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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

Four Bean Chili

Apr 19th, 2012
by erin.
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Four Bean Chili

Date: 4/16/2012

Recipe: http://weelicious.com/2011/02/01/four-bean-chili/

Modifications: I used ground turkey instead of beef, and added a chopped bell pepper.

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

Servings: A lot – this nearly filled our crockpot – at least 8 adults.

Ben: Love

Erin: Love

Annie: Love

Notes: This chili was really good!  We all are bean lovers, so this went over well. Annie enjoyed narrating which bean she was eating at that time :) This is part of a 3 in 1 meal that weelicious posted, so the next post will be what we did with the leftovers.

Beans for Four Bean Chili

Four Bean Chili

White chicken chili

Nov 16th, 2011
by ben.
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White Chicken Chili

Date: 11/14/2011

Recipe: http://annies-eats.net/2008/09/25/white-bean-chicken-chili/

Time to table: 45 minutes

Modifications: I had some diced up bell pepper in the fridge that we added in with the onions, and and I also added a few cloves of garlic.

Servings: 4 adult meals, 1 toddler

Ben: Love

Erin: Love

Annie: Like

Notes: We made this for Annie’s 1st birthday party earlier this year and I’m SO glad that Erin reminded me of it, because it’s awesome. I was a little sad that there weren’t more leftovers, Erin and I both took it for lunch the next day and that was the end of it. Annie has not been eating well lately, so while I say “like”, take that with a grain of salt :) It really just means she ate something, as opposed to nothing at all. She had a few good bites and picked out a lot of the chicken and beans.

White Chicken Chili

Annie at dinner
This was probably right before she spilled this all over herself by messing around with the spoon and hitting her milk. Fun!

 

Italian Spinach and Egg Soup

Nov 8th, 2011
by ben.
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Italian Spinach and Egg “Stracciatella” Soup

Date: 11/2/2011

Recipe: http://www.acouplecooks.com/2011/10/italian-spinach-and-egg-stracciatella-soup/

Time to table: 30 minutes

Modifications: I left the garlic in the soup, cause why not? :)

Servings: 2 adult dinners, 2 adult lunches

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Like

Notes: I actually liked this a lot better as leftovers when I was hungover under the weather, with some sriracha. I had this on both weekend days for lunch and it was delicious. We were surprised that Annie even got any of this in her mouth, but she seemed to enjoy it, and picked out the beans to eat specifically. This may have been because we showed her a cracker and put it in the soup… but whatever works.

Italian Spinach and Egg “Stracciatella” Soup

Annie eating soup

White bean soup with andouille and collards

Oct 30th, 2011
by ben.
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White bean andouille collard stew

Date: 10/28/2011

Recipe: http://www.erinsfoodfiles.com/2011/10/slow-cooker-white-bean-soup-with-andouille-and-collards.html

Time to table: 40 minutes prep, 6 hours cook time

Modifications: We used ground andouille sausage instead of links because that’s all we could get at the grocery store. Not a big difference. We also topped ours with parmesan and added some garlic. Looking at the recipe now, I also realize that I forgot to use the red wine vinegar, whoops.

Servings: 8 adult meals

Ben: Like

Erin: Like

Annie: Like/Dislike (didn’t eat it at dinner, but then ate some for lunch next day)

Notes: If we make this again I would saute the collard greens as the slow cooker doesn’t seem to soften them up enough. Other than that this was a tasty meal that gave us tons of leftovers for work lunches next week. It was a little spicy for Annie I think, when I gave it to her for lunch the next day I added some yogurt and that seemed to help.

White bean andouille collard stew