Skip to main content

365: Day 327- Recipes of the Week

11/24/13: We went to the gym on Sunday morning. On our way out to the car S&Z decided to trade sunglasses...


After nap we ran to LL Bean to find a solution to my power walking outerwear dilemma. It was so cold outside that we had to pull out S&Z's [new-to-us] winter coats. No one was too happy about this weather development!


***** 
Cook's Notes: Looking ahead to a shortened work week, cooking was again dispersed throughout the weekend. On Friday I made fried rice, which is an old standby. You can use any vegetables that you have on hand. This time around I included red pepper, carrot, and broccoli.

Easy Fried Rice

CATEGORIES
 asian, vegetarian, rice

INGREDIENTS

    • 1 T. vegetable oil
    • 2 scallions, chopped
    • 2 eggs, beaten
    • 1/2 c. frozen chopped spinach*
    • 1/2 c. frozen peas
    • 1 c. leftover brown rice
    • Low sodium soy sauce or tamari, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

    1. In a wok or saute pan, heat oil over medium heat . Add scallions and spinach; cook for a few minutes. Pour in beaten eggs and scramble with the spinach and green onions. Once cooked through, add the rice and peas. Combine and cook over low until everything is heated through. Season with soy sauce to taste.

NOTES

*Usually I use steamed broccoli and/or carrots, but didn't have either on hand and wanted to keep it fast. Spinach packs such a nutritional punch, and it ended up tasting delicious!

On Saturday I made a double batch of salmon croquettes, which Zoe declared as her "favorite".


On Sunday I made Singapore-Style Rice Noodles, which I LOVED (and I knew the kids wouldn't eat so they had leftovers instead). The vegetable possibilities here are endless, and asparagus struck me a good fit for this dish next time around.


Derek made spinach hummus this week. It was beautiful and delicious - I'll have to get him to dictate the variations on his hummus recipe so that I can post them here to share!


Last dish before Thanksgiving: On Monday Derek put together Crockpot Minestrone. I liked it overall and it makes a ton. Next time around I would tweak the dried seasonings - maybe use less thyme and add some marjoram to balance out the flavor profile.

All around another good food week in our house!
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Silas' Blog

Well it's been a busy 3 years since I last posted! Stay tuned as we may have more posts coming now that it looks like I have a new contributor... Silas recently read a book called "Starting Your Own Blog", and now he is bound and determined for us to let him start his own blog! We convinced him that he should start out by drafting content and a posting calendar. We made templates this morning and he wrote his first "post" today!
4 comments
Read more

Parks

We decided to get Zoe's haircut on Saturday morning at a place geared towards kids called Snip-Its . Neither Derek nor I anticipated what a meltdown Zoe was going to have. The haircut is half-assed at best and Derek will have to fix it when she's more calm. We were so traumatized that we headed to the park to get the day going on a better foot! We went back to Larz Anderson, the park where the  Psychiatry picnic was held on Thursday . It is really close to our house and is lovely and shaded. I think it's one of my new favorite spots! The kids like it too :) S&Z love playing with wood chips, so there was a lot of that! Snacks were enjoyed on the bench and I tried to get a few pictures of the haircut... Excuse me, I'm chewing pretzels :) This morning we met up with Wendy, Dave, Sydney & Ivy at the Newton Center Playground. It was HOT HOT HOT, and there wasn't too much shade. The kids have inherited my low tolerance for heat, so they spe...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Best of Project 366

2012 is coming to a close and I have officially completed Project 366 ! I managed to take and post and keep track of 365 photos out of 366 total days this year. I only missed one day and it was for a pretty good cause . Believe me, these pictures don't take themselves. I shot just under 7000 pictures this year. Once I got an iPhone in March all of the pictures were taken with my phone (~ 5500 pictures!). The camera on the iPhone is really good, I always have it with me, and I like playing around with the filters and other editing tools available in photography apps like Instagram, Camera+, Diptic, and Gridditor. Since I have put so much time, love and energy into Project 366 I thought I should select a few "Best Of's". I had a great time putting this together, and I hope you enjoy these highlights as well! BEST PHOTO OF SILAS Day 30 BEST PHOTO OF ZOE Day 91 BEST PHOTO WITH MOMMY Day 134 BEST PHOTO WITH DADDY Day 177 BEST FAMILY P...
2 comments
Read more