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what's cooking?
I've been absolutely terrible about meal planning lately and I need to get back in the swing of things!
Monday: scrambled eggs, aka breakfast for dinner
Tuesday: ham and pierogies and a veg
Wednesday: chicken and couscous and a veg
Thursday: unsure
Friday: I'll be at happy hour so who knows?
Saturday: we're doing Linvilla that day so I think I might just make a pizza that night.
Re: what's cooking?
I've been so bad with this lately. I took out skinless boneless chicken breasts this morning but I have no clue what I'm doing with them.
Tonight we're going food shopping so I'm hoping for some motivation. It's so bad I had plain cheerios this morning with no milk bc we didn't have any.
My little nuggets
Last night: Dirty Risotto care of Giada - http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/dirty-risotto-recipe/index.html
Tonight - Tortellini (and hopefully precooking the chicken for tomorrow night)
Wednesday - Penne a la chicken from the Pioneer Woman (with chicken instead of shrimp) - http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/09/cooking_with_my_punk-ass_little_sister_penne_a_la_betsy/
Thursday- Chicken fajitas (I love the Wegmans fajita marinade) with beans and rice
Friday we are going to dinner at Melograno in Philly - anyone ever eat there?
I definetly need to get better at this too!
Sunday- Pasta at my parents' house for my dad's birthday.
Monday- I think we're going to have grilled cheese and soup
Tuesday- Beef Stew
Wednesday- Will attempt chicken enchiladas in the crock pot
Thursday- Pork chops
F-S- ??
I'm still working on my freezer stash that I prepped while I was nesting. Unfortunately some of my marinades were duds, but gotta plow through anyway, haha.
Mon - girls' night...chicken quesadillas
Tues - crock pot honey sesame chicken, edamame, rice
Weds - Salmon, roasted potatoes, asparagus
Thurs - leftover sesame chicken
Fri - pizza night
Recipe? I've been wanting to try this. Need to find more uses for the crock pot than chili and pulled pork.
recipe? I love me some sesame chicken.
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/slow-cooker-chicken-enchilada-filling/
Disclaimer: I have never tried this before. It's two step. I was going to make the filling tomorrow night and then make the enchiladas in the oven on Wed. with the filling. I find it is 10405050 times easier to cook stufff in the crockpot the night before, since I am running late just about every morning!
I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like it will be tasty...found on Pinterest:
http://www.chef-in-training.com/2012/04/crock-pot-honey-sesame-chicken/
Last night I made French Chicken In A Pot so I'll be using the leftover chicken to make an Asian Turkey Noodle Soup with Bok Choy, but subbing chicken
Tues - out to dinner - we have a groupon to the Temperance House
Wed - an attempt at making Haluski - it's a Polish dish of cabbage and noodles, roasted cauliflower
Thur - pierogies with cabbage and apples
Fri - I have a huge head of escarole so I found a recipe for Escarole and White Bean Sauce with garlic and oregano and I'm going to throw it on some pasta
#1 12.11.11
#2 10.23.13 EDD
Couple things - I can't believe you can cook chicken, let alone cook at all! Good for you! My poor H hasnt had a homecooked meal by me since I got ku'd.
Also - fun fact - this is how i eat my cheerios every morning. i hate soggy cereal.
Sunday- Grilled cheese and tomato soup
Me, Mon-Thu: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/02/crock-pot-santa-fe-chicken-425-pts.html either in a tortilla, over rice, or plain.
DH: Mon-Thu: Either what I'm having or something else like stir fry or burgers.
I'm either at school or my internship 4 days/week, so dinners are made on Sunday.
Yesterday I made a roast in the crock. I am such a failure at cooking roasts. They never have flavor and are dried out.
Monday, grilled pork chops
Tuesday, ?
Wednesday ? maybe hot roast beef sammies with left over post roast
Thursday ?
Friday ?
Oh I should clarify..I also haven't cooked at all. I just take things out and he makes them haha.
And, ugh..plain cheerios is yuck!
My little nuggets
Now that no one in the Del household is sick for the first time in three weeks, we have a full week of dinners...
Sun- gnocchi and gravy, meatballs, pork, veal, salad and caramel apple walnut pie. I also made homemade pistachio custard for MIL's birthday and it was amazing
Mon- chili is brewing on the stove
Tues- pot roast with potatoes and carrots, side of zucchini, and I already prepped my crockpot so I just need to plug it in tomorrow morning, I feel like rock star for being prepared
Wed- leftover gravy with pasta and salad
Thurs- school halloween party
Fri- pizza at a halloween function
Sat- wine! my kids will eat whatever the nice sitter feeds them
Jonathan Dean 4.5.08
Anna Capri 5.4.11
First week in AGES that I've meal planned. We'll see if I can keep it up...
Sunday -- spaghetti and meatballs
Monday -- turkey taco bake
Tuesday -- pesto and tomato flatbread pizzas
Wednesday -- leftovers
Thursday -- white cheddar chicken pasta
Friday -- pizza
Saturday -- ?
I tried another recipe today, I always seem to fail at this too, will let you know how it comes out
Jonathan Dean 4.5.08
Anna Capri 5.4.11
I used to be horrendous at cooking roasts but now I can get them perfect every time. My roasts used to be almost like a sold, dry brick. The key is to cook them low low low low and slooooooooooooooow. Also, you need to get the fattiest piece of meat that you can find. The more marbling, the better. That with cooking it at a low temp for a long time will make the meat just fall apart. I throw it in the crock (or roaster in the oven) with some beef broth, a beef bullion cube or two, potatoes, onions, carrots, celery (sometimes if I'm feelin' it), and any seasoning you want like garlic powder/salt, pepper, etc. Comes out perfect every time.
ETA: And the #1 crock potting rule of all time - DO NOT open the lid of the crock pot to check on it 1,000 times a day. You'll release the suction and it F's it all up.
hmm, Heather, maybe that is my problem. I don't open it, but the lid broke and it just sits on top.
And as you described your roasts in the past, a solid dry brick, that was my roast on sunday. i cooked it from 11am till about 4pm on low.
I think I need a new crock pot.