefore, my goal is to come up with a 2-3 chicken meals, 1-2 seafood meals 1 red meat meal and 1 vegetarian meal each week.
I chose this recipe because I had goat cheese and wasn’t sure what to do with it. Needless to say I don’t think I will make it again. I loved the idea of roasting the tomatoes they were sweet and kind of saucy. In the future I will likely do the same thing but just use parmesan cheese instead of goat cheese. There was really no prep ahead for this one, it was just quick and easy.
I’m not sure what a Po’ Boy is supposed to taste like but this was great. I love shrimp and sandwiches so why not put them together! To prep ahead I just made the sauce, which resembles a sweet tartar sauce. I served this with grilled corn on the cob. Yummo!
I’m sort of obsessed with stuffed chicken recipes lately. I love using my fancy knives to butterfly a chicken breast, pound out the chicken super thin and then fill it with yumminess. I used the recipe from my favorite blog and followed everything except the fontina cheese. I used fresh mozzarella instead, primarily because I had it. Cheese is expensive and I think it’s silly to buy it for just one recipe. This was delicious. Next time I may leave the ham out and add roasted red peppers. I wrapped the chicken breasts in saran wrap and the stored in the freezer in a Ziploc.
I served this with roasted asparagus and smashed baby reds.
Green Enchilada Suiza Casserole
I made the recipe for this one up based on watching Rachael Ray make something similar a gazillion times. Steve loved this! I thought it had too much chicken in it. (I’m not the biggest fan of meat but my husband is and I know I need to eat protein…)
· Cooked chicken (I used the cooked chicken breast pieces from Costco and used about ¾ of the package.)
· Tortilla Shells (I used a flour/corn blend.)
· 16oz. Green Salsa or Enchilada Sauce (I used Goya Green Salsa)
· 2 c. swiss cheese (A used a mix of swiss and cheddar)
· Sour cream
I basically made a lasagna with the ingredients. Put a bit of salsa/sauce in the bottom of a 8x8 pan. Put a layer of tortilla shells. (I cut them in half and treated it like tetris) Layer chicken and cheese and more sauce. Add a final layer of tortillas and cheese on top. Cover with foil and store in fridge until you are ready to eat it. To warm heat oven to 400 and warm for about 20 minutes then take off foil and cook until cheese bubbles on top. Serve with a dollop of sour cream on top.
Well the recipe calls for skirt steak but I’ve yet to see that at Costco so I went with flank steak. To prep ahead I (actually Steve) made the marinade dumped it in a Ziploc with the flank steak and froze. We grilled it because that it the yummiest way to cook meat in my opinion. This was yummy but really sweet. Next time I make it I will use it in steak sandwiches and add some gorgonzola or blue cheese. It needed a strong favor to balance the sweetness.
We had this with….guess….yup, green beans!
BBQ Hamburgers
Seriously, if I need to provide a recipe for how to make hamburgers you probably are not looking at these recipes in the first place. You can prep ahead burgers in many ways. Again, I have watched Rachael Ray make burgers a gazillion times. You can use any and every kind of ground meat imaginable and add veggies, spices, and cheese to the mix. Get creative. Wrap burgers in saran and store in a Ziploc until you want to make them. While I LOVE yummy, crusty bakery buns, I try to use the healthy, sort of yummy, whole-wheat buns. Serve with grilled veggies and fruit.
Yummiest green beans EVER!
So when I say we have green beans every night I don’t mean I open a can, heat and serve. I buy frozen haricort vert which are tiny green beans. I put the frozen beans in a sauté pan with a little water and let them steam. Then I add equal parts butter and EVOO, salt and pepper and let them sauté until the beans brown slightly. Sometimes I grate a small clove of garlic in. (Do this just before they are done so the garlic doesn’t burn.) Sometimes I add fresh lemon juice. Sometimes almond slices. Sometimes we just eat them with salt and pepper. Any way they are DELICIOUS!
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