I made the chips by breaking the kale into chunks, putting the kale on a no-stick-sprayed cookie sheet and preheated oven to 350. I drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with fresh ground salt and black pepper. Bake 15 minutes.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Salad and kale chips
Salad today with cucumbers, leftover chicken salad and sunflower seeds with a side of kale "chips."
I made the chips by breaking the kale into chunks, putting the kale on a no-stick-sprayed cookie sheet and preheated oven to 350. I drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with fresh ground salt and black pepper. Bake 15 minutes.
I made the chips by breaking the kale into chunks, putting the kale on a no-stick-sprayed cookie sheet and preheated oven to 350. I drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with fresh ground salt and black pepper. Bake 15 minutes.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Strange-O Pizza
We made a multigrain pizza crust today with:
-1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
- 1/2 cup rye flour
- 1/2 cup wheat flour
- 1/4 cup corn meal
- 1/4 cup flax seed
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 2 tablespoons yeast
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
From the garden:
- 2 teaspoons shredded French sorrel
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 teaspoons chives
Mix, let rise. When double, punch down and spread across large cookie sheet with olive oil and a pinch of cornmeal with some cooking spray on the corners.
Spread with Wegmans chunky pizza sauce.
Top with toppings and cheese.
We used:
- Leftover grilled peppers, pineapple and black olives
- fresh broccoli
- provolone
- Parmesan
- sharp cheddar
Bake at 425.
-1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
- 1/2 cup rye flour
- 1/2 cup wheat flour
- 1/4 cup corn meal
- 1/4 cup flax seed
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 2 tablespoons yeast
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
From the garden:
- 2 teaspoons shredded French sorrel
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 teaspoons chives
Mix, let rise. When double, punch down and spread across large cookie sheet with olive oil and a pinch of cornmeal with some cooking spray on the corners.
Spread with Wegmans chunky pizza sauce.
Top with toppings and cheese.
We used:
- Leftover grilled peppers, pineapple and black olives
- fresh broccoli
- provolone
- Parmesan
- sharp cheddar
Bake at 425.
Monday, June 4, 2012
S'mores
So, the meal with the layered basket of chopped potatoes, then red and green peppers, then black olives, and finally pineapple turned out awesome on the side of the grill that actually lit on this windy, rainy afternoon.
Gayle came over to burn economics books and make s'mores. That worked out deliciously. We had regular AND chocolate mint marshmallows, graham crackers and get this-- chocolate Ghiradelli squares filled with caramel.
Gayle came over to burn economics books and make s'mores. That worked out deliciously. We had regular AND chocolate mint marshmallows, graham crackers and get this-- chocolate Ghiradelli squares filled with caramel.
Chickenless salad
Uggh.
Got home from Bottom Dollar and chopped the following for chicken salad:
- 1/2 a large cucumber
- about 1/4 cup each green and red pepper
- about 1/2 cup mandarin oranges
- almost 2 teaspoons country herb seasoning
- enough mayo to moisten
And I realized...
I
Don't
Have
Any
Chicken
PS-- this story has a happy ending. I ran to the store to fill out child's makeup bag for the recital and got some chicken, too.
Got home from Bottom Dollar and chopped the following for chicken salad:
- 1/2 a large cucumber
- about 1/4 cup each green and red pepper
- about 1/2 cup mandarin oranges
- almost 2 teaspoons country herb seasoning
- enough mayo to moisten
And I realized...
I
Don't
Have
Any
Chicken
PS-- this story has a happy ending. I ran to the store to fill out child's makeup bag for the recital and got some chicken, too.
Finally marinaded the pork
Last week, I posted an idea for a meal. Finally started it today. Now, it's raining and I fully expect to not be able to grill it. But here's what I did in prep.
Ingredients:
- 5 thin pork chops
- black olives
- 1 red and 1 green pepper
- 1 can pineapple slices.
