Due to our crazy week this next week, I won't post a new menu plan until Monday, we will be eating out and eating out of a box I am afraid the next few days. I do have the olive garden Alfredo recipe from last night to still post as well, I will try to do that soon. Promise.
Happy Eating, and I will see you on Monday!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Creamy Lemony Chicken
I found a new recipe to try this week, simple, easy and I had all the ingredients on hand, now that is my kind of meal! I also like any crockpot chicken meal that allows me to throw my meat in frozen; because A) I'm lazy and B) I am forgetful I can NEVER remember to thaw my chicken!
The recipe was posted by Crafting Chicks, a craft blog I follow and it looked good and was simple so I thought why not. You can go here to try it. The only thing I would do differently would be to shred the chicken before serving and then serve it over the rice. It had a WONDERFUL flavor, but I thought the chicken was a little dry, this could be due to the fact that I cooked it on high for 4 hours (remember I am lazy and forget to thaw my meat and sometimes I just plain forget to start dinner) all I had was full size chicken breasts and thought I should give them an extra hour.
So go check out this super easy yummy recipe, that your whole family will eat.
The recipe was posted by Crafting Chicks, a craft blog I follow and it looked good and was simple so I thought why not. You can go here to try it. The only thing I would do differently would be to shred the chicken before serving and then serve it over the rice. It had a WONDERFUL flavor, but I thought the chicken was a little dry, this could be due to the fact that I cooked it on high for 4 hours (remember I am lazy and forget to thaw my meat and sometimes I just plain forget to start dinner) all I had was full size chicken breasts and thought I should give them an extra hour.
So go check out this super easy yummy recipe, that your whole family will eat.
Monday, February 14, 2011
HEARTS and Calzones
For our Valentines breakfast I went super simple: heart shaped nuttella toast and strawberry milk.
For lunch: peanut butter and jelly heart shaped sandwiches with juicy red strawberries.
And for dinner I decided to make my family heart shaped calzones. They turned out to be super yummy. I didn't end up doing a dessert as NUBI frozen yogurt was having a buy one get one, so we headed over there, before dinner :)
First I made the crust:
1 C. warm water
1 T. sugar
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 t. salt
3 T. olive oil
2 1/2 C. flour.
1/2- 1 t basil
1/2- 1 t. oregano
1/2- 1 t. garlic powder
1/2- 1 t. thyme
Filling:
pizza sauce or marinara sauce
mozzarella cheese
pizza topings (pepperoni, canadian bacon, olives, pineapple, green peppers, etc.)
Combine water, sugar and yeast and mix until yeast is dissolved. Add salt and olive oil and mix. Slowly add flour and mix until well blended. Lest rest covered for 10 minutes.
Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray and put a little olive oil on your fingers and press the pizza out flat making a rectangular shape. You are now going to sprinkle your basil, oregano, garlic powder and thyme over your dough until it is evenly covered. Now at this point you can either get out your cute heart shaped cookie cutter and make enough hearts as your dough allows for both top and bottom. Taking the excess from around the hearts and pressing it out again to make additional heart shapes or your can cut your dough in fourths making four larger calzones. If you are doing hearts then you will only do the following to half of the hearts, if you are doing larger calzones then you will only cover half of each of your rectangles. okay.
So first you spread your pizza sauce, or marinara sauce, then you place a nice layer of mozzarella cheese, followed by pizza toppings of your choice. Our toppings included turkey peperoni, canadian bacon, green peppers, and olives, Everyone built there own, so they were all different. Followed by a little more mozzarella cheese.
Now if you made heart shaped calzones you will place the hearts with nothing on them on top of your pizza layered hearts and press the edges to seal. If you made standard rectangular shaped calzones you will fold the dough in half and seal the edges.
Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Easy peasy and my whole family loves them. I cut my 2 year olds heart in half and she ate it just like a sandwich.
Happy Eating!
For lunch: peanut butter and jelly heart shaped sandwiches with juicy red strawberries.
And for dinner I decided to make my family heart shaped calzones. They turned out to be super yummy. I didn't end up doing a dessert as NUBI frozen yogurt was having a buy one get one, so we headed over there, before dinner :)
First I made the crust:
1 C. warm water
1 T. sugar
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 t. salt
3 T. olive oil
2 1/2 C. flour.
1/2- 1 t basil
1/2- 1 t. oregano
1/2- 1 t. garlic powder
1/2- 1 t. thyme
Filling:
pizza sauce or marinara sauce
mozzarella cheese
pizza topings (pepperoni, canadian bacon, olives, pineapple, green peppers, etc.)
Combine water, sugar and yeast and mix until yeast is dissolved. Add salt and olive oil and mix. Slowly add flour and mix until well blended. Lest rest covered for 10 minutes.
Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray and put a little olive oil on your fingers and press the pizza out flat making a rectangular shape. You are now going to sprinkle your basil, oregano, garlic powder and thyme over your dough until it is evenly covered. Now at this point you can either get out your cute heart shaped cookie cutter and make enough hearts as your dough allows for both top and bottom. Taking the excess from around the hearts and pressing it out again to make additional heart shapes or your can cut your dough in fourths making four larger calzones. If you are doing hearts then you will only do the following to half of the hearts, if you are doing larger calzones then you will only cover half of each of your rectangles. okay.
So first you spread your pizza sauce, or marinara sauce, then you place a nice layer of mozzarella cheese, followed by pizza toppings of your choice. Our toppings included turkey peperoni, canadian bacon, green peppers, and olives, Everyone built there own, so they were all different. Followed by a little more mozzarella cheese.
Now if you made heart shaped calzones you will place the hearts with nothing on them on top of your pizza layered hearts and press the edges to seal. If you made standard rectangular shaped calzones you will fold the dough in half and seal the edges.
Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Easy peasy and my whole family loves them. I cut my 2 year olds heart in half and she ate it just like a sandwich.
Happy Eating!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Steak quesidilla's
Another simple and easy dinner idea. I used my great steak recipe from here to give my steak some spice.
2 pound beef sirloin, cut into thin 2 inch strips
1/2 t. salt
1 t. black pepper
1 t. paprika
1 t. chili powder
1 t. onion powder
1 t. garlic powder
1 t. dried thyme
1 t. dried basil
2 T. olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
1 green pepper, sliced
burrito size tortilla shells
Mexican cheese
any desired toppings, such as sour cream or salsa.
Thinly slice your steak and place in a large bowl along with the diced onion. In separate small bowl, mix all of your spices, then sprinkle half the seasoning on meat and onions, mix and then sprinkle the rest of the seasoning and mix again.
Then