I’m always on the lookout for interesting ways to cook chicken breast – a) it’s kind of boring on its own, and b) I’m not fabulous at most methods of cooking it. But this came out quite well, wasn’t dry, and was great for leftovers – just the right size for lunch. You could really use any vegetable and cheese you wanted with this – I did broccoli and provolone. Very low cal and easy. I got this from Skinnytaste.
We’ve been meaning to try zucchini lasagna for some time, and I’m glad we finally got around to it – we loved it! It was a bit time consuming to make sure the zucchini lost some of its water content, but totally worth it. I normally avoid reduced fat cheeses, but in this case, it was not noticeable when included in a very flavorful casserole. This used up the last of our tomato sauce from last summer, but a good use for sure. 🙂 The picture isn’t the most beautiful, but you get the idea. This came from skinnytaste, and other than using my own sauce, I followed it exactly. Don’t skip grilling the zucchini – it’s worth it. 🙂
Stir fry is not something I usually bother with a recipe to prepare, as it’s a great clean out the fridge opportunity. But I saw this on Rasa Malaysia and wanted to give the idea of it a try, simply because we love bok choy. I almost never use chicken in my stir fry, because I suck at cooking it any way but braised/baked/handed to Shawn to grill. Otherwise it’s gummy, tough, and dry, yum yum! But this was actually a great technique and I will do it again. The sauce was light, and I found myself thinking that this would be a lovely summertime meal with additions from the garden to accompany the bok choy. We bulked this up with some shirataki noodles instead of rice.
I found this somewhere in the expanse that is Pinterest, and it seemed like a good idea…although ground chicken is sometimes kind of weird. But this was pretty good, and a generous portion as well. It fit with the leaner proteins for the 21 Day Fix, and was a good use for a jar of my tomato sauce from our garden this past summer.
This was a winner from Cooking Light. I did a lot of subbing, since I am doing the 21 Day Fix, and while this meal fit with it perfectly, a couple of tablespoons of oil didn’t. 😉 But this actually seared quite well in cooking spray, and it was really great. We had this with steamed string beans and a brown rice mix.
My friend Missy posted this on her site quite a while ago, and I’ve had it bookmarked to try for quite some time. I was looking for something a bit different to round out the week, and this popped up! Though it would be delicious over rice, we just had it alone with some bok choy on the side, as I am trying to stay lower carb. This was awesome – glad we finally tried it! Even better leftover for lunch today.
You can check out the recipe on Missy’s site – I made no changes, other we than had probably closer to 1.5-2lb of lamb from a large boneless roast, so I adjusted everything else to match.
It’s hard to argue with an easy weeknight chicken dish, especially one that is super cheesy, too! I saw this on Pinterest (having good luck with ideas there lately) and modified it more to our seasoning tastes. It was good! I’m not the best with chicken breast, but this was not even a little bit dry, and this is a very versatile recipe – add any veggies you like. We threw in spinach. The only change I’d make is to add more tomatoes next time – maybe a second can. We had this with some steamed broccoli on the side. Yes, there IS chicken somewhere under that cheesy goodness!
It seems like only yesterday that we went to London and Brussels, but it has been three years! Time really flies. To celebrate, we had a weekend of food we enjoyed there, from pubs around here with lovely Belgian and English beers on tap, to mussels and frites, baked beans (Shawn loves a full English breakfast 🙂 ), and finally meat pies. I won’t lie, I actually got the idea to make them to go with Shawn’s awesome beans when I picked up our Harry Potter cookbook and saw, “Molly Weasley’s meat pies.” How could I resist that? Coupled with the fact that Shawn had been wanting to make them for a while made it a no-brainer to give them a shot. We made two hand pies, a traditional beef and onion British pie, and a Tourtiere, which is a French-Canadian pork meat pie. We preferred the beef, but the pork was good too and with some adjustment (more gravy – it was a bit dry) would be excellent. These were a lot of fun, and if you make hand pies, you will have plenty to freeze for later!
This was a super quick, tasty, weeknight dinner. We did not put this over pasta (low carb considerations for me), but I actually think that it would be way too much if you did – the beans were plenty. We really liked this! Totally one to make again. We had this with garlic zucchini spirals.
We decided on roast beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner this year, and we were VERY happy with the results. I didn’t do much to it – it stood out on its own for sure. A little compound butter and in it went for what I would say was by far the best Christmas dinner I have ever done. We’re swimming in leftovers, but I’m not complaining. This method came from Chow.
Om nom nom! 