Sunday, July 26, 2026

Meal prep in the last week...

I'm listing ingredients for these meals, so I can remember how I made them for the future.  If no measurements are given, it's because I didn't measure.  :)

All That and the End of a Bag of Chips Salad.  I did not feel like cooking.  I saw a YouTube video about Frito Salad.  I knew we had the end of two bags of chips (Fritos and Nacho Doritos), so I thinly sliced 1/2 an onion and a carrot, diced a green bell pepper, put those in a bowl with a bag of frozen roasted corn (thawed), the rest of of the cooked, diced chicken from last night's Burrito Bowls, a small can of sliced ripe olives, and a handful of shredded cheese.  I mixed some mayo and sour cream in a bowl, added a couple of Tablespoons of lime juice, a half teaspoon or so of Tajin seasoning, and a half teaspoon or so of chili powder.  I added dressing to the vegetables and chicken in the salad bowl, and put it in fridge till supper time.  When it was time to eat, I stirred in the lightly crushed Fritos and Doritos.  It wasn't the most healthy thing I've made lately, but it was a different tasty thing that used up lots of stuff that needed using up.

Chicken Burrito Bowls.  I prepared a box of Zatarain's Cilantro Lime rice (as per package directions), and heated up a can of Borracho beans (black or regular pinto beans would also be fine.  I arranged on a platter a sliced avocado, a large diced tomato, a thinly sliced yellow squash, cooked diced chicken, and some Cotija Cheese.  We assembled our own bowls as we liked.  I added Cilantro Lime salad dressing; Carey doesn't like dressing on his salad.  Who doesn't like dressing on a salad...burrito bowl...whatever?  :)

Chicken and Rice Casserole with fresh green beans with bacon.  No ingredients listed for this one.  The chicken and rice was not very successful, and the green beans I could make in my sleep.

Friday we had an omelette for supper.  I fried some bacon.  After the bacon came out of the pan, I sauteed a finely diced squash and onion in the same pan.  When they were tender, I removed them from the pan, and fried some tomato slices, letting each side get a little charred.  After I removed the tomato from the pan, I added beaten eggs.  I gently lifted the edges to let the uncooked edge run under the cooked egg.  When the top of the omelette was on its way to being set, I added the crumbled bacon, squash, onion, and cheese to the eggs in one side of the pan.  I flipped the bare half of the eggs over the top of the vegetables.  I left it on the burner for a minute to melt the cheese inside.  Then I turned off the heat and cut the omelette in half, and set each half on a plate and topped with the charred tomato.

Carey was very complimentary.  It was pretty good, but really...squash...still?  And there's still more to go through.  I'm not sure how many ways I can think of to use up the rest.

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