It has been a while since I last posted anything... honestly, I haven't been cooking much. So I will just make one post with everything I can remember I have cooked lately!
My sister came to visit from Rhode Island around the 4th of July and I cooked dinner while she was here. We had Crock Pot Enchilada inspired chicken breasts. I put 4 frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot, topped them with some seasoning, salsa, and 1 can of green chile enchilada sauce. I let them cook on high for about 5 hours, and they were perfectly tender. I served them with yellow rice (which I cooked in the broth from the chicken) and some Bush's Best Grillin Beans (Texas Ranchero). Dinner was pretty tasty!
Since then, I haven't cooked much, I have been super busy with work and school this week. I have been feeling under the weather as well. Within the last couple of days, the boyfriend and I decided we have to get serious about our budget and our eating habits. We would like to lose some weight! Cooking at home should help with that, if I can actually commit to doing it.
Last night's dinner consisted of some kielbasa, sliced into "coins" and cooked in the skillet with cubed red potatoes and a can of corn. I topped it off with some cajun seasoning for the perfect kick. There was some left over, so I used the hash and added it to some scrambled eggs for breakfast. For lunch, we had spicy tuna sandwiches. I used 2 cans of tuna, 1 Tbs of lite mayo, 1 Tbs of spicy brown mustard, and about 2 Tbs of Sriacha sauce. We don't use traditional bread anymore, so they were served on Sandwich Thins. Pretty tasty for a hot day. A VERY hot day, since our AC has decided to stop working all together. Like I said, it has been one busy week (from HELL!)
Tonight's dinner is baby back ribs, with a dry rub I concocted. I found a good sale on the ribs at Target and bought 2 racks after the 4th. I like to buy meat in bulk and freeze it until I need it, that way I don't feel like I am ever out of groceries completely. For the dry rub I combined some brown sugar, garlic salt, cumin, chili powder, adobo, cracked black pepper and red pepper flakes. I covered the meat liberally with the mixture, wrapped the rack of ribs in foil, and put them on the grill. They are cooking now, so I hope they turn out well! Not planning any sides with this tonight, mostly because we are happy with just having ribs, but also because the heat is making me lazy.
I planned on making some banana bread, but with as warm as it is in the house, I am not turning the oven on to add to it. Maybe that will happen later this week, once the air is fixed. We plan on just getting a whole new unit to resolve these ongoing issues.
Until then, it just may be a lot of sandwiches!
