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Chicken chili verde

Feb 22nd, 2012
by ben.
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Crockpot Chicken Chili Verde

Date: 2/6/2012

Recipe: http://weelicious.com/2011/10/04/crock-pot-chicken-chili-verde/

Modifications: We basically turned this into a chili and didn’t serve it over rice. We added chopped spinach and white beans at the end. For the chicken we used a 1.6 lb package of boneless, skinless thighs. I upped the garlic from one clove to six.

Time to table: 15 minutes prep, 4 hours cook time

Servings: 4 adults

Ben: Love

Erin: Like

Annie: Like

Notes: I thought to add the spinach later on in this recipe, then as Erin was looking at it, she remarked that it was odd that it didn’t have any beans in it. Knowing that we had a can of beans in the cupboard, I threw those in too, forgetting it was supposed to be served over rice, so it became more of a chili, but I thought these were great modifications. The only liquid in the dish is from the salsa verde. We topped our with cheese and sour cream and had the remaining beer bread along with it as well. We’ll definitely make this again and I think I’ll add more spinach or another vegetable. This ended up being similar to the white chicken chili we’ve made before, not sure which one I like better.

Crockpot Chicken Chili Verde

Tortilla and Black Bean Pie

Jan 18th, 2012
by erin.
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Black Bean Tortilla Pie

Date: 1/17/2012

Recipe: http://www.marthastewart.com/336692/tortilla-and-black-bean-pie (I also made this before WAY back in the day right after I’d started my blog)

Modifications: Used whole wheat tortillas – and the ones we got (Mission 100% whole wheat “soft taco”) were EXACTLY the perfect size for my 9” springform pan so that was awesome. I used water instead of beer – I’m sure the alcohol cooks off, but it feels weird cooking with any alcohol for a pregnant woman and a toddler… so yeah, just water. I added some additional seasoning – Penzey’s Adobo seasoning. Also added a chopped green pepper to the onion/garlic/jalapeno mix to up the veggie content.

Time to table: 30 minutes active, 20 minutes baking

Servings: 6 adults

Ben: Love (with the addition of a fried egg for him)

Erin: Love

Annie: Love

Notes: We are on a ROLL with the triple love meals over here! I knew this one would be a hit – we have loved it all the other times we’ve made it and this was no exception. I forgot to add sour cream and salsa to mine but it was still quite good even without that. We even had this on a weeknight and Annie devoured it – proving that it’s a keeper!

Black Bean Tortilla Pie

Ben's black bean tortilla pie w/ fried egg
Ben’s serving topped with fried egg

Holding her food out for me to take a photo :)
After I took a photo of my dish, Annie held hers out for similar treatment :)

Crockpot Potato Pork Hotdish

Dec 18th, 2011
by ben.
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Crockpot casserole

Date: 12/8/2011

Recipe:
1 lb (16 oz) ground pork
2 cupd sliced raw potatoes
1 & 1/2 cups sliced carrots
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
10 oz can tomato soup
1/2 cup water
1 tsp. dried parsley flakes
Salt and Pepper to taste

in a large skillet brown meat, onion, and celery. In a slow crockpot container – sprayed with cooking spray – combine meat mixture, potatoes, carrots, peas, and corn. Stir in tomato soup, water, parsley flakes, salt, and pepper. Mixed well. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.

Time to table: 30 minutes prep, 6-8 hours cook time

Modifications: No modifications really, but I didn’t really measure out any of the vegetables, I just added what seemed like an appropriate amount.

Servings: 6 adult servings

Ben: Love

Erin: Like

Annie: Dislike

Notes: We got this recipe from our neighbor Molly. I thought this was excellent and a great dish for weeknights as its quick enough to throw together before leaving for work in the morning and is reasonably healthy. Erin liked it fine, but wanted some sort of starch or carb to go with it next time. Annie had maybe a single bite. One of those nights.

Crockpot casserole

Corn & cheese chowder

Nov 10th, 2011
by ben.
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Cheesy Corn Chowder
Doesn’t look like much, but it’s fantastic.

