Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Our "go to" meals

I'm here and I"m still eating! Life has been hectic lately what with it being spring and bike season! Also I'm in the early stages of training for a half-marathon so dinner has been pretty simple lately...so I thought a good post for today would be "go to" meals. You know, those meals you always have all the ingredients for...the ones you have probably at least once a week when you know you should stay in but you have no idea what to make!

Meal #1: Homemade pizza We almost always have a pizza crust or a pizza crust mix. And there's always mozzarella cheese and some assortment of sausage, artichokes, peppers, onions, basil, parmesan...well, there's always something suitable for a pizza!

Meal #2: Grilled chicken, tuna steaks, or pork, baked potatoes and salad. Come on...you know you always have potatoes at home. Some nights there's nothing better than pure simple baked potatoes. AND potatoes have lots of potassium!

Meal #3: Pasta and anything There are few things that don't go with pasta. It's rare that we don't have spaghetti sauce or at least the stuff to make our own spaghetti sauce, pesto sauce, or something to make a cheese or olive oil sauce. Then it can be as simple as adding toasted bread crumbs and green peas, shrimp, or even just broccoli.

Meal #4: Black bean quesadillas When all else fails, mix some salsa into drained and rinsed black beans, add cheese, place in a tortilla and get it all crispy and brown in a pan. Who needs Qdoba?

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