The grocery store where I've been shopping recently has mega-cheap cuts of meat. Parts of the animal you've never heard of... And it looks just like the pack next to it that is a part you've heard before. But I take the mystery meat because that price is half as much. What I don't realize if that mega-cheap meat needs to be marinated and beaten--otherwise it really isn't very edible.
Not only have I decided I have the hang of making large amounts of chicken, but I've also decided baked potatoes are a great side dish. Why keep choosing between pasta and rice?
I don't actually know if this is steak. I am writing this blog in mid-January. But it seems like I would look at what I had available and decide that peppers would go best with steak. Ta-da...
At Thanksgiving time, I make pumpkin bread. And then use the leftover batter for muffins, more muffins, and (this year) squares (in the brownie tray). Basically, anything I can pour the batter into.
Either we ate the veggies before the wings were done or... I don't know. Why are these wings all alone?
Maybe I'm just not done plating. (Anyone here notice that I've separated each food item into its own post? I'm beefing up my blog numbers to keep well ahead of LV's blog.
The baby is starting to let me eat dinner with everyone else. But not really. Eating doesn't really describe the way LV and I shovel food into our mouths in the hopes that one of us will finish before there's a meltdown.
These were some meaty tenders--totally different than the usual thin slice I normally get. This might have been after I started shopping at a new grocery store... Again, total lack of interest in the blog as displayed in the camera shake.
I didn't have real maple syrup for this recipe. It looks really good, but I think it would have tasted much better with a real glaze rather than pancake syrup on top.
All these weeks later, we still have plenty of fish sticks and chicken nuggets left in the refrigerator. We also have a bag of lentils that I haven't opened in almost a year. I decided to crack that open and cook it up with some rice. LV requested we never eat lentils again. (He hates beans...) I ate them for lunch. I even tried to make lentil burgers at one point (I was thinking of black bean burgers) with the rest of the bag.
Can you tell that at this point--after months of not updating the blog--I don't even see the point of making sure my hand is steady when I take the photo? Though, I don't share the same disinterest in what I'm cooking.
LV picked up the latest bag of frozen vegetables. He didn't notice that the blend he picked included lima beans. I thought this was great. I could finally get rid of all the other lima beans I've had in the freezer. (I went a bit nuts investing in beans at the beginning of the pregnancy...) He did not think this was so great, but he also didn't know just how many more lima beans I was throwing into the mix.
This is a picture of meatloaf on salad. I didn't have any potatoes or whatnot to serve with this besides salad. I didn't put LV's meatloaf on his salad. He wouldn't have liked that. While we were eating, we had the same thought: Good thing Scrappy's not here for this. We thought the extra seasoning was great, but she probably wouldn't have liked any of it. Especially considering I used 12 grain wheat bread for the loaf. That created an interesting texture.
We waited until Halloween to carve a jack-o'-lantern. The last time I roasted the seeds, I didn't bother to look for a recipe. This year I did some research for what the temperature and time should be. They turned out much better. (That's cinnamon and salt on top.)
I'm publishing all these posts months after the photos were taken. I forgot that Scrappy and LV didn't have the chicken until the day after I made it. They had McDonald's instead (and didn't bring me any (brats)). So, this ended up being the pre-trick-or-treating dinner.
Trying to get away from cookies, I made muffins today. Oatmeal, raisins, walnuts and some other stuff that sounded like it would make for a good breakfast treat...
I keep seeing big packs of fryer-ready chicken, so I decided to go ahead and get a pack. We don't have a fryer. Instead I used the last of the Ritz crackers to prepare all these pieces the way I usually prepare chicken strips. LV thought it was the tastiest thing ever.
This is how I eat everything now. (And I wonder if this isn't how I should photograph everything, too, considering the great light I get from the microwave.) As soon as I finish making and plating dinner, the baby freaks and it's time to get him to bed. He falls asleep while I wonder how soon I'll be able to leave to go eat my dinner... and if that makes me a bad mom.
