Posts Tagged ‘Costco’
Posted by terrepruitt on June 14, 2021
You may have seen this recipe as it was in the Costco magazine. I was telling my friend that I made potato pie and when I said the actual name she said she had seen it. It was good. I will do it again. When I first saw the recipe I hadn’t read the amount of oil. When I went to make it I decided I was not going to use that much. I used less, but still it was too much, in my opinion. I don’t need the potatoes soaking in oil. It says to use a slotted spoon to remove them from the pan . . . I did that plus I set them on a paper towel to drain a bit before I put them in the eggs. I also used garlic salt, of course.
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Potato Omelette
6 medium gold potatoes
1 large onion
1 1/2 cups olive oil
Garlic salt
10 eggs
Peel the potatoes then slice them into 1/8 inch rounds, then quarter the rounds. (After peeling the onion) cut the onion into 1/8 inch rounds, then cut the slices in half.
In a large skillet heat the oil, then cook the potatoes until tender, turning them as necessary, then add the onions. As they are cooking sprinkle with garlic salt.
In a large bowl (large enough to hold all ten eggs AND the potatoes) beat the eggs adding salt as desired. Then using a slotted spoon add the potatoes. If you want, you can do as I did and let the potatoes drain a bit on a paper towel. Mix the potatoes in with the eggs and let sit 3 to 4 minutes.
In an 8 inch nonstick skillet heat about 1 tbsp. oil (I used the potato oil) over medium heat. Coat the pan with the oil then pour half of the potato mixture in the pan and cook until the edges are done. Then place a plate – bigger than the pan if you have it – over the pan and flip the egg-potatoes onto the plate then slide it back into the pan to cook the uncooked side. Do the same with the remaining egg potato mixture.
Serve in slices.
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The recipe said it serves 10. Personally when I eat eggs . . . especially if it is my meal, I eat more than one egg. This was two meals for us.
Next time I make it I will use WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY less oil to cook the potatoes (WAY LESS!!) and I will use half the ingredients making one “Tortilla Espanola” instead of two. It was really good though. I do think the oil soaked potatoes helped make it really rich and filling.
And I was so intent on making the darn thing I didn’t take pictures along the way . . . so what else it knew.
I think this can be served with anything you eat eggs with. You could top it with salsa and/or sour cream and/or guacamole and/or cheese. You could throw some greens on top of it or even meat. It is eggs and potatoes so it is VERY versatile.
Looking forward to making it again.
What do you think?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: Costco, Eggs, omelette, Potato Omelette, Tortilla Espanola | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on October 5, 2016
So I wanted something easy to cook the other night and I thought it would be nice if I could use the broccoli that came in our latest produce delivery. So what is easier than a casserole? Not much. So why not a chicken, broccoli, and cheese casserole! So here is what I did, completely easy!
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Chicken, Broccoli, and Cheese Casserole
1 1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup flour
2 cans of chicken
1/4 of an onion
3 cups of chopped broccoli
1 tsp garlic salt
a couple of twists of pepper
1/2 of a bell pepper
2 1/4 cup shredded cheese
3 tablespoons butter
3/8 cup panko bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 425° F.
Pour the milk into a large bowl. Then put in the flour. Whisk it together using either a whisk or just a fork. Get all the flour lumps out. Then add the chicken. Chop the onion and then add it to the bowl. Stir the milk mixture, the chicken, and the onion together. Then add the chopped broccoli. Add the garlic salt on top of the broccoli, then a couple of turns of a pepper grinder. (Or as much pepper as you like.) Then mix all the ingredients. Chop the bell pepper, then add it to the bowl, then add 2 cups of cheese. Then stir it all together.
Grease a casserole dish (I used a 8 inch X 11 inch), then pour or scoop the mixture into the dish.
Melt the butter and mix it with the panko bread crumbs. Then mix in the rest (1/4 cup) of the shredded cheese.
Sprinkle the butter, bread, cheese mixture over the chicken, broccoli, and cheese mixture.
