Quiche

• Thaw puff pastry (use 2/3 of a sheet for 2 meal sized quiches)
• Preheat oven to 375
• Cook about a handful of onion (optional), and any other additives (such as spinach, bacon, etc) in a saucepan with a little bit of oil or butter until translucent. 
• Mix 3 eggs, 1.5 cups milk, and 1.5 cups (about a handful) cheese in a large bowl, beating the eggs first then adding the rest. 
• Add 1/4 teaspoon (about 3 pinches) salt (hold the salt if you use bacon or another pork product), and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, as well as 3 tsp flour. 
• Mix in onions and other stuff and pour mixture into two casserole dishes
• Top with puff pastry and cook in oven on a baking sheet for 30-40 minutes until pastry is puffy and golden brown. 

Salisbury Steak

Salisbury Steak

Steaks

• Mix 1tbsp of Worcestershire sauce, 1/2tsp salt and pepper, 1tbsp flour, 1/2 tbsp garlic powder (about 2 cloves of garlic) if you have it (no biggie if not), into about 2/3 a pound of ground beef (or one half a normal sized package). 
• Form two hamburger patties and cook in pan with pad of butter until cooked all the way through (I usually cheat and poke a hole to see if it's done in the middle. A little pink is good, but red is bad). 

Gravy

With Bullion Cubes (Works just as well in my opinion, but apparently this one is not like a dark brown gravy?) If you feel more comfortable with normal gravy, replace the water and bullion cube with a can of beef broth. 

• Melt 2tbsp butter in saucepan on medium
• add 2tbsp of flour after melted and wisk together; try and get rid of all the clumps (it'll look a little weird at this point but just wait)
• Add in one bullion cube and a cup of water
• Let boil and stir occasionally until thickened. 

Peas (Optional)

• Use those frozen peas you got and put them in a pan with a pad of butter, a sprinkle of salt and pepper and cook until bright green and a little shriveled.

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Blackened Tilapia With Hollandaise

• Defrost 1 or 2 filets of tilapia
• Add 1tbsp chili powder, 1tsp cayenne pepper, 2 tbsp flour, 1/2tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper to a plate and mix with hands
• Coat tilapia in chili powder mixture
• Make hollandaise sauce according to recipe on mix
• Add 1 tsp lemon juice (about half a lemon) to hollandaise sauce
• Fry tilapia in a pan with a pad of butter. Cook first side until coating is dark brown, and next side until the tilapia is flaky and white all the way through
• Serve tilapia with hollandaise sauce on the side 

Chicken Pot Pie

• Open up package of puff pastry and cut two thirds of one of the chunks. 
• Leave chunk out to thaw for about 30 minutes (if you're in a pinch, stick it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds). 

• About 20 minute in to the thawing process get some of your chicken out (use about a handful of chicken). If it's frozen, just stick it in a microwave safe bowl and cook it for about a minute) and cut it into small chunks. 
• Transfer chicken to a sauce pan with a pad of butter and about a quarter cup of chopped onion and a quarter cup of peas and chopped carrots (a third of a handful) and cook on medium until chicken is golden brown on the outside and pretty much cooked through. Season with salt and pepper.
• It should look like this during the cooking process

• Once finished, add chicken, a half cup of milk, a 2/3rds of a 14.5oz can of chicken broth, and 3/2 tablespoons of flour. 
• Let simmer until bubbly and thickened. 
• Unfold puff pastry and cut lengthwise (hot dog)
• Pour into two separate casserole dishes or ramekins and top with puff pastry
• Cook in oven at 400 for 13-18 minutes or until crust is poofy and golden brown. 
• Let sit for a few minutes and be careful handling-- don't burn yourself please dear :)

Enjoy!

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Menu for Week 1

Chicken Pot Pie

• Milk (however much you want we only need like 1/2 a cup)
• Chicken (I go for the frozen chicken tenderloins from publix; they're cheap and ready to just stick straight into the freezer)
• Peas (I just use frozen ones, maybe that's bad) 
• One large onion (once again, I use frozen chopped onions from publix; it saves time and it never goes bad)
• Carrots (I just got baby carrots 'cause multipurpose)
• Butter
• Chicken Broth
• Puff Pastry (This is a little hard to find, it'll be by the frozen pie crusts, and made by pillsbury) 

Easy Quiche

• Puff Pastry from before
• Eggs 
• Milk from before
• Shredded Cheese (I suggest something like a sharp cheddar)
• Onions from before
• Fillings of your choice (such as spinach [the frozen stuff works fine for me in this case], bacon, ham [even easier if you use it for lunch meat], broccoli, or whatever floats your boat)

Blackened Fish

• Fish
• Chili Powder
• Flour
• Hollandaise Sauce mix (and whatever the packet needs). This should be close to the real stuff but also a whole lot easier. 

Chicken Caesar Salad 

• Lettuce (I like romaine or green leaf)
• Chicken from before
• Caesar Salad Dressing (I like the stuff from the vegetable aisle because it is a little spicier)
• Croutons
• Italian seasoning

Salisbury Steak

• Ground Beef (you'll only need 1/2 pound but buy a larger package, zip lock 1/3-1/5 pound sections, and stick them in the freezer) 
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Beef Bullion Cubes 
• Butter from before
• Cornstarch