By Sumay
To try to be more healthy and transition to a more balanced lifestyle our family has made some changes to several things, including our food. Now Aila and my mom cook breakfast, I cook lunch, and my mom cooks dinner. As I have been cooking every day I wanted to make a list of the recipes and dishes that I cook and add to it whenever I can.
Tuesday, November 16th - Taco Bowl
This recipe is essentially a salad topped with stuff you would normally find in a taco. You can change it around however you like, but this is how I made it.
Ingredients:
Ground Beef
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Peppers
Avocado
Tomatoes
Onions
Cheese (Optional)
Steps:
Cook the ground beef with chopped onion adding whatever seasoning you like
Chop the lettuce and put it at the bottom of the bowl
Thinly slice cucumber and place it on top of the lettuce
Chop up peppers and place it on top of the lettuce as well
Place the cooked ground beef on top of the lettuce as well
Make homemade guacamole or buy it here’s how I made it:
Mash avocado into a bowl
Add diced onions, tomatoes and cucumber until it is like chunky guacamole
Place guacamole in the middle of the taco salad and garnish with parsley and cheese
Wednesday, November 17th - Chicken with Veggies
In this recipe you can really use any type of vegetables you would like but I used peppers and zucchini.
Ingredients:
Zucchini
Egg
Cheese (optional)
Peppers
Chicken
Steps:
Cook your chicken in a pan until it is done the seasonings I put on was salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and cumin (I used chicken breasts but any type of chicken works)
Grate your zucchini and then squeeze out the water
Add eggs and cheese (optional) until all the zucchini is coated and then cook until done
Then chop up your peppers and season with salt, pepper, cumin, and garlic powder and then saute until done
Thursday, November 18th - Chicken Salad
I was feeling kind of lazy so I just made a salad that is super simple.
Ingredients:
Lettuce
Chicken
Peppers
Lemon Juice
Olive Oil
Steps:
Chop the lettuce and put it at the bottom of the bowl
Cook the chicken with salt, pepper, cumin, and garlic powder until it is done
Slice it and place on top of the lettuce along with raw sliced peppers
Mix lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a bowl with whatever proportions you want depending on how sour or salty you want it to make a dressing
Put the dressing on the salad and it’s done
Friday, November 19th - Ham and Bacon Egg Scramble
This recipe is really easy and you can change it however you would like.
Ingredients:
Ham
Bacon
Egg
Spinach
Peppers
Steps:
Cook the bacon and spinach until it is done and add to a bowl
Then chop ham and peppers and add them to the bowl as well
Mix with however many eggs you would like depending on how many people you are cooking for and how much egg you want compared to the other ingredients
Throw it all into a pan and add salt, pepper, and garlic powder until it is done and then serve!
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In this article I will be adding all the recipes I cook for lunch for my family. Most of the time I just look in our fridge and then come up with something random. The recipes usually take 15-30 minutes to make and are super easy if you cook things like chicken and other things ahead of time so all you have to do is throw everything together. I designed a weekly meal plan in Canva that you can use as well to just plan out what you are going to make for the week:
