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Chili Macaroni and Cheese

Apr 20th, 2012
by erin.
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Chili Mac n Cheese

Date: 4/18/2012

Recipe: http://weelicious.com/2011/02/02/four-bean-chili-mac-cheese/

Modifications: I added a lot of sour cream since I was using 2% milk and because sour cream is delicious, and I think I used too much pasta so I added more chili and cheese to compensate.

Time to table: 20 minutes

Servings: 5 adults

Ben: Love

Erin: Love

Annie: Love

Notes: Again, this was so easy – I LOVE the concept of using leftovers to make a slightly different meal. We will definitely be trying this more! We all loved this meal in both forms – Annie probably enjoyed it a bit more here – mostly she just picked out each noodle though :)

Annie eating the noodles

Annie eating the noodles

French Toast

Apr 3rd, 2012
by erin.
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French Toast

Date: 3/28/2012

Recipe: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/french_toast/

Modifications: I added a splash of vanilla to the mixture, didn’t use triple sec or orange zest.

Time to table: 20 minutes

Servings: 4 adults

Ben: Love

Erin: Love

Annie: Love

Notes: We are coming around more and more to breakfast for dinner – mainly because it’s guaranteed to be well liked by Annie and is usually really easy. This is an excellent basic french toast recipe – I’ve never actually made french toast in my life, so it was high time I start! Unsurprisingly, we all LOVED this. I used french bread, and served with sausage and strawberries. You know something is good if Annie will even eat some of it when strawberries are an option.

Stovetop macaroni and cheese

Nov 9th, 2011
by erin.
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Mac and Cheese and roasted broccoli

Date: 11/3/2011

Recipe: http://annies-eats.net/2011/10/27/creamy-stovetop-mac-and-cheese/

Time to table: 20 minutes

Modifications: Used whole wheat macaroni noodles. No other modifications.

Servings: 2 adult dinners, 2 adult lunches, 1 toddler dinner

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Like

Notes: We served this with roasted broccoli. This is quite rich, and we all liked it. I really liked the raw garlic and shallot – I thought it gave it a nice bite. I loved the gouda – I’m glad we splurged and got that instead of a cheaper cheese because I think it made a big difference in flavor. The broccoli was necessary for all of us to cut the richness a bit. As Annie mentions in her post, this reheats very well and was delicious for lunches.

Gouda and parmesan

Macaroni and cheese

Mexican lasagna

Sep 28th, 2011
by ben.
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Mexican Lasagna

Date: 9/14/2011

Recipe: http://weelicious.com/2011/05/02/mexican-lasagna/

Time to table: 75 minutes

Servings: 2 adult dinners, 2 adult lunches, 1 toddler

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Like

Notes: This ended up being a very chicken heavy dish. If we make it again I would for sure cut back on that. We also didn’t have a 7×11 dish (never even heard of that size) so we used an 8×8 pan instead and just made it work. The recipe says it feeds 6-8, but we seemed to get a little less out of it.

Mexican Lasagna

Baked Rotini with Ricotta and Collard Greens

Aug 23rd, 2011
by ben.
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Pasta with Collard Greens

Date: August 20th, 2011

Recipe: http://foodallaputtanesca.blogspot.com/2009/04/baked-rotini-with-ricotta-and-collard.html

Modifications: The recipe is confusing a bit because the title says rotini and the picture is of rotini, but the recipe says to use rigatoni or penne. We prefer the rotini and this time (we’ve made it several times) I used less than a pound of pasta because it has always seemed a little too pasta-heavy and it turned out better, in my opinion.

Time to table: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 adult dinner, 2 toddler dinners

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Love

Notes: This is a great meal to use up our collard greens from the CSA as well as a lot of cheese :) Very tasty and has enough for an entire meal of leftovers, perfect!

Annie eating pasta with collard greens

Pasta with Collard Greens

Finished product

Pasta with collard greens

Pre-baking