I had a head of cauliflower in the fridge but I didn't want to do the usual - steam or roast it. We always do that. I decided to do a puree and then add a whole bunch of cheese because why not?
I followed this recipe except that I used raw garlic instead of roasted and cream cheese instead of sour cream, and I measured all ingredients with my heart and not my measuring cups and you know what? It was delicious. Well, to the adults. But we count too.
These 4 books hit the road a couple of months back when I was trying to clean and organize the bedroom and make some room on the bookshelf. I bought Whole 30 a few years back when I was delusional and thought I could follow it to lose some weight and get healthier. Didn't happen. The Star Wars one was a gift to The Boy years and years ago from his cousins, and Scooped was a dollar store find. quick fix vegan was brought home from the thrift shop by The Mister and the funny part is that we have already owned and donated this book, so this could very well be our original copy.
Back on the bookshelf - 16 Donated -19
Wouldn't it be fun if I remembered anything about this dish? Like where the recipe came from, or what was in it? I DO remember that same week I made an absolutely awful crock pot taco meal, and I wonder if both recipes came from the same website and I deleted it all? Who knows.
Man it's HOT. And busy! And covid-y again. And almost the end of July. I still haven't wrapped my head around the fact that it's 2022, and we are barrelling towards 2023 like nothing.
I made these turkey patties in the air fryer - my plan was to do that so we didn't have to turn the oven on, but then The Mister was stuck on the fact that the recipe calls these "turkey breakfast patties" and insisted we needed some potatos with them, so the oven went on anyway. Men!
If you are Canadian and grew up in the 70's, 80's or 90's, there is a good chance that your mom had at least one Best of Bridge cookbook in your house. My Mom had a few and while I loved everything she cooked out of them, I also loved just reading the books for the recipes and cheesy jokes too.
This is Aces - More Recipes From The Best of Bridge - and I think The Mister bought this one from the used bookstore for me. This one covers pretty much all the categories - breakfast, appies, mains, veggies, desserts.....
It's a straightforward book, most recipes are less than a page, with few photos.
This book was already a winner for me based on this chicken and asparagus recipe alone, but we tried a whole bunch more stuff.
We tried 3 cookie recipes - granola cookies, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, and macadamia cookies in which I subbed walnuts for macadamia nuts. Soooooooo good. We made a honey mustard chicken that was good, and a sticky chicken that was bland. Pesto lasagne - delicious! Fried noodles Singapore made with pork instead of chicken and shrimp, and pasta with artichoke sauce.
This one is definitely staying on the shelf - there is lots more I want to try!
Back on the bookshelf - 16 Donated -15
I'm not cooking anything interesting, I'm not reading hardly at all, we try not to drive anywhere unnecessary because of the cost of gas. I go for a daily walk but that's the extent of my self care. I'm not drinking enough water - are my headaches stress related or from dehydration? I get tired of saying this but holy crap, how quickly is this year going by??? The middle of JUNE already?
The Boy has become obsessed with bubble tea and after a few excursions with his friends, he took his sister and me for some. I haven't had bubble tea in years and years. It was pretty good. Saw a sign in the mall that there is a bubble tea place opening there this summer. Kamloops is always behind on the trends.
What IS this? I am truly drawing a blank. It looks just terrible. I don't think we ate it. Why can't I remember this?
A couple of walk photos I guess I felt were important, a rock, and a good bumper sticker outside the bubble tea place.
I made the mac and cheese and pulled pork from the Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook. Very good and very easy.
We tried soup dumplings from Eastuff. We did not like them.
I made these cauliflower and hallomi sandwiches from the Love and Lemons cookbook I borrowed from the library.. SO good.
I loosely followed the directions for these Keto Big Mac Bowls - didn't measure anything, left the cabbage raw and used lettuce as well, used diced pickles instead of relish, no huge changes - and it was wonderful! Even, and I cannot believe I am going to type these words - BOTH KIDS LIKED IT.
The Boy was especially impressed and thought we should contact McDonalds to tell them about this amazing meal, in case they hadn't heard about it yet. :)
This was easy and delicious and very customizable. Give it a try.
I foolishly decided that Buddha Bowls would be a fun dinner that everyone would like, so I spent a bunch of time chopping, prepping and cooking, laying out all the delicious choices, even with some homemade sauce. I did all that only for my kids to walk into the kitchen and immediately start complaining that this was NOT what they wanted for dinner, and did we have any ramen or macaroni instead.
These people make me tired.
So I enjoyed my buddha bowl, with a bit of rice, some crunchy cabbage, shredded carrot, sauteed onions and peppers, tomatos, a couple of other veggies I no longer remember, with a bit of chicken, and drizzled with some delicous carrot ginger dressing. I used the recipe linked below and it was very good - a bit too vinegary for us, but we added a bit more honey to balance it out.
This is one of my favorite things that I have made lately. It was so easy and so good - and even the leftovers reheated nicely.
The Boy is still hanging in there on his vegetarian journey, although his interest does seem to be waning. I always give him the option of a meat or vegetarian meal, unless I'm cooking all vegetarian, and he has been choosing meat a bit more occasionally than before. It's fine, and we don't put any stress or expectations on him. I don't always come up with the most exciting menu plans for him, so I'm sure sometimes he's just not interested in more fishless fish and veggies.
But anyway, I thought this would be a fun side/main to try, and I was right. Not that The Boy felt the same because he got invited over to his friends for dinner and so he abandoned us for cheese pizza and a hockey game. Humph.
The Girl hated it, of course, but she doesn't like anything fun or interesting. I made this in the air fryer and it was 100% the way to go. If you have one, use it for this recipe. Just so good.
Recipe - Bang Bang Broccoli
