Sunday, 7/5/20

Since it was so hot out, I tried using the pressure cooker to make macaroni and cheese. It worked just fine, but it was a very plain recipe (from the Food Network, I think). Somehow not as tasty as baked, but with some toasted panko and some Frank's Red Hot it wasn't bad. Also had a salad that I liked but Carter barely ate. Ungrateful child (although he approved of the macaroni and cheese).

Saturday, 7/4/20

I took the leftover rice, greens and beans and added some grilled chicken and called it a whole new meal. The chicken helped, honestly.

Friday, 7/3/20

I had wanted to make a rice and pinto bean recipe that I came across in yet another Indian cookbook that I brought home (Indian in 7), but Jason wanted some other variant to use up a packet of ramen seasoning?? Anyway, I ended up with a rice and pinto dish with lots of beet greens/chard, which I  thought was only OK. All those greens made it kind of damp. I have been feeling very thwarted by my family, cooking wise.

Thursday, 7/2/20

Late dinner, since I didn't start anything until I got home from work. Worth it, though (as long as you don't ask Carter. He made himself a box of macaroni and cheese).  Zucchini/cheddar fritters, which are made in the oven instead of fried and yet were perfectly crispy and delicious. I made a little sauce with sour cream and adobo to go with them. Then I made a salad out of a bunch of things that needed to go: roasted regular and sweet potatoes, yellow pepper, spinach and cotija cheese, all with a cumin/jalapeno vinaigrette. The salad was quite nice but fritters were the star.

Wednesday, 7/1/20

Jason made a loaf of bread, and I made a sort of minestrone. Channeled my mom's "poor man's soup" and used ground beef, plus a can of white beans that I bought by accident (why does Aldi put the chick peas and white beans in the same box with such similar labeling?), some leftover crushed tomatoes, the last of a box of elbows....Surprisingly, the boys loved it, and it was quick to do in the Instant Pot. I think it was the ground beef that spoke to them. SK chocolate pudding for dessert.

Tuesday, 6/30/20

Chicken biryani, from the "Indian Instant Pot Cookbook". Only a couple of minor changes: chicken breast instead of thighs, and I toasted and ground the whole spices. We just don't love biting down on a whole clove at dinner time. Threw peas in at the end to make it a complete (and tasty) meal.

Monday, 6/29/20

Reluctantly made English muffins, sausage and egg sandwiches. I don't care if we never have them again, frankly.