Ravioli

Used Safeway Portabella Mushroom ravioli. It had been in the freezer too long & was a bit freezer burnt. The sauce was a mix of Ragu tomato & alfredo

Leftovers

We have leftover Ossa Buca, leftover lasagna & leftover chicken to choose from.

Crock Pot Roast Chicken

WOW! This was possibly the tenderest chicken I have every had. I did absolutely nothing to it, just put it in the pot. Next time I am adding a bunch of garlic. The thing fell apart while I was trying to get it out of the pot. It was also too big for the pot. A 4lbs chicken would be a better fit

Zuppa Osso Buco

The version from 30 minute meals - Cooking Around the Clock. It was very good. Being me I pureed everything before adding the pasta & veal dumplings. I think that, because I am going to do that, I need to let the veggies good more than the 6 minutes the recipe calls for, plus I need to get better at 'softening' them at the beginning. I don't usually make tomato based soup. Apparently it confused Brad, he ate after I went out, but he ate two bowls so it can't have been too bad.

spaghetti with pesto

I forgot to defrost the veal for Osso Buco. So Brad made spaghetti with pesto

Spinich Salad

Spinich salad with steak & a hard boiled egg. Sesame & Miso dressing

Could have used an avocado

Scrambled Eggs & Toast

Brad worked late so Drake & I had scrambled eggs & toast

Pizza

We had chicken, spinich & artichoke. I mixed teh stuff together with a bit of alfredo & pesto & cheese & spread it on the shell. When it came out of the oven I put some more cheese on it & topped it with avocados. It was very good. Derek liked it too.

Menu this Week

I'm feeling ambitious - we'll see how it goes

Pizza
Lasagna
Veal dumpling soup (New)
Crock pot roast chicken (new)
Steak & Spinich salad
Tarragon Fish (new)

3 new recipies in one week is a lot for me. Usually I manage 2 a month

Monday - soup Tuesday-pizza

Monday we had safeway baked potato soup, that I added frozen spinich too & then pureed. It was yummy. It was also 30 grams of fat per serving. I need to try & make it at home. I know I can cut some of the fat out.

Tonight we are having chicken & artichoke pesto pizza. In an attempt to again, lower teh fat from my usual pizza I am changing it a bit. Usually I use alfredo & pesto sauce as a base & then add lots of cheese & top with chicken, artichokes & more cheese. This time I am going to mix the chicken & artichokes with pesto, feta & just a tablespoon of alfredo & spread that over the crust & then sprinkle just a handful of cheese over it. It probably won't have enough cheese for Brad but less cheese now is the price we lots & lots of cheese before