Teriyaki Slow Cooker Meatball Skewers

 


This dish is out of the Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook and uses chicken thighs and oats as its base (here's to making friends with my food processor.) If I make this again, the meatballs could use a few more ingredients to add some life - maybe onions or garlic? Furthermore I would make the meatballs smaller and throw some broccoli in the slow cooker. This was my bad, they were meant to be, like, half the size I made them. They were also meant to be skewers, but we served this over rice because I have a rice addiction.


+ Other Odds and Ends





Guacamole from Magnolia Table - Avocados were on sale at my Publix and this was one of the few appetizer recipes that needed to get crossed off my list. It was good, not much to say here...



Sourdough - Sigh. Friends, this wasn't good. It was obvious after the initial (and secondary) 'rise' that I didn't use my starter at the right point but then I was committed to the bit so I had to bake it anyway. Look, it's edible, but it's not good.


Mesquite Grilled Chicken Fillet (from Sam's Club) with Mixed Veggies - Had some zucchini and a poblano pepper to use up, so I nuked one of these and served it all with some leftover sauce from my last batch of tacos. Highly recommend the frozen chicken, it will become a mainstay in our freezer for nights when I'm making something otherwise vegetarian so my husband doesn't have to suffer the horror of 'just vegetables.'

NOT THAT MUCH EXCITEMENT AROUND THESE PARTS LATELY?! This week will be better. :)


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