I'm Here

I'm still here. Just finished checking my 100 emails from not having access for a week. Life has been interesting for us. Not really cooking that much this week, it being the end of the month and I'm just biding my time till payday. Plus there is a lot going on. Check out our blog for an update. Next week I'll be better.

Back from spring break

We actually got home last week but two days later Matt got on a plane for Memphis so it was a non-cooking week. But we're all home now so here we go:

1. Tuna Rice Casserole (I used to eat this all the time when I was kid but my family doesn't really like it. I'm not sure why I insist on making it.)
2. Taco Soup
3. Clam Chowder (It's still pretty chilly here so soup still sounds good. Snowed a couple of days ago and the ground was frozen this morning. Ya gotta love mountain living.)
4. Mixed Grain Casserole (Haven't tried this yet but I saw it again on Sally post)
5. Burritos
6. I'm looking for dutch-oven recipes in preparation for camping this summer...

Looking forward to spring...

Eames Meals Apr 27-May 2

This is what we are planning this week. The end of the week is a little iffy since we have 2 different things we are suppose to be at and don't know where we will be.

M - Crockpot Chicken & Potatoes with Green Salad
T - Ham & Biscuit Rolls with veggies
W - Grilled Chicken Burgers and Crashed Potatoes from the Pioneer Woman's Website with Veggies
Th - Sloppy Joes
F -????? Take Out?

My sister came up with this recipe and it sounds so yummy. She did it with roast, but I don't have leftover roast so I am using Ham. She also cooks GF so we both did & will make GF biscuits & regular and spread the meat mixture over both.

Ham & Biscuit Rolls
Leftover ham (or roast)
1 egg
1 C grated cheese
1 recipe BP biscuits

1. In a food processor grind meat until fine, add egg & cheese.
2. Make Biscuit Recipe and roll into a rectangle.
3. Spread meat mixture over dough and roll up. Cut into 1" slices and place on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
4. Bake at 400-degrees for about 12 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked.

On the Ball, Menu-wise

This is my first post on this blog, even though I've been a contributor for months now. Finally getting it together after morning sickness, and then gearing up normal life again.

For dinner this week:

1. Ravioli
2. Rosemary chicken with potatoes and probably a veggie
3. Taco salad
4. Marinated grilled pork and zucchini with rice
5. Mini pizzas on English muffins
6. Arepas with cheese, ham, and eggs (arepas are Venezuelan corn cakes that you stuff with whatever you want)
7. Leftovers or maybe even go out

I'm reticent to actually assign a meal to a day. I usually just go shopping for the week and then each night have whatever I'm in the mood for for dinner. Because I'm the one making dinner. :)

A menu change

So if I don't do this now I'll forget! I did forget to get the chicken out of the freezer so what to do...

Cue leftover turkey and lots of veggies to make stirfry. Then with lots of turkey still I made sour cream turkey enchiladas for the dinner tonight.

A little more sour cream done and leftover turkey gone.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

A new recipe

I'm not anti-food but I haven't felt like cooking lately. Easter candy kind of threw off the food budget this week so I have to be creative.

M-Apple puff pancake (aka German pancakes with thinly sliced, peeled apples, use granny smith if you have them or another tart apple, and cinnamon)
T*-Veggie burgers with homemade buns and sweet potato chips
W-hot dogs with home made buns and smoothies (no spinach, which we love, but I do have mint which is great with pineapple and apples)
T-Rice and Roasted Chicken
F-dinner out--Kids get grilled cheese
S-Eggs in some form
S-Something tasty, maybe sweet and sour meatballs with veggies and rice

*So the kids didn't really like the burgers but they were a little dry and I didn't give them ketchup and mustard! We'll try again. I also topped the burgers with grated carrots, slice pickles, sauted mushrooms and zuchini. Super tasty. Oh and mozzarella. The seasoning was good, I don't think I added enough salt (too lazy to measure!) I think Tzatziki would be awesome on this. I just found a recipe for Edamae burgers. I'll have to try that one next.

The chips didn't crisp up as much as I wanted them too but they tasted good and the kids did like these. Less pepper though.

Week of plenty

So this week Phil has a pretty light schedule. Next week he's gone (to the conference and then he gets to find out/pick where we get to live the next 2 years--question is will anyone really want to visit us in Atlanta or are other places more appealing). After that week, it's back to the grind of residency and call nights and the such. So this week I plan on eating good since he'll be home for dinners. Next week will be kid-fare also know as ramen noodles and mac and cheese.
M--baked potato bar with the works--I think Clara ate more broccoli than Sophia or Phil, she actually would pick it over the peaches on her tray.
T--onion-chicken-egg stuff over rice (I really should learn the real name of that stuff-it's Japanese)
W--ravioli with a great salad and garlic bread
Th--mixed grain casserole with fruit salad
F--dinner with Phil's boss so the kids will probably get raman --their choice
Sat--cabbage salad with bread or rolls
Sun--leftovers

Hope you all had a lovely Easter!

Meals for the week

We are taking it very easy this week.

M - Leftover ham something, I'm thinking of hot stuffed potatoes with the ham
T - Eating out
W - Taco Soup
Th - Hot dogs
F - Ravioli (Plain GF pasta for K) with a tomato sauce. I'll either make one or just use one from the freezer, depend on the mood. Hopefully, I will get around to making Rosemary Peasant Bread.
S - BBQ chicken on the grill, weather permitting, with rice and veggies

I know Anne Marie has GF people in their house so I am passing along my Gluten-free version of Cynthia's Rosemary Peasant Bread. After searching and researching I finally adapted it for K. It turned out fabulous, my husband ate some not realizing it was GF and was suprised how good it tasted. Admittedly, so was I, since it was my first time adapting a yeast bread. Anyway, here is a link to my blog with the recipe.

Meals, Again

I am totally out of ideas for food lately, nothing sounds good but sugar. Anyway, this is what I am thinking for the week.

M - Tacos
T - Fried Rice with Chicken and sauce, haven't decided on the sauce
W - Crockpot Chili
Th - BBQ Chicken with Parmesean Noodles
F & S - Out of town for weekend to see my 2 new nephews. one more baby and its my turn!!!!!

What's for dinner, Mommy?

The question of the day at my house. What you fixing for dinner Mommy? After the tree fell on our house, I pretty much got busy doing house stuff. So menu planning went down the drain. But I still manage to fix meal every night. My hubby is still doing his Gluten Free diet. I don't mind it now, the kids and I are still eating our normal food and he just eat stuff that are Gluten Free. Menu planning helps me sometime, but I enjoy cooking without planning. I just open pantry, the fridge and freezer and I am able to cook healthy meal. I been cooking a lot of Filipino meals that are Gluten Free such as pancit by using rice noodles, adobo and etc...

For our Utah friends, I thought I would put pictures of Spring here in Nashville.



Menu for April 6 - April 13

Monday---- Chicken in a Pot with Veggies

Tuesday--- Beef Stragonoff (Gluten Free noodles)

Wednesday--- Chicken Enchilada(Made with Corn Tortillas)

Thursday ----Spinach Ravioli with spaghetti sauce

Friday ----Lumpia and Adobo

Saturday ----Left over(Every man for himself)

Sunday --- Easter Dinner ( Ham and the fixins) Friends over for dinner

Our time is dwindling

As I'm thinking about our meals, I keep thinking of the freezer/pantry full of food (by our standards, not a years supply standards) and wondering how I'm going to use it all up before we have to move. At least the perishables and most of the canned stuff. Right now our freezer has a lot of deer meat in it. Every time my mom comes down she brings us a lot of deer burger and this past time it was a lot. So that is what I'm trying to plan my meals around, which means not a lot of variety for the next 2 months (that is really how much longer we have here in Nashville. We are starting to get really sad.) Here it is:
M--chicken stir fry with rice
T--shepherd's pie
W--ravioli
Th--chili
F--We are going over to some friends house
Sat--tacos
Sun--hamburger soup
I really didn't stick to the menu last week because of some water problems in our apartment. We've had 4 fans/blowers and 1 dehumidifier going non stop for 3 days now and they make a lot of noise, so we tried to get out as much as possible.

Just checking in.

There is seriously something wrong with me. I can NOT get myself to plan a menu. I've been giving the kids a lot of eggs and toast and if I make something in the crock pot we eat it for three days. (Actually Matt bails after the 2nd night and eats cereal.)
I'm realizing that it has more to do with grocery shopping than cooking. I wonder, if it stopped snowing would I be more energized to get out and do stuff?
It made me sigh when I read Sally's post about the Nashville blooms being done. Our trees haven't even put on their spring buds.

Anyway, don't give up on me. I'm headed out of town next Wednesday so I probably won't post next week either but I'll be back on board when we return.

Meals Mar 30-April 4

I am late on the write, but this is what we have had are going to have.

M - Fajitas -- kind of -- we had leftover roast, rice, and refried beans that HAD to be eaten. So I took the roast and added peppers, onion, & tomatoes to it and seasoned it with garlic powder, chili pwder, cumin, oregano, & cilantro and we ate it with the refried beans and rice on tortillas. It was rather tasty.
T - Pizza -- I was worn out and my husband wanted pizza
W - Since it is April Fool's, we are having colored scrambled eggs, colored pears & applesauce and toast in funny shapes
Th - Pasta of some type
F - We are visiting friends for dinner and they are having chicken fajitas.
S - Don't know yet, we are still trying to figure out whether we are visiting family for the weekend or not.