So we bought a dehydrator. Mostly to make jerky, because this is pretty much my favorite snack, and Shawn is a huge fan too. Added bonus that we can dry the extras from the hopefully prolific garden this summer. Anyway, I got the marinade from an old Alton Brown recipe, and followed it to the letter – it as awesome. Next time I might add more soy sauce and less red pepper flakes, but overall it was delicious! Our first attempt at jerky was a total winner.
What can I say…this was easy and absolutely delicious. We combined a few rubs to make the final product, but you can’t get much more low maintenance for a nice summer meal! And bonus chicken stock tomorrow! You can fine the recipe here, at my friend Missy’s site.
Another in a series of burgers I did for fast freezer meals. We really liked this one! Would be great with some extra buffalo sauce and blue cheese on the top, and a side salad.
This was another in our attempt to pack a lot of freezer meals for super busy nights – this one is really convenient because you don’t have to thaw them. Just throw them on the grill, they may take a little longer. It was pretty good, though dry. Some light tomato sauce might be good with a light side. The recipe originally called for beef, and I subbed the turkey. Lamb might be pretty good with this was well.
This wasn’t a bad crock pot recipe, and is worth trying again. It originally came from Skinnytaste, and needed some extra seasoning. But through no fault of the recipe, I managed to grab the wrong kind of roast by accident. So it was a lot saucier/more watery than originally intended. If I hadn’t been so lazy, I probably would have bothered to thicken the sauce, but it was fine as is. Definitely has potential with more seasoning – I think some veggies in with the roast would be great as well. We served this with steamed asparagus.
I love shawarma, but doing the whole low carb thing isn’t really conducive to piling everything in delicious pitas smothered in garlic sauce. But it works well over a salad! I based this on a couple of different recipes I found (Cooking Light was where I got the base marinade), marinated it overnight, and had it with a lemon-sumac dressing. I’m not usually very good about salads for dinner, but this was pretty tasty, and fairly low-maintenance as well. We just used a bag of salad and tossed some tomatoes, cucumbers, and chickpeas in it as well.
This was a super fast, easy, and tasty dinner…would be perfect for a weeknight (or a Friday night when you’re pretty crispy fried 😉 ). This was a Cooking Light recipe that I picked on a whim since I needed something quick for dinner this evening. A definite make again. We made no changes to the recipe other than to cook it on the grill, and served it with steamed broccoli.
In an attempt to get control of eating out so often when we are pressed for time, we decided to give the whole freezer meal thing a try. It’s a little challenging when low carb is involved, but there are definitely a few recipes that looked like they were worth a try. We pulled this one out and had it for dinner tonight and thought it was very good. A little cheese or low fat sour cream would dress it up a bit, and some tomatoes or other color, but as a shredded chicken bowl on its own, we still enjoyed. Definitely would make again, and you can’t argue with having meals ready to go in the freezer.
So I hesitate to call this a recipe, but really, it’s delish. And you could make your own salsa verde and then it’s a LITTLE more recipe-like. 😉 Regardless, it’s awesome, jars or homemade or whatever. I would say this just became a favorite for both of us.
This was a really fun side salad – we had it with some Teriyaki wings. You could definitely add some chicken or other protein to this to make it a full meal. I think it would do well with noodles, too. Either way, versatile and very tasty! This came from Chow, I changed very little – subbed sesame oil for vegetable in the dressing, and Sriracha for chile garlic paste (I was out). Made a ton, and stored separately from the dressing, it will be great left over!
Om nom nom! 