Chorizo Nachos and Raspberry Angel Food Cake

Cost: $12

Prep: 15 minutes

We decided to redo the nachos that didn't go so well last week. We had leftover sausages from last night, and this time, I added enough cheese!

The only problem was that when we bought the cilantro, the store had actually labelled Italian parsley cilanto. Oops. So, the salsa was simply tomato, onion, sugar, and lime..not so great.

Because of our excursion to the raspberry patch today, we have (had) three pounds of raspberries in the fridge. We bought a little whipped cream and an angel food cake to compliment a few of these. What a great dessert. Raspberries are my favorite, but the ones sold in stores taste so wrong. Has anyone else ever noticed that? There is something about raspberries either eaten straight off the bush or saved for later that has so much more flavor than the packaged and shipped store-bought counter-parts.

A Real "What the Crap is for Dinner?" Moment

Cost: $6

Prep time: 10 minutes

Health: 0.5/1 000 000

Did you like the new health rating I added? I did that to point out to you how crappy the dinner I made was.

This dinner was unhealthy for mainly one reason: lack of vegtables. This was due to poor planning. I shouldn't make excuses, but I usually only work 1/2 time, and this week I worked full-time. I didn't plan the meals any further than the protein source.

So when I went to start dinner last night (Italian sausages), I realized we had NO veggies save for 1/2 a cucumber and baby carrots. I did manage to track down an onion, fry that up and add it to the 25% less calories (and 80% less taste) Ragu.

We ended up eating whole-wheat noodles (hence the 0.5 healthiness) with sausage, Ragu, onion, and cheese. This is the kind of meal Matt enjoys, and Charlie ate a little too, but I was not into it.

Charlie's

Mom's

Dad's