Roasted Chickpeas and Broccoli Burritos p165 (Thug Kitchen)

Though I changed it a bit, because I didn’t have chili powder but I had chipotle powder. It was easy to put things together and I actually had leftovers for breakfast for a couple of days. Roasting the spiced vegetables was a way to build flavor, without to much effort. This is what I generally like about the book. Process is easy, generally. I got tired of the swearing in text pretty quickly. I may curse a lot in my speech, but it doesn’t often make it to the page, as I think a bit more then what comes out of my mouth. Good meal, relatively low effort and a nice flavor profile. I admit, we removed the vegan meal label by adding sour cream and cheese.

Tex Mex Shepherds Pie p114 (Power Vegetables!)

I started this around 4, we ate around 7. So it takes a bit. There’s a bit of effort to dice a bit of vegetables, but after getting a general start with up to the garlic, and was able to keep ahead. Had I bought 3 zucchini instead of 2, I probably wouldn’t have been able to. I didn’t want to buy a bag of masa harina, I used corn meal instead. This may have messed the dough up a bit as it didn’t absorb as much water as I thought it might. I added a bit more meal to thicken it up a bit. Even so I never got it to the play-dough like texture that was mentioned in the recipe. That being said, it came out as a flavorful dish. A good weekend cook.

Lemony Chicken and Orzo Soup

Easy in process, I added more orzo, which is a mistake for leftovers, but fine for the night of. The net day it looks more like a rice dish with a touch of broth as the orzo grows in size and soaks up the broth, but the night of, fine. I added quite a bit of pepper to it to have a underlaying pepper bite. It was pretty nice.

Ginger Scallion Ramen Noodles

I always have trouble converting from fresh to dried, when involving ginger. I think I about have it right for garlic, but I don’t use ginger that often. So this ended up being a bit more gingery then it probably should be. I used fresh udon noodles, instead of dried ramen (I didn’t even look for fresh ramen). It was a bit spicy, ginger-wise, but that’s on me.

Turkey Burgers

Added some spices, cooked lower then I normally do, done and good.