Laura Vegas

At the start of 2018, I decided to challenge myself to work at least 2-3 new recipes into our meals each week. I decided to also share those new recipes here on my blog every Monday. The following recipes made their way into our meals last week.

Baked Garlic Parmesan Potato Wedges | Creme de la Crumb

Thoughts: I have a lot of french fry/potato wedge recipes pinned on my Pinterest boards, so I just randomly picked one to try the other night to serve with hamburgers. I had some russet potatoes that I wanted to use up, and all of the ingredients were things I always have on hand, which is nice. Super easy to make, which is always a plus in my book. And they were really good. I should have cooked them a bit longer, to get them a little crispier (or turned on the broiler for a few minutes at the end). But they were really tasty and the family liked them.

Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches | Flying On Jess Fuel

Thoughts: I haven't done much breakfast prep for the last few weeks, as we had plenty of options to work with already. But I needed to re-stock the freezer with some easy to grab options, and this time, I wanted to try out some breakfast sandwiches. These are pretty straight forward, so you wouldn't really need a recipe to make them. But I always like to see how others make things, in case there's tips or tricks that I wouldn't think of. I saw on this particular recipe that she used ramekins to cook the eggs in the oven, and this worked great to get that perfect round shape to fit on the english muffins. I used a thick cut ham that Joe likes for these, along with slices of cheddar cheese. 

I used this same concept to also make breakfast sandwiches with mini bagels. I didn't want to use the ramekins to cook the eggs for those, since they would have been a bit too big in size. So I cooked the eggs in a muffin tin in the oven. These ended up being a little too small in size, but they still worked well. I used sliced deli ham for the bagels, along with shredded cheddar cheese. I'm hoping the shredded cheese isn't quite as messy, once the sandwich is heated up – I mainly used it, as opposed to the sliced cheese, because I had it on hand and wanted to use it up. 

I wrapped all of the sandwiches individually in saran wrap, and placed them all in freezer bags in the freezer. They'll be easy to grab and heat up in the microwave in the morning. And will hopefully keep Joe from stopping to get his favorite fast food breakfast sandwiches after work in the morning 😉