let's talk mommy meals

MelissaMiso · February 2013

What tasty meals have you made lately?

Since restarting WW again, I have been home cooking more. Yesterday while snowed in I made polenta with sundried tomatoes and eggs for breakfast and spaghetti squash with tomato sauce for dinner. Yum!

stoneycakes · February 2013

That sounds delicious! I always want to make polenta, but DH hates it, so we never have it. I have been cooking a ton from scratch lately. I had to go on a dairy free diet for DS and it has really motivated me to cook more. I thought I ate a decent diet because we stay away from fast food and highly processed stuff, but, once I started reading labels religiously, I was pretty shocked by all the crap that is in the food I had been eating .

I've gotten into baking my own bread and rolls. It's not as hard as I thought it would be and I love it! I've been making a lot of Mexican food lately because that's my favorite. Homemade tortillas are to die for! I made homemade falafels recently and they came out terrific. DH couldn't even stop eating them and he's usually not into meatless meals. Last night, I didn't feel like having a big dinner, so I made roasted red peppers and had them on top of garlic bread that I made with my homemade bread. DH added sausage to his (of course, lol). It was so yummy. Today I think I'm going to make some homemade soft pretzels and DH wants to try making pasta from scratch. We're going to have it with turkey picatta.

ETA: Sorry if that sounds like Carb Fest 2013! I swear we eat vegetables, too, lol.

MelissaMiso · February 2013

stoneycakes:
That sounds delicious! I always want to make polenta, but DH hates it, so we never have it. I have been cooking a ton from scratch lately. I had to go on a dairy free diet for DS and it has really motivated me to cook more. I thought I ate a decent diet because we stay away from fast food and highly processed stuff, but, once I started reading labels religiously, I was pretty shocked by all the crap that is in the food I had been eating .
I've gotten into baking my own bread and rolls. It's not as hard as I thought it would be and I love it! I've been making a lot of Mexican food lately because that's my favorite. Homemade tortillas are to die for! I made homemade falafels recently and they came out terrific. DH couldn't even stop eating them and he's usually not into meatless meals. Last night, I didn't feel like having a big dinner, so I made roasted red peppers and had them on top of garlic bread that I made with my homemade bread. DH added sausage to his (of course, lol). It was so yummy. Today I think I'm going to make some homemade soft pretzels and DH wants to try making pasta from scratch. We're going to have it with turkey picatta.
ETA: Sorry if that sounds like Carb Fest 2013! I swear we eat vegetables, too, lol.

Nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread! How do you make homemade tortillas?

stoneycakes · February 2013

MelissaMiso:
Nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread! How do you make homemade tortillas?

I make both flour and corn tortillas. The flour ones are really versatile and I basically only make the corn ones for enchiladas but I love them both. The flour tortillas reheat well when you steam them so I usually make enough for the next night, too. The corn tortillas don't reheat great, but I give the leftover ones new life by shallow frying them to make them crispy for tostadas. I linked the recipes below.

Flour tortillas

Corn Tortillas

selockar · February 2013

stoneycakes:
That sounds delicious! I always want to make polenta, but DH hates it, so we never have it. I have been cooking a ton from scratch lately. I had to go on a dairy free diet for DS and it has really motivated me to cook more. I thought I ate a decent diet because we stay away from fast food and highly processed stuff, but, once I started reading labels religiously, I was pretty shocked by all the crap that is in the food I had been eating .
I've gotten into baking my own bread and rolls. It's not as hard as I thought it would be and I love it! I've been making a lot of Mexican food lately because that's my favorite. Homemade tortillas are to die for! I made homemade falafels recently and they came out terrific. DH couldn't even stop eating them and he's usually not into meatless meals. Last night, I didn't feel like having a big dinner, so I made roasted red peppers and had them on top of garlic bread that I made with my homemade bread. DH added sausage to his (of course, lol). It was so yummy. Today I think I'm going to make some homemade soft pretzels and DH wants to try making pasta from scratch. We're going to have it with turkey picatta.
ETA: Sorry if that sounds like Carb Fest 2013! I swear we eat vegetables, too, lol.

What kind of bread? Do you use a bread maker? I've been looking for a good bread recipe that does not need a bread maker.

stoneycakes · February 2013

sarahe101:
stoneycakes:
That sounds delicious! I always want to make polenta, but DH hates it, so we never have it. I have been cooking a ton from scratch lately. I had to go on a dairy free diet for DS and it has really motivated me to cook more. I thought I ate a decent diet because we stay away from fast food and highly processed stuff, but, once I started reading labels religiously, I was pretty shocked by all the crap that is in the food I had been eating .
I've gotten into baking my own bread and rolls. It's not as hard as I thought it would be and I love it! I've been making a lot of Mexican food lately because that's my favorite. Homemade tortillas are to die for! I made homemade falafels recently and they came out terrific. DH couldn't even stop eating them and he's usually not into meatless meals. Last night, I didn't feel like having a big dinner, so I made roasted red peppers and had them on top of garlic bread that I made with my homemade bread. DH added sausage to his (of course, lol). It was so yummy. Today I think I'm going to make some homemade soft pretzels and DH wants to try making pasta from scratch. We're going to have it with turkey picatta.
ETA: Sorry if that sounds like Carb Fest 2013! I swear we eat vegetables, too, lol.

What kind of bread? Do you use a bread maker? I've been looking for a good bread recipe that does not need a bread maker.

This is my favorite recipe for bread so far. It doesn't require traditional kneading, although I do like to reach into the bowl and stretch and fold the dough by hand a few times while it's rising. It produces a better texture than just leaving it alone, but even if you leave it alone, it still comes out quite nice. I usually start the dough the night before and then bake it in the late morning/early afternoon. It's ridiculously easy and it makes amazing bread!

No Knead Bread