This week Michael chose for me to make a breakfast casserole. I personally was just glad that he decided to step away from a certain cookbook, at least for now.
I'm glad that he is also picking rather easy meals to make. It's been fun learning them, and knowing that I have some easy stuff if I suddenly remember I have to have a meal prepared in an hour for some gathering;)
Anyways, so with this. We layered the bottom of the pan with croissant rolls, then put the meat that was previously prepared over the rolls. Next mixed together some eggs, milk, and other stuff and pored that over the meat. Then, just let it bake for about 30 or so minutes.
Once we took it out, and let it cool, we dug in. And if I must say so myself, it was rather delicious! Michael loved it, so that's definitely good!
To top it off, the night we do our cooking is Thursday nights. And well this week it also happened to be the marker of two months we have been married!!! So, it was an extra special night;)
Well, I'm obviously behind. So, to catch you up on what we have tried lately.
Week before last I made this Apple Crisp thing. I cooked it in the slow cooker. Chopped up apples, then added the "crust". Then slow cooked it for 2 hours. It was okay, just not what Michael and I were expecting I guess you could say. We were hoping that the crust would be more crunchy. Oh well.
Last week we tried a taco bake thing. It reminded me an awful lot of the frito pie. Basically, we put some meat, salsa, and mayonaise together. Then put that in a pan, put cheese over that, then crunched up some tortilla chips and topped it with cheese. put it in the oven and let it bake.
It was really good. Just not a let over meal. So, we basically need to learn how to make smaller servings. Ha.
Last week Michael picked out a recipe called Sloppy Joe Bake. It's a recipe he found in his Grandma's cook book. I personally was really nervous about it just because it didn't sound like something I would like too much.
You put together the sloppy joe mix, then fixed some bisquick, put that around the bottom of the pan, then put the meat in. Next simply put it in the oven. Well, just as I feared, it wasn't for me. It was too bisuity. I'm not much for that kind of biscuit personally, so it just didn't cut it for me. Michael didn't mind it that much, so I can make it for him again. But I told him that might have to be when we have kids though. Ha.
Well this past week Michael decided he wanted me to make ranch chicken. It was fairly easy to make. We bought chicken tenders, put together the ranch dip for it to be put in. Then put them on the George Forman grill. It turned out to be really good.! We plan on making a few changes to the recipe next time, but over all. A good success.! =D
Well, Michael and I have been married for a month today.
Meaning that I have been on this journey for 3 weeks now. We decided to start this the week after the honeymoon.
Basically, Michael picks something out of a cookbook that he thinks he will like. And then I try to cook it.
So far we have had Nacho Taco Salad, Baked Spaghetti, and Frito Pie.
Week 1:
Nacho Taco Salad we kind of came up with. Michael decided he wanted something mexican. Then we went into the grocery store with a particular meal in mind. Came out with a completely different. It was really good. Made taco shell bowls. Added meat, lettace, cheese, salsa, Michael added refried beans and sour cream, and I added ranch dressing. So it was a good beginner! Something we both knew we would enjoy! And it made for good left overs.
Week 2:
Backed Spaghetti we got the recipe for from a family in our church. Neither of us had ever tried it before so we were most definitely looking forward to giving it a shot! You pretty much prepare it just like you would spaghetti. Just add it all in a pan and then bake it and then add cheese, put it back in a little longer. It was really good. Next time we will use sausage, which is what we usually use for our spaghetti. We prefer the taste of the sausage. Over all though, it was a plus. And yet again, this one also was a good left over;)
Week 3:
Frito Pie is one of my favorite things to eat! So when Michael said he wanted me to make this I was more than willing! It's such a easy thing to prepare and only takes 30 minutes to make. So over all, it probably takes at the most 40 minutes to make this meal. You put a layer of fritos on the bottom of the pan, add bean free chili, cheese (onions if you want), another layer of chili, another layer of cheese, and then another layer of fritos to top it off. It is extra good. And then to add an extra touch to it Michael added sour cream to his and I added ranch dressing to mine. Obviously we favor these two things. This meal however, is most definitely not a left over meal. The fritos get soggy. It's no good. We didn't think of that when putting it up for our lunch the next day. But now we now for next time;) Well, it's week 4 now. Michael hasn't decided what I'm going to make this week yet. We usually make our meals Thursday. So once we do it I'll update;)
