I can’t think of anything that isn’t better when it’s homemade, from scratch. Sometimes, when I’m tired of cooking, which translates to “tired of washing dishes” and we go out to eat, I’m always reminded why I cook at home. Everything homemade just tastes better. Here’s what I cooked this week…
Spaghetti with shredded chicken + salad & garlic bread
Oatmeal muffins
Turkey chili with crusty rolls + salad
Double chocolate chip cookies
Peanut butter
Peanut butter cookies (they’re all in the freezer)
Vegetable fried rice with salad (working on Asian ginger salad dressing)
No knead whole wheat bread
Egg salad
Double chocolate almond biscotti
Sheet pan chicken & vegetables (this time with red potatoes & green beans)
Vegetable cashew stir fry (still not perfect 😣)
Taco salad
Chocolate pudding
I’m reducing sugar so most of our desserts are a cookie or sometimes, I have one or two of my chocolate clusters. I bake and freeze cookies all the time so we can always have something sweet after dinner. These days, homemade pudding seems a bit extravagant. 😋
It’s hard to take these pictures when I’m hungry and ready to eat. They are quick snapshots in a messy kitchen but here they are. In sharing these weekly posts, I’ve come to realize that I make a lot of bread. That means I eat a lot of bread. But I like it! 😍 Here’s what I made this week…
Chicken veggie kabobs
Seeded no knead bread. (it’s my whole wheat version with 1/4 cup of a seed mix)
I’m working on more vegetarian recipes. Now if I could just grow may own vegetables… I quit because the squirrels always win. 🐿 Here’s what I made this week:
Vegetable cashew stir fry (a work in progress)
Cabbage soup
Pumpernickel bread
Dark chocolate dipped coconut macaroons
Turkey meatballs with pesto pasta + salad
Tortillas
Custard pudding
No knead whole wheat bread
Baked ziti + salad
Apple pudding
Granola bars
Crispy oatmeal cookies (no chocolate chips)
Chicken breast with rice and steamed carrots & green beans
Dark chocolate-cashew clusters
Taco salad
Vegetable cashew stir fry (2nd version)
(Not all recipes that I made this week are posted. That usually means they are not ready for prime time yet! 🙂)
I shop at 5 different store to get the best stuff… Sprouts for organic nuts, Ralphs for bags of mini organic apples, Vons for mild olive oil for my butter-mix, Erehwon for sourdough bread, and Gelson’s for sardines. Here’s what I made this week…
Mexican black bean casserole + salad
Oatmeal muffins
Salmon patties with roasted vegetables
No knead whole wheat bread
Almond butter
Lemon blueberry loaf
Roasted chicken breasts with broccoli rice & salad
I can’t think of anything that isn’t better when it’s homemade, from scratch. Sometimes, when I’m tired of cooking, which translates to “tired of washing dishes” and we go out to eat, I’m always reminded why I cook at home. Everything homemade just tastes better. Here’s what I cooked this week…