Then put the casserole dish in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
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I was so intent on making the casserole, I didn’t make anything else. I think I would serve it over noodles. Or at least rice. But, as I said, I didn’t think about it. So we ended up using flour tortillas. We put the casserole in the tortilla one bite at a time. It was very good.
While some people might cringe at using canned chicken, I don’t. A long time ago my father-in-law made a yummy casserole and when he said he used canned chicken, I thought, “Well, it was damn good.” Now the brand you buy makes a big difference. We buy the Cocsto brand. Kirkland Signature™ Premium Chunk Chicken Breast. It is just big chunks of meat. We bought Swanson’s before and I think I ended up throwing it out. It was . . . . not big chunks of white meat. So I don’t trust any other kind.
I am sure that three cups of cut up cooked chicken will work. But if you want to keep it really easy . . . use two cans.
Oh, I just had a thought, I might not be able to get my husband to go along, but crusty french bread. This would be really good with crusty french bread. Yum. My hubby is not a french bread fan so I don’t usually think to serve things with bread, but this would be perfect with bread.
What do you think? Sound easy enough? What would YOU serve it with?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: broccoli, canned chicken, chicken dinner, chunks of white meat, Costco, easy casserole, easy dinner, french bread, Kirkland Signature Premium Chunk Chicken Breast | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 28, 2014
I bought a machine like the Total Gym awhile back. I just have not used it much because it is one of those things that can take longer to set up in my house than to use, so it is annoying. It is also one of those things that if you have room to set it up quick or have it already set up it is a quick and easy thing to jump on and workout on. When I bought it I thought I had room and also it was one of those awesome Costco deals that are silly to miss. I’ve had it for about a year and when I “Googled” it today the ads still come up over $125 more than we paid for it shipped! Today I moved it to a “permanent” position so I will be inclined to use it more often. I have some favorite exercises to do on it.
The machine I bought is a Jillian Michaels‘ Body Shop. It is pretty much like a total gym but WAAAAY more affordable. It comes with an exercise printout that I used when I first got it. It has been so long since I used it I don’t know where I put that. But I will find it again and use it as it was a quick easy guide to use. Just a simple way to track what you are doing. It is nice to have a list. It is nice to just “jump on” and go without having to think about what to do. It is nice to have a plan.
I like to do Triceps Kickbacks on it. With this machine you can change the level of the incline and also the tension. Since you are on the sliding “board” your body weight is always a factor, but the incline and the tension you can adjust. Then you can adjust the challenge by your body position. You can lay on the sliding board or you can kneel on the sliding board. Even with kneeling you can adjust the difficulty, you can kneel “sitting up” with a straight back or you can knee laying down on your legs. There are so many ways you can do an exercise. With simple tweaks you can make it different.
You can also do different versions of a triceps extension. One you can use the cables to pull yourself up and let yourself down as you lay on your back. You keep your long arm bones down at your sides and pull your forearms down, straightening your arms. Keep your legs in an unmoving “table top” also helps activate your core. As you are having to keep your legs still while you are sliding the board up and down.
Or you can flip your body around and use the “kick plate” as a push off. Laying on your back with your arms overhead, you can use the plate portion to “push up” or push “off” from. In order to activate the triceps the long arm bones remain stationary as the forearms do the work of moving the body board.
With the machine already set up and no moving of it having to occur, these are a few of the exercises you can do quickly. If you have to set it up . . . these are still a few of the exercises you can do on it. I have more that I like that I will be share soon. But this is all for now.
