Category: Menus
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Menu: Pork Chops, Applesauce, Spinach and Baked Potatoes
No cookbooks to credit with this dinner tonight. Definitely one I can do in my sleep almost! In order of cooking: Baked potatoes Scrub, pierce with a fork a few times, bake on an oven rack at 350-400F depending on how much time you have and how large the potatoes are. My medium sized ones…
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Bacon, Watercress and Cheese Omelet with Fried Potatoes
Dinner tonight was two repeat recipes. It has been cold here, for many days in a row. I know it’s all relative and my cold, here in the San Francisco, is vastly different than those of you who live elsewhere. I read the weather reports for back East and down South and I know have…
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Menu Planning: Make Your Life Simpler
When I was cooking for a family, the evening went much smoother when I had at least a bare bones plan of what we’d be eating each night for dinner. I may have planned before or after shopping but I had a plan. Starting dinner at 6pm with no plan made for some late dinners.…
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Fish Tacos and Rice with Lime and Cilantro from The Food Nanny
Tonight was another dinner taken from The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner: Easy Family Meals for Every Day of the Week. fish tacos with tilapia and homemade corn tortillas rice with cilantro, cumin and lime juice black beans (from a can, just heated) Homemade Corn Tortillas I used to make tortillas back when the kids were…
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Fettucini Alfredo with Roast Delicata Squash
How’s this for a great weeknight meal that almost cooks itself? Fettuccine Alfredo Roast Delicata Squash Green salad with vinaigrette. Went together pretty easily. Just start the squash about an hour before you want to eat, but then you can ignore it for another 30 minute. Save