Though he might not believe it, when I am cooking for both Jason and myself, I really do try to make things that he will like. Having my husband eat healthy is very important to me and if that means making healthy versions of Mexican, Asian and pasta dishes when we’re together, that’s what I’ll do.
Even though we had Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo, we had burritos again last night. Well, again is the wrong word because neither of us actually had a burrito on Saturday.
I used this Spicy Bean and Rice Burrito recipe. I forgot to buy chipotles in adobo (which I kept calling adobos for some reason), so we used jalapenos instead. I had planned to make an avocado and corn salad to go on the side, but all the avocados at Publix were either past their prime or not ripe at all. So that’ll have to wait until another day.
Tonight, however, Jason was asleep when I got home from work (although he’s not working weekends anymore, he still has weird hours) so I got to make a “me” meal. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the burritos last night, but sometimes I really like the stuff that sounds, well uber healthy. Like kale. I love kale. Jason does not. So when he is asleep, I do what any kale-loving wife would do, I cooked up a huge batch of kale.
These were Creamy Vegan Kale-Stuffed Mushrooms. I promise there are mushrooms underneath all that kale. My mushrooms were kind of small, so instead of making a side dish, I just ate two of them. I’m the only kale-loving person in this household, although Murphy sort of likes it. He may not believe that either.
The burrito looks super yummy! I bet Jason loved them
I could eat burritos every day for the rest of my life. Seriously.
From the looks of it, I could probably eat those ‘shrooms every day too. Must make.
I love that! I always make ME meals when I am making for me, not us, like a whole boatload of veggies, for example. M likes them, but he’d be just as happy with potatoes and meat, ya know? Yum, that kale looks so good!
Exactly. Jason likes veggies (except kale, cauliflower and spaghetti squash) but he’d prefer more traditional meals, I think.
Of course, he’ll probably read this and tell me that he likes the stuff that I cook!
I actually like having those “me” meals too sometimes. Eating the things that Scott normally wouldn’t want to have or wouldn’t like, and making it all for ME! We usually eat similar dinners, though sometimes our sides our different or even the main protein is different, it just depends. Although last night, I was so proud of Scott – we had baked cod for dinner and he ate it with me! Normally he’d have chicken or something if I was having fish, but he gave it a go and actually liked it! Yay!
I hate it when there are no good avocados! They never seem to ripen up right at my house when I buy them firm and when I buy them ripe they always over ripen before I can eat them! Fail.
I pretty much only eat me meals! But it makes me lazy. I seriously feel like I’m one of the few hl bloggers who isn’t enamoured with kale. Does this recipe reduce kale’s bitterness?
No, not really, it still tastes like kale. Have you ever tried massaging it with avocado? That reduces the bitterness a lot.
I love those kale stuffed mushrooms – but you know I’ll eat just about anything if you add kale.
I get to have a “me” meal every night
I’m sooo behind on my reading!!
We definitely have “us” and “me” meals. In general, my “me” meal is breakfast for dinner. Greg just CAN’T eat breakfast for dinner- although he totally wold if I made it and set it in front of him. He has it in his mind that dinner has to be meat, grains and veggies- and it has to be “typical” dinner food. He has a lot of weird “rules” like that. I however, do not.
I LOVE KALE.