Monday, April 11, 2011
Revising the idea and the last dinner
Ok so one meal everyday for a year isn't going to happen. Not that I ever really thought it would but... So now I am going to try to post when I have new and interesting things I cook. Speaking of that... When I was young I used to love cabbage rolls. I know that probably seems very strange. I think it even seemed strange to me at the time, but anyway I did. So I was thinking, around St. Patrick's Day when there were lots of beautiful cabbages in the store about cabbage rolls. The problem is I am not sure who or what recipe I was in love with. My mother admits that she probably improvised a little with her recipe. I used a combination of the recipes I had and they were ok but not quite as yummy as I remembered so more change and improvision will be needed before I cook them again. Dh didn't like that there is sweet and sour to the recipe (cooked in a mixture of tomatos, brown sugar, vinegar and cinnamon). The kids didn't really like them much at all. Sigh. I will try again but not very soon.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Dinner 2: Skillet Gnocchi with chard and white beans
OMG can you say YUM! This recipe is from Eatingwell.com. The comments about it were really good and there is a reason for that, it was really good.
This is a link to the recipe.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/gnocchi_chard_white_beans.html
I used a shelf stable whole wheat gnocchi. The little guy loved it but the 4yo refused to try except for his forced "no thank you" bite. Sigh. My husband really liked it and so did I.
I think it took me a little more than 30 minutes to make it but maybe if I was uninterrupted, yeah right when does that happen, it might have been pretty close. Anyway I wouldn't say it took twice as long but a little more than 30 minutes.
This one will be added to the list of meals we need to have over and over again. The fact that you get some green stuff mixed in with the starch and bean combination plus you throw the cheese in and well this is a delicious meal. Maybe add some complimentary vegetable and dinner is served.
This is a link to the recipe.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/gnocchi_chard_white_beans.html
I used a shelf stable whole wheat gnocchi. The little guy loved it but the 4yo refused to try except for his forced "no thank you" bite. Sigh. My husband really liked it and so did I.
I think it took me a little more than 30 minutes to make it but maybe if I was uninterrupted, yeah right when does that happen, it might have been pretty close. Anyway I wouldn't say it took twice as long but a little more than 30 minutes.
This one will be added to the list of meals we need to have over and over again. The fact that you get some green stuff mixed in with the starch and bean combination plus you throw the cheese in and well this is a delicious meal. Maybe add some complimentary vegetable and dinner is served.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Biscuits and soy sausage gravy
Ok well I actually started cooking these meals a couple of weks ago so... I have to think back a little. Right now I can't remember all of them so let's pretend that the first day was biscuits and gravy.
So I am really not from the South, have never lived there, or really even visited much. I think there are some folks in Indiana who believe they are part of the South, maybe even a few in Illinois. I suppose if you count that then maybe I have some connection. In trying to be creative about new meals that my family could eat, and maybe would all try, I thought of biscuits and gravy especially since my picky 4 yo tends to really like soy sausage and biscuits (I didn't put his sausage in the gravy)
So the recipe. Well hmm. I followed a standard biscuit recipe and the same for the gravy. I think I used 2T flour and 2T butter with about 4c of vegetable broth to make the gravy in the pan that I cooked the soy sausage in and then crumbled up some of the sausages into the gravy. I used LightLife sausages they come either 4 or 6 in a bag in the freezer section of the "natural food" part of our grocery store (I just looked it up and there are 6 in a package). There are lots of other kinds of soy sausage though and I am sure any would do, I think my family has liked all of the varieties we have tried.
My husband and I both liked it. The baby thought it was good. My 4yo liked the biscuits and the sausages but was "yucked out" by the gravy. Although I think when forced to try it he discovered it wasn't horrible. So all in all I would say this is a keeper meal. With a salad and maybe another vegetable it isn't too bad, and pretty fast to make even doing the biscuits from scratch.
So I am really not from the South, have never lived there, or really even visited much. I think there are some folks in Indiana who believe they are part of the South, maybe even a few in Illinois. I suppose if you count that then maybe I have some connection. In trying to be creative about new meals that my family could eat, and maybe would all try, I thought of biscuits and gravy especially since my picky 4 yo tends to really like soy sausage and biscuits (I didn't put his sausage in the gravy)
So the recipe. Well hmm. I followed a standard biscuit recipe and the same for the gravy. I think I used 2T flour and 2T butter with about 4c of vegetable broth to make the gravy in the pan that I cooked the soy sausage in and then crumbled up some of the sausages into the gravy. I used LightLife sausages they come either 4 or 6 in a bag in the freezer section of the "natural food" part of our grocery store (I just looked it up and there are 6 in a package). There are lots of other kinds of soy sausage though and I am sure any would do, I think my family has liked all of the varieties we have tried.
My husband and I both liked it. The baby thought it was good. My 4yo liked the biscuits and the sausages but was "yucked out" by the gravy. Although I think when forced to try it he discovered it wasn't horrible. So all in all I would say this is a keeper meal. With a salad and maybe another vegetable it isn't too bad, and pretty fast to make even doing the biscuits from scratch.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Why bother?
After a week of cheese pizza, stir fry, cheese pizza, cheese pizza, stir fry and who knows what, I had this thought...
What if I tried to do 365 days of different dinners?
Maybe by trying and writing out what I am doing I can help myself next time I have reached the bottom of the food barrel. If not at least it might be entertaining to try. I know that there will be days that we eat leftovers, or cheese pizza or, stop the presses, food from outside, but well 365 just seemed like a good number and maybe enough choices so I never have another week of cheese pizza every other day!
What if I tried to do 365 days of different dinners?
Maybe by trying and writing out what I am doing I can help myself next time I have reached the bottom of the food barrel. If not at least it might be entertaining to try. I know that there will be days that we eat leftovers, or cheese pizza or, stop the presses, food from outside, but well 365 just seemed like a good number and maybe enough choices so I never have another week of cheese pizza every other day!
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