Day Seven: Taco, Taco Taco

Dinner tonight was chicken and apple tacos.  Very simple:  sauteed chicken thighs, onion, granny smith apple, minced garlic, chili powder, rosemary, sage and coriander.  Served on flour tortillas with a blend of cheddar and mozzarella cheese.  Sometimes I toss it with a little cooked rice, or change the cheese to monty jack or even the apples to Golden Delicious.  It's up to you.

The kids had their chicken with raw slices of apple, a little leftover cornbread and a mozzarella cheese stick.  If it's the same ingredients as my dinner, I call it a win!

Dinner, Day Six: A Word about Wednesdays

Here's the thing about Wednesdays, it's kind of fend-for-yourself.  There's usually something relatively easy on the menu for Hubby and Kids (hot dogs tonight), and I head off to meet my knitting group at Panera.  I usually get dinner, usually a salad and iced tea.  Tonight I just didn't feel it though and got a crappy dinner.  Not crappy in taste, but consistency.  When I made it up to the counter I couldn't decide so I ordered a bowl of broccoli and cheese soup.  Later on, three of my friends were raving about the chocolate croissants so I jumped on the bandwagon.  Pretty nutritious meal, yes?  :)

Day Five: Grillin' Indoors

When Hubby's in school I tend to go a bit minimalist when it comes to feeding the fam.  Tonight's dinner was homemade cornbread, grilled pork chops, applesauce cups and green beans.  Nothing super special, though I am pretty satisfied that I baked the corn bread from scratch instead of using a bag mix.  A while back we got a grill pan for the stove (total impulse buy on our last trip to IKEA but worth it!)  This was my first time using it, I'm not totally comfortable with grilling things but I'm trying to get better at it.

So everyone eats the same dinner tonight, and that makes this Mama happy.

Day Four: A Favorite!

One of my favorite things:  chicken lettuce wraps!

Usually I kind of just make this up as I go along.  This time, we used Mark Bittman's recipe from "Kitchen Express."  It was good, but was missing something.  I like a bit of crunch with this, some carrots or even broccoli slaw.   Though flavorful, it was missing the crunch.   Didn't dislike it though, since I had four of them and there's a little leftover for tomorrow's lunch.  Tomorrow it'll be with peanut sauce and on a flour wrap, since we're out of Bibb lettuce.

The kids?  No way were they eating that, they had leftover cheeseburgers.  Have you ever noticed that if you have more than one child in a photo, only one of them looks at the camera at a time and smiles?

Day Three: A Cookout

Dinner last night was a cookout with friends at their house.  The weather wasn't exactly compliant, so we ate inside.  Shrimp salad, chicken kabobs, hot dogs, hamburgers and corn on the cob.  Lots of delicious summer fare!

For dessert I brought a chocolate cream pie that I picked up at the grocery store on my way home from the nail salon.  It was ok, nothing special.  As I was plating it I discovered that I had bought one that's sugar-free.  Oops!

Dinner, Day Two

Brian's Day Zero List includes perfecting homemade ravioli, and I get to reap the benefits.  :)

Last night:  shrimp ravioli with alfredo sauce.  The sauce is jarred, but that doesn't make it any less delicious.  The ravioli wasn't bad, just a little undercooked.  It made for decent leftovers for lunch today, too.  

Thirty Days of Dinner: Day One

For June, I thought I'd post dinner every night.  Well, we'll say the next day perhaps.

Last night's dinner:  Grilled Chicken with Fresh Homemade Mango Salsa

Chicken cutlets spiced with paprika, cumin, cayenne and cinnamon.  The salsa had fresh mango and red onion and was absolutely delicious.  I had two thin cutlets and the rest of the (instant white) rice this afternoon for lunch.  There is a smidgen of salsa left over, and I'm going to savor it with corn chips later.  Mmmmmmm!  I love summer salsas.