~ Come get the Grub ~

Dinner plans this week.

Monday - Quesidillas (sp?)

Tuesday - Chili Pasta Bake - no I haven't made it yet

Wednesday - Pork Chops & Rice

Thursday - Chicken Roll Ups

Friday - Pizza

Favorites from last week... well maybe the week before, last week was not exciting.

My husband loves this, the kids pick out what they like.

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

3-4 chicken breasts cooked and cubed

2-3 cups of raw broccoli

1 cup Minute Rice

2 cups shredded cheese

2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup

1 cup sour cream

2 cups crushed Ritz Crackers

These quantities are a guess, I just throw it together without measuring. So if it seams too thick, add a little more sour cream or some water. If too thin, add more rice.

Mix chicken, broccoli, rice, soup and sour cream together. Put in greased 9x13 pan. Top with crackers and cheese. Bake at 350 for about 1/2 hour or until bubbly. Depending on how soft you like your broccoli, you can cook longer.

Sweet & Sour Chicken

This recipe orginally consisted of making the sauce, dumping on raw chicken and baking until finished. I find that takes way too long for the chicken breasts to cook through. So I slice up the chicken and cook in a pan, then we have the sauce as a side. That way the children that don't like the sauce still have chicken, rice and veggies for dinner, and those that do pour the sauce over everything.

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup water

2-3 tbsp ketchup

2 tbsp soy sauce

1/4 cup vinegar

Bring to a boil and add 2 tbsp of water with 1 tbsp of corn starch to thicken, more depending on how thick you like it. This makes about 1 1/2 cups of sauce.

~ Dismal Dining ~

This week has not rated high on the gourmet dining. There was a spiral down when I got the flu last week. Nausea and cooking are not kindred friends.

Monday - Spagetti

Tuesday - Sweet & Sour Chicken

Wednesday - Pancakes and Eggs

Thursday - Nuggets and Fries - I had Salmon and Salad, 10 lbs does not come off if eating fries.

Friday - Pizza

Dismal and disappointing.....will find a place to make a legal U turn.

~ Dinner Time ~

This week on the menu.

Monday - Chicken Nuggets, Rice, Veggie & Salad

Tuesday - Taco's

Wednesday - Chicken & Broccoli Casserole

Thursday - Crock Pot - Chili Pasta Bake - this is new I'll let you know if it's a good one.

Friday - Pizza

Updated:

As per BG's suggestion...here are some recipes from our favorites of last week.

Lasagna - everyone knows how to make this, but I finally found the recipe that told me how to throw it all together with the noodles raw. Put it all in the oven and it comes out perfect. The secret? Add water. Make your recipes as you always would but put an extra cup or so of water in your meat sauce. The noodles slurp it up and it all comes out perfect. Plus, cover it in tin foil and it steams itself while cooking.

Chicken Paremesan - This is not as exotic as it sounds. It's basically spagetti with chicken and a different pasta. When I have more time I like to bake the chicken in the pasta sauce with lots of mozza cheese and parm on top. But in a fix I BBQ or bake the chicken and just throw it all together on their plates.

Enjoy!

~ Dinner Time ~

What's your plan for dinners this week?

Monday - Holiday, ate at Grandma's

Tuesday - Chicken Parmesan

Wednesday - Roast & Potates

Thursday - Lasagna

Friday - Pizza

Good cooking to ya!

~ What's for Dinner? ~

September is a whole new year for our family. "New Years" resolutions usually come in September rather than January. The kids are back to school and life gets busy and scheduled.

So I'm starting a new segement - like as if I get ratings or something - called What's for Dinner. I enjoy cooking, and think I'm pretty good at it. I try to cook from scratch every night and make nutrition and delicious meals. The kids don't always like everything, but you can't win every time. So the goal this month is to not cook the same thing twice...except Friday Pizza Night.

It's a lofty one, even for me.

Half the difficulty with menu planning is not having any new ideas to try. You get in a rut of the same 5-6 meals over and over. I love to try new recipes, my family doesn't always like it, but tough luck for them.

So to start out, I thought I would list what we've had for dinner this week and hope that it inspires all to try something new. It's not always fancy, but it's food.

Monday - BBQ Hamburgers

Tuesday - Ward Party - no cooking

Wednesday - BBQ Chicken, steamed Carrots and Beans (from my garden!!) potatoes dipped in Ranch Dressing.

Thursday - Meat Loaf & Stuffed Mushrooms

Friday - Pizza

Meat Loaf

One pound of raw ground beef

1 egg

1 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup milk

3 tbsp Worchestershire Sauce

Salt & Pepper

Mix together and put into loaf pan.

1 Hours @ 350

Stuffed Mushrooms

As many fresh mushrooms as you want

Pull out the stems and dice

Saute the stems in some butter

Pour in bowl and mix with 1/2 - 1 cup of bread crumbs and shredded cheese.

Stuff the mushrooms with mixture. Mound up as much as you can and then top off with some more shredded cheese. Broil until cheese is melted and mushrooms start to turn brown.

This isn't a low fat recipe, but way yum.

I was out of breadcrumbs today and didn't want to make any from scratch. So I ground up some ritz crackers in the food processor. Um....can you say YUM!

Why are there no pictures of all these creations?! Don't press your luck sista.