A Week of Cooking in Review

I was off from work this entire week and decided to just stay home and relax for the first time instead of travel somewhere (well, except for a small trip to Philly to see our friends for New Years Eve).  It feels good going back to work tomorrow with all the laundry done, meals made for the week, groceries are stocked, and the house is neat and clean.  We also did a lot of good cooking this week.  We stuck to simple, wholesome, hearty meals.  I'll just highlight a few.

Eggs and Black Bean Breakfast Burrito

All I did was cook two scrambled eggs per person (I cook my eggs in extra virgin olive oil on a low light), heated up a can of black beans with some sauteed onions, and placed both the beans and eggs in a multi-grain tortilla with a little bit of shredded cheese.  We rolled it up for a delicious breakfast.








Cous Cous with Roasted Shrimp, Cauliflower, and Chickpeas

This dinner was easy and tasty.  We cooked the cous cous according to the directions (which if you've never made cous cous, it's quicker but the same process as rice).  The cauliflower and shrimp were both drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.  The oven was heated to 400 degrees.  The cauliflower cooked for 25 minutes and the shrimp cooked for 8 (both in 400 degrees).  We mixed the cous cous, shrimp, and cauliflower together with some chickpeas, cooked onions and garlic, a little more extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper, and it was superb!

Bowtie Pasta with Mixed Vegetables

This was the easiest of them all and the best part...hardly any pots and pans to clean up.  I cooked some bowtie pasta (1 cup per person cooked) at the same time that I sauteed garlic, onions, and extra virgin olive oil for the sauce.  Once the pasta was done, I mixed it into the oil and added a bag of frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots that I heated up in the microwave.  We topped with some parmesan cheese and it was hearty, quick, and filling.