June was the end of the school year, so we ended up going out a few days in a row. There's a bit of a lull mid-month.
Overall I made 46 things in June.
June 1
Hasselback Potatoes
June 3
Greek-Style Chicken Kebabs with Lemon and Oregano (Dinner)
I've cooked this 16 times before
Avocado Toast (Lunch)
On griddled bread, using the same technique as last time.
Zov's Hummus
Used a different kind of tahini and what a difference! Way nuttier, a little roasted. I've been using whole foods 365 and this is a fancier version called Once Again.
I've cooked this 29 times before
June 4
Hot Dogs (Lunch)
Had playdates for the kids. Hot dogs, watermelon, chips for everyone.
I debated how to cook the hot dogs. Grill, BBQ, boil, microwave, oven? I finally decided on oven and I think it was a good idea. Neutral flavor, and I heated up the buns at the same time.
Roasted Vegetables
Zucchini
June 5
Rice Bean Cheese Burrito (Kid's Lunch)
I've cooked this 14 times before
Sauteed Cabbage
June 6
Oatmeal (Breakfast)
I've cooked this 10 times before
Bun Bowl (Dinner)
With grilled pork chops (Vietnamese Home Cooking, pg 154)
These are great! Really easy everyone loved them.
I served them with white rice and chopped cilantro. Also thinly sliced carrots that I tossed with a little rice vinegar and salt. The meat juice was great on top; when that ran out soy sauce was fine.
Grilled Onions
Spring and a fresh yellow onion
Roast Vegetables
Brocolli
I've cooked this just once before
June 7
Hasselback Potatoes
June 11
Scrambled Eggs (Breakfast)
No starch, no cubed butter. Just a bit of butter for the pan. It was fine, maybe not quite as good but pretty close.
I've cooked this 35 times before
Avocado Toast (Lunch)
On griddled bread
The Best Basic Guacamole
Salmon With Salsa Fresca (Dinner)
Easy and great. I don't think I've grilled salmon before but it was super easy. I used a thermometer to decide when to take them off- I had a thicker piece that took longer than the recommended time. The salsa was nice too.
June 12
The Best Basic Guacamole
I'd saved some of the onion-cilantro mixture from yesterday. Some new avocados, lime and chopped cilantro and there's another batch. My avocados weren't quite ripe but it was still ok
Green Salad
With a bunch of leftovers- salmon from yesterday, rotisserie chicken and cauliflower from the farmers market.
I've cooked this 20 times before
Thai-Style Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang)
Made this for tomorrow night's dinner.
My timer didn't go off twice in a row so it went a little longer but still looks good. I guess we'll find out tomorrow night!
I've cooked this just once before
June 13
Simple Grilled-Potato Salad With Grilled-Lemon Vinaigrette
June 15
Asparagus
June 16
Herby Three-Bean Salad (Dinner)
Easy, healthy - good combo! A nice change from some meat-heavy dishes, although it would have been better on a warm day (the weather cooled down considerably today).
This reminded me of some Zov's salads, but was a ton easier - just fewer ingredients, but the same fresh taste.
June 18
Pancakes (Breakfast)
From a mix (leftover from camping), with chocolate chips.
I've cooked this just once before
Hot Dogs (Lunch)
For a bunch (gaggle?) of kids. Baked, so easy.
Pasta
With a store-bought red sauce. I cooked up 1lb meat & onions (in my biggest pan, a 14" pan, and it seemed to work well - maybe try taco meat in that next time), and saved 2/3 of that for the future. I added the store-bought red sauce to the remaining 1/3, and it was good.
June 19
Scrambled Eggs (Breakfast)
Just maybe 1tbp in the pan, none cubed up (but still the potato starch slurry), some grated cheese on top. I thought these were kind of meh but I didn't get complaints.
I've cooked this 36 times before
Hot Dogs (Lunch)
A combo of mini hot dogs and regular hot dogs for a late lunch. I put the buns in at the same time as the hot dogs, 10 minutes at 400º. Too long for the buns, I should've added them after 5 minutes.
Pasta (Dinner)
My pomarola (1/2 of a jar) mixed with 1/3 of the meat & onions from yesterday. I froze a mix of the remaining 1/2 jar of pomarola and 1/3 of the meat & onions.
I've cooked this just once before
June 20
Oven-Baked Ribs
They're great, even though it was hot outside and I made them in the oven. Should've BBQd I guess.
Roasted Cauliflower
Chicken and Rice
It's going to be even hotter tomorrow, so I made this tonight so I wouldn't have to cook tomorrow.
~3.25lbs of legs, which worked out to 5, and it fit the pan well. I moved the chicken to the outside of the pan to leave room for the onions and celery and later the rice in the middle. We'll see how it worked tomorrow!
June 21
Zov's Hummus (Lunch)
Also tried this as a kid's lunch for a day - it didn't go well (he couldn't find the hummus) but he wants to try again next week so we'll see!
I've cooked this 30 times before
Bagels with Cream Cheese (Kid's Lunch)
June 22
Roasted Vegetables
Zucchini. Cut into chunks, tossed with olive oil, salt and dried oregano.
June 23
Skillet Charred Broccolini
I didn't bother with the garlic.
I've cooked this just once before
June 25
Salmon With Salsa Fresca
With BBQ Onions
I had some great salmon from the farmers market, but not the ingredients for the salsa. Oh well.
The salmon still turned out great. It took a few minutes longer than the recipe indicated- I tried to hit 120° for medium-rare as mentioned in https://www.seriouseats.com/grilled-salmon-fillets
I've cooked this just once before
Green Salad
Greens from the garden!
I've cooked this 21 times before
June 26
Zov's Hummus (Kid's Lunch)
I've cooked this 31 times before
Roasted Vegetables
Zucchini
Detroit-Style Pan Pizza Recipe (Dinner)
I put it on the bottom of the oven and the bottom started to burn, so I moved it up to the lowest rack (well, the lowest rack I had in, which was maybe in the middle). This stopped the burning but the bottom still tasted a bit burned. But the pizza is so good I guess it didn't really matter and everyone ate some.
We ate just over half of the pizza. In a few years I guess I'll be making two.
June 27
Beans
Rancho Gordo garbanzo
I've cooked this 16 times before
June 28
Sauteed Cabbage
My son ate two servings! Sauteed with butter and olive oil over medium heat until it gets a little blackened.
Pasta e Ceci (Pasta With Chickpeas) (Dinner)
I discarded some of the bean broth, which meant that I didn't have enough for this recipe. I added 2 cups of chicken broth but it wasn't quite enough, so the pasta ended up a little dry. Also more salt next time.
June 29
Roasted Vegetables
Crookneck squash. These were great, I hit the salt perfectly and they cooked up just a little crisp.
June 30
Corn
Soaked in water, roasted in the oven. I've made this a ton of times, but I guess it hasn't been recorded here. The recipe:
- Soak corn (in the husk) for about 20 minutes
- Cook that in the oven (turning once) at 400º for about 20-25 minutes
- Remove, shuck, cover in butter & salt & pepper
They were from a veggie box and had some worms in the tips. I'm in the habit of cutting off the ends before I even look so no one gets grossed out.