grilled cheese and tomato soup

Baked Salmon and Sweet Potatoes

And a salad. 

Pasta Bolognese

Diced up onion, celery, carrots and sauteed for a while. Added garlic, cooked a bit. Added a package of burger and browned it. Added a jar of sauce and simmered for a half hour or longer. Yum.

Teriyaki Fried Rice

With marinated tofu this time.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Just what you need when you're sicky-poo. 

Pesto Pasta

Nice easy sausage Pesto pasta to break us back into cooking after two weeks in Mexico!

Green Chili Chicken Tacos

Standard green chili chicken tacos.  Made some refried beans in the crock pot too.

Pasta e Fagioli

https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pasta-fagioli/

Used 28oz crushed tomatoes, 14oz petite dices

 

 Original recipe below:

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small yellow onion  chopped
1 medium carrot chopped
1 celery stalk chopped
3 cloves garlic minced
2 bay leaves
3 (15 oz) cans diced tomatoes
2 (14.5 oz) cans vegetable broth
2 (14 oz) cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 small parmesan rind
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
Dash of crushed red pepper
1 cup dried ditalini or other small pasta
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
Grated Parmesan cheese for serving, optional

Instructions

In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and sauté until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Stir in the bay leaves.

Add the tomatoes, vegetable broth, beans, and parmesan rind. Stir in the thyme, basil, rosemary, and crushed red pepper. Season with salt and black pepper. Let simmer on low for about 15 minutes.

Stir in the pasta and turn up the heat to medium. Cook until pasta is tender, about 8-10 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Remove the bay leaves and parmesan rind.
Ladle into bowls and serve with grated Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Note-for gluten-free, use gluten-free pasta. We like to serve the soup with crusty bread or garlic bread.

Crock Pot Lentil Squash Curry

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2015/07/crock-pot-lentil-squash-curry.html

Making this tonight.  Hopefully won't be too spicy for the kids this time.

Sweet Potato Bean Burritos

Kinda made this up.  Made some rice with a couple cloves of smashed garlic.  Seasoned up some black beans with spices and lots of lime juice.  Sauteed some sweet potatoes and some greens (separately).  Combined it all, put in a tortilla.

It needed a good amount of salsa, but otherwise was fairly good.

Fasty Tacos

Yum

Tortellini with Sausage, Peppers and Pesto

Made a huge mess of tortellini. Caramelized some onions and peppers. Sent some sausages down to Baja to brown up a bit. Mixed it all together with some Pesto. 

Cauliflower Chickpea Masala

https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/vegetarian-tikka-masala/

Pretty good. Cauliflower, chickpeas, tomatoes, coconut milk. 

Huevos Rancheros

Yum

Kitchari

Fairly standard recipe. Pretty good. Lots of broccoli. 

Broccoli Pesto Pasta

With caramelized onions, sausage and mushrooms.

Cranberry Kraut Meatballs

A package of frozen meatballs. Lots of fresh cranberries. Lots of sauerkraut, chili garlic sauce. Crock pit for a few hours. Roast some potatoes to go with it.

Chili Con Carne

Standard Jamie Oliver chili

Squash with Kale and Chard

The ehole39 thing. Added sweet potato. Served with tilapia one night and smoked salmon the second.

Pasta e Fagioli

https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/pasta-fagioli/#wprm-recipe-container-39955

This was good. Not super soupy.

Tortellini Kale Kielbasa Soup

Standard recipe. Good stuff.

Indian veggies with coconut rice

From those Indian pages. Good.

Gnocchi with Sausage and Chard

Rachel Ray, #340. 2 lbs gnocchi, added mushrooms. Turned out a bit soupy which was good.

Sausage Pizza

With banana peppers and caramelized onions

Easy beef tacos

With zucchini this time

Enchiladas with Avocado Crema

Ohsheglows. Used grilled veg

Grilled Burgers and Veg

Made this in here somewhere

Thai Larb

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2016/11/thai-larb.html

Not bad, but the peas get stringy

Crock Pot Quinoa Enchiladas

Standard Recipe

Lobster Ceviche

From the clam bake.

Turkey Meatballs

Baked some meatballs, cooked some pasta, ate it all up yum.

Chorizo, Potato, Mushroom, Greens Tacos

Caramelized some onions.  Added mushrooms and boiled diced potatoes.  Cooked some chorizo and added it.  Added a bunch of spinach and a bag of tomatillo sauce.  Turned out pretty tasty.

