Our Dinner Plates: Monday- Friday

This week I decided to keep track of our dinners. Both to show what we have been having and possibly inspire someone to try something new!

-Monday-

Buttery Garlic Rice & Baked Vegetables! 

I don’t know why I never thought to do this as a side before, but I will again! All I did was make brown rice then I added some butter, garlic powder, salt, and a little bit of pepper. It was delicious and made a great side to the baked broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots.

-Tuesday-

Baked Red Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts & Bananas and Nectarines!

This was my first time making red potatoes and brussels sprouts. They were fabulous together and I will make them both again, together and separately.

-Wednesday-

 
Parmesan Noodles & Green Salad!

Both of these were simple but complimented each other very well. The salad was a spinach, kale, chard mix with a homemade dressing.

-Thursday- 
Fried Potatoes and Eggs! 

I had a pretty busy day so we had an uncomplicated and quick dinner. But even though its super easy to make it was so good! Its actually one of my favorite foods. I just fry potatoes in butter with seasoning and then scramble in some eggs.

-Friday-

 
Chicken and Veggie Pizza! 

This was so delicious! The crust was home made, the white sauce was home made, and it was topped with lots of mozzarella cheese, baked chicken, bell pepper, and sautéed mushrooms, red onion, broccoli, and cauliflower! This meal definitely took the most work but it was worth it! And it made a great start to our weekend!
I really enjoyed trying a few new things the last couple of days. What have you tried new this week? Or has it been a week of making all known and loved meals? Either way I hope it was tasty!

There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Creativity With Mushrooms

This past week while picking up a few groceries I decided to buy some white mushrooms. I thought, hey if I buy mushrooms I’ll come up with something creative! And I did.

For years I didnt even buy mushrooms because my husband didn’t like them. But I had a craving for them awhile back so I bought some. I told him if he didn’t like them he didn’t have to eat them. But he did like them, and has continued to like them all the different ways I have used them. 🙂

This week I made a mushroom gravy over mashed potatoes! Totally delichious! A simple mushroom potato soup, also very good! And for the first time I made homemade pizza! Whole wheat crust, a homemade white sauce, white cheddar cheese, bell peper, red onion, and sautéed mushrooms! It was wonderful! And definitely inspired by the mushrooms!

   

If you haven’t used mushrooms lately or ever, I’d say give them a try! Because you can do a lot with them!

Let me know if you try out a recipe with mushrooms this week, or if you have a favorite mushroom recipe!

Creamy Potatoes with Red Onion!

Last week I got these adorable little potatoes at the fruit stand.

I don’t know what they are called but they are little and yellowish. Most importantly though they were the base of a fabulous new meal I created! I was thinking I wanted something kinda creamy for dinner but I didn’t want to make pasta. Then I thought, who says creamy sauces only go on pasta? And thus the idea came to me!

What you will need for this meal
10 Small Yellow Potatoes
1 Small Red Onion
1/4 Cup of Butter
1 Cup of Grated Parmesan
1/2 Cup Half&Half
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Italian Seasoning

Chop all potatoes into four pieces. Put them in a 3 quart pan and cover with water.

Boil for 10-15 minutes. While they boil chop up your red onion. Once the potatoes are soft you should be good. Drain them and keep them in the pan.

Put back on the stove on a medium heat, maybe right under medium. Add your chopped onion and butter.

Add 1 teaspoon each of Salt, Pepper, Italian Seasoning, and 1 1/2 teaspoons Garlic Powder. Mix up and let cook for 5 minutes. Stirring about once a minute.

Then add your Parmesan, (I like to grate mine fresh but pre grated would work too.) and half and half. Turn off the heat and mix well. Then move your pot to another burner, cover and let sit for 10 minutes.

Then serve it! My husband and I really enjoyed this meal, as did our daughter. We had it with raw corn on the cob but a green salad would also make a nice side. I’d say this made enough for 3-4 servings, and only took around a half hour to make. I wasn’t timing myself though. 😉 If you decide to give this one a try let me know what you think! Or what you did different!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his love endures forever.
Psalms 118:1