Do you have any exercise machines in your home that you use? What are they? What exercises do you do on them?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Costco, Costco deals, difficult set up, easy exercises, easy set up, Exercise machine, Google, home gym, Jillian Michaels' Body Shope, quick workout, Total Gym, Triceps Kickback, workout | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 17, 2014
I teach Nia for the City of San Jose and the YMCA. I have been teaching Gentle Yoga too, but that is different. The Gentle Yoga classes are usually smaller both the actually room we are in and the number of people. And with yoga we don’t need the music loud so often times my iPhone in the middle of the yoga mats serves us just fine. But with Nia we need the music loud. Not “Zumba-loud” because I still need to be heard over the music, but loud enough that I can hear my music cues and people can get a sense of the music. With most of my classes the number of students is more than yoga and the venue is larger. I actually have taught at some places where the audio system did not work so I tried using my phone and it did not have enough volume. With Nia people follow my lead, but they also move their body in their own way so it helps them dance when there is music to dance too. So since I teach in all different places and the audio system is not always the same I have a variety of speakers. I had been looking at one for a couple of years, but never wanted to invest the money. But one day my hubby and I were at Costco and we saw a device I had been looking at. He wanted to get it. I hemmed and hawed, but we came home with a Block Rocker.
I had almost bought one before but with every model they came out with something different so I was trying to decide which one to purchase. Then they came out with a Bluetooth enabled version. I wanted to know that I could still use an Aux cable because Bluetooth can be spotty. I had not been able to determine that from my shopping online at first. And then I forgot about it until I saw it in Costco. We pulled it off the shelf and checked it out. Read the box to make sure it would play music both ways — via Bluetooth or a cable. And my hubby put it in the cart. All the way around the store I kept thinking, “Yes. No. Yes. No.” and on and on.
We came home with it. We plugged it in and hooked it up to our devices. It was pretty cool. Both my husband and I have used it around the house. It does GREAT house sound. Our house is an acoustical “weird-mare”, but it works great. Both of us have used it out in the yard. But none of that is in a big room with people in it. And I am not complaining that the rooms I have been teaching in have sound systems. That is GREAT. I am very fortunate. I have not had the opportunity to use my big speaker.
My Group Ex Nia Class with the City of San Jose on Tuesdays and Thursdays is normally held in the dance studio. But this summer there is Summer Camp in there for the kids one week every month. So at the beginning of the year my supervisor moved us from the dance studio to the Multipurpose room. I didn’t know if this room had an audio system. I have been telling my class for months that we were going to be in the MPR for a few classes this summer. Then for the past two weeks I have been reminding them of the actual dates. I would have been very upset with myself if I had shown up and not be prepared. Here I have been preparing them for months and then I didn’t have music. I am soooooooooo glad I thought about my Block Rocker. This is EXACTLY what it is for.
I even remembered to charge it the night before. Ya see it is a Bluetooth device and it has a rechargeable battery so it can be used totally cordless. Squeeeee!
So I used it today and it worked GREAT. I am super happy. I love it when things work out. I am so glad that Costco had it and it was such a good deal. As I said, I had been shopping for them for a couple of years and was happy this one was priced lowest of them all. Even though it was the newest model.
Here is some information copied from the ION website:
•Streams music wirelessly from any Bluetooth music-playing device or phone
•Works with iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android devices, and more
•Input for a microphone (came with a microphone), instruments and other audio sources
•High-quality microphone included
•Built-in digital AM/FM radio and retractable antenna
•USB port for charging iPad, iPhone, or other devices
•Built-in battery provides up to 50 hours of use
•Bluetooth range of up to 50 feet
•High-output powered 2-way speaker
•1/8-inch auxiliary input for amplifying other audio devices
•Recessed wheels and telescoping handle for portability
•Rugged design to withstand heavy use
•Projects high-fidelity sound up to 150 feet away
•Built-in cradle for your smartphone, iPad, or other device
It does not have an equalizer so it will not be “perfect” sound. It is what it is. It is great . . . in my opinon . . . for exercise classes. Oooo, I am so excited. You know me, I like to share when I am excited about things. When I learn of something that helps make MY life easier I like to share. I like to let you know so perhaps it can help one of you.
