What I Cooked This Week

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
• Vegetable soup
• Chicken club sandwiches
• No knead bread for croutons
• Croutons
• Taco salad (every Saturday)

Another week of homemade goodness….

• Crispy focaccia
• Creamy chicken & broccoli + salad
• Chocolate pudding
• Spinach-basil pesto to freeze
• Baked chicken breast with rice & steamed vegetables
• Apple bread
• Branzino with rice and broccoli + salad

• Skinless chicken drumsticks
• Potato salad
• Coleslaw
• Vegetable fried rice
• Cabbage soup
• Tortillas

When I tell people I cook every day, I’m not lying! And I love it. ❤️ Here’s what I made this week.

• Seeded whole wheat no knead bread
• Chicken & mushrooms with steamed squashes + salad
• Tortillas
• Custard pudding
• Vegetable fried rice + Asian salad
• Oatmeal muffins
• Greek lemon chicken with potatoes and green beans + salad

• Almond butter
• Peanut butter
• Apple bread
• Salmon salad for sandwiches
• Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes & broccoli
• Granola bars (for friends and neighbors)
• Taco Salad

I miss Bed Bath & Beyond. I’m keeping my coupons just in case… 🤞Here’s what I made this week:

• Whole wheat no knead bread
• Pan-fried turkey meatballs + salad
• Spinach pesto (for the meatballs & pasta)
• Taco Casserole with steamed beets

• Granola bars
• Pumpernickel bread (my husband’s favorite)
• Taco salad
• Oatmeal muffins

The kitchen is my happy place so here is what I made this week:

• Pizza on a pizza stone + salad
• Apple bread
• Salmon salad for sandwiches
• Deviled eggs
• Turkey chili + salad
• No knead crusty rolls (for the chili)
• Marble loaf cake

• Taco salad
• Granola bars
• Spaghetti with spinach + salad
• Salmon patties with rice and steamed vegetables
• Dark chocolate cashew clusters
• Crispy oat cookies

I haven’t had a cold or flu in over 50 years. Hmmm… I wonder if it’s the home cooking? 🙂