Chicken and Meatloaf

I have been bad I haven't wrote in a few days. Also I skipped one of my days for cooking.

On Tuesday I made Chicken fajitas from scratch instead of using a package for once. They turned out just as good or even better than using the el peso seasoning. The main change I made with the recipe is using a zip-lock bag to mix and marinate the chicken.

On Wednesday I was supposed to make meatloaf but I was a little lazy and just eat leftovers.

Thursday is a supper busy day and most of it spent out of the house.

On Friday I finally made the meatloaf. It uses ingredients I do not use regularly. Tip for any one when using chilies do not touch your mouth till wash your hands. Luckily I remember to drink milk.

Today is a salad which will go with my Leftovers...

Granola

So tonight I made my granola. It is supposed to be for breakfast but I am going to have it for a dessert topping.



Of course I will use it as breakfast till it is used up.

Tomorrow is Chicken fajitas.

Lasange

Tonight I made Lasagna, which took a while to make. The sauce took time to make. Normally I would just add to can sauce to use but the recipe does it for scratch. I wish I started earlier but I couldn't because I worked till 5.

Hopefully it will taste good

This is what it looks like



Tomorrow I will make Granola, and eat my leftovers

Saturday

So today was an easy day for the challenge.

Fruit Smoothie which I have made many times before, in fact at one point I had one day for weeks on end.

The main difference the addition of nuts, which is interesting.

Tomorrow the number generator gave me number 169. In the book that is Lasagna.

So out to the store to buy ingredients again.

More veggies...

Also
Bacon
ground pork
Sour cream
Parmesan Cheese

The recipe is different then my usual way that I would make it but that is one of the things is to try to do things a new way.

To prevent myself from getting into a rut.

Chili

Today I made Chili according to Jamie's recipe.


It was not a hot but just as tasty

Here is the photo



I have plenty of leftovers which means I have lunch for the next couple of days.

Now for tomorrows recipe

Which is 307 Frozen Fruit Smoothie

Friday's Recipe

The number I received was 172 which is Chili con Carne.

Luckily I do not need to buy any equipment.

But here is my shopping list

Onions
carrots
celery
red bell peppers
cumin
pepper
Garbanzo beans
red kidney beans
diced tomatoes
ground beef
cilantro
Balsamic Vinegar
lime
yogurt

I plan to go to Kin's market for the fresh veggies and the Save-on-foods for the rest.

Baked Apples

Luckily I was to find all the equipment I needed at the store. Save-on-Foods even had the mortar and pestle.



I only did half the recipe, since I am the only who will be eating. Also I did 1 substitution of the ingredients. Instead of mixed spices I used Pumpkin spices. I think that is just a British to Canada difference I hope.

The coring of the apples wasn't easy I went over the core more than once just to make sure I didn't leave any seeds. I did have fun bash the clove and using a zester for the first time. I think a lot of people will have fun doing the mixing of ingredients, which is by hand, just remember to throughly wash hand before.

The toughest part is waiting for the apples to bake. Here is the final result:



It was delicious.

Now for Friday ...

Hunt for Equipment

I went shopping before work hoping to find everything.

But I could not find the equipment, I will try again tomorrow after my work-out.

The First Recipe

I have generated my first number it was 342.

So my first recipe is Baked Apples.

So I need to go shopping for some of the ingredients.

Apples
Bay leaves
Cloves
Almonds - sliced
Orange
Lemon
Raisins
Mixed spices

I am also missing some of the tools
Mortar and pestle
Corer

So off to the store then work, hopefully I will find them all.

Number Generator

This is the number generator used to decide on which recipe I will make.