Can you see yourself owning one? Do you think you could use one? Do you like to have people over for outside grilling and/or BBQing?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: AM/FM radio, Android devices, Block Rocker, bluetooth, City of San Jose Nia Classes, Costco, dance exercise, exercise classes, gentle yoga, ION audio, iPad, iphone, iPod touch, Nia, Nia Classes, Nia classes at the City of San Jose, Nia Music, Nia people, smartphone, wireless speaker, wirelessly, Yoga, Zumba, Zumba classes, Zumba music | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 5, 2014
I recently made lasagna with tomato sauce using the recipe I posted here My First Tomato Sauce Lasagna. So yes, I use jarred sauce because otherwise I would never make the lasagna because I am kinda not a big fan of tomatoes so I know I would not make a good sauce. I like this one (pictured). I didn’t use the whole jar though. I didn’t measure either. I just put what I thought was about three cups or more, but I wanted to save a little sauce for pasta. We don’t usually have pasta with red/tomato sauce, because . . . . well, you know. But the other night I was trying to figure out what to have for dinner. I had just cooked ground turkey and if it were just me, I could eat that almost every night, but recently I was told by my husband that he could not. So . . . . there was chicken in the freezer, but it was not in a marinade bag so . . . .what to do? Then I remember that ol’ recipe where you pour tomato sauce over the chicken and top it with cheese. Just like the Salsa Chicken, I had never done that because . . . . well, you know. So I decided to try it because it would be something new to us even though it is an old recipe. So I made Tomato Sauce Chicken, I think of it as Italian Chicken.
So easy and so good, just like the Salsa Chicken. This time I had what I think of as regular chicken breast (instead of the thin ones I had for the Salsa Chicken), but I decided to cut them up into smaller pieces because I was going to serve them over pasta. I didn’t have that much sauce, but that was fine with me. After I made it and ate it, I realized that I probably could have been eating something like it all along as long as I hadn’t followed the recipe and drown the meat in tomato sauce. The little bit I had and used was perfect, to me.
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Italian Chicken
Two Chicken breast, cut into pieces
Poultry spice
garlic salt
3/4 cup (or so) Tomato Sauce
3/4 cup (or so) Shredded Cheese
Pasta (cooked to you liking)
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Spread out the chicken pieces in a baking dish. Sprinkle the chicken with the poultry spice and garlic salt. Bake for 10 minutes. Take the dish out of the oven and turn each piece of chicken over. Sprinkle the chicken with the poultry spice and garlic salt. Spread the tomato sauce over each piece of chicken. If you LIKE tomato sauce use more. Then top each piece of chicken with cheese. Bake until chicken is done to your liking. I baked it for 10 more minutes. Turned off the oven and let it sit for 10 more minutes.
I served it over linguine. I put some of the tomatoes and the “juice” on the pasta.
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Yes, this recipe is easy. And yes, you can figure it out on your own. You can add and subtract, but sometimes do you just need ideas? You need a starting point? I do. I actually have always thought about trying this but my dislike of tomatoes kept me from doing it. But now I am more tolerant of them. I would imagine it would be really good with mozzarella cheese, but we had the Mexican Blend type of shredded cheese. And that was actually really good.
The chicken we buy from Costco is packaged in twos and they are rather large so we have enough for another meal. Yeah . . . you probably know I love leftovers as much as you know I don’t really like tomatoes.
So what are you having for dinner tonight?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: chicken breast, Costco, easy bake chicken, easy recipes, Italian Chicken, jarred tomato sauce, lasagna, organic tomato sauce, salsa chicken, shredded cheese, tomato sauce, Tomatoes | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on April 26, 2014
One of the best things for me — besides the potatoes — that came out of the Amateur Chef’s Crispy Smashed Roasted Potatoes recipe was the use of parchment paper. I have always heard about parchment paper. A lot of recipes call for it and a lot of people use it, but I never had. I always thought it was a waste. Why buy paper you are going to put in the oven just to use once? I didn’t really understand it. And I probably still don’t understand all of the benefits of it, but the benefits I do understand make it worth it — to me — to use it. I love using parchment paper to roast/bake on!
