As many of you know who cook on a regular basis, it's sometimes tough to figure out what to cook on any given night. When did I last make that? Do I have the ingredients to make that dish? What can I cook that we haven't had in a while? Well, being tired of thumbing through pages of recipes in a folder, I decided to put them all down on an Excel spreadsheet. Laura helped round out the list and reminded me of certain dishes. In addition to the main courses, we included some veggies as well. So without further adieu, here's that list!
| Main Dish |
| Red meat | |
| Steak with blue cheese crust |
| Hamburgers with seasoning |
| Tacos |
| Stuffed Peppers |
| |
| Fish | |
| Trout with mushrooms/peppers |
| Breaded Catfish |
| Maple glazed salmon |
| Shrimp scampi |
| Crab legs |
| Scallops |
| |
| Pork | |
| Ribs |
| Chops in rub |
| Dijon chops |
| |
| Chicken | |
| Grilled and barbecued |
| Baked with pesto |
| Oven fried chicken |
| Marinated grilled breasts |
| Cashew chicken |
| |
| Stir fry peanut sauce with chicken or meat |
| |
| Butternut Squash risotto |
Vegetables
|
| Acorn Squash |
| Butternut squash |
| Steamed broccoli |
| Baked broccoli |
| Garlic and herb green beans |
| Sugar snap peas |
| Roasted brussel spouts |
| Cider brussel sprouts |
| Sauteed spinach |
|
| Sliced potatoes with parm |
| Sweet potato |
| Sweet potato fries |
|
| Plantains |
|
| Corn on the cob |
| Bagged corn |
2 comments:
This is a good idea. I'm trying to cook more regularly these days and I don't have a huge menu of standards, so I'm always flying by the seat of my pants.
Maybe I should make a list too.
We tend to buy meat in bulk, so at least I can open the freezer at any given time and find something that will be a main dish.
I have a bag of cooking tricks involving techniques (sauteing, broiling, braising, etc.) and flavor combinations I've learned (French, Italian, Spanish, New Mexican, Chinese, Indian). We have list of vegetables and proteins that Wife and I will both eat that we stock our larder with. And I improvise using those for most day-to-day meals.
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