Date: 11/7/2011

Recipe: http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/soups/corn-cheese-chowder/?print=1/#sizeFP

Time to table: 1 hour

Modifications: I added a couple stalks of diced celery because we had some for other meals this week.

Servings: 5 adult dinners

Ben: Love

Erin: Like/Love

Annie: Love

Notes: This was an awesome soup that I’ll definitely make again, I can’t wait for the leftovers tomorrow for lunch (We saved the leftovers for dinner tonight). We didn’t use bread bowls, but I can imagine that would be delicious. We had this for leftovers tonight and I made the mistake of crushing up some crackers in Annie’s bowl. She recognized the crackers and proceeded to pick the cracker pieces out and just eat those. Ugh.

Annie chowing on chowder

Cheesy Corn Chowder

Mexican Pizza

Jul 5th, 2011
by erin.
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Mexican Pizza

Date: June 21, 2011

Recipe: http://annies-eats.net/2010/12/09/mexican-pizza/

Modifications: None

Time to table: About 15 minutes for the pizza dough, and 30 minutes to prep the pizza

Servings: 3 adults, 1 toddler

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Like, although the crust was a bit too crunchy for her to eat it easily

Notes: This pizza dough (linked in the recipe, but also found here) is THE BEST pizza dough I’ve made! I feel like I tried it once before and it didn’t work – maybe the key was using actual instant yeast, versus active dry (I found a large container of it at Whole Foods so now we’ll have it for a long time stored in the fridge!). It was perfectly crispy and chewy at the same time. Yum! This pizza was a bit spicy actually, due to the black bean puree “sauce”. I thought it was delicious.

Pizza crust

Mexican pizza

Skeptical of the pizza

Mango corn salsa

Jun 20th, 2011
by ben.
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Mango Salsa

Date: June 17, 2011

Recipe: This recipe is from my friend Scott, he made it a few weeks ago and it was awesome:

  • 1 mango
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 cup of frozen corn
  • 1 habanero pepper with half the seeds
  • juice of 1 lime

Dice up the mango, onion, and habanero. Add the corn and lime juice. Let sit for awhile for the corn to thaw and then eat with tortilla chips.

Modifications: I skipped the habanero seeds, but I should have left them in because my version was missing the heat that Scotty’s had.

Time to table: 20 minutes

Servings: About 2-3 cups of salsa

Ben: Loved Scotty’s, mine wasn’t hot enough

Notes: This is a really easy salsa to make. The mango I got might not have been ripe yet either, I’ll be trying again though.

 

Sweet potato chili

Jun 6th, 2011
by ben.
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Sweet Potato Chili

Date: June 1, 2011

Recipe: http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2011/03/chipotle-spiced-sweet-potato-chili/

Modifications:  Used a little less chipotle pepper than called for and I used crushed tomatoes instead of whole.

Time to table: 45 minutes

Servings: 4 adult dinners, 1 toddler dinner

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Like

Notes: The barbecue sauce flavor came through too much for my liking, this is definitely a recipe that can be modified to your heart’s content.
Sweet Potato Chili

Breakfast Casserole

Jun 3rd, 2011
by erin.
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Breakfast casserole

Date: May 30, 2011

Recipe: http://weelicious.com/2010/12/09/breakfast-casserole/

Modifications:  I doubled this, since we were feeding 6 – we’ve made the original recipe twice and it is JUST enough for 4 adults and 1 toddler. We had a few leftovers. I used: red pepper, broccoli, red onion and corn for the veggies. I chopped the veggies REAL small to try to get the maximum amount hidden into each bite since Annie has the habit of picking out the egg and bread pieces and leaving the vegetables.

Time to table: 30 minutes prep, 1 hour to bake

Servings: 8 adults

Ben: Like

Erin: Love

Annie: Like

Notes: This is a really good basic breakfast casserole recipe that you can change to suit your fancy. I also baked Lemon Blueberry Scones to go with these.

Veggies

Breakfast casserole

Annie eating breakfast