Weight: 270 lbs.
Mood: Everything is Okay!
Water Consumed: 2 Nalgenes
Breakfast: Oatmeal with Cinnamon
Lunch: Hobo Soup
Dinner: Tacos
Hangry Thought of the Day: Darned email security systems, blocking my perfectly good macro enabled workbooks!
Just a quick word on dinner. A friend of mine decided to exercise rule four last night for my dinner. He made tacos for the family and I did indulge in a couple, but I kept it to a minimum to stay within the rules of the project.
So today we are going to talk about the third recipe I made during week 1, and by far my favorite. Cauliflower Cheese Bake from the book Good and Cheap.
Ingredients:
- 2 tbs. Salt
- 1 head of cauliflower, cut to bite sized pieces
- 1 tbs. butter,
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp of chili flakes
- 1 bay leaf (skipped)
- 1 tbs. flower
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 6oz. of Cheddar, shredded
- Pepper to taste
- Pre-heat oven to 400
- Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add the cauliflower and salt. Boil for 4 minutes. The drain the cauliflower.
- Oil Baking Dish, and put the cauliflower in it.
- Melt butter in a sauce pan, add garlic, chili flakes, and bay leaf. Cook for about 1 minutes
- Add flour to thicken the mixture (called roux)
- Slowly stir in milk slowly. Bring the mixture just to a soft boil, usually 5 to 7 minutes.
- Stir in cheese and stir until it all melts.
- Remove bay leaf and pour over cauliflower
- Bake for 40 minutes
This dish lasted my four meals, and was my main course in a couple. I really like this dish, and I can see myself cooking it, even when I am not on the project. It's also a GREAT way to get your kids to eat vegetables. The book offers some additions that you can add to spice this up, so go take a peak at the above link if you are interested.
Also I got a couple more donations through work:
The pumpkin spice chips chips have me thinking. If I can squeeze in some vanilla into my budget this week, I can bake cookies from my pantry and use them to raise awareness at work!
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