One thing I love about it is easy clean up — of course, right? I mean you just put the paper down on the pan and roast/bake/cook on it and then when your food is done you just take it off the pan and throw it away. As I mentioned I used to think that was a waste, but it saves me a few other things. It saves me time . . . . I am not standing at the sink scrubbing a pan. It saves water . . . . again, not standing at the sink scrubbing a pan. Not even really having to wash the pan most of the time. Some times I can just wipe the pan clean. Sometimes I wash it, but it is so quick it is not even comparable. Along the lines of washing, I am saving soap, if you want to go so far as to say that — it would be true. So the clean up alone is GREAT.
Also the food tends to cook differently. I say differently as opposed to better because not everyone might like the way it cooks. It tends to help allow the food’s moisture to evaporate better. Perhaps the paper helps soak it up then it dries. Not sure of the science behind it, but I know that using foil does not allow the food to dry as much so the food does not get as crispy. That is why I broke down and bought some when I was going to make the potatoes. Actually I had bought some a long time ago I just never saw the real point in using (read “WASTING”) it. So the food seems to get “crispier” than without the paper. I like that!
One thing I do when I use parchment paper is I wet the pan a little. The parchment paper I have comes on a roll so it tends to have that curved shape. It also seems really slippery. The paper always wants to move around the pan. So I put a little water on the pan so the paper stays in place. Then usually once the food is on it, it doesn’t slide around.
I usually use it for roasting veggies. Tonight I am roasting sweet potatoes.
I always thought that parchment paper was good up to 450° F so that is what I roast/cook/bake at, but the box says 420° F, which I just noticed as I was taking a picture of it for this post. Oh!
I know there are other uses for parchment paper. I can think of a few, but what about you? Do you use parchment paper? What do you use it for? Don’t you love it?
Posted in Food | Tagged: Amateur Chef, Costco, crisp food, easy clean up, Kirkland brand, parchment paper, roasting vegetables, Smashed potatoes | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on February 27, 2014
I am aware that lunch meat is not one of the healthiest of things to be eating. But I LOVE sandwiches. I also love that my husband will eat a sandwich that I make and send to work with him instead of eating out every day. He does eat lunch out on occasion. A sandwich with lunch meat is healthier than what he eats when he eats out. But this post is not REALLY about lunch meat. It is about prices. It is about paying attention. It is about packaging. It is about knowing what you are buying. In my opinion, food manufacturers are tricky. I was in the store not too long ago buying lunch meat. I prefer the meat that my husband gets at Costco, but he has not made that trip in a bit so I am buying lunch meat from the grocery store. It is a good idea to look at the per ounce prices on things.
I looked at the package of lunch meat that I normally buy and decided upon a really quick glance that there was another brand that was less expensive and to my delight tastier. I was trying to decide which turkey to buy when I saw the roast beef. My hubby gets turkey ALL THE TIME so I thought, “Oh, I will get the roast beef instead. It is the same price.” But as I picked it up I happened to look at the per ounce price on this brand. I didn’t really expect it to be different, in fact I was confused at first because the package was the same, but there was a 12¢ difference. That is when I look at the weight. The WEIGHT was not the same. The turkey was 9 oz and the roast beef was 7 oz. So even though I would be paying the same amount I would be getting two ounces less.
I don’t know for certain, but I can imagine that I bought this roast beef before. And I bet that I didn’t even notice the weight difference because the package is the same. Exactly the same. So I bet I didn’t even look at the weight because I thought I was getting the same amount of roast beef as I was turkey for the same price.
Now, really, if you want roast beef you are probably going to get it. I just think this is tricky. But — yes, it is clearly labeled as different amounts. I just really like that little “price per unit” amount the put on shelf labels. It really helps. Sometimes things LOOK more expensive because the price on the package might be more, but when you really look and compare it could be that the price of what you are buying is really less. I say “price per unit” because sometimes it is ounce and sometimes it is something else, just depends on what you are buying. So I use this information often. But usually between different brands.
It is so small and so many of us are in a hurry — especially at the grocery store — I thought I would share. Actually, I thought I would share because this annoyed me. I felt like I would have been duped if I bought the roast beef. And that really would have just been ME . . . I mean I was the one that thought they were the same size for the same price. I know about the “price per . . .” information, but since the packages are the same I ASSUMED (uh-oh!) 🙂 Since I was comparing lunch meat prices I happened to look at the per ounce price on this brand. I was shocked and annoyed.
