First we had family in town, and then we got sick and Sid got pink eye and I got super sick and things just spiraled out of control. The thought of planning meals was horrible, but then coming home and having nothing planned was worse.
Yesterday we spent the day fishing with the boys and got home late and were dirty and tired. But I knew I needed to sit down and figure out what we are going to do about dinner next week. Especially since the boys basically ate pickles and Cheetos yesterday.
My boys love pickles
Menu Plan 6/15-6/21
Mon: unsure if we will be home for dinner, and I still need to go to the store
Ever have one of those weeks where nothing went as planned?
Well that was what happened last week. I didn’t cook one thing on my menu plan. Which actually makes it pretty easy for this week, I simply carried everything over to this week!
There was a time when I thought I would share my recipes with you. Like the ones I make up, or how I alter other recipes. But then I realized I am not a good food blogger or recipe writer. I am horrible about measuring ingredients, and I never take pictures while I am making it. I usually change things then forget to write down what I did.
Now I just share the recipes I find on-line with you, and most of the time I don’t make them exactly like the recipe states, but I don’t normally tell you about it. But this time I am.
Last week I planned on making Taco Lasagna from The Girl Who Ate Everything. I was intrigued because she used lasagna noodles instead of tortillas. The one problem I had with the recipe was that she used Ricotta cheese. Now, I love Ricotta cheese, I use it all the time in my Italian dishes, but I just couldn’t bring myself to use with taco ingredients.
I wanted to use something cheesy, and for a minute thought about cream cheese. Then I decided to mix some sour cream and jack cheese. I had still planned on using lasagna noodles, but my husband requested no more noodles for a while. So I just used tortillas. I don’t like salsa, because of the chunks of tomatoes in it, so I substitute for this Fiesta Dressing from a local restaurant.
So I substituted 1 cup of sour cream and 1 cup of pepper jack cheese for the ricotta cheese. I mixed the cheese with the sour cream and egg. I had left over mixture, and so that was too much. Maybe 1/2-3/4 cup of sour cream next time.
Well, see the food never looks good when I take pictures of it. Thus my failed food blogging career. But I will tell you it was very good. I am sure it is good with ricotta cheese, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do that…
I am guessing if you are running today, you will not be reading this, but I still wish you luck!
I am still trying to find a balance between easy and with out pasta….super, super hard. Pasta is easy, and the kids will eat it. At least there are only two days this week that involves pasta.
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