PW Ripoffs

I made her French Breakfast Puffs this morning with some fruit salad on the side. Yum!

The girls loved them but didn't finish a whole one. I think next time I might make them as mini-muffins. I ate one and was FULL. They were very good and my idea of the perfect breakfast.

Twice Baked Potatoes!

From scratch! (well, as "from scratch" as you get with potatoes) Ooohhh Ahhhh

Tonight's dinner was Quorn Chik'n Breasts, Green Beans and Twice Baked Potatoes. (From Scratch! OOohhhh AAAhhhhh)
















I kinda overdid the Chik'n but it was still yummy. I'm not sure if I talked about the Quorn products on here before so I will now. They rock. They aren't soy, they are some kind of mushroom protein thing. They really do freaking rock, and I'm in mourning that they don't carry the Quorn hotdogs in the USA anymore; because, they are the only vegetarian hotdog that doesn't taste like eating playdough and, as such, are the only vegetarian hotdog that doesn't make me gag.

Onto the potatoes....

Twice Baked Potatoes (From Scratch! Oooooh Aaahhhh)

You will need:
3-4 potatoes
sour cream
cream cheese
cheddar cheese shreds
milk
salt/pepper

The problem with this recipe is that I don't measure the ingredients so you'll have to play with it to find out how you enjoy it the best.

Now, you can be all 1950's about it and bake the potatoes at 400F for an hour like my mom does OR you can come up to speed and nuke them in the microwave for about 9-10minutes. Let them cool before you move on.

Preheat oven to 375F.

Slice the nuked (or baked) potates and scoop the insides into a bowl but leave about half an inch of insides there so that it doesn't lose structure. I always sacrifice one potato to be strictly for inside stuff, you might want to do that too.

In the same bowl, toss in about oh, I dunno, 2 tablespoons of cream cheese, 1/4 cup of sour cream, a handful of cheese shreds and a splash of milk. Use a hand mixer to mix until creamy. Toss in a pinch of salt and pepper and mix again just to make sure there are no lumps.

Scoop the potato mixture back into the hollowed out potatoes, put on a cookie sheet that was lightly greased with olive oil... toss in the oven for about 30 minutes or until the tops are golden-brown.

Serve and get all the "ooohs and aaahhs" that you did this by yourself instead of using some lame ass frozen version.

Meat Loaf (Veggie of course!)

I won't promise that I'll update more than once a week. I can't even seem to get myself motivated to update my regular blog more than about once a month; however, I'll do my best. I got really burnt out updating this every day so don't expect that.

So tonight we had Vegetarian Meatloaf, Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes.

















That's kind of a crappy picture... I should have used a smaller plate, so here's a "close-up" on the meat loaf.


















Vegetarian Meat Loaf

2 Eggs (or 2x Egg Replacer for the Vegans)
1 box firm silken tofu
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 packet onion soup mix
1 medium chopped onion
3 stalks celery chopped (chop them small)
8oz chopped baby portobello mushrooms
1.5 teaspoon of basil
1.5 teaspoon of oregano
0.5 teaspoon sage
1.5 cups plain bread crumbs

Preheat Oven to 350F

In food processor (or blender) mix eggs, tofu, soup mix, walnuts and blend until smooth.
In pan with a bit of olive oil, saute veggies until soft mix in the herbs and stir well.
In a bowl mix blended tofu mixture and sauted veggies. Add bread crumbs and mix well. Pour into a greased bread pan and bake at 350F for 1 hour 30 minutes. Let it sit on the counter and cool for about 15 minutes before slicing.

I supposed you could do the traditional ketchup on the top of the meatloaf but... ick.

Enjoy!

Trying This Again

So I'm still fixing my kids about the same quick and easy fare as I was five months ago but I've got a new camera.



So at least it looks a little prettier now, right?

Dinner tonight was Nathan's hot dogs (all beef), cherry tomatoes, steamed broccoli, and sliced apples. One big change I've made is going more organic on many things and cutting out high fructose corn syrup from our diets.

My husband works long hours so we were dining alone and I didn't feel like fixing a big meal just for the three of us.