It has been a long time since I’ve posted a “Menu Monday”. Time to resurrect that tradition.
Lately, I’ve been making a lot of recipes from Eating Well. I’ve subscribed to their email service and have been pleasantly surprised with the suggestions that they send. I’m trying to do a better job of using fresh vegetables and making food that is “fiscally friendly”! I think that all of these recipes meet those criteria, with the exception of maybe one 🙂
Split Pea Soup – it’s easy, tasty, and healthy. What more could you want? I’ve used this recipe in the past and can vouch for its yumminess 🙂
This is an “Eating Well” recipe, but I have to say that I can’t see how something called “Buffalo Chicken Casserole” can be all that good for you. Chris loves buffalo chicken, though, and so I thought that I would give it a try. I’m planning to put blue cheese on top of only half of the casserole, as I’ve never cared for the stuff. We’ll see how it turns out!
I love this recipe! Since they don’t have Pepper Jack cheese over here, I make mine with a few splashes of Kaiatia Fire thrown into the sauce. Also, I use reduced fat beef sausage in place of turkey sausage, as I haven’t located any of that in New Zealand, either. I also leave off the Neufchatel topping, and I happen to think that it tastes delicious despite {or perhaps because of?} those modifications 😉
4. Tex-Mex Summer Squash Casserole
Mmmm, lots of veggies and spice! Since I’m breastfeeding, I’ll probably cut out the jalapenos in this recipe. I like stuff that’s spicy, but I’d rather not give Joe indigestion. I’ll use my homemade salsa in this casserole rather than store-bought, too – it’s much tastier and easy to whip together.
5. Salad Night
Continuing with our veggie theme, I’ll end out the week with leftovers and salads. Greens, tomatoes, capsicum {bell pepper}, some dressing, a bit of Parmesan… sounds good to me 🙂
Those recipes look so good. I will have to pass on the soup, we don’t like Peas.
Ha – I know! I’m not a fan of blue cheese, either 🙂
These recipes look so good! I’ve bookmarked the soup & buffalo casserole for future meals – thank you!
Buffalo chicken sounds good, I’ll have to make it and leave out the blue cheese!