Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Cooking ahead

Yesterday I ended up cooking two dinners, so I didn't have to cook tonight. Wahoo!

I tried a crock pot minestrone soup that I stuck in the fridge for tonight. I added onion and garlic and also used 3 cans of beans: garbanzo, kidney, and great northern. I also added macaroni to the kids' portions. It turned out ok...nothing to knock your socks off. I like the other kind I made a while back better.

I had some bananas that were on their way to mush-town, so I made some pumpkin banana bread. It's not vegan, but is dairy and soy free. You could easily make it vegan by using Ener-G Egg Replacer. I made a loaf and a batch of muffins, gave about 1/2 loaf to a friend, and this is what was left the next day.
I think they liked it.

Last night I made my usual stir fry, but added chicken this time! I used a 3/4 pound breast for the whole meal. Two breasts that size set me back $10...ugh. I need to go to Costco, I think. Asparagus was on sale, so that was a nice change, and I also added orange slices and used the sauce from the peanut butter noodle recipe. So good. Yum. The kids didn't eat it. Kyle and I could eat that every day!

1 comment:

  1. I will keep reading until I find this peanut butter noodle recipe.

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