Two Dinners - Egg Roll in a Bowl and BBQ Chicken Lasagna

Got a little bit behind, did I? Wednesday dinner this week was another easy favorite, Egg Roll in a Bowl. Essentially you make a stir fry with classic egg roll flavors and ingredients. There are many recipes available on the Internet but usually my husband makes this and he's an improvisational cook. (I tend to be a recipe-follower.) But our Egg Roll in a Bowl will generally include a protein, usually ground beef but sometimes chicken. Lots of shredded cabbage, sliced onions, a few carrots (carrots are kind of sugary and I personally don't especially love them), maybe some red/yellow/orange pepper slices and mushrooms. We season with garlic and ginger and serve over cauli-rice. At the table I will usually further season my portion with soy sauce and G. Hughes' sugar-free Sweet Chili sauce. (G. Hughes sauces are a blessing! There's a whole line of sugar-free BBQ sauces; they do have artificial sweeteners. I try to be careful with my use of those but these sauces are an acceptable exception to my semi-ban of artificial sweeteners.)

We had a fourth dinner planned for this week but we ended up with enough leftovers that we had a "clean out the fridge" night. Not such an appealing name for that concept, so I'm looking to change that up. I've heard it called "catch as catch can" or "open plate night". I like those better. What do you call leftover night?

Anyhooo, the fourth dinner we had in mind is one we've made before and might be in next week's rotation since we have all the stuff for it. I think the recipe is from Marie Emmerich's Keto Comfort Foods cook book (I'll have to double-check that). I've seen (and used) a variety of noodle-subs in keto pasta bakes and lasagnas. This recipes calls for slices of deli chicken/turkey for the layers of "noodles". A very simple (and delicious) BBQ sauce is whipped up with tomato sauce, Swerve and liquid smoke. It's seriously good and I couldn't believe how simple it was. So, the sauce, "noodles", additional chicken (we use Costco rotisserie or canned chicken breast) are layered with shredded sharp cheddar. I like to saute some mushrooms and onions in butter and make that mixture a layer or two as well. Yum!