I layered the meat in the bottom of a large bowl, then I added the olives. Next I arranged thick long slices of pepper. I poured the juice from the pineapple over all of it and placed the pineapple on top.
I covered and put in fridge.
Will update when I finally cook it.
Ingredients:
- 5 thin pork chops
- black olives
- 1 red and 1 green pepper
- 1 can pineapple slices.
I layered the meat in the bottom of a large bowl, then I added the olives. Next I arranged thick long slices of pepper. I poured the juice from the pineapple over all of it and placed the pineapple on top.
I covered and put in fridge.
Will update when I finally cook it.
Grocery trip on foot
I had a coupon for $10 off a $20 purchase at bottom dollar.
Before we left the house, I started some dry pintos and some dry small red beans to boil and then sit.
I went outside in the rain to plant what my mother-in-law said were two tomato and two pepper plants, but they looked like three tomato and one pepper. Daughter helped me plant them.
We (husband took the day off) walked the neighborhood kids to school and headed to Bottom Dollar. On foot.
We bought:
- pineapple chunks, 98 cents
- pineapple slices, 98 cents
- mango nectar, 1 quart, $1.38
- 6 inch flour tortillas, 2 packs, $1.18 each
- water chestnuts, 99 cents
- 2 ounces pure vanilla extract, $4.78
- 2 small cans tuna in water, 69 cents each
- 9 ounces chili powder, $2.66
- almost one pound of fresh broccoli crowns, $1.42
- bunch of fresh kale, 98 cents
- strawberries, quart, $1.98
- cucumber, 64 cents
- half gallon of half-and-half, $3.56
- three pounds of butter, $6.87
- English muffins, $1.28
Total: $22.33
When we got home my husband made me a vegetarian sausage sandwich with harvarti and buffalo blue cheese dip on an English muffin.
Before we left the house, I started some dry pintos and some dry small red beans to boil and then sit.
I went outside in the rain to plant what my mother-in-law said were two tomato and two pepper plants, but they looked like three tomato and one pepper. Daughter helped me plant them.
We (husband took the day off) walked the neighborhood kids to school and headed to Bottom Dollar. On foot.
We bought:
- pineapple chunks, 98 cents
- pineapple slices, 98 cents
- mango nectar, 1 quart, $1.38
- 6 inch flour tortillas, 2 packs, $1.18 each
- water chestnuts, 99 cents
- 2 ounces pure vanilla extract, $4.78
- 2 small cans tuna in water, 69 cents each
- 9 ounces chili powder, $2.66
- almost one pound of fresh broccoli crowns, $1.42
- bunch of fresh kale, 98 cents
- strawberries, quart, $1.98
- cucumber, 64 cents
- half gallon of half-and-half, $3.56
- three pounds of butter, $6.87
- English muffins, $1.28
Total: $22.33
When we got home my husband made me a vegetarian sausage sandwich with harvarti and buffalo blue cheese dip on an English muffin.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Meal idea
So, last week I bought thin pork chops on sale thinking they would be perfect for the grill. I have green pepper, red pepper and potatoes left from an earlier meal.
I thought I'd slice the peppers in big pieces, mix them into pineapple, add black olives and throw the meat in there to marinade.
But all week, life kept thwarting my plan. Today I finally put the pork in the freezer. I still hope to prepare this meal. In my head, I have it all figured out.
I'm going to chunk the leftover potatoes and line the vegetable basket with them. Then I'll top with the pineapple-pepper-olive mixture and grill the chops outside of the basket.
If you try this before I do, let me know how it turns out.
I thought I'd slice the peppers in big pieces, mix them into pineapple, add black olives and throw the meat in there to marinade.
But all week, life kept thwarting my plan. Today I finally put the pork in the freezer. I still hope to prepare this meal. In my head, I have it all figured out.
I'm going to chunk the leftover potatoes and line the vegetable basket with them. Then I'll top with the pineapple-pepper-olive mixture and grill the chops outside of the basket.
If you try this before I do, let me know how it turns out.
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