WFD? (Meal/Recipe Sharing)

[tkford216]

What's for dinner, ladies? Any good meals planned or recipes you want to share?

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Currently on my mind:  Apparently sweet potatoes are really good during pregnancy. Who here is a sweet potato fan? Any yummy recipes?

[akraus2015]

I'm having sweet potatoes tonight too! Not sure what I'm going to have them with though, because I have fish thawed out but I really don't want fish.

[tkford216]

Me, I'm feeling like breakfast tonight. I'm thinking an egg/hash/sausage skillet.

I'm also craving soup, so I think we might make cheesy tortilla soup - clicky - later this week (I haven't tried it yet, but it looks delicious).

H might be gone this weekend, and if so, I plan to make this strawberry poppy seed salad - clicky.

[tkford216]

Jun 10, 2015 15:58:25 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I'm having sweet potatoes tonight too! Not sure what I'm going to have them with though, because I have fish thawed out but I really don't want fish.

How do you make your sweet potatoes? It's not something we usually have at home, so I'm not sure what to do with them. But we're definitely picking some up at the store tonight for sometime soon.

[mishy2010]

I made two separate awesome recipes today since I got home early. First, lemon rosemary quinoa: rinse 1cup quinoa, simmer with 2c chicken broth, when liquid is fully absorbed add juice and zest from one lemon, 1/3c evoo, one sprig of chopped rosemary. Nom nom. It's even better after sitting in the fridge for a day.
Dinner tonight is pizza casserole.
m.allrecipes.com/recipe/18781/pizza-casserole/
I modify that recipe for whatever we have on hand. And I add more cheese because why not.

[mishy2010]

Jun 10, 2015 16:00:12 GMT -5 tkford216 said:

Jun 10, 2015 15:58:25 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I'm having sweet potatoes tonight too! Not sure what I'm going to have them with though, because I have fish thawed out but I really don't want fish.

How do you make your sweet potatoes? It's not something we usually have at home, so I'm not sure what to do with them. But we're definitely picking some up at the store tonight for sometime soon.

I bake all my sweet potatoes on a baking sheet when I get them then I freeze them. It'll pull what I want out the day of and microwave them when it's time to eat.

[akraus2015]

Jun 10, 2015 16:00:12 GMT -5 tkford216 said:

Jun 10, 2015 15:58:25 GMT -5 akraus2015 said:

I'm having sweet potatoes tonight too! Not sure what I'm going to have them with though, because I have fish thawed out but I really don't want fish.

How do you make your sweet potatoes? It's not something we usually have at home, so I'm not sure what to do with them. But we're definitely picking some up at the store tonight for sometime soon.

When I have time I make mashed sweet potatoes with a little bit of coconut milk, butter, and either cinnamon or brown sugar, depending on my mood. I'm working late tonight, though, so I'll probably just bake them.

[apunicorn]

Sweet potatoes are awesome! I like to cube them, toss with olive oil, chili powder, salt and pepper and bake at 400 till they're soft. Then I serve with black beans and sour cream or avocado for a vegetarian meal. You can also throw them into a salad with mango, black beans, corn, avocado, and herbs like cilantro or scallions.

As for me, I got lucky with on-sale salmon so we're going to pan-fry those bad boys with some veggies on the side.

[apunicorn]

akraus2015 if you have fish and sweet potatoes and you like coconut milk you could try doing a coconut curry with both the fish and the sweet potatoes, kinda thai-style ? That's all I can think of for those two ingredients together

[akraus2015]

Jun 10, 2015 16:29:04 GMT -5 apunicorn said:

Sweet potatoes are awesome! I like to cube them, toss with olive oil, chili powder, salt and pepper and bake at 400 till they're soft. Then I serve with black beans and sour cream or avocado for a vegetarian meal. You can also throw them into a salad with mango, black beans, corn, avocado, and herbs like cilantro or scallions.

As for me, I got lucky with on-sale salmon so we're going to pan-fry those bad boys with some veggies on the side.

This sounds delicious. I might have to give this a try tonight!

[bee]

I'm pretty sure I'm having cereal. It's the only thing that sounds appealing.

[tkford216]

Jun 10, 2015 16:29:04 GMT -5 apunicorn said:

Sweet potatoes are awesome! I like to cube them, toss with olive oil, chili powder, salt and pepper and bake at 400 till they're soft. Then I serve with black beans and sour cream or avocado for a vegetarian meal. *snip*

This. Sounds. Amazing. 

I will definitely be trying this. Thanks!