Sausage and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta OnePot

https://www.budgetbytes.com/one-pot-sausage-sun-dried-tomato-pasta/comment-page-5/

Turned out pretty good.

Ingredients

8 oz sweet Italian sausage
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 lb frozen broccoli florets
2 cups chicken broth
1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes
8 oz pasta (any small shape)
Pinch of red pepper (optional)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Instructions

Add the olive oil and sausage to the skillet and cook over medium heat until browned. If using links, cook them until browned on the outside and firm enough to slice, then slice into medallions, return to the skillet, and brown on both sides. Transfer the cooked sausage to a clean bowl and drain off all but about 1 Tbsp fat from the skillet.

Add the minced garlic and frozen broccoli florets to the skillet. Sauté over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, or just until the broccoli is bright green and no longer frozen. Transfer the broccoli florets to the bowl with the sausage.

Add the chicken broth to the skillet and stir or whisk to dissolve the browned bits off the bottom of the skillet. Slice the sun dried tomatoes into strips and add them to the broth with the pasta and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Stir, place a lid on top, and turn the heat up to medium high. When the broth begins to boil, give the skillet a quick stir, replace the lid, and turn the heat down to low or just above low so that the broth maintains a simmer.

Simmer the pasta and sun dried tomatoes for about 7 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes, or until the pasta is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed. If the pasta becomes tender before all the broth has been absorbed, simply let it simmer for the last couple of minutes without the lid.

Once the pasta is tender and only a small amount of thickened liquid remains in the bottom of the skillet, add the cooked sausage and broccoli back to the pasta. Stir to combine and sprinkle the grated Parmesan over top. Serve immediately.

Taco Chicken Bowls

https://www.budgetbytes.com/taco-chicken-bowls/

Sorta did this with the standard crock pot chicken tacos.

Huevos Rancheros

Made some refritos and then huevos. Yum

Crock pot chicken tacos

Made the standard but with green salsa instead of green chili.

Ramen Stuff

Roasted broccoli and green beans this time. More better.

Yellow Rice, Black Beans, Plantains

Rachel has the recipe somewhere. Make yellow rice. Black beans with peppers. Tried to make maduros by baking the plantains but it didn't really work out.

Fried Rice

Made a huge thing of fried rice. 2 cups brown rice.  Scrambled 5 eggs.  Onion, garlic, ginger. Then lots of veg. Green beans, carrots, snap peas, etc.  Teriyaki meatballs.

Chorizo Salad

Standard goodness.

Chilaquiles

Because why not. Fried some tortillas in a bit of avocado oil and then lightly salted. Back into the pan with some totally mild salsa. Scrambled eggs, refritos, check one two.

Roasted Cauliflower and Mushroom Tacos

Roasted some cauliflower. Sauteed sliced onions with shiitake and crimini mushrooms.

Roasted some tomatillos, blended and added with some beans.

Indian Spiced Vegetables

Standard, but with purple cauliflower. Which turned brownish.

Easy Beef Tacos

Beef, peppers, corn, beans

Quinoa Enchilada Bake

Standard yum

Potato Mushroom Tacos

Sorta the garlicky greed tacos. Fried some potatoes. Added sliced onions then mushrooms. Added chard then lots of garlic. Added a bit of youghurt at the end. Queso fresco, salsa. Not too shabby.

Sausages

Grilled up some sausages, dogs, etc. for a fourth of July partay.

Yucatan Fish

Onepot pg. 60. This was good. Needed a spicy habanero salsa though. We used frozen tilapia. Baked for 45 or so. The quinoa wasn't cooked underneath the fish when we took it out.

Soba Noodle Slaw

Turned out well

Fasty Tacos

Yum

Fried Rice

Asparagus, cabbage, peas, teriyaki meatballs.  Not sure what else.  There's a recipe somewhere but I don't know where it is.

Mushroom Bourgingnon

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2014/03/httpsmittenkitchen.html

Good good.  But next time no pearl onions.  Or fewer at least.

Salmon Bake

Roasted some broccoli.  Baked some salmon with butter and lime.  Made some rice.  Make a coconut curry sauce:

Fry some ginger and garlic for a bit.  Add curry powder and cook a minute.  Add coconut and lime juice.  Simmer for a while until it reduces a bit.

Pretty tasty.

Ramen Stuff

So yea, having a child is hard. We've made some things but who knows what.

Anyway, this is a recipe that started with the Coopers.

Use a big pot not a frying pan.

