A New Meal out of Leftovers

I was so mad at myself earlier for not getting my morning workout in today. Then I got over it. I’ll just work out extra long tomorrow.

Today I had to pick up shirts J had brought to get embroidered for work. I couldn’t believe for the small four letters per the four shirts he had embroidered it cost $38.00 I don’t even think the shirts cost that much (thank you Ross). You’d think the machine I could hear in the back was just for show and they were doing it by hand at that price.

This daylight savings is throwing me off today. I prepared dinner at 5 thinking it was later. I’m not even hungry yet. I don’t like eating dinner early because I tend to get hungry right before bed when I do. Eating later works for us.

Mexican Casserole

To make tonight’s dinner I used my leftovers for Saturday nights dinner.
I took 3 flour tortillas and cut them up into squares.

Then I placed a single layer of the flour squares on the bottom of an oven safe dish.
I added a layer of rice I made sat. night.
Then I took the beans from the other night and drained the liquid they were in and rinsed them. In a sauce pan I added the beans and added the leftover enchilada sauce to the pan. Cooked for a couple minutes then layered the beans on top of the rice.
I added another single layer of the remaining tortilla squares on top of the beans.
Then I added a cheese sauce mixture I made by adding 1/2 cup of heavy cream (I know I’ve used a lot of heavy cream these past few days but I need to use it up) and three handful of shredded Monterrey jack to a sauce pan. Cooked over medium heat until melted.
I added two chopped tomatoes and 3 chopped green onions to the cheese sauce.



Cooked in a 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly about 45 minutes. I let it cool for 10/15 minutes for the cheese cool a bit.

This was good but a little heavy. Maybe I didn't need to use so much cheese. I will definitely have to double my workout tomorrow.

Good food choices I made today
Breakfast ~ 1 slice of whole wheat toast and 1 scrambled egg
Snack ~ orange
Lunch ~ almond nut and honey sandwich on whole wheat bread and a kiwi
Snack ~ healthy peanut butter cookie
Dinner ~ see above. ;)

Trader Joes has the best Almond Butter and Honey.


Work
Today was good. We received two auditons for clients and we received the travel itinerary for one of our clients that is flying to NY next week for a few days to hang out with the director of a big studio film to play the lead.

Looking forward to Conan's premiere tonight. Oh how I missed you.

What's for Dinner...

I decided to watch "The Matrix". Never saw it so I figured I might as well since I'm probably the only one who hasn't. I wasn't missing anything. Couldn't really get into it. I probably shouldn't say that since most of the time, I was flipping through Jamie Oliver's cookbook "Jamie's Dinners". Yummy! I also put some chicken in the oven for tonight's dinner.


I also planned out dinner for the next four nights.

Tonight: Pasta with Chicken and a Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing

Monday: Mexican Casserole - with my leftovers from last night's dinner.

Tuesday: Vegetable Soup and Sandwich (not sure yet what kind)

Wednesday: Pasta with a Garden Sauce made out of the leftover veggies from the soup.

So we are having Christmas dinner at our home this year. Whenever we host holiday dinners I like to make the traditional dishes we have every year and everyone expects. But I also like to make new dishes to add something different to the menu. On Friday I came up with a recipe for Stuffing topped Mac and Cheese.


It was a hit with J and T so I think I'll make this for sure. Not bad for my first try. Now I just need to come up with a new veggie dish and a dessert. It gets easier and easier every year.


I have leftover mac and cheese (without the stuffing). So in a pan, I add the leftover M&C, some soy milk, and heavy cream to thin the cheese out. After a few minutes, I added some parmesan cheese, white pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. I added the chicken I cooked earlier.

This doesn't look as good as it tasted. But it was de~li~cious.

T just got home. She's been gone since yesterday afternoon. She hasn't stopped talking since she walked in the door. She reminds me of myself when I was younger.