Simple Barbequed Chicken

Cost: $9

Prep: 15 minutes

It's so hoooooooot. I can not make myself cook in this weather. If this were BC (before Charlie), we would just go out.

Alas, those days are no longer, as are further numbered as we will soonish have a newborn and a toddler to deal with. So, we stayed home and did not use the oven.

Matt barbequed some chicken legs. I read that using a citrusy marinade helps reduce the harmful effects of charring meat. With the amount of time Matt has been standing in front of that grill, this seems important.

I made a marinade that is 1/2 lime juice and 1/2 balsamic vinaigrette. Matt hates balsamic vinegar, so he just had barbeque sauce. It was probably the best tasting chicken I have had in a long time. Charlie loved it, and he ate two legs.

I did have to generate some heat by using the toaster to make us some garlic toast as a side. We also ate a giant bowl of Greek salad--although we were out of tomatoes.

Fresh and Tasty Summer Sausages

Prep: 20 minutes

Cost: $11

Yes, this meal was as good as it looks.

I made a great Greek salad as our vegetable source. Lots of red peppers, onions, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, black olives, and feta. Olives and feta were both on sale for $0.99 per hundred grams this week!

Our starch was yellow skinned potatoes with fresh chives and green onions from our garden. Yum!

Our protein was Chorizo sausages cooked on the barbeque.

For dessert, we had watermelon because that is what you do in the summer.

Our setting was our beautiful patio, although a couple wasps annoyed me very much!

Prawn Fettucini with Greek Salad

Cost: $12

Prep: 40 minutes

This dinner was expensive, and there was a lot of prep, but it was so good and oh so worth it!

I started by making a Greek salad. we already had the green pepper at home, and while at the store, we noticed black olives, tomatoes, feta, and cucumber were all on sale. However, anything with this many ingredients adds up.

Prawns were also on sale. $1 per pound. The only thing that annoyed me was the ones we bought (from the seafood counter) were still kind of frozen, and by the time that I was cooking, there was about 5 ounces of water in the bag, and I hate that I paid for that. Add another tick to the "Reasons to Stop Shopping at Thrifty's" list.

Anyway, I cleaned the prawns.















I lightly cooked the prawns in a bit of olive oil.
















I added 3/4 of a Garlic Philadelphia cooking cream.

















While I was doing this, I cooked up some Oliveri fettucini noodle. They came in little nests, which looked cool, but something about this made them stick really bad while cooking. Although it tasted good, I'm not sure that this is a product I will buy again (although I do have more to use up).

Anyway, everyone enjoyed this meal, including Charlie who made a solid attempt to eat off his big boy plate. However, it turns out that Chuck is not a fan of prawns. Who's child is this? Just kidding; we will love him despite his short comings :)