DISCLAIMER:
The thoughts featured in the post and video are mine and mine alone!
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve POSTED a video about my Food Prep adventure for the week, but I’ve still been cooking and recording them. This week, you get three videos (although technically only two recipes) to entertain you!
We’re going to work back in time and start with this past week’s Open-Faced Tacos! Now, aside from the cheese that I toss in with the chicken, this recipe has a lot of veggies (for me, at least), uses gluten free tortillas, AND can be eaten hot or cold. (If you’re not into that whole dairy thing, just omit the cheese. I promise the tacos will still be easy to make, and still taste pretty good.) Yay convenience!
I also try to give you a glimpse into how even one-handed chefs can use that sweet little veggie slicer I have. Just be careful when washing it, because getting the blade attachment out can be tough sometimes!
The other recipe that I made twice in the previous weeks included the most commonly found vegetable in our garden now… the zucchini! We have had some monster ones grow, and the one featured in the picture below (with Bacon the Sous Chef) wasn’t even close to one of the biggest!
So the first video I went into trying to make Zucchini Lasagna for the first time ever. Even though almost everything was prepped for me before I got home, I still get really anxious trying a recipe for the first time. I think I bit off a little more than I could chew, and didn’t love the presentation of the first lasagna. Sure, it tasted very good, but just didn’t look as clean and intact as I would have liked.
When I thought about a few quick modifications to the recipe, as well as deciding to cook a slightly smaller portion size, the second attempt went much better. The pieces held together better when being served, and the texture was even better!
The main drawback for this recipe for some of you reading this…. is that I used a LOT of cheese! If you’ve seen other dishes that I’ve made, you know I like cheese a lot. In most of my dishes, I mention that the omission of cheese would still make the dish taste great. On this one, you’re probably going to want to go somewhere else to find your cheese-less lasagna!
My plan for the next few weeks is to cook using AT LEAST one item straight from the garden for the meal I make. With the out-of-control amount of zucchini we have, plan on some fun recipes with that! Also, it seems as though in the next few weeks we’ll be overrun (seriously…. dozens and dozens) by tomatoes. So, we’ll see how that goes!
What do you guys think of these videos? I love getting feedback that they’ve given you ideas for your own meals, or that at the very least that you’re entertained by them. Let me know!
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