teriyaki beef

This one is a fast and easy make ahead meal. Especially when I can find them on sale, I buy the thin cut beef rounds. I marinate them in teriyaki sauce, a little bit of soy sauce, and garlic powder. I either marinate them in the fridge the morning or night before cooking, or put the whole bag in the freezer to get out later when I don't feel like making something. Then just cook it on the stove top (it's fast, since they're so thin) and serve with broccoli and rice, or broccoli and pasta, and extra teriyaki sauce. Way easy!

vegetarian dinners

We are trying to eat a little healthier, and as a part of that, we are trying to designate one day a week to be vegetarian. So, I need vegetarian dinners! 

This one was my first attempt. It's not that I've never made anything that was meatless, but this was the first time I went looking for a recipe that was meatless.

I came across the recipe for this dish online, it's a pasta/broccoli casserole. To be honest, not the best dinner we've ever had, so I'm not going to post the recipe.

But, it was made, it was vegetarian, and we ate it. Steps in the right direction. 

(Did I mention it was also a really cheap meal? Pasta, broccoli, cheese...that was about it. It's hard to figure out where it went wrong.)