I love WIC. I don't know what we'll do when we don't have it anymore. I guess that will mean that we're wealthy enough to just buy all that food they give us, right?
One thing we get A LOT of is whole wheat whatever. I alternate between rice and tortillas, but lately I haven't been that into rice. So I've been getting more wheat tortillas than any person can eat in a month. Another thing is salmon or tuna fish, which I got a lot of when I was breastfeeding, but couldn't come up with enough amazingly tasty recipes to eat it all at that time. So during our low-budget month that's what we're working on: Making stuff out of salmon and tortillas.
Salmon quesadillas? Pretty good, but not more than once a week. Plus we're almost out of cheese.
Salmon burgers? I'm leaving that one up to Richard. Maybe on Saturday.
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That's about as creative as I can get.
But then I had a fish taco a few weeks ago and it was SO YUMMY! so I thought I'd try salmon tacos. Looked some up on Pinterest, and found this:
Salmon Taquitos
I didn't do anything to change them, except that some of the salmon I had in the fridge had chopped spinach mixed in, and I didn't have celery on hand, so I used celery salt instead. They were SO GOOD! And the best part is, my picky child who doesn't like spicy food actually ate them!
I thought I needed to post this on my blog because one of my goals here is to have quick access to quick, easy meals to make, and this is exactly that. I put it together in less than 20 minutes, and was able to grill up some zucchini to go with it while it was baking. Also, I cut the recipe in half to make 8 taquitos, and that was perfect for our little family. Which means if I were to make the full recipe, I could freeze half. Then one day down the road I wouldn't have to cook! I'm all for that :)
One thing we get A LOT of is whole wheat whatever. I alternate between rice and tortillas, but lately I haven't been that into rice. So I've been getting more wheat tortillas than any person can eat in a month. Another thing is salmon or tuna fish, which I got a lot of when I was breastfeeding, but couldn't come up with enough amazingly tasty recipes to eat it all at that time. So during our low-budget month that's what we're working on: Making stuff out of salmon and tortillas.
Salmon quesadillas? Pretty good, but not more than once a week. Plus we're almost out of cheese.
Salmon burgers? I'm leaving that one up to Richard. Maybe on Saturday.
...
That's about as creative as I can get.
But then I had a fish taco a few weeks ago and it was SO YUMMY! so I thought I'd try salmon tacos. Looked some up on Pinterest, and found this:
Salmon Taquitos
I thought I needed to post this on my blog because one of my goals here is to have quick access to quick, easy meals to make, and this is exactly that. I put it together in less than 20 minutes, and was able to grill up some zucchini to go with it while it was baking. Also, I cut the recipe in half to make 8 taquitos, and that was perfect for our little family. Which means if I were to make the full recipe, I could freeze half. Then one day down the road I wouldn't have to cook! I'm all for that :)
