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Menu du jour school meals : 27 Recipes


  • Recipe Easy Back-to-School Meals #4: Shredded BBQ Pork Pizza
    Easy Back-to-School Meals #4: Shredded BBQ Pork Pizza
    Here is my last photographed use for the shredded pork I made in the slow cooker.  My apologies for how lousy these pictures are, but we were hungry and just snapped some quick shots.  Please don't let the lousiness of the photos deter[...]
  • Recipe Easy Back-to-School Meals #3: Shredded BBQ Pork Sandwich
    Easy Back-to-School Meals #3: Shredded BBQ Pork Sandwich
    Here is another simple, delicious and super fast idea on how to use that shredded pork I made in the slow cooker.  This one is so easy, it is ridiculous.  It is also one of my very favorite ways to use the left over[...]
  • Recipe Easy Back-to-School Meals #1: Slow Cooker Shredded Pork Carnitas
    Easy Back-to-School Meals #1: Slow Cooker Shredded Pork Carnitas
    I have a serious love for this recipe.  I've been making this shredded pork roast in my slow cooker for going on 3 years now.  I had never bothered to write down the way I made it until recently when a friend asked for instructions.[...]
  • Recipe Easy Back-to-School Meals #2: Shredded Pork Spring Mix Salad with Blackberries and Chevre
    Easy Back-to-School Meals #2: Shredded Pork Spring Mix Salad with Blackberries and Chevre
    I am not a salad eater.  Really.  I have tried in the past few years to learn to like salad though.  Salads like this one however, make it easier all the time.  This meal is another fast, satisfying and delicious idea for[...]
  • Recipe One pot meals
    One pot meals
    Hey, look, she's back again! Since I'm enjoying a relaxing evening in tonight, I felt the need to share my first dinner cooked in my new apartment. I use the term "Cook" loosely here as I have no working oven and temperamental gas stove tops. I[...]
  • Recipe Veganmofo: Easy school lunch
    Veganmofo: Easy school lunch
    Now, the important thing to remember here is that I have never before made a grain salad. I wasn't entirely sure how to, so perhaps this dish is really just cold rice and veggies. Having only ever sampled grain salads from grocery delis where every[...]
  • Recipe Prepared meals versus cooked food
    Prepared meals versus cooked food
    I often wonder why I turn to foods that are naturally easy to ?prepare?, than cook myself.  I know I don?t necessarily have the time or equipment at the moment to cook day-to-day (I live in a dorm, duh.)  Is that really the reason though?[...]
  • Recipe Prepared meals versus cooked food
    Prepared meals versus cooked food
    I often wonder why I turn to foods that are naturally easy to ?prepare?, than cook myself.  I know I don?t necessarily have the time or equipment at the moment to cook day-to-day (I live in a dorm, duh.)  Is that really the reason though?[...]
  • Recipe Lunch Makeover: Fast, Healthy Meals for Kids
    Lunch Makeover: Fast, Healthy Meals for Kids
    The best lunch is one that’s nutritious and quick to prepare, but also fun to eat. Pack a punch with tips from 4 Ingredients authors Kim McCosker and Rachael Bermingham. By Kim McCosker And Rachael Bermingham Encouraging your[...]
  • Recipe School dinners: the horror, the horror
    School dinners: the horror, the horror
    Rediscovering crumble a couple of weeks back put me in mind of all the awful school food I endured in the early 70s. With the help of a scholarship and a kindly attitude towards clergy daughters, I spent a very happy six years at what was then[...]