For Christmas, Patrick got me this chalkboard menu from Hobby Lobby. I love to cook, and now I have a pretty place I can list our meals for the week! Since there's just two of us, and I work three nights a week, menu planning like this will usually last me two weeks or so, as I won't cook every night. Here's some of what I've been cooking lately!
recipe from Closet Cooking
Patrick is crazy about goat cheese, and this is an easy favorite for us. I don't usually bother with the basil called for in the recipe, but it's still great. Also, if you've never roasted your own red pepper before you seriously don't know what you're missing.
Chicken Croissants
recipe from Mom
We ate these all the time growing up, and I still love them. Basically, you fill crescent rolls with chicken and cream cheese and bake them with breadcrumbs on top. We usually eat them with a side of asparagus and rice.
recipe from Skinnytaste
This isn't the quickest recipe, but it's well worth the time and effort it takes. A bit on the dangerous side when it comes to trying to cut the butternut squash, though... why is it so hard to do?! At any rate, I've made these a few times and they've always turned out great.
recipes from Budget Bytes
There's a reason Budget Bytes is my favorite recipe website, and these two are on constant rotation. I've never bothered to add the sesame seeds, but it's still delicious without it. The best part about the chicken recipe is that I pretty much always have the ingredients on hand, so I can make this whenever the mood strikes. Plain old jasmine rice will go just fine with the chicken, but the coconut version just takes it to a whole new level!
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| Yep, you can still see the recipes from the last time. I think I need to re-chalkboard paint the background so it doesn't keep absorbing the wet chalk pen paint. |
Coconut Chicken Curry
recipe from the Budget Bytes cookbook
When I was in college, I lived downstairs from an Indian couple, and I always hated the food smells that came from their apartment. Flash forward six years, and now I'm cooking curry and filling my house with that smell voluntarily. Go figure.
recipe from Budget Bytes
If I had to pick one favorite from Budget Bytes, this would be it. I hate making meatballs, because touching raw meat with my hands grosses me out, but this recipe is so worth it. Just like the sesame chicken above, I don't bother with the sesame seeds, and I make it both with regular rice and with coconut jasmine rice. You really can't go wrong with this recipe, I promise!
Jambalaya
recipe from my cousin Brittney
I wanted to make some genuine jambalaya this month in honor of Mardi Gras, so I texted my cousin from Baton Rouge for a good recipe. She didn't disappoint!
Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff
recipe from the Budget Bytes cookbook
Mmm, I might have lied about the Terikyaki Meatball Bowls being my favorite Budget Bytes recipe. I don't know what it is about this one that is so phenomenal, but man oh man it is. Think of a Hamburger Helper recipe but 10000000% better, and only 1% more work. So good.
Chicken Enchiladas
I've made each of these recipes on their own before, and I decided to take the best of both and combine them. I used the sauce from the Budget Bytes recipe (although I added chipotles like in the Skinnytaste sauce) and the filling form the Skinnytaste recipe, and the combination was even better!
What have you been cooking lately? Am I the only one that posts a menu in the house?
You should start doing this again because it's really cute.
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