Zucchini, Cheese, and Herb Muffins

From Muffin Magic page 47

Trying for breakfasts. Fresh on Monday morning, frozen and thawed/toasted the rest of the week.

Halving the recipe to make 9 muffins.

Chicken Kara-age with Green Onion Sauce

From Just Bento by Makiko Itoh
page 35

French Onion Salisbury Steak

From free "Cuisine at Home" sample magazine
Page 34 - 35

This is one of my favorite dishes. I'd never made it before, but my mom has and I've always loved it.

I used 80/20 ground beef (the butcher said it was the same thing as ground chuck)... this lead to a VERY fatty dish. Not to say it wasn't tasty... it was just very fatty. After refrigerating it, it was really obvious how much fat was in it because it all clumped together in an orange-ish (because of the beef broth) film. It all melted in the microwave though! Next time, I'll probably sacrifice a little bit of the flavor for leaner beef.

With crock pot mac & cheese on the side... yummmm.

Scramble 1

Today for lunch I decided that eggs sounded pretty good. I didn't have a lot of time, and I didn't have any pre-shredded cheese so I just wung it. Winged it?

Regardless of proper tense, I liked what I made so much that I've decided to temporarily abandon my usually cheese- or cheese-onion scrambles (sometimes with ham) and try out various mixtures of stuff in scrambles.

Here's what I did today:
- eggs
- green onion
- paprika
- salt
- pepper
- more butter than was strictly necessary

Delicious!