Fifty-2

MENU: May 4, 2012 (Karen)
This week is all about speed. Most meals take less than 30 minutes to cook.  The weather is getting too nice that I don't want to take any more than that to cook our dinners.  I did cook again last week the slow cooker BBQ Chicken from a few weeks ago.   I adapted the recipe to use skinless chicken breasts instead of a whole cut up chicken.  So good.  This recipe will keep making it's rounds around our house.  

The successes are wonderful.  But this past week I did make a stinker.  My son actually said he never wants to see that again.  I crumpled up the recipe and tossed it.  It does happen.  It was a recipe I saw on the Chew.  It was a fava bean salad.  How many people have used fava beans?  I remember it from Silence of the Lambs.  Well,  we pealed the beans out of their casing, then we blanched them, then we had to peal off the shell.  It was so much work, for approximately one cup of beans.  and it was four pounds before processing.  The beans were good and buttery... But then I added the dressing and feta.  Just not good!  So sometimes you have to keep at it and sometimes you come out with some great recipes to use over and over again. And other times.... 3 POINTER!

This week's meals in no particular order:

• BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
• One Dish Chicken and Kielbasa Rice
• Red Pasta Primivera
• BBQ Chicken Pizza
• Italian Subs
• Beef and Bean Sprout Stir Fry