Recipe Challenge with Kitchen Belleicious!

I have joined Jessica at Kitchen Belleicious for Recipe Challenge 2011!

Everyone participating makes one new recipe each month of the year.

Finding something new to cook isn't the hard part for me...just actually cooking is :)

My new recipe for February is a Roasted Vegetable Sandwich!  I had one in a restaurant last year and loved it, and didn't think it would be too hard to do on my own...so I gave it a shot.

I looked through some recipes online, and then just picked and chose what I liked and used it!

1) First, I thinly sliced one zucchini, yellow squash, and a red pepper.  

I left out what I wanted to use for my sandwich (the mister wouldn't eat this...so it's just for me!)

I put the rest up for another sandwich or recipe later this week...

2) I put the vegetables in a bowl and mixed them with a little bit of olive oil and roasted garlic.

3) Then I put them on a pan and put them in the oven for about 20-25 minutes on 450.

4) Meanwhile, I sliced ciabatta bread and toasted it in the toaster oven.

5) I put a light mayo and mustard mixture on the bread, put the veggies on, and then added havarti cheese.

6) I almost forgot to add spinach...but that was a much needed last ingredient!

7) This sandwich was delicious!! I will definitely be making one again soon!

Also linking up with Daphne today!

Happy Wednesday Y'all!

Tasty Thursday: Stirfry

Yum! Last week, I made some stirfry vegetables with rice. You can add chicken if you want, and while I am not a vegetarian, I don't eat meat all that often.

The stirfry was great! I used brown rice, and frozen vegetables. I put some grapeseed oil in the pan. (My husband got the grapeseed oil a while back and said it's somewhat of a healthier option then olive oil). I added the rice and veggies and let them start heating up. Then, I added in some low sodium soy sauce and water. I covered the pan for a couple of minutes and then uncovered it to let some of the water evaporate.

It turned out delicious! I made the same thing again for lunch the next day.

I am looking for more healthy cooking options. I feel like I am making the same 5 things over and over (which are the dishes I cooked with my sister...Butternut Squash Casserole, Sweet Pepper Burritos, Sun-dried Tomato Feta Quinoa, the stirfry, and Pita Pizzas).

Any suggestions?!

Tasty Thursday: Feta and Spinach Stuffed Chicken!

So, I am continuing to try out the whole cooking thing!  When sister #5 visited this past weekend, we wanted to make something delicious and nutritious for my mister and her date.  We got the recipe from Gina at skinnytaste.com.  For the recipe, click here!

Cooking the filling:

Putting the filling in:

 We only had colorful toothpicks, which I wouldn't recommend!

If you look closely, the colorful toothpicks left a nice tint to our chicken once they were removed :)

We also made a nutritious Key Lime Pie for dessert:

We used the recipe on the inside of the reduced fat Graham Cracker Crust!

Baby W is 11 months old today! I cannot believe it.  Party planning is underway!

Happy Thursday! :)

If you know me...you might faint!

Yes, I have actually done it.  I know, it's about time!  But, when you are married to a "chef," and you never really learned on your own, I really had no desire to do it.

But, with the help of sister #5, I cooked three meals this week!

Here are some pics of the delicious and nutritious food:

Butternut Squash Pasta Casserole

Sweet Pepper Burritos

Goat Cheese and Sun-Dried Tomato Quinoa

Can't wait to test the meals out on the mister next week!