Andy and I love to cook together, especially on Sunday's when we're not rushed. This past Sunday, I made brunch and he made dinner. Both were wonderful so I thought I'd share.
For brunch, I made stuffed bell peppers topped with fried eggs over easy. Here's what the finished product looks like:
Can you say yum? This is a fairly cheap and easy meal. The ingredients that you need to make a serving for two are:
- 1 can of black beans
- 1 can of rotel
- 2 large, red bell pepper
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 avocado
- 4-6 oz of cheese (I used habanero cheddar--so spicy and good!)
- OPTIONAL:
- Black Pepper
- 1/5 a White Onion
- Salsa
- Sour Cream
Other items needed:
- Pam/Cooking Spray
- Cutting Board
- 1 Small Pot
- 1 Baking Dish (11x7 or larger)
- 1 Frying Pan (Medium to Large)
- 1 Knife
- 1 Spoon
- 1 Spatula
Cooking this meal takes less than 30 minutes too! Here is what you do:
- Preheat your oven to bake/350 degrees
- Wash your 2 red bell peppers, cut the tops/stems off of them (don't discard) and pull out the seeds. Cut the bell peppers in half long ways (remember you're going to be stuffing these!). Place all four halves in your pan (after you've sprayed the pan with Pam). Let bake/cook while you prep the rest of your ingredients.
- Cut the red bell peppers from tops/stems into small chunks and cook them in your small pot (which you've already coated with Pam) on medium heat.
- OPTIONAL: cut 1/5 of a white onion and add it to the small pot.
- Add 1 can of black beans and 1 can of rotel to your pot and turn on low.
- Take your bell peppers from the oven. Stuff them with the bean/rotel mixture from the pot and top them with cheese. Place them back in the oven until the cheese melts. Keep an eye on them so that the cheese does not burn.
- While you're waiting for the cheese to melt, spray your pan with Pam and turn the heat on high. Once the heat is on high, add all four eggs. OPTIONAL: Season eggs with black pepper. Turn the heat to low and cook the eggs over easy. I suggest turning the heat off once you've flipped them.
- While you're waiting for your eggs to cook, cut 1/2 of avocado into long strips for easy serving.
- Begin plating your bell peppers. Top them with the fried egg and avocado. Serve extra beans on the side of the plate. OPTIONAL: Top with salsa and/or sour cream. Enjoy!
For Andy's dinner, he made roasted garlic bulbs, bread, corn on the cob and crab legs. It was SO good. Here's what it looked like:
This meal is kind of expensive because of the crab, but it is still much cheaper (and better!) than eating out at a lot of restaurants. Here's how he did it:
- He preheated the oven to 350
- He cut the tops of the garlic bulb off of three garlic bulbs
- He let them soak in olive oil, pepper and salt while the oven preheated
- Once the oven preheated, he wrapped each bulb individually in aluminum foil and stuck them in the oven.
- In the left over oil, pepper and salt mixture, he rolled the corn on the cob in it. He added extra pepper and tony's to the corn and wrapped it in foil and placed it in the oven. All four items (3 garlic bulbs and 1 corn on the cob) need to bake 30 minutes.
- After 15 minutes of baking, he brought a large pot to water on top of the stove. On top of the water, he steamed the thawed crab legs. They needed to cook for 12-15 minutes.
- While they were steaming, Andy cut more garlic and placed it in a small pot. He added 1/2 stick of butter and allowed it to melt on low for our crab dipping sauce.
- Before everything wrapped up, he cut the French bread in small pieces and added it to the oven for 2 minutes to toast.
- Everything finished at the same time, so he plated it all together. We dipped the bread in more olive oil/pepper mixture. Ate the garlic bulbs by themselves or on the bread and we dipped the crab legs in the butter/garlic mixture.
This was a delicious meal for under $50 and it took less than 45 minutes to cook everything. GREAT at home date night meal!
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