Lentils are delicious

I know what you're thinking, that can't be true, but they are - check out the recipe first...

So pics below.  I will definitely make this again because its easy and tastes great. Plus leftovers.

I made twice as many lentils as called for in the recipe to ensure leftovers

 Bell Pepper

 Onion

 Lentils boiling away for 20 minutes

 Chopped up Green Bell Pepper and Onion

 I don't have whole tomatoes at the moment, so I improvised

 Little oil in the pan

 Throw in the veggies

 Lentils are almost done

 Veggies are beginning to get done

 Throw in the tomatoes add salt and pepper to taste

 Lentils twenty minutes later

 Drained

 Oops that's too small

 Put everything in the big pot

20 minutes later on low, simmering.

Now I will say my little one she didn't care for it at all - but the Jello Banana pudding I made for dessert and sadly have no pictures of was a hit.

Meat ... Balls

So tonight's partially improvised meal came to us care of allrecipes, again...

Italian Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs and of course spaghetti noodles.

However I didn't have stewing tomatoes so I just took a can of Hunt's original, and a can of diced tomatoes and used those instead.

I also didn't have any parsley, but I used Italian Bread crumbs and those worked out really well.

I made 20 meatballs instead of 12 to make them a little smaller.

All I can see is DELICIOUS!!

I will for sure make this again, pics below:

Steak

Tonight was Steak.

No recipe needed.

Now I don't have a grill, so I used my tried and true Foreman Grill.

Let me tell you, delicious.

Decided against potatoes because they had gone bad, or at least one had and the bad smelled SO bad.

Anyway, made some pasta with a little butter, lemon juice and parmesan cheese.

Sorry no pictures today, it was too delicious to wait to take pictures.

I'll always be ready for more steak so making this is a no brainer...

Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chiles

I suppose, Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chiles isn't necessarily a meal, but more part of a meal.
In this case it was more of a snack, but frankly that's not important.
This recipe is from a food blog called Oh Bite It.
I may get a few more recipes from here in the future.

It occurred to me, while removing the seeds, that I hadn't ever made anything with peppers before, aside from bell peppers.
It is very important, and I can't stress this enough, that you immediately wash up after handling the peppers and not touch anything, especially your face.
Let me tell you, it doesn't feel good.

That being said, the recipe was very simple to follow.
Although I used smaller peppers, less chicken and Cheddar cheese it still turned out well.

I do think if I make this in the future, I won't put anything on the bacon.
I mean it was easy enough to brush off the excess Chili Powder and Oregano, but it wasn't a flavor that I really liked.

Here are the pics for this one:

Now to get ready to watch the 49ers play the Seahawks in tonight's game.

Kielbasa - yeah, I swapped Saturday and Sunday at the request of my wife...

I'll just say this was another allrecipe one and I should've considered something else, but that's hindsight for you.

All I am going to say is I must have done something wrong.

The cabbage got a little burned and otherwise the whole thing didn't taste that great.

No pics, didn't think it was worth it.

Not doing this again.

White Chicken Chili...soup?

So tonight I tried a new recipe, also from allrecipes, for White Chicken Chili.
Although I would've changed the chili to soup or added soup to the end, but I probably also made it wrong.

Instead of adding corn I added mixed vegetables, because I didn't realize I was out of corn and I like to substitute things.

Also the last part of the recipe was unclear as to whether to two parts needed to be combined, I assumed they should and so I combined them.

Picture below:

I would likely make this again, possibly with some variation on ingredients and if I am pressed for time in the crock pot with whole uncut chicken breasts.

Pork, it's the other white meat and it's what I am having for dinner tonight

Allrecipes.com again for this recipe. What can I say I really like the site.  This was easy to make, I am actually still making them. I searched Google for this mashed potato recipe and they're already done.

I basically wrote this all the previous blog posts talking about this attempt to cook at home while I was waiting for this to finish baking, the only downside of this recipe is waiting 90 minutes to enjoy it. On the plus side I got some dishes cleaned and did some other cleaning around the house while I waited. I bet with slight modification it would be possible to make this in a crock pot as well, I'll have to think about it. Below are some pictures I took while making tonight's dinner. Also this probably isn't healthy cooking, but I don't care. Anyone who has read my blog knows I am fat and loving it.

I didn't get any pictures of the initial preparation. Oh well...
First up we have this picture of the cream of mushroom soup mixed with milk and white wine.

Next up we have the pork chops, after being in the oven for an hour.

 Now we've got the mixture on top of the chops going back in for 30 minutes.

 Meanwhile I've made the mashed potatoes and now I am just waiting for the chops to finish.

Now everything is done and we're all ready to eat!!

 At first I was a little worried because it had a wine like aroma, but you couldn't taste it anymore and after the foil had been off for a few minutes

 My wife Chelsea who is very particular about the "done-ness" of food and she wholeheartedly approved.

 I just took a scoop of mashed potatoes and added it to each plate, covered it in the sauce and chowed down.

Okay so for the record, this was the best thing I've made so far this week. It was AWESOME!!
I've always been a big fan of pork chops.  The sauce made an excellent gravy for the mashed potatoes and there is so much left that it can probably last two lunches, or not...
I am definitely going to save this recipe and make it again some day!