What did everyone have for dinner? 2023

Tonight (Sunday): Baked chicken breast, "parm style" (not fried, no breading), roast spaghetti squash, peas. Chicken cooked on onion trivets which become part of the meal (wire rack holds them all above their pan drippings). MFP computes this plate as approx. 651 cals, 72g protein, 21g fat, 47g carb, with 11g fiber (keeps within daily goals). Additionally, took advantage of the active oven and popped out 2 loaves of fresh whole wheat bread for the upcoming week.

Tonight I'll be cooking crispy pork mince with chili, green beans and cherry tomatoes, and lots of garlic and ginger. Add a bit of ricewine vinegar and soy sauce in the end, and then serve with rice. thinking of it, I might also add a sweet/sour pickle to it at the end.

Or I might go for pasta with young goats cheese, chili and cherry tomatoes. Still a bit undecided on that.

(btw, have a new favourite cookbook with quick weekday dinners, Melissa Clack, Dinner in One. It's perfect for my way of cooking)

Tonight I had a bagged Asian-style chopped salad with wonton strips, crispy tofu, and ginger-sesame dressing. It was so easy and so tasty! I'd been wanting a salad for a few weeks now. I also had some canned peaches with cinnamon and hot tea for dessert.

Tonight (Sat, 04 March) - Chicken and Vegetable Curry (from scratch, using a 300+ year-old recipe as seen on Townsends Youtube Channel, see below). Modified the recipe to swap coconut oil for butter, coconut milk for dairy cream, added some granulated garlic, cilantro and, blanched in the sauce at the end, fresh broccoli and green pepper and emptied out the fridge of some leftover frozen mixed veggies. MFP approximates this serving as 621 cals, 48g protein, 20g fat, 65g carb. Townsends has a number of traditional/18th century recipes worth trying in a modern kitchen. This is the 2nd time I've tried this dish since January; for some reason it came out more watery than the first time, but still tasty.



https://youtu.be/Zgi4Gbu1ZFE

This weeks menu.
Sunday - Fanta Chicken, Rice & Veg
Monday - Diet Coke Chicken, Potatoes & Veg
Tuesday - Naked Cheeseburger, Wedges
Wednesday - Cajun Dirty Rice, Veg
Thursday - Honey & Mustard Chicken, Potatoes & Veg
Friday - Meatballs, Potatoes & Veg
Saturday - No plan, as will be out for a party.

All meals will be part of my batch cooking week to stock my freezer

Veg lasagne with salad - so good!

I HAD A HEALTHY Choice meal and Strawberry Noose yogurt.

8 oz baked firm tofu cut into cubes (sprinkled garlic powder and black pepper after using olive oil spray) and 8 slices baked eggplant (sprayed with olive oil spray and garlic powder) and 3 Kim's Magic pops. I eat tofu every night with some kind of veggie. Sometimes 2 raw carrots or sliced canned no salt beats with cider vinegar. Usually don't cook for supper. I enjoy the baked tofu and make 5 batches and it is ready in the fridge.

Totally simple: starchy potatoe mash with an equal amount of sauerkraut and a very bit handful of raisins with German ham hock (Eisbein).

This week's menu:

Saturday - home grilled burgers
Sunday - spicy peanut chicken with rice
Monday - stroganoff
Tuesday - sweet and sour pork with rice
Wednesday - Little Caesar's pizza
Thursday - sloppy Joe's with chips
Friday - lasagna with garlic bread and side salad

Sockeye salmon. Mmmmm.

Next week's menu:

Saturday - BBQ pork chops with sautéed red potatoes
Sunday - pan seared summer sausage with au gratin potatoes
Monday - fire-roasted hot dogs with s'mores
Tuesday - Taco Tuesday
Wednesday - homemade fried chicken with sweet potatoes
Thursday - ham and fries
Friday - spaghetti with side salad

I made sayur urap, a Balinese dish consisting of vegetables, a super fragrant bumbu (wet spice mix) made from scratch and tons of coconut. Served it with white rice and chicken/pork leftovers as a main dish rather than a salad. It's super tasty. Though I should have cooked it during the weekend as there were just so many steps in this recipes that my dinner was more than an hour late today.

This week's menu:

Saturday - homemade pizza
Sunday - chili
Monday - parmesan chicken with baked potato
Tuesday - pork schnitzel with sweet potato casserole
Wednesday - grilled burgers
Thursday - spaghetti with side salad
Friday - coq au vin (chicken stew)

Made a sheet pan dinner for the family with chicken kale sausage, potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes. Easy prep on a night I really didn’t feel like cooking. Had planned on making a salad, but nobody wanted it.