Tuesday night we had tostadas from the leftover chickens that I roasted on Sunday.
I’ve tried to be better about planning dinners for the week and doing all of the shopping on Sundays, whereas before I had been planning day by day.
I had seen a cookbook in the new section at the library: Eat & Make: Charming Recipes and Kitchen Crafts You will Love by Paul Lowe aka Sweet Paul. I flipped through it and my eyes landed on a picture of a Nutty Berry Crumble. It was done. I would check the book out. A berry crumble or crisp of some sort was added to the week’s meal plan.
I love taking pictures, and I’ve really enjoyed taking pictures of the food I work with and prepare. Fresh fruits and vegetables are heaven to my eyes.
The tostadas were very simple as you can see. I was trying to work with what I had left because I hadn’t intentionally worked them into my plan. I chopped up the remaining chicken, added one potato, a small can of olives, a can of El Pato brand tomato sauce with spices, and enough water to cover the potatoes. I let everything simmer down, stirring occasionally until the potatoes were tender. We topped our tostadas with Monterey Jack cheese, had a half avocado on the side and called it dinner.
After dinner, I set to work on the mixed berry crumble. I also had my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook propped open to the berry crisp recipe. I decided to use the measurements in the Sweet Paul recipe which called for 3 cups of mixed berries, about one small container each and a 1/2 cup of mixed nuts. For the berries I used raspberry, blackberry, and blueberries just as he did. For the nuts I used walnuts and pecans. I also added oats to the crumble because I like the added texture and taste.
We served the crumble with a small dab of vanilla ice cream. It was divine. I’m not a fruit person, but I love berry and apple crisps and crumbles.
Delish!
Just by coincidence, I made an apple crumble and sprinkled broken pecan pieces on top of my crumble topping–such perfect almost-Winter weather for warm crumbles with ice cream! Loved your photos Rebb and bet it was as delish as it looks! J 🙂
Winter weather is perfect for bringing out crisps and other baked goodies. Mmmm, apple crumble with pecans sounds delicious, Judee! I was thinking of doing a crumble crisp for Thanksgiving instead of the traditional apple or pumpkin pie. Glad you enjoyed the photos! : )
OMG Rebb! I don’t know how I’m going to lose my belly pouch! I am so glad we’re friends 🙂
Me too, Rina–on both counts. : ) I’m going to have to get walking or think of something!