quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Garlic Bread

This isn't a meal just something we do in our house so we can have good homemade garlic bread whenever we want it.

Tip of the day: Make your garlic bread ahead of time. Buy 2 large loaves of French or Italian bread. Cut into slices about ¾ inches thick.

2 ¼ lb. sticks of butter room temp. or do them in the microwave in 10 second zaps until soft but not mushy
5 or 6 cloves of garlic
1 ½ Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp. dried basil



If you have a food processor put everything (not the bread) in and pulse until blended. If no processor, chop up the garlic then mash it with the side of the knife until minced. The smaller the better. On the cutting board blend the garlic with the other ingredients using the knife as a spatula.

Get out a cookie sheet or baking pan. Spread the butter mixture on one side of the bread slices. Not thick. Spread it out. Put the slices you are going to use tonight aside and put the rest on the cookie sheet and put it in the freezer for about 15 min. Then put them into a large zip lock bag and store them in the freezer for other nights. If you have extra garlic mixture, save it in the freezer in a small zip lock for the next garlic bread making night.

Put today’s slices in the toaster oven on toast setting until you get the degree of toasted that suits you.