Browned a big package of burger. Remove from pan.

Cooked 5 packages of ramen according to directions. Discard spice packages.

Make the sauce:

Scallions and ginger in a good amount of oil. Then add garlic. Cook a bit then add tamari.

Put meat back in pan and add a bag of frozen veggies. Stir. Add ramen back in.

More tamari, rice vinegar and sesame oil.

We also roasted broccoli and put it in.

Pepperoni Pizza

Standard pizza affair.  Pepperoni, sauteed mushrooms and peppers.  Pretty tasty.

Smoked Mozzarella Pasta

http://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2014/04/smoked-mozzarella-pasta.html

Pretty good again.  It sadly did not work to usher #3 (Camille??? TBD) into the world.

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2014/04/sweet-potato-and-black-bean-burritos.html

Made these again.  For the same reason we made them again about 5 years ago.  Dang.

Instant Pot 2 pounds of beans for 30 minutes plus another 25ish of keep warm.  A smidge overcooked but not bad.

Salmon and broccoli

Got a pre-made salmon herb butter from Costco. Roasted some broccoli. Pretty good.

Pasta and Meatballs

Whole foods meatballs with pasta and red sauce. Yum.

Fish Tacos

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2013/02/fish-tacos.html

So good

Springtime bows

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2016/03/springtime-bows-with-asparagus.html

Beef tacos

Easy beef tacos

Breakfast Burritos

Peppers, onions, garlic, sweet potatoes, potatoes, sausage, eggs. Had ours with la casa green chili.

Froze the rest for when Camille (???) is here.

Green Lentils and Spinach with Hard Boiled eggs

http://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2014/07/green-lentils-and-spinach-with-hard.html

Doubled the lentils I think. Or close to it.

Next day served it with some egg noodles.

Made the  eggs in the instant pot. Set them on the rack and added a half-ish cup of water. Pressure for 5, natural release for 5, then quick release and into ice water. Super easy to peel.

Vegan Caesar Salad

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2017/11/vegan-caesar.html
Didn't roast the chickpeas long enough sadly.

Barbacoa

Did not add the cloves this time. That made it better.

Chili con carne

Standard Jamie Oliver recipe

Fasty Tacos and Grapple

Grapple party! Fasty tacos and margaritas!

Tunisian Pepper and Potato Couscous

Yum. Used the le cruset this time which was a good idea. Doubled the couscous.

Glorious Mac and Cheese

Made this in here somehow.  Probably was pretty good, just like always.

Spaghetti Pasta Bake

Big enough to feed an army. Used cottage cheese this time I think.

Beef tacos

With mushrooms, beans and corn. Easy stand-by.

Cazuelitas de Queso y Rajas

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2015/02/cazuelitas-de-queso-y-rajas.html

Doubled it this time.  Because yum.

Red Lentil Potato Curry

From moon and spoon and yum. Instant pot. Should be 5 minutes of pressure plus a little of natural release.

Valentines pizza

Yay heart shaped pizza!

Mushroom Bourginon

Chili Con Carne

Standard Jamie version.

Tandoori Salmon with Kale

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2012/12/tandoori-salmon-with-kale.html

Pizza

Made a whole mess of pizza today.  Some with pesto, some red sauce.  Pepperoni, veg, mushrooms, etc.

Sausage and Colcannon

Pan fried some sausages. The colcannon is fancy mashed potatoes with greens.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/colcannon/

Two pounds of potatoes, cut and boiled until soft.

On the side sauteed a leak and a small head of cabbage in a good hunk of butter and salt pepper until soft and looking good.  Added 3 scallions and sauteed a few minutes.

Mash taters with milk and butter. Mix in greens.

Mound on plate with a butter-sized well in the middle.

Red sauce pasta

Meatballs, mushrooms.

Tomato soup

Jamie Oliver variety. Pretty good.

Thai Fish Curry

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2018/11/thai-fish-curry.html

Tasty

Chicken Tortilla Soup

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2014/06/chicken-tortilla-soup.html

Made this with the other half of a shredded whole crock pot chicken.

Chicken Cacciatore Stoup

http://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2015/02/chicken-cacciatore-stoup.html

Note the potatoes comment.  Also had a crock pot whole chicken that we shredded and used half of for this.

Black eyed peas and greens

And sausage and corn bread. Happy new year from the house of plague!

https://letnacholibre.blogspot.com/2015/01/slow-cooker-black-eyed-peas-collard.html