I have also been paying attention to the prices at the store near my Nia class because although it is really convenient, I think it might be more expensive than the one closer to my house. So I have been really looking close!
Anyway . . . I guess I am just saying if you have the time and the inkling – really LOOK at what you are buying and use the “price per unit” portion of the shelf label!
Do you compare prices when you shop? Do you stick to your particular brands? Are you like me and you just really want to get in the store and get out?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: brown bag lunch, Costco, lunch meat, Nia, Nia class, price per unit, roast beef lunch meat, sandwiches, turkey lunch meat | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on October 20, 2012
People ask me about my blender. Just this week we were talking about super blenders after our Nia class. A lot of people are interested in making green smoothies. I was never interested in them because they sound so gross and the ones I had seen looked gross. I also really like to EAT my fruits and veggies and felt I was eating enough, but I realized I could use more in my diet. Eating more is sometimes difficult and that is why people have been making and drinking smoothies for so long. It is a great way to get some additional vegetables in your diet. I chose the Blendtec for a few reasons. I started looking at it because it was on sale at Costco. From there I started looking at prices on the internet. I found that I could get a Blendtec for less than a Vitamix. That was a big selling point to me, but not the only one. I did more research. The decision will just come down to what you prefer. In addition to the Blendtec being less expensive I feel the one I got at Costco was a great deal. At Costco they sell the blender and two containers/jars for less than the price I’ve seen elsewhere for the blend with just one container/jar .
To save you time, nutshell list:
–two jars; WildSide and FourSide
–easy to clean “buttons”
–it fits under most cabinets (Company claim)
–no tamping
–preset buttons/controls
–variable speed buttons/controls
–pulse button/control
–3 HP
If you are looking at buying one of these super blenders you might notice that not only are the blenders different but the containers they sell are different. They have tall ones, short ones, round ones, square ones . . . all types. With the Blendtec you can buy the blender with what they call the FourSide Jar or the blender with the WildSide Jar. Now I didn’t know the difference and I didn’t know if I would want both jars, but when I saw that the jar alone was $100 and that Costco was selling the blender with BOTH containers for less than what I was seeing it cost for the blender with one container, I thought that was a good deal. (I am now seeing the same deal on Amazon so if you don’t belong to Costco you can get the same deal on Amazon.)
Now the bummer to me was that this one was only sold in black. All of my appliances are white and I would have loved to have a white one, but I wasn’t planning on leaving it on my counter anyway so I didn’t want to spend the extra money for white.
The features on the Blendtec that sold me were the “buttons”. I am an old school girl so I like to be able to control things and I think knobs are better than those electronic squishy “buttons”. With the knob on the Vitamix I was assuming I could get better control over the speed of the blender. But then I realized, I don’t need more control. What I need is not to have a knob that I have to clean under, on, and around. The Blendtec has been amazing in how easy it is to clean. I always seem to drip green smoothie all down the front so every time I do I am thankful I don’t have knobs and “real” buttons to clean all around.
The Blendtec is shorter than the Vitamix and will fit under most cabinets. Even though I was not planning on leaving mine out on the counter, being a shorter blender means it would fit IN the cabinet better. Being a shorter blender also means it is easier to use because you can add things easier, as in you don’t have to get the step stool to reach the top of the container! 🙂
The real thing that sold me is the information I read which said you don’t need a tamper with the WildSide Jar. Now, I am not certain, but I think the Blendtec containers don’t need tamping because the lids are vented so I think the air gets in there and that does the job of tamping. I liked the idea of just turning the blender on and letting it do its thing.
That is another thing, in addition to not tamping, the Blendtec has push-and-go buttons. You just push the button for what you want and it does it itself. I decided I didn’t need the control of doing it myself and if I do, the Blendtec has variable speed buttons and a pulse. So I can turn on the blender to whatever speed I want or pulse it. So I still have the control if I want.
