Note: My soup wasn't nearly as dark or brothy looking as hers below... flavor was still good!
(photo from P-dub)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Chicken Tortilla Soup
We've finally had some cooler weather in Dallas! Coincidentally, I planned to make chicken tortilla soup from P-dub for a dinner with some girls I used to work with. Catching up was good but my pup was not good! She was so overly excited for new people and jumped all over everyone. Hopefully the soup made up for it.
Note: My soup wasn't nearly as dark or brothy looking as hers below... flavor was still good!
Note: My soup wasn't nearly as dark or brothy looking as hers below... flavor was still good!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Snickerdoodle Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream
I made this yummy cake for Ann's birthday. Its so good and literally smells just like snickerdoodle cookie. I added some gold sprinkles just for fun :)
I didn't have any good photos so this photo is borrowed from the original author, Always with Butter. (Which has so many recipes that I'm dying to try, anyone else need a birthday cake??)
I didn't have any good photos so this photo is borrowed from the original author, Always with Butter. (Which has so many recipes that I'm dying to try, anyone else need a birthday cake??)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Freezer Meal Project
I'm sure lots of people have this problem... I cook on Sundays, more often than not, but we run out of this home-cooked food by Thursday. We end up eating out or hunting for things in our pantry until Sunday rolls around again.
We don't spend a ton of money on restaurants relative to most people but I do feel like its an expense we could control a little better. So, for the next few weekends I'm planning on making some ready-to-go freezer meals in order to have small, home-cooked meals ready for Thursday and Friday nights when we're out of food in the fridge but don't want to totally wreck the kitchen.
(I guess the key will then be not to forget what is in the freezer!)
Here are some sources/ideas I've been saving:
From Annie's Eats - Stocking the Freezer (Meals) and Stocking the Freezer (Individual Items)
From Simple Organized Living - Freezable Foods
From Shutterbean - Freezer burritos
From 100 Days of Real Food - Essentials
(Is it just me or is "freezer" starting to look like an odd word?)
First up - turkey meatballs and homemade marinara sauce. Yes, it took a while but its certainly easier to cook a lot of one thing one afternoon than multiple things during a week. I got our food for this week cooked (as of this post that has made it through 3 meals with more to go) plus I froze a serving of meatballs + marinara for one pizza and 6 other individual servings of meatballs + marinara that we can add to spaghetti on nights we are busy.
We don't spend a ton of money on restaurants relative to most people but I do feel like its an expense we could control a little better. So, for the next few weekends I'm planning on making some ready-to-go freezer meals in order to have small, home-cooked meals ready for Thursday and Friday nights when we're out of food in the fridge but don't want to totally wreck the kitchen.
(I guess the key will then be not to forget what is in the freezer!)
Here are some sources/ideas I've been saving:
From Annie's Eats - Stocking the Freezer (Meals) and Stocking the Freezer (Individual Items)
From Simple Organized Living - Freezable Foods
From Shutterbean - Freezer burritos
From 100 Days of Real Food - Essentials
(Is it just me or is "freezer" starting to look like an odd word?)
First up - turkey meatballs and homemade marinara sauce. Yes, it took a while but its certainly easier to cook a lot of one thing one afternoon than multiple things during a week. I got our food for this week cooked (as of this post that has made it through 3 meals with more to go) plus I froze a serving of meatballs + marinara for one pizza and 6 other individual servings of meatballs + marinara that we can add to spaghetti on nights we are busy.
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