Chef Lisa

Just because I work from home doesn’t mean I want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Being a diabetic makes it more of a challenge, but I think I’ve found a tasty, diabetic friendly dish for the whole family with this one. Ground turkey (or really lean ground beef), leftover whole wheat pasta and veggies make a great meal, one that the kids have asked the recipe to be put in their cookbooks!

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So many recipes made around the Christmas holidays call for crystallized ginger, and it’s so gosh darn expensive to buy. I decided to make some from scratch – I was able to make 2.5 cups of crystallized ginger for half the cost of a 2 oz bottle bought at the store!

I started with Bruce Moffitt’s recipe, but made some minor changes. They’re listed below:

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Last week, I was able to get a really good deal on polish and smoked sausage – $1 for a 3/4 lb package. Couldn’t pass that up! I was looking around to see what I could make with the sausage and with shredded coleslaw mix. I found Rachael Ray’s Sausage, Cabbage and Potato Stew. I made a couple of changes to suit what I had on hand (you’ll find the recipe for what I made below the break).

All I can say is oh my god, it’s good! I could easily have devoured the entire pot myself, it was so yummy. It got Ari’s seal of approval too – she gobbled up everything in her bowl. Definitely being added to the list of family favorites.

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A “boring” week this week, as I’m focusing on Christmas cookies and food gifts. I’ll post more about that later.

Saturday Breakfast: self-serve
Saturday Lunch: ate out
Saturday Supper: Chicken Tortilla Bake

Sunday Breakfast: biscuit crusted sausage pie
Sunday Lunch: self-serve
Sunday Supper: cheeseburgers & fries (used my grill pan and baked the fries)

Monday Breakfast: scrambled eggs & cinnamon toast
Monday Lunch: Lisa – roasted veggie lasagna; Ari – hot lunch; Don – hot lunch
Monday Supper: spaghetti

Tuesday Breakfast: pancakes
Tuesday Lunch: Lisa – leftover spaghetti & veggies; Ari – home lunch; Don – home lunch
Tuesday Supper: Jerked Pork Pizza (home made everything)

Wednesday Breakfast: french toast
Wednesday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & veggies; Ari – school lunch; Don – school lunch
Wednesday Supper: Sausage & Cabbage Soup

Thursday Breakfast: birds in a nest, fruit
Thursday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – home lunch; Don – home lunch
Thursday Supper: Sausage & Pepper Burritos

Friday Breakfast: cereal
Friday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – home lunch; Don – home lunch
Friday Supper: eat out

Update (12/17/09): Changed the menu around a bit to reflect what we actually ate, and added in the link for the Sausage & Cabbage Soup.

Sundays are days that usually start out really slow for us. If I cook breakfast (and I usually do), we end up eating around 10:30 am. I wanted to try and avoid that this weekend, so I made breakfast Saturday night so that we could just reheat it the next morning. Below you’ll find my version of Rachael Ray’s Biscuit-Crusted Sausage-Egg Pie. I actually made 2 pies – one with sausage, the other with chicken. The sausage one turned out pretty good, and I have high hopes for the one with chicken, which is in the freezer right now.

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