January 2021 Menus

A couple of new cookbooks I was exploring this month, including JapanEasy and Half Baked Harvest.

1. Sweet miso-glazed eggplant, sweet potato croquettes with tonkatsu sauce, rice (all from Japaneasy – Amazon link)
2. Green beans with sesame sauce, cabbage with ginger dressing, repeat of eggplant with miso, reheated sweet potato croquettes (from Japaneasy)
3. Leftover half a baked potato with bacon, sauteed onions, etc. and a simple green salad
4. Ground beef hard shell tacos, refried beans
5. Quesadilla with beans, lettuce, salsa and onions
6. Pork tonkatzu, rice and green salad with onion ginger dressing from from JapanEasy
7. Curry from JapanEasy with cauliflower, potatoes, onions and carrots
8. Dad’s Friday Night Pasta from Half Baked Harvest, a cookbook gift from Christmas. https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/dads… is very similar but in the book she simplified it even more by adding uncooked angel hair pasta and some water. Really good!
9. Trinity chicken (bone-in thighs sprinkled with Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning and pressed into flour, then pan-fried). Baked potato and roast cauliflower as sides.
10. Pork piccata, mashed potatoes, broccoli.
11. Chicken gyros with roasted garlic tzatziki, fries with feta cheese https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/roas…
12. Ground beef chimichanga, leftover rice heated up with salsa to make red rice, black beans from the freezer. I totally winged it on the chimichanga and it came out great!
13. Crispy quinoa buffalo bites on naan. Similar to https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/cris…
14. Cuban mojo pork tacos, rice. The tacos were from Half Baked Harvest. A bit hit here!
15. Homemade pizzas
16. Hamburgers and fries
17. Pasta with bread crumbs and a green salad
18. Leftovers
19. Popeye’s chicken sandwich https://gimmedelicious.com/popeyes-ch…, sweet potato fries
20. Chicken Divan with fresh broccoli
21. Pork tonkatzu from JapanEasy except I used a boneless pork chop, rice, broccoli
22. Al pastor-style ground beef enchiladas from Half Baked Harvest, Cuban black beans from the same, red salsa rice.
23. Grilled cheese sandwiches and what we call frog eye soup, (chicken broth and carrots and tiny pasta)
24. Quarter recipe of Chrissy Teigen’s macaroni and cheese, baked yellow pepper and bread crumbs, green salad
25. Rib eye steak with Teigen’s blue cheese butter, baked potato, salad
26. Leftover Steak and potato
27. 30 minute chicken katzu ramen from Half Baked Harvest
28. Baked chili rellenos from https://www.bellylaughliving.com/bake…, pinto beans, salsa rice. Loved these chili rellenos.
29. Leftover macaroni and cheese, roast cauliflower and broccoli, salad
30. Steak, baked potatoes, sauteed onions, delicata squash
31. Orzo with shrimp, tomatoes and feta from Bread Toast Crumbs, salad Loved this!