Dinner

We had an interesting mix of good and bad for dinner tonight. We're trying to cook more from our freezer, fridge, and pantry this week (I still spent a ridiculous amount at the grocery store this week).

Tonight and tomorrow's menu looks like this:

Chicken nuggets
Butternut squash soup
Turnip fries

Yes, you read that right - we had TURNIP fries for dinner tonight. We have had turnips in our last couple of CSA boxes. One of the recipes the CSA sent out was for turnip fries. Basically turnips (cut like fries) with Parmesan cheese, onion powder, and paprika baked in the oven at 425 for 15-20 minutes. I don't know that I have EVER had turnips before (I think Stephen has). I can tell you that I will NOT be having them this way again. I can't decide if they didn't actually cook all the way or what, but the fries weren't particularly enticing (dipped in BBQ sauce they were edible, but that's not a selling point).

The chicken nuggets and the soup, on the other hand, were DELICIOUS. I did half the nuggets by "frying" them in the pan and baked the other half. The fried ones were wonderful, and I'm sure the baked ones will be good too. Not all the ingredients were truly "real food" approved because I used what I had on hand like frozen chicken breasts and bread crumbs (I did a mix of Panko and regular), but the goal was to cook a good meal using what we had on hand. Moment of honesty: I did try to make my own real-food approved bread crumbs, but I managed to burn the bread! Oops! Next time :)

Thursday and Friday I'm making a stirfry with pork tenderloin (already in our freezer) and whatever veggies are in our vegetable drawer!