Thursday, September 30

Pork Chops and scalloped potatoes

Another from the freezer and pantry dinner night.  I pulled the pork chops out of the freezer this morning and had Michael check they were defrosting during the day.  We bought the pork chops (which are huge -- I cut them in 2 so they aren't so thick) in bulk at Costco so we always have a huge selection of chicken, hamburger, pork chops, and sometimes steak in the freezer. 

I sliced the chop down the middle to make 2 thin cut (I've found that one chop is enough for both of us), seasoned it with Penzey's Pork Chop Seasoning, which has a really nice smokey flavor and threw it on the George Forman grill.  I also made a prepared box of Scalloped Potatoes.  (Cheese and pork chops is a bit of an unusual combination, but we just had rice on Tuesday).  The chops were cooked in ablout five minutes, but I left them on a little longer to brown and surprisingly, they didn't end up dry and overcooked.  Michael isn't a huge fan of pork, but he even liked the flavor tonight.  And asked that I always grill pork chops in the future.

I served dinner with a tomato, lettuce, and cheese salad.  Using up the lettuce and tomatoes from last night's burger night and the cheese still leftover from the wedding.

Wednesday, September 29

Hamburgers and chips

It was my night to cook.  No pictures because we were too hungry.  Today was Baxter's daycare day for the week and Michael picked me up at the Metro station closer to Baxter's daycare so that we could pick him up together.  Traffic was a nightmare because of a bad bus accident and we had to stop at the grocery store to get buns for the hamburgers.  By the time we got home, it was about an hour late and we were both starved.  So, no pictures. 

I did the hamburgers (1/5 pound each) on the George Forman grill with a little bit of seasoning.  Served them with chips left over from the wedding.

Tuesday, September 28

Chicken quesadilla and spiced rice

Michael's night to cook.  Again since we haven't gone grocery shopping since the wedding, we're been relying on what's in our freezer and pantry.  So it's been a challenge.  No sour cream with dinner (even though I love it with quesadillas) because, according to Michael, what was remaining in the refrigerator was a little too sour.  Michael added some diced jalapenos to the chicken and it kicked up the flavor profile a little bit.  The cheese was cheddar, leftover from the wedding.

Monday, September 27

Pasta with meat sauce and garlic bread

Michael's night to cook.  He said he was making meat balls, but I'm not sure what happened.  It ended up as meat sauce.  I thought dinner was pretty good, but Michael wasn't happy with the sauce since it was from a jar. 

The garlic bread (made from the tons of bread we have leftover from the wedding weekend) was good.  Although I think he made it in the oven (rather than the toaster over) since it was only toasted on one side. 

Sunday, September 26

I know, I know.  I've been a horrible food blogger.  It's been a month since I've updated.  But I can explain.  We've been busy -- getting married.  Now that things have settled down a bit, I'm back to blogging.

Grilled Chicken and Mashed Potatoes

We haven't been grocery shopping for non-wedding food for two weeks now, so we're trying to use up stuff in the freezer and pantry.  Sunday was my night to cook.  (The potatoes were left over from the wedding weekend -- I had planned to make potato salad one night, but since we had so much food, I didn't.)  I seasoned the chicken with Penzey's Bicentennial Rub on the George Forman grill, and served it with mashed potatoes.  Not the best dinner ever.