I have had this recipe for Swedish Meatballs cut out since we lived in Boston. When I first started gathering recipes, I was putting every
recipe that sounded good into a sticky back photo book. Needless to
say, I was filling up these books pretty quickly and still rotating
through the same old recipes. Flick suggested that I start actually
making the recipes before putting them in the book so that I have a
comprehensive collection of recipes that have already been vetted. He's so smart...and that was much more efficient. With this blog, I have found that I am able to further condense my recipe
collection into my online recipe book. No more piles of paper needed, we just keep everything organized in a nice, searchable format online. Along the same lines, the whole goal of this blog is to share recipes that taste great but
that don't require a lot of pomp and circumstance to pull together. In theory, I am pulling together a list of minimalist dinner recipes - guess I was destined to start tracking in this direction! A quick way to put together an after work chicken dish is with Chicken Chilaquiles. This recipe uses rotisserie chicken to cut down on prep time and carries just a tiny bit of spice. Don't fear the heat - we are not big spicy food fans in our family so if we can take it you know it has to be pretty mild.
Another recipe that we have had since Boston, but that I have actually been cooking for years, is Smothered Pork Chops with Thyme. This is a good fall recipe served up with mashed potatoes and some veggies. To make the pork chop baby friendly, we threw it in the food processor with some of the sauce and Ellie loved it.
Two recipes that we have previously featured but that have been out of the loop for awhile are Tuna Noodle Casserole (big hit with Ellie) and Monterey Jack, Corn, and Roasted Red Pepper Risotto. That's right, we made a risotto after work and had it ready to go at 6pm for dinner with Ellie. Nothing is impossible with a little bit of planning and the drive to get it done.
