Salad & Piggies

The husband is working late again and I procrastinated all afternoon so we had a simple dinner (think this is a habit?) of pigs in a blanket and a salad.

I was so excited to score a $1 coupon off Hebrew National hot dogs recently. They really are good. I love that you don't have to worry about icky parts of the cow in there. I cut them in half and wrap them in crescent rolls and serve with spicy mustard. Yum! For the girls, I cut them up into choke-proof bites.

For my salad I tossed together baby spinach leaves, some green leaf lettuce, red onion, cherry tomatoes (from the in-laws' garden) and avocado with a vinaigrette dressing. What? Avocado? I know, I know, it's not my usual thing but I thought I'd try it since it's supposedly so wonderful. The girls did not like it, not one little bit.

Early Dinner

My husband is working late so I decided to feed the girls early since I was hungry. We had macaroni and cheese that I make from scratch but on the stove top, melon and home grown tomatoes. I'm going to be so sad when all the garden veggies end. Tomatoes are so nasty when they aren't in season.

You will also see on Emma's plate some ham because she loves it. ;) Look at that face and you can see how mad my firstborn daughter gets when I turn OFF Dora the Explorer!

Spaghetti

Well I apologize for not posting on Friday but we went out for Chinese and I just couldn't take a picture of my food without people staring. It was good but probably not worth the calories and fat we consumed.

Tonight I made spaghetti and salad. We also had a piece of garlic bread (not pictured). A friend of mine came over and our three year old daughters helped make a cake and cupcakes this morning so we had that for dessert. I should have snapped a pic because it was so pretty but I didn't.

The meatballs are not from scratch. I'm lazy. They were frozen from Krogers but very good.

Kids loved this meal.

Pasta Salad

Just another simple dinner by Elisa. I used a boxed pasta salad mix and added in fresh garden veggies and deli ham.

For dessert, vanilla ice cream with caramel syrup. Yum.

Taco Night

I can't believe I just took a picture of a taco, but anyway. We had soft tacos for dinner and watermelon on the side. I used Morning Star crumbles instead of ground beef. My husband is working late and the girls will eat whatever I do.

These were good and very easy. It also didn't heat up the kitchen. Perfect for a hot August day here in humid Virginia.

Another Simple Meal

For dinner tonight we had pan fried pork chops, baked red potatoes, and glazed carrots.

I will say this about the potatoes, I have no idea how Tali gets them done in 30 minutes. I cooked mine for around 45 minutes and they still weren't as done as I would have liked.

Recipe & Ingredients

3 large pork chops with bone in
baby carrots
red potatoes
fresh rosemary
olive oil
unsalted butter
flour
seasoning salt
kosher salt
pepper

I moistened the pork chops by rinsing them and dipped them in the flour. Fried them lightly in a pan of about a tablespoon of oil and a pat of butter. When they were browned, I put them on a cookie sheet and tossed them in a 375 degree oven with the carrots and potatoes until done.

For the carrots, I just tossed them in a casserole dish with a little butter. When they were done, I sprinkled a little brown sugar on them.

For the potatoes, see Talisman's recipe here.