Recipes Worth Noting!

Sometimes I gather my recipe links on a blog page for the sole purpose of being able to quickly find them when it comes time to make supper.  This week was so full of wonderfully tasty recipes, though, I am sharing my menu - with links! - with you.  Enjoy!!

SUN - Chicken caesar salad
We had leftover chicken that I had grilled last week, so just chopped this up with some Romaine, added store bought Caesar dressing, a little freshly shredded Parmesan and pepper.  Voila!

MON - I had a meeting which included a potluck. I made two-ingredient pot roast in the slow cooker (the recipe says you can also use Instant Pot) using 3 pounds of beef cubes and two 16 oz. jars of my marinara.  I received a lot of accolades... it was the bomb!!  (Pro tip:  I made a bunch of this marinara earlier in the season and canned it which is making my life even easier these days!)

TUE - Thai Chicken is still a favorite.  You can serve it on naan for pizza, over rice or cauliflower fried rice.  I made the cauliflower fried rice recently and I can eat that stuff any time!  I used this recipe but admit that I tweaked just a little... used a whole egg instead of whites and skipped the scallions because I didn't have any!

WED - Oh my!  Oh my!  Oh my!  Peach bbq short ribs in the slow cooker and an apple-cranberry salad was better than I could have even imagined.  Interestingly, I had it for lunch (more than once!) using warmed up leftover ribs to top leftover salad, and it was even better!  I made  peach bbq sauce (using frozen peaches) because I didn't have time to order... and because I can!  It seems like a lot of steps, but you can make the peach bbq sauce in advance.  And it's so worth it!

THU - Who doesn't love grilled cheese and tomato soup?!  I used this fabulous tomato basil soup recipe and made a regular grilled cheese for MR.  I am not eating grains, so I experimented with using a frozen Trader Joe's cauliflower pizza crust for my bread.  I baked the crust on 350 for about 12 minutes on each side.  Then I cut it into 6 equal pieces.  I made it just like a regular grilled cheese, with the only difference being that my "bread" was cauliflower crust.  I haven't perfected it yet, but it definitely was better than tomato soup and NO grilled cheese!!

BONUS!  I put one of the slices of cauliflower crust in the toaster this morning, then spread it with softened butter, and sprinkled with cinnamon-coconut sugar blend.  It was so good!!!!

And just for the fun of it, I added the Vegan Chocolate Mousse recipe...