I like to cook. I enjoy trying new things. My friend Leah has a site telling everyone what her meal plan is for two weeks at a time. I enjoy looking at it and seeing what's for dinner at their house that night. It also gives me ideas for meals and recipes. I get a lot of my recipes from friends or family and magazines, so I don't have links to all of my recipes... but I've decided to post my meal plan for you all to read and if you are interested in a recipe I'll gladly send it your way. How's that? Maybe it will be interesting to someone as to what I cook for a person on a low sodium diet. Basically, I can use salt substitute and also I look for canned goods with "no salt added" and that makes a big difference.
It's not on my meal plan, but I've been wanting to try cooking with scallops. I've never eaten them and they just look interesting. Too bad they're like $11 a pound or something crazy like that. So... if you've eaten scallops let me know if it's even worth it. I do meal plans only one week at a time.
Sat- family gathering... I made chili, rice crispy treats, peanut butter chex mix
Sun- leftovers
Mon- creamy orzo with baked chicken, cucumbers
Tues- black bean and corn quesadillas, salad
Wed- stuffed peppers
Thurs- chicken curry pot pie
Fri- chili (again) :)
* Back ups... I always have back up meals in case I just can't get to the store. I usually have potato soup as a back up and also spaghetti on hand as a back up.
Here's the recipe for the quesadillas. It's super easy and good!
2 tsp olive oil
3 T finely chopped onion
1 Can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 Can whole kernel corn, drained (or I use the can that the black beans came out of and use frozen corn)
1 T brown sugar
1/4 C salsa (or if I don't have that I just put in some spices like cumin, chili powder, oregano, and basil and cayenne pepper)
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
2 T butter, divided
flour tortillas
shredded colby/jack cheese
sour cream
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, and cook until softened, about 2 min. Stir in beans and corn, then add sugar, salsa, and pepper flakes- mix well. Cook until heated through, about 3 min.
Melt a pat of butter in a large skillet over medium low heat. Put a tortilla in there, put a little cheese on there and then some of the bean mixture and then I either fold it over (if I have the larger burrito sized flour tortillas) or put another tortilla on top like a sandwich. Push it down with a spatula so the cheese will glue it together. Look under there after a few minutes and see if it's browned and then if it is flip it over and cook on the other side. Cut with a pizza cutter and then eat with sour cream.
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Mmm quesadillas...you're making me hungry.
Scallops are sort of funny to me, I think it's because they look so much like marshmallows and taste so much like fish. The texture is not exactly what you expect from the exterior either, but they aren't bad. I don't think you'd need a pound, you could wrap them in bacon, broil them and serve them as a side with fish.
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