I had lunch with a friend the other day. She’d switched careers a couple of years ago and is now teaching middle school! She’d been self-employed like me for many years and being away from the house for the day has brought new challenges. She said they’d eaten take-out food too many times last year…
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March Menus Week 4
I’m still really enjoying these Chrissy Teigen books, Cravings and Cravings: Hungry for More (Amazon links). They are not fussy recipes but do deliver on flavor. As an example, I’ve made coconut rice with red beans many times before. In the version I made this week, there are no red beans but there is toasted…
March Menu #3
This week I got away from the endless chicken of the week before, although I still had 2 days of chicken, once in a sandwich and once in a salad. Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwich with Pineapple Slaw This Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwich from Chrissy Teigen’s Cravings: Hungry for More was quite tasty. I didn’t have…
March Menu #2
There was lots of chicken on the menu this past week because once I open a pack I try to use it up so it doesn’t get lost in the freezer. Yet even with a chicken-heavy menu, there was enough variety to be interesting. What I Cooked Mon: Chicken tinga tacos from Margaritaville, Mexican cornTue:…
March Menus and Chrissy Teigen Month
I always like looking at a week’s worth of dinner ideas so I’m hoping some of you might, too! When I was first responsible for putting dinner on the table every night, I bought one of those cookbooks that had basically a year’s worth of menus and recipes. It was really helpful to learn how…