The Ranch Chicken & Bacon Pasta Salad was a definite winner. I made up a batch of DF-SF Ranch Dressing and thinned it out a bit to simulate the bottled dressing the recipe calls for. I also added in a couple cups of chopped romaine lettuce. Will definitely make that again!
The Cranberry Skillet Chicken was decent although I followed the suggestion in one of the comments and used 1 c homemade cranberry sauce, 1 T ketchup, 1 T mustard, 1 T worcestershire, and 1/4c cider vinegar. Next time I'll omit the vinegar entirely -- not really necessary imo. Plenty sweet also without the addition of extra sugar or all that ketchup.
I'm not sure what's going to happen this week. As of Sunday morning, both kids are sick...hopefully we'll be able to get in to see the dr. tomorrow. Fingers crossed it's not flu.
Sunday: Potato Soup + Kale Chips + Vegan Pumpkin Cake
This used to be more of a loaded baked potato soup back in our old dairy days, but it's still fun with bacon and onion and good seasoning.
The Kale Chips are an experiment...not sure how they'll turn out. Stay tuned.
This is my husband's birthday, so there'll be cake too. The cake is really a vegan pumpkin bread recipe that uses coconut milk, but I like to make it in a bundt pan to make it more like a cake. I'll probably do a simple powdered sugar glaze on top for decoration.
Monday: Roasted Italian Sausage & Antipasto Salad w/ Garlic Bread
I'm thinking rotini pasta with green olives, peas, and chopped pepperoni tossed with one of my favorite dressings -- Brianna's Real French Vinaigrette.
Tuesday: Pot Roast w/ Potatoes & Carrot Souffle
I'm going to use a pot roast recipe I got from our local grocery store...it uses Top Sirloin (which was conveniently on sale this week) seasoned with salt, pepper, paprika, and fresh garlic. I'm going to do a carrot souffle on the side...I omit the butter and puree it....yum!
Wednesday: Pad Thai
This is just a kit from the grocery store...no soy -- woohoo. I'll add in scallion, chicken, & egg...maybe some peanuts. Garnish with lime.
Thursday: Beef & Broccoli Fried Rice
This is going to be something sort of simple thrown together I'm betting.
Friday: School Festival -- dinner out
One of our favorite local restaurants is catering...fried catfish....yum. Really hoping everyone is well by then.
Saturday: TBD
Probably a make-up of something that didn't get made earlier in the week.
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