Happy Monday! It’s a new week, and we have enjoyed some tried-and-true recipes over this past week. Here have been our favorite things about what we’ve tried!
Monday: Egg Casserole
What We
Changed: This recipe
makes a 9x13, so it made dinner for us and leftovers for any kind of meal later
in the week! I did not use 24 eggs like it called for, because, first of all, I
didn’t want to burn through that many eggs at once, and secondly, I wanted to
make it a little healthier. So I used half the eggs and half egg whites from a
carton. Tasted great to us! This is a bread-free recipe, so if you’re watching
carbs, this is a good one!
Tuesday: My Take on Stuffed Shells with Steamed Green Beans
What We
Changed: Well…I
couldn’t find jumbo shells at the grocery store, and shells are a pain to stuff
anyway, so I modified the recipe. I used chickpea rotini pasta and boiled it in
a small pan. Meanwhile, I wilted the spinach in a bigger pan, added the
cheeses, spices, and pasta sauce, and then I added the cooked pasta. I let all
that marry on the stove and called it done. It was faster and just as good.
(And eliminated all the hassle!)
Wednesday:
Pulled Pork and Coleslaw
What We
Loved: These are two
tried-and-true recipes from our box, and they did not fail. I love how quickly
both of them come together and how many meals we were able to get out of the
pulled pork. This was so helpful on a busy week!
Thursday:
Pulled Pork and Coleslaw
What We
STILL Loved: Same as
above! Busy nights + leftovers = happiness!
Friday: Soup and Salad at McAlister’s
What I
Chose: Ryan and I
went out for a date at McAlister’s, and I chose the southwest salad and the
chicken tortilla soup. They were so good! Ryan picked two also – but he chose a
sandwich and an appetizer. I don’t remember appetizers being on the choose two
menu before, but it’s pretty brilliant! Ryan picked nachos, which really don’t
warm over well, so this was perfect!
Saturday:
Grilled Chicken and Spinach Berry Salad at Small Group
What We
Loved: These are
also two tried-and-true recipes. We normally do this recipe on chicken thighs,
but we got a big bag of chicken tenders at Sam’s Club and that was what we
needed to feed our group plus have some leftovers! The spinach berry salad is
always a hit. I love it.
Sunday: Pulled Pork
and Steamed Green Beans with Homemade Strawberry Shortcake
What We
Tried: I used an
old-fashioned cookbook from my shelf to make strawberry shortcakes to take and
share with Mom and Dad for Mother’s Day. I loved it that the recipe called for
baking the shortcakes in a muffin tin, so each one was a little personal cake.
True shortcake is more like a biscuit and not cake, so it wasn’t very sweet. I’m
not sure this is the perfect recipe, so I’ll keep looking, but I do think I
want to keep trying the muffin tin method!!
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