Veg Jambalaya “Fiesta Rice & Bean Patties”
I accidentally doubled my recipes the last time I made my vegetable jambalaya…so I needed creative ways to use up the extra. I decided to toss in some beans for protein and make a patty! It’s really taste, crisp on the outside and moist inside. Try it out! 1 ½ cups vegetable...
Chicken and Rice Burrito
This recipe uses leftover veg jambalaya rice and some chicken breast, but you’d never guess it was a meal made from extra odds and ends from throughout the week! The tortilla becomes so warm and almost flakey, while the stuffing fills you up…a great simple sauce, and you can’t beat it! Use...
Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is probably my mom’s favorite dessert. For some reason, whenever we see it on a menu she instantly exclaims “I loooove rice pudding!” Because of her unexplainable love for this dessert, I sometimes randomly make it in the middle of the week. It’s homey and helps with relaxing after a...
Salmon Quesadilla
My mom’s favorite food might be salmon…when we were in Alaska she literally ate it for every meal. I decided to combine her love of salmon and my love of Mexican to make a salmon quesadilla for dinner. Everything was thrown together with what we already had in our refrigerator. This cheesy...
Potato Skin Crisps
One of the few things I absolutely HATE in the kitchen is wasting food. Because of this aversion, I often come up with fun ways to use what most people think is junk. For example, I was peeling 5 pounds of potatoes recently…so I kept the skins. Normally the scraps would just...
Meatball Sub
Leftovers are inevitable when you cook for your family, therefore it’s always important to figure out how to use up said leftovers! For example, take meatballs…you can easily turn this into a delicious and well rounded meal. Since my brother doesn’t usually eat many vegetables, I like to sneak in some pan...
