Veggie Panini

Another simple and delicious recipe! Carmen and both really, really liked this panini. It was a very light and refreshing meal. We weren't able to find any roasted eggplant, so we used sun dried tomatoes, and they added a really nice flavor. I must have had the heat up to high, because I burned the first piece of bread. Fortunately, we had some extra so I turned the heat down and didn't cook it as long as the recipe said, and they turned out perfect.

Cranberry Chicken Salad

Tonight we had Cranberry Chicken Salad. In line with this week's theme, it was very simple to prepare. I've never been a big fan of chicken salads in the past, but this one had a very unique, sweet flavor from the cranberries and poppy seed dressing. I left the celery out of mine because raw celery is one of the few foods that I can not stand! I have really liked these simple recipes this week. They will definitely be some we continue to use even after Lent is over.

Cheesy Spinach Cakes

Now that we are three weeks in, I think we've really gotten into the groove of cooking a fresh, new meal every night. Preparing the meals has gotten easier as we have gotten more organized and have found the best way to do various things in the kitchen. The cleanup afterwards isn't even so bad anymore.

Tonight's recipe was for a side dish of Cheesy Spinach Cakes. Just like the recipe says, they were delightful, sweet, and savory. Carmen made tuna salad sandwiches to go with the spinach cakes. The salad was made of tuna, red onion, Kalamata olives, and a parmesan ranch dressing. I'm usually not a big fan of salad mixtures like this, but this one was very good!