Thank you Giada de Laurentiis! Your recipe was a hit. I was watching The Food Network a couple weeks ago which I have been doing quite a bit lately and happened to stop on Giada's show. She was making her Grilled Scallops with Orange Scented Quinoa and it looked tasty not to mention it looked like something simple enough for this NON cook to make. Well tonight was … [Read more...]
I’m Becoming a Cooking Fool
OK, maybe that is a bit of a reach but I have been having fun trying new recipes. And most of them are turning out! Cooking more was one of my big goals for this year. Last week I made a crock pot veggie lasagna and homemade veggie burgers that turned out well. Looking forward to another week of yummy meals. We'll see how they turn out. Keeping some of the same meals … [Read more...]
Menu Plan for the Week of Feb. 18
Here we are at another menu plan. We'll see how far we can get this week. I wish I could cook faster AND I wish we had a bigger kitchen. Dreaming... But I'll keep trying! Like I mentioned in last night's post, I made a white bean hummus that turned out awesome. Can't wait for lunch today. Yum. … [Read more...]
Coney Lentil Pie with Asiago Polenta
Had a hard time trying to figure out what to call this meal. Went from BBQ to coney sauce and Shephard's pie to lentil pie. So we came up with Coney Lentil Pie. That should work. I was craving lentils, we needed to use up some veggies, the polenta and we felt like biscuits. So I came up with the idea of a shephard's pie like meal except no potatoes and not as many … [Read more...]
Meal Plans for this Week
Another Monday, another attempted meal plan. Like I said last week, I am not good at sticking to menu plans. We only had two things off the plan from last week! I'll keep trying. I did make the crab tostadas that I mentioned last week but they did not turn out. The tostadas were good but this will not be on my list to try again. … [Read more...]