I bought some flank steaks that were gigantic but very thin.  I had considered making a London broil but they were way too thin for that.  What to do?  Roll it up!! I’d already marinated the steaks overnight in a mixture of Walden Farms Italian Dressing (neither of us were crazy about it on salads… Read More Dinner: Flank Steak Roulade

Roux-less crawfish gumbo. There’s a guest recipe in Janeva’s Cookbook for one but I’ve made the real thing plenty of times so I did it on my own.  Also, I prefer to make our single meals at a time.  So in this case I cooked our servings in separate metal saucepans with lids. Our freezer… Read More Dinner: Crawfish Gumbo

I had this idea to put sunny side up eggs on top of grilled asparagus so the yolks would drip down and make a sort of hollandaise. Under the asparagus is the broccoli cheese soup flatbread and some wilted spinach. I needed to make four eggs and two egg whites so, hey, why not do… Read More Brinner: Sunny Side up Stack

Cody loved this one. Buffalo chicken nuggets on skewers with celery, cucumber salad, and a fake bleu cheese dressing. I had cut up the chicken the night before and marinated it in some Frank’s hot sauce and apple cider vinegar.  Tonight I drained the marinade and coated the nuggets well in egg whites.  I added… Read More Dinner: Buffalo Chicken Nuggets

I’ve been making muffins for Cody and I to have easy breakfasts.  Or for him to have something sweet that’s not restricted he can just grab and eat.  As much as we love them we can’t have Vanilla Squares all the time! He loves sweets a lot more than I do so I hadn’t thought… Read More Breakfast: Quadruple Chocolate Muffins!

Roasted Rosemary chicken, radishes, and zucchini. Roasted radishes really do taste a lot like roasted new potatoes. I can’t stand raw radishes so I was happily surprised. I cut them in half then tossed them in 2 teaspoons olive oil, added a bunch of fresh crushed garlic and chopped fresh rosemary with course salt. Put them… Read More Dinner: Roasted Rosemary Chicken and Radishes

Scallops are one of our favorite proteins.  But it costs 10 dollars a serving!  So it’s usually a big treat.  They’re super easy to cook too.  Grill or sear 90 seconds each side and done. I used the seared scallop recipe (p 56 in Janeva’s Cookbook) on my cast iron grill pan and the roasted… Read More Dinner: Grilled Scallops

Sort of another brinner. Well, brunch for dinner. Brinnuch? Anyway, I wanted to make stuffed portobello mushrooms with leftover sausage from last night, some egg, and peppers but there was too much filling. So it baked in a ramekin with the mushroom on the bottom and I flipped it over onto some grilled summer squash.… Read More Dinner: Upside down stuffed Portabellas

Brinner tonight! Who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner sometimes? Breakfast “sausages”, eggs over easy (I’ve been trying to make the perfect eggs over easy lately), summer squash hash browns, a grilled pepper, and the “flatbread” made with the ip broccoli cheese soup mix. The flatbread recipe is from Janeva’s Cookbook (p 22).  The breakfast sausages were… Read More Dinner: Brinner!