Sweet potato curry, caramelized onion & feta flatbreads, quinoa & shrimp bowls, pasta, veggie and blue cheese salad, sausage & peppers with zucchini noodles and cheesy taco zucchini skillet
This week we enjoyed a great variety of stovetop meals to keep your kitchen cool. We're still having fun exploring different cuisines and experimenting with food. Personally, I am kind of into zucchini right now, so you will find it on the menu a bit more than usual.
And I'm still loving all the gorgeous blooms and greens in the yard. Summer is such a beautiful time of year and I am so grateful to be able to get outside and enjoy it.
On the menu June 14 - 20:
Sunday Sweet Potato Curry with jasmine rice
As some reviewers of this recipe mentioned, lemongrass is one tough plant and my food processor really wasn't strong enough to properly grind it up. I would recommend adding the whole stalk to the dish and then removing it after cooking, rather than attempting to grind it up with the garlic and ginger. I had to pick out the tough pieces that wouldn't grind and that was a lot of work. This recipe took a bit longer to cook than I usually spend, but it was all worth it since this dish was a huge hit with my family and they totally loved it. I'm not sure what it is about coconut milk, but it just makes everything smell and taste amazing! I was a bit worried about the lack of variety of veggies in this dish (basically carrots and sweet potatoes), but I shouldn't have been. This is a wonderful vegetarian meal that will please even the meat lovers in your household.
Monday Caramelized Onion and Feta Flatbreads with Roasted Vegetable Salad
Since we live in the country, takeout isn't very convenient sometimes, but sometimes you just want pizza. So I made my own. These flatbreads were awesome and another vegetarian option that the whole family will enjoy. This recipe comes from Jessica Fisher's book, "Good Cheap Eats: Dinner in 30 Minutes (or Less!)". She recommends a Roasted Vegetable Salad to go along with it - oven-roasted asparagus, broccoli, and mushrooms with a homemade lemon dressing. So good! You can find her book on Amazon.
Loved these tasty quinoa bowls! They came together fast and had tons of flavour and great veggies we always seem to have on hand - spinach, grape tomatoes, and canned artichokes. Next time, I'd increase the number of tomatoes because we love them and you can never have too many! The Parmesan cheese was the perfect topping.
Wednesday Pasta, Veggie and Blue Cheese Salad with turkey burgers, tzatziki and Greek salad
Apparently I was hungry tonight because I finished eating before I remembered that I hadn't taken any photos of tonight's meal. This is another salad that has been on my list of recipes to try forever. I finally got around to making it tonight. I'm not sure I measured my pasta correctly because I found that I wanted to double all of the ingredients and the dressing, which I did. This was tasty and very different for us. Blue cheese isn't something I use often, but we like it. This salad paired well with turkey burgers and the rest of our meal. Yum!
I wasn't entirely sure my son would like this, but he loved it, and so did I. So flavourful and fast, and it didn't heat up my kitchen. It's been some time since I served pork sausage, and it was a real treat in this dish, but you could definitely use turkey or beef sausage (Trick's Creek Farm has the best!) - whatever your family prefers. I served this over penne noodles for my son, but I didn't miss the pasta at all. We gave this recipe two thumbs up!
Friday Cheesy Zucchini Taco Skillet with cauliflower rice and green salad
I told you I was on a bit of a zucchini kick right now... This was awesome and I liked it much better than last week's taco-inspired zucchini dish. I used a can of mild Rotel and served this over cauliflower rice. It was filling and went well over regular rice for the rest of the family. It also cooked really quickly, which as you know, I love! I'm sure it was extra good because I used Trick's Creek Farm organic, grass-fed ground beef, grown in Huron County. Love that!
Saturday Leftovers / takeout
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