Good Eats

I feel like I'm still in a food rut, but in the other direction this time. I discovered (and in a few cases, rediscovered) some real gems to make this month and now that's all I want to eat!

Here's a list of our GOOD EATS!

Cafe Rio's Pork Salad

After the first time I made it, I decided to do omit the black bean recipe and make a black bean and corn relish instead. I just tossed together one can each (drained and rinsed) of black beans and corn, some finely chopped red onion and jalapeno, cilantro, salt and the fresh lime juice. All to taste. Yum. Don't skip the rice though, it's the first cilantro lime rice/spanish recipe I like. And I've tried to make quite a few.

Grilled Chicken Pesto Panini

Don't change a thing on this baby! Especially the roasted red pepper. Making your own roasted red pepper is not an exact science. I wash a red pepper, put it in the oven at 450 and turn every few minutes when I see that the skin has blackened on one side. When the whole pepper is decently black or blistered, I take it out, put it in a plastic bag for 10 minutes. After that the skin comes right off and I slice it open, seed it and slice into strips.

Tomato Soup

I double or triple the batch so I make sure I have plenty because once you try it, you'll want it for lunch all week. I promise. I've used fat free half and half (thanks for the tip, Paula!) or evaporated milk instead of cream keeping it as healthy as possible. Serve with either of the panini's listed here and you'll never go back to Panera again!

Cream of Wild Rice and Chicken Soup

I've been in a soup mood lately!

Beautiful Kelly's Veggie Pita Pockets

To give credit where credit is due, I kept the title of this recipe the same for the post, but since I'm pretty finicky with pita (it just has to be fresh and I rarely have fresh pita!) I just throw the veggies together for a salad. Thus, I call it. . .well, uh, I don't actually call it anything. It's salad.

The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich

In finding some of these recipes, I found two new websites that will give added menu inspiration in the coming weeks!