Also the Blendtec has more horsepower than the Vitamix, that might be another reason a tamper is not required.
Please keep in mind I am comparing base models. There are a lot of different models that are high-end and professional, but I was just looking at the two comparable models and these are the things that “sold” me on the Blendtec.
I would love to learn more about the Vitamix if you have one and you would like to share? Any of you out there wanting to get a super blender? Do any of these things sound like features you’d like?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Amazon, Blendtec, Costco, FourSide Jar, green smoothies, horsepower, Nia, Nia class, super blender, tamper, tamping, Vitamix, WildSide Jar | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 10, 2010
I like to cook. I like to go into the kitchen, have some ingredients, put them together and have something to eat. I like that. I think it is cool. But cooking is not like Nia in the sense that: Nia I like to do every day, cooking I do not. When I cook, I like to cook in a way that leaves us with leftovers. I know a lot of people that won’t eat leftovers and I kinda don’t understand that, but . . . to each their own. I LOVE leftovers. Some, like pasta, are even better the next day.
My husband doesn’t mind leftovers. That makes him really easy to cook for. But at the same time I don’t want him to have to eat the EXACT same thing a few nights in a row. So one thing I do to allow me to cook once but not leave us eating the EXACT same thing for a few days is I cook chicken in foil packets. Yup, just like those aluminum foil ladies on TV showed us.
This also enables me to get one more servings out our a “two serving” bag of chicken. (From Costco the boneless, skinless Foster Farm Chicken Breasts are packaged in twos—-hmmmmm . . . . ? . . . ) I separate the chicken onto foil pieces then I just put whatever seasonings, spices, fruit, sauces, veggies I want in each package. I have to label them because my husband is not a fan of teriyaki and I am. Plus he likes spicy hot and I don’t.
So then I cook them up and we have chicken for a few days. Even though it is chicken it is not that same flavor chicken every night. Then each night I can cook up different veggies, and either rice or pasta. Or we might throw the chicken in or on a tortilla, or maybe even on some bread. Either way it makes making dinner that night much easier and faster. I love it.
Come join me for a Nia class in San Jose and see why I like to do it every day. And here, share with me your thoughts on cooking every day or leftovers. Do you like leftovers? Do you cook every day?
Posted in Food | Tagged: chicken breasts, chicken packets, cooking, Costco, Foster Farm Chicken, leftover chicken, leftover pasta, leftovers, Nia, Nia class, Nia in San Jose, Nia San Jose, Nia San Jose class, San Jose Nia | 12 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on December 3, 2009
Yup, AGAIN with the asparagus, but this time it is NOT roasted. You see, my hubby gets just as tired of me cooking roasted asparagus just as you probably get tired of me blogging about it. Well, we recently went to Coscto (is that a Bay Area thing? There are a few just in San Jose.) and bought a few bags of asparagus. I could eat just roast it and eat it that way, but I like to make food that my hubby will enjoy too, so I decided to try cooking it another way.
Trying to come up with something new is a little exercise in creativity. It is funny how it works out when I am just throwing stuff together and when I am just trying something out to be different it turns out that my husband LOVES it. I never know how it is going to work out.
I put some garlic infused olive oil in a pan with some onions then cooked the ground turkey. I decided to be totally daring and so I used some balsamic vinegar (hubby is not a fan, but Ithought I would try it). Then I added the asparagus and I also used some smoky garlic sea salt a friend of ours brought us from Hawaii.
I cooked it all up and served it over rice. Now, I have to honest, I really liked it, but my hubby LOVED it and it COULD be because I plated his rice, then I took two slices of Havarti and put it over the rice, THEN I put the turkey asparagus combination over that. So the cheese melted in between thehot rice and the hot turkey. I had a taste, his tasted pretty much like cheese. And anything is better with Havarti because it is like butter. I didn’t have the cheese and I felt it was great and not overpowered by cheese.
I used a package of turkey (I guess it is a pound or a little over) and probably a one and a half pounds of asparagus.
So . . . how else can I cook asparagus?
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