[britterrss]

I have a super easy one:

Cook tempeh in a skillet (season with whatever) w/garlic
Chop up: shallot, pepperoncini, spinach, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives (any combo or add your own favorites) and then sauté that all together with the tempeh
Cook: whole grain fusilli or rotini, toss with olive oil
Combine all ingredients and top with feta

Can we eat feta? I'm going to find feta I can eat. I make this all the time and it's surprisingly delicious.

Eta: bell pepper, I always use a bell pepper.

[tkford216]

Jun 10, 2015 16:32:55 GMT -5 bee said:

I'm pretty sure I'm having cereal. It's the only thing that sounds appealing.

Hey, cereal is the bomb.

[apunicorn]

Jun 10, 2015 16:33:10 GMT -5 britterrss said:

I have a super easy one:

Cook tempeh in a skillet (season with whatever) w/garlic
Chop up: shallot, pepperoncini, spinach, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives (any combo or add your own favorites) and then sauté that all together with the tempeh
Cook: whole grain fusilli or rotini, toss with olive oil
Combine all ingredients and top with feta

Can we eat feta? I'm going to find feta I can eat. I make this all the time and it's surprisingly delicious.

1) Your tempeh recipe looks awesome - I'm always looking for good tempeh recipes since it can be so bland if done wrong.

2) I did not realize we can't eat feta! I guess I assumed it fell in the grey area between soft and hard cheeses hah

[mrsred09]

DH is working late tonight, so it's breakfast for dinner for DS and me. Making French toast

[lemoncupcake]

Jun 10, 2015 16:33:10 GMT -5 britterrss said:

I have a super easy one:

Cook tempeh in a skillet (season with whatever) w/garlic
Chop up: shallot, pepperoncini, spinach, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives (any combo or add your own favorites) and then sauté that all together with the tempeh
Cook: whole grain fusilli or rotini, toss with olive oil
Combine all ingredients and top with feta

Can we eat feta? I'm going to find feta I can eat. I make this all the time and it's surprisingly delicious.

As long as the feta is pasteurized it's fine.

[EatsRitz]

tkford216, I have this recipe pinned, but I've never made it. Looks pretty good though.
www.chelseasmessyapron.com/one-skillet-sweet-potato-burrito-bowls/#_a5y_p=2491869

I've done this one before and it's really yummy and easy.
fittobetied.blogspot.com/2012/06/chicken-and-sweet-potato-crock-pot.html

As for WFD here, it's sooooo hot so I don't want to turn on my oven or stove. We're having a strawberry summer salad tonight with grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, and red onion with apple vinaigrette. Tomorrow we're doing chicken salad sandwiches on croissants. Friday is always pizza/movie night. Saturday we're grilling burgers. Sunday is always brinner. (Friday and Sunday are always the same things- it makes meal planning easier.)

[tkford216]

Jun 10, 2015 17:14:45 GMT -5 EatsRitz said:

tkford216, I have this recipe pinned, but I've never made it. Looks pretty good though.
www.chelseasmessyapron.com/one-skillet-sweet-potato-burrito-bowls/#_a5y_p=2491869

I've done this one before and it's really yummy and easy.
fittobetied.blogspot.com/2012/06/chicken-and-sweet-potato-crock-pot.html

As for WFD here, it's sooooo hot so I don't want to turn on my oven or stove. We're having a strawberry summer salad tonight with grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, and red onion with apple vinaigrette. Tomorrow we're doing chicken salad sandwiches on croissants. Friday is always pizza/movie night. Saturday we're grilling burgers. Sunday is always brinner. (Friday and Sunday are always the same things- it makes meal planning easier.)

If that's typical for your menus, I think we could be great friends.

[virginiaorjohn]

I am being so terrible... I just want to sit on the couch and sip my watered down ginger ale. I feel gassy and lazy and no way do I want to cook dinner.

Maybe I'll make like tkford216 and whip up some eggs and ask husband to pick up salsa and frozen potatoes. That's like, a maximum of 10 minutes cooking. I can handle that...

[allegro55]

We go through phases of eating tons of sweet potatoes. Favorite ways to prepare include: Chipotle mashed sweet potatoes, chopped up and baked with olive oil and Rosemary, fries seasoned with Tony's, and this www.food.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-potato-fries-with-sriracha-dipping-sauce-475229 fry recipe.

[tkford216]

So many yummy ways to make sweet potatoes! Thanks all!

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

I really want sweet potatoes now. I'm so impressionable. Neither of us felt like cooking tonight so we just did sandwiches. I'm supposed to be working on the meal plan for the next two weeks right now, since grocery shopping is tomorrow. I haven't even started yet.