Day #149 - Sub Sandwich

I did NOT feel like cooking tonight.   So I threw together a large sub sandwich.  A large piece of an herb baguette, mustard, pickles, romaine lettuce, cheddar cheese, turkey breast, and ham.   A handful of Garden Veggie SunChips, and a small bowl of yogurt with frozen peach slices, rounded out my meal.

Day #148 - BBQ Wings

Happy Memorial Day!

Instead of making the "traditional" Memorial Day foods of grilled burgers, steaks, or ribs, I stayed indoors and cooked some oven-baked BBQ chicken wings.

I started with a pack of 8 small chicken wings.  I rubbed them with a little olive oil, then coated them in Dove's Sweet N Spicy Cocoa Rub.   I then roasted them in the oven for about an hour at 400 degrees F.   About halfway through cooking time, I coated the wings with some BBQ sauce.   By the time they were cooked, the meat was falling off the bones!!

Along with the wings, I had a little Chex Mix with dried cranberries, in place of chips.

Day #147 - Potluck Picnic

Tonight I attended the annual Shakespeare in the Park, here in St. Louis.  This year's outdoor performance is The Taming of the Shrew.  Every year a group of us heads to the park early for a potluck picnic dinner.  This year, our dinner consisted of:
Fresh fruit salad (green grapes, raspberries, blueberries,  pineapple, and mandarin oranges)
Veggies (carrots, celery, cauliflower, and cherry tomatoes) with dill dip
Black Pepper tortilla chips with homemade guacamole
Mini sandwiches (ham, turkey, & cheese on little dollar rolls)
Chicken salad (chicken, mayo, grapes, and mandarin oranges) wraps on spinach tortillas
Broccoli salad (broccoli, golden raisins, red onion, sunflower kernels, a mayo dressing, and maybe bacon?)
Chocolate cake for dessert - not pictured here, as we didn't eat it until intermission and it was dark outside.

It was all delicious!! 

Day #146 - Chicken Lo Mein

Tonight my parents and I ordered Chinese food for dinner.   I chose to try Chicken Lo Mein, instead of my usual favorites.  Along with the lo mein noodles and chicken, the dish also included snow peas, carrots, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, and those little baby corn.   We also had Crab Rangoon on the side.   And, of course, a fortune cookie for dessert!

Day #145 - BBQ Pork and Roasted Veggies

Tonight's dinner all started with a craving - a craving for roasted broccoli.  I have no idea where that craving came from, other than it was the only thing that sounded good when I was thinking about cooking dinner.   I had about three-fourths of a broccoli bunch in the fridge, so I cut it into florets and tossed them with olive oil, crushed black pepper, and garlic salt.   Since I needed more to eat than just a few roasted broccoli florets, I pulled out some sweet potato fries from the freezer, and put those on the same stone baking pan as the broccoli.  The fries & florets roasted in the oven for 16 minutes at 400 degrees F.

Meanwhile, I pulled out the leftover pork roast from the fridge, and sliced off a few thin slices.  I reheated these slices with some BBQ sauce that was thinned slightly with a little Cola.  I figured the sweetness would help counteract the heat of the chipotle rub.   I created a sandwich from the BBQ pork using a crusty herb baguette that I bought from the bakery down the street, a few slices of sharp white cheddar cheese, and a few kale leaves.   It made a very good sandwich!  And the roasted broccoli satisfied my very strange craving. 

Day #144 - Pork Fajitas

Tonight I took some of the leftover Chocolate-Chipotle Pork and turned it into fajitas.   In a small skillet, I sauteed some thinly sliced pork, green pepper, and kale.  I cooked them until the pork & pepper were browned, and the kale was wilted.   In the microwave, I heated two whole grain tortillas.   On the tortillas, I spread a little plain Greek yogurt, shredded cheddar cheese, then topped with the pork fajitas and veggies.   Rolled them up, and they were ready to eat.   The green pepper, cheese, and yogurt helped to calm the spice of the pork's chipotle rub coating.  The fajitas were very flavorable, and a nice change from beef or chicken.

Day #143 - Chicken Noodle Soup

Obviously, from the photo above, dinner was neither homemade or spectacular.  It was just a can of Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup and some Saltine crackers.

If you haven't heard on the news, the Midwest has been hit with all kinds of nasty storms and tornadic activity recently.   Tonight we had a couple waves of storms pass through the area, so I spent the time between 4-5pm down in my basement.  That alone cut into my dinner preparation time, so I wanted something quick for dinner.   Plus, I am feeling a little under-the-weather today (sore throat and head pressure), so I really wanted soup.  I didn't have the ingredients on hand to make anything from scratch, so I pulled this can out of my pantry.    Simple.

And that was dinner tonight.   With dump cake & ice cream for dessert :)