One Pan Wonders

Since I haven’t been eating the best lately I’m trying to come up with some one pan wonders that I can prepare quickly when I do have the urge to eat. These are quick and easy and for the most part fairly healthy.

A few days ago my neighbor had an abundance of summer squash so she brought me a bag full. I love this kind of meal! All I do is wash the squash, slice it thin and sauté it in butter and avocado oil. I added a chopped up onion and sprinkled it with grated cheese. A quick and easy but filling meal.

I don’t eat much bread but I do like tortillas for sandwiches. I hardboiled some eggs and made a sandwich adding pickle relish. Another quick, easy and delicious meal. Plus now I have hardboiled eggs when Lia stops by. I can substitute the egg salad for chicken, tuna or salmon and have a variety of tortilla sandwiches.

I love vegetables and this is the first time I’ve grown cabbage where it’s actually had heads! Previous years it’s just huge leaves that I would cut off, steam them and add a mixture of ground beef, rice and tomato sauce and roll up the leaves. I put them in a baking pan, cover with more sauce with shredded cheese and bake for 15 minutes. Different but they were good!

But now that I have cabbage heads I can make fresh from the garden fried cabbage with bacon! Just add chopped cabbage to a frying pan with fried bacon pieces and stir around until its done to your liking. Sometimes I add an onion and you can also substitute the bacon for ham or sausage.

Tip for when I fry bacon that will be added in recipes.. I cut the bacon strips in pieces before cooking and I cook it quick, stirring as in browns. This way it doesn’t make much grease in the pan and I can toss the cabbage in without the bacon even needing to be drained. Another tip: Since I don’t use the entire package of bacon at once, I cut the package in 4 individual pieces. That way I can take one or two out at a time when needed.

The other day it was between breakfast and lunch time and although I was hungry I didn’t know what I wanted. I had three options: Coconut Bites drizzled with dark chocolate, a lemon/raspberry Nothing Bundt cake or a cheese tortilla. Of course I went for the cheese! I melted butter in a frying pan, put the tortilla in then topped with a slice of swiss cheese, American cheese, another swiss, then a blend of shredded cheddar and finished it off with my last piece of swiss cheese. I covered the pan and cooked on medium until all the cheese had melted. OMG this was SO good! Can you tell I like cheese? For my beverage I made a cold Chai latte and topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. This meal was ready to eat in less than 10 minutes and oh so good. Not sure how healthy this was with all that cheese but every now and then we have to eat daringly instead of sparingly. LOL

I hope you enjoyed my one pan wonders, I love cooking meals like this.