This weekend I didn't do much cooking. We had a birthday party on Saturday so we had a late breakfast/early lunch of scrambled egg sandwiches and fruit. Then we made black bean and corn salad to take to the party. This is always a big hit at pot lucks and recipe is similar to the one we use at Bird City for the Sunday lunch salad.
Black Bean and Corn Salad
2 cans of black beans (rinsed and drained)
1 can of corn (rinsed and drained)
1 can of green chilies (rinsed and drained)
1 bunch of cilantro chopped
1 small onion chopped fine
1 packet of salsa ranch powdered dressing
juice of 1 lime
Mix it all together, let sit for at least 1 hour (overnight is better) and serve with chips.
Saturday supper was just leftovers from the pork tacos.
Sunday was a busy day as mom didn't work enough on Saturday so we had meeting and then came home for lunch and mom worked all afternoon except for a small break to run to a holiday open house and pick up some Scentsy bars! Sunday lunch was just ham, green beans and baked potatoes. We made a lot of extra baked potatoes and will use them for something later in the week.
Monday we had grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and for supper we used the rest of the leftover pork and made barbecue sandwiches again with baked beans and coleslaw, which is apparently Keenan's favorite meal...or so he said. He says that a lot though!
Tuesday was scrambled eggs for breakfast. Lunch was chicken salad sandwiches in pita bread for lunch with apples and spinach salad. At dinner time dad offered to pick up Little Cesar's Pizza while mom ran some errands and used some Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons! They only get that pizza when I am going to be out of the house because it is SOOOOOO bad for you (and in my opinion gross too!)
Wednesday I fried up some of the leftover ham for breakfast and made fried eggs to go with it. While that was cooking I browned a pound of hamburger with some onions and taco seasoning. I also pulled out some frozen turkey that was leftover a while back and chopped that up for soup. The kids washed and peeled carrots and cleaned and diced celery. Then I put together a casserole using the rest of the leftover rice and beans from the pork tacos and a soup for supper. All in all I spent about 45 minutes in the kitchen and that included cleaning up. In that time I had breakfast, lunch and supper all made!
Mexican Casserole
Leftover cilantro brown rice from the pork tacos (about 2 cups)
Leftover bean and corn mixture from the pork tacos (about 2 cups)
2/3 cup medium salsa
1 pound ground beef (browned and rinsed to get rid of grease)
1 small onion (browned with beef)
1/2 packet of taco seasoning
1 cup enchilada sauce
1/2 cup grated cheese
Brown hamburger with onion and taco seasoning and rinse in a colander to get rid of grease. Drain well. Layer rice, beans and salsa in the bottom of a square casserole dish. Put beef on top, pour enchilada sauce over it and top with grated cheese. Cover with tinfoil and put in the fridge until ready to cook. This would probably freeze well too. I cooked it at 350 for 30 minute and it was warm clear through. Serve with green salad with the rest of the cilantro lime ranch from the pork tacos and a tortilla shell. The kids wrapped their casserole in their tortilla and said it was good! We had enough for all 4 of us and probably 1 serving left over. Sorry I didn't think to take a picture of this.
Turkey Noodle Soup
8 cups of chicken broth (I use the base from Costco)
2 cups of diced turkey breast
6 large carrots diced in 1 inch pieces
1 bunch of celery diced in 1 inch pieces
1 large onion
1T dill weed
Mix and cook on low in crock pot all day long. About 1 hour before serving mix in 1/2 package of old fashioned egg noodles. You can make them homemade but I used the German ones from Wal-Mart. Quick and easy and taste almost as good as homemade!
Keenan has had a really hectic week of school as he is trying to finish up all of his semester tests. He has only got history and grammar left. The little turkey got a 97% on his vocabulary (Latin/Greek foundational vocabulary, level 7) and a 100% on literature. He must take after his mom in that way! He has 3 more lessons in Spanish before the big test in there to finish level one. Today he will do the history and grammar tests and tomorrow will do his mid year assessments in math. His program has a semester test at the 50% point in the different classes but they are not scheduled to start until January 23 so he is a bit more than a month ahead of where he needs to be.
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