*Quesadillas (made with leftover shredded beef) and salad
*Homeade pizza (with red onion, bell pepper and pepperonis') and salad
*Pesto Chicken Sandwhiches with salad
-I would like to (proudly) point out the pattern of having a salad with every meal. This novel idea came to me when I was frustrated with never planning for side dishes and then realized that having a salad at every meal was the easy and healthy solution I had been looking for. I tend to think I have to change up every meal but have since changed my ways of thinking.
A few other meals I have made that have been hits recently:
*Shrimp tacos (on corn tortillas)
*Italian Suasage Tortellini soup (perfect on a cold day!)
*Peppercini sandwhiches (chuck roast in crockpot with jar of peppercini's peppers, put on a hoakie with melted cheese)
Other common meals that arent so original that I enjoy cooking:
*Poppyseed chicken
*Chicken Spaghetti
*King Ranch Chicken
*Breakfast for dinner
Now to spice it up I would like to add a few favorites that we had growing up....
*Moms spaghetti (it is NOT your typical Ragu sauce- it is true italian and SO good)
*Spaghetti and meatballs (very different from the above- much spicier)(Grans recipe)
*Chicken and sliced potatoes (Im sure it has a name - she would bake them all in a dish and the potatoes would get crispy)
*Strawberry cake
Along the same lines, I remember any time my parents would go out on a date we always had fishsticks with macaroni and cheese for dinner. I dont think I've had a fishstick since the last time we had a babysitter...
I have found that I go through phases- when we first got married cooking really scared me. I had no recipes stored in my head and not much experience in the kitchen. The second year I started feeling more comfortable. I baked alot of cheesy unhealthy dishes and lots of cookies. Third year I feel like I started cooking better- both healthier (although I did not stop making chocolate chip cookies several nights a week), tastier, more unique. And thoughout all of those years I have gone through times where I was NOT in the mood to cook anything. Luckily I now have several easy dishes that I know how to prepare when these moods come-
*Baked chicken (chicken breast rolled in seasoning/breadcrumbs) and baked
*Chicken Tacos (chicken in crockpot with salsa all day,shred, eat on a tortilla)
*Any pre-prepared meal from the meat section that just need to be cooked(seasoned tilapia, crab cakes, etc...)
Here is a random picture of shrimp tacos from a few weeks ago (with tomatoes and avacodo, nachos on the side)
I have not posted any of the recipes but feel free to comment if you want any of them~ Also feel free to share some of your favorites!
And just for memories sake, here is a picture from Valentines of us eating at one of our fav's, Macaroni Grill (after which we saw Wolfman-we highly DONT recommend it=))
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