Meals to make your mouth water.

I don't always make my own recipes for things, and if I don't, then I feel silly posting someone else's recipe up here (unless it's fantastic enough to warrant it). However, I still take pictures of every meal I eat that I'm proud of or...just that I'm eating at the time and is pretty. ;) So I thought I would share the pictures and what the meal consisted of for your amusement and viewing pleasure. It might be useful for meal planning? And if you do see something here that you want the recipe for, I will gladly give it to you.

Lasagna from the Old Spaghetti Factory. 

Not as yummy as I was hoping... there really isn't anything that can beat homemade lasagna.  

Buttermilk Brined Fried Chicken with Basil Alfredo Pasta.

SO YUMMY. I was very pleased with how this turned out. The buttermilk brine brought out all sorts of flavours in the chicken and made it very moist and nice. Mmmmm... Aaron also loved it cold as something to take for his lunches. I need to make this again.

Frisco Beef Burger (topped with cheddar cheese, bacon and fried mushrooms) with Yam Fries and Chipotle Mayo at the Bird of Paradise Pub.

 Also very yummy. In a testament to how much I'm eating as a pregnant woman in her second trimester, I ate the ENTIRE thing. Holy wow.

Super Beef Burritos.

Yummy, although I think next time I'll half the rice. It was good though, with lots of good flavours. About the rice, something that gives any rice you're cooking another shot of flavour is cooking it in beef broth or coconut milk. SO good.

Baked Ravioli with Buttermilk Onion Dinner Rolls

Aaron's favorite rolls are the buttermilk onion ones. He could eat them 'til they came out his ears. As far as the ravioli...I think I'm going to try making them myself next time, but the sauce was very good!  

BBQ-ed Steak with Parmesan Potatoes, Fried Mushrooms, Caesar Salad and BBQ-ed Bacon-wrapped Pineapple Chunks (dinner at the Eisenhuths, I brought the bacon pineapple)

I ATE SO MUCH OF THIS. Seriously, it was SO YUMMY and I am a bottomless pit now! It's funny, though, you put something like bread or even pasta in front of me and I'll eat about how much I would normally eat, but stick meat and potatoes in front of me and I become a food hoover!

Super Duper Chili (my recipe) and Buttery Cornbread.

Mmm... nothing goes better with chili than cornbread. 

So there you go! If anything I hope it helps with meal planning! I know just typing this out and looking through the pictures I've decided what I'm going to make again soon.