Jan 7 - Shepherds Pie and Irish Soda Bread

Day 7

Cook:  Me

Meal:  Shepherds Pie and Irish Soda Bread

First came the Soda Bread:

Super simple to make and extremely pleased with how quickly it got gobbled up!  I will surely be making this again.

Now onto the Pie!

Cutting potatoes!

Cutting carrots!

Cutting celery!

Green onions!

Brown that meat.. you should probably use a deeper pan.. lol

Add the green onions and garlic that I never mentioned!

All all the colorful veggies that you chopped up!

Cup of peas!  Chicken Broth!  Cream of mushroom!

Stir, thicken, bask in your cooking glory!

Still thickening!  Thicker = awesomer!

Mashed potatoes!

 Spread the mash on the bottom of pie plates.

 Fill with the awesome glory you made on the stovetop earlier.

Cover with more mash.

 Make enough mash to cover the pies better than this!

 

Stick under the broiler, til the mash gets brown and a little crispy.

Scoop and eat!  NOMNOMNOM

Jan 6

Day 6

Cook: Wife

Meal.. can't remember, I'll ask her and update.

EDIT:  She made meatball subs!  Oh man they were good.

Jan 5

Day 5

Cook: Me

I think I made spaghetti this day, with garlic bread.  No photos.. deal with it.

Jan 4

Day 4

Think this is the day that my wife made a chicken pasta casserole.. no pictures, sorry, too busy eating.

Jan 3rd - Chili and Sweet Cornbread Muffins

Day 3

Cook:  Me

Meal:  Chili and Sweet Cornbread Muffins

I've made chili before, and I've made cornbread before, so this wasn't too out of the ordinary, but damn, it was good.  I make good shit.

My Cooking assistant:

Ingredients for the chili

Brown the meat:

Green onions in the meat!  NOMNOM 

Add all the other stuff and heat it up.

Cornbread!  Mix the dry...

Mix the wet...

Get the wet and dry sloppy together!

 Pour that into muffin cups..

Bake it, eat it.. don't be busy taking pictures.

Jan 2 Dinner

Day 2 of challenge

Cook: Wife

Dinner:  Turkey burgers with fries and salad

She makes the patties herself, and damn they're good.  Juicy as hell.  Shes making bacon to go on them, swiss cheese, seasoned the patties, fries.  Nice and simple, and delicious.

Jan 1st Dinner

Day 1 of the challenge.

Cook:  Me

Dinner:  Parmesan Chicken Bake over pasta, with garlic bread and a salad on the side.

Difficulty: EASY

Pour jar of sauce in a casserole dish, mix with 1/2 cup parmesan cheese.
Lay chicken breasts in, and flip them around until they're all coated.

Bake at 375 til all cooked (about 30 min).  Cover with more parmesan cheese, cook 5 more mins until cheese melted.

Serve over pasta, with garlic bread and salad.


We're lazy.

Introduction of the challenge!

First off, I'll start by saying that it has surely been awhile since I've posted anything here.  But now I've got something new that my family is trying.

No eating out for one month.

My wife found some site where a family did this, so we thought we'd try it ourselves!  It is going to be hard, we know this.  But we think we can do it, and dammit, we need to do it lol.

So as to our rules:

No eating out for one month.

My wife and I alternate cooking.  I cook on odd days, she cooks on even days.

We started this with the new year (Jan 1, 2012)

This goes for all meals.

So, I have to make a post talking about my first cooking day:  Jan 1st!  (I know this is Jan 2, so I'm posting a few things today, lol)