Peanut Butter in my Hair {Motherhood is Sticky}: Savory Saturday: Update Dinner Book 1 {May/June 2003} Complete!

Woo hoo!

We have completed the first book {several weeks ago and I am just catching up now} in our Update Dinner Challenge! I can't believe it. I am shocked we stuck with it, shocked at the success and generally enjoying eating again so much more!

Let's recap the first Book, May/June 2003 (headings are the headings from the sections of the book, in case you're playing along at home! I have linked to recipes if we skipped, to the posts about the recipe if we did it.)

Sweet Favorites:

Lemon Pie with Pecan Crumb Crust Thumbs up from PBDad, Thumbs Down from PBkids, I forgot to try it!

Freeze it:

Vegetable Lasagna Thumbs up from PBDad, Me and PBboy, thumbs down from PBgirl
Easy Chunky Tomato Sauce (used with the Chicken Parmigiana)

In Season: Strawberries

we made 2 of the four recipes, click the link above to read bout them!

Lunch box:

Hummus Vegetable Sandwich not made due to allergies

After-school Snack

Cheddar-carrot balls -many thumbs up from playgroup mom and kids

How to:

Dinner Home Fries - 3 thumbs up from everyone but the picky, I only eat potato in chip form, eater.
Peach-ginger chutney with golden raisins - not made due to allergies

Five Chicken Dinners:

Braised Chicken with Mushrooms 3 and half thumbs up from the PBFamily (that includes pick eater!)
Sauteed Chicken in mustard-cream sauce same as above, we like chicken around here!
Grilled Chicken cutlets with squash and tomatoes ditto to the above
Chicken Parmigiana 4 thumbs up
Almond-Apricot chicken with mint-pesto - not made due to allergies

Light Dinners:

Stuffed Peppers old favorite, 3 thumbs up. PBboy eats all but the pepper and PBgirl picks out the sausage, it's a win!
Curried Shrimp(recipe not online) we didn't make this because we don't eat shrimp, and would have to buy a lot of ingredients that we would never use again. Slightly cheating yes.
Cod with Leeks and tomatoes - giving it 4 thumbs up because PBgirl at the fish!
Black Bean and Corn Stew - 2 and half thumbs up
Turkey sandwich with apple and Havarti

More Main Dishes

Spicy cornmeal-crusted catfish we didn't make these, not for lack of trying though! We could not find catfish (of a quality worthy of eating) at any of our local shops.
Salmon with scallion relish 2 (parental) thumbs up
Marinated Flank Steak - 3 thumbs up, everyone keeps asking to make it again!
Macaroni and Cheese -1 thumb up
Meatloaf Burgers with quick ketchup - we cheated again and skipped this one, it's just getting too hot for so many dinners that require our oven on for so long, maybe we will come back to it.
Egg and Toast ideas 4 thumbs up
Tortilla Soup - 3thumbs up

On the side

Glazed carrots 3 thumbs up
Roasted Zucchini with thyme - parents love, kids won't touch
Baked plum tomatoes - tomatoes aren't growing here yet so it was too expensive to try this when we know PBDad is the only one who likes tomatoes. I will probably make it for our annual Pig and Pinot Party though!
Oven baked creamy polenta - 2 thumbs from the adults half a thumb from the kids
Cole slaw - everyone tried it, PBDad kind of liked it, half a thumb
Mashed Green Peas - 2thumbs

Desserts

Since our goal is dinners, we will be skipping some of these based on ingredients, time, etc.

rhubarb crisp (skipped)
carrot cupcakes with cream cheese icing - I have actually made these before and the kids love them and don't know the carrot is in them, although they are not fans of the frosting. (skipped this week, too hot for the oven)
chocolate molasses cookies
buttermilk custard with raspberry sauce
chocolate angel-food cake sandwiches

Sunday Dinner (and Monday too) - we skipped this due to the too hot to cook