One of my many responsiblities is to keep my family fed. I like this part of my job description, most days. I enjoy cooking. This being said, I don't always like coming up with things to cook. I feel like it takes some imagination, which on most days, I lack. So, come 4 o'clock each day, I'm thinking to myself, "What am I going to cook tonight?" Lately, I've been experimenting with new recipes, and we've had a lot of vegetable to work through (we've been doing Bountiful Baskets). We had my sister over for dinner the other day, and she was talking about wanting a list of dinner ideas, and I promised her I'd put it on my blog. Maybe someone can benefit from it, and it will be a good list for me as well for those days I need some help deciding what to make. So, here goes, our last week in dinner meals:
Sunday: Grilled T-bone steaks, roasted rosemary and garlic steak fries, salad, grilled asparagus
Monday: Spaghetti, steamed broccoli, garlic toast
Tuesday: Costco pizza
Wednesday: leftover spaghetti and more steamed broccoli (dad was out of town on business)
Thursday: Jambalaya (Nick and I loved this recipe, however it was a little spicy for my wimpy kids), green beans with almonds (I adapted from this recipe - so tasty!)
Friday: fend for yourself night (momma went to hang with the girlfriends)
Saturday: Five Guys (after working in the yard all day, we deserved it!)
Sunday: taquitos, guacamole, mango salsa, lime rice, refried beans, corn chips
Tips from the week:
*I had some extra bell peppers that were threatening to go bad before I could use them, so I diced them up and froze them in freezer bags (one pepper per bag). These are perfect to throw into whatever recipe calls for a diced bell pepper (like the jambalaya).
*Did you know you can freeze rice? I didn't until about a week ago. This is especially handy for brown rice, since it takes so long to cook. Now, whenever I make brown rice, I make a little extra and put it in a freezer bag. When I need it, I put the bag in the microwave for about three minutes, viola! Awesome! I used this tip for the jambalaya as well, it was so nice.
7 years ago

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