Successful meals this week

 This week i have done fairly well on making meals at home. I am trying to keep doing that for several reasons- money, better quality & taste, more variety in food. 

Risotto with bacon, roasted bell pepper & tomato. Finished with butter, parm cheese & lemon juice. Rather rich but it did have some veggies. Very comforting. Based on hello fresh recipe. 

Pot roast with carrots & russet potatoes. Also made dinner rolls to go with the leftovers. Very good. Remember to make rolls ahead of time so we can have them with the meal & not just the leftovers. Recipes for Instant pot pot roast & dinner rolls. Do put honey butter on them if you have honey. 

Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and green beans. The meatloaf was my go to alton brown recipe with some alteration. I used a bit less meat, 1 lb each of ground chuck & ground turkey. Added 2 big handfuls of spinach. I used rits crackers since i didn't have any bread on the house. I have also used breadcrumbs from homemade bread & the crutons in the recipe before. They were all fine.  Mashed potatoes were done in the instant pot, though I did make sure to take the skins off. The green beans were good & I was surprised we ate the whole 1lb i made. I could have cooked them a bit longer but they were fine. 

Any meals you have made lately that were really good? The pot roast was the new recipe I tried & it is already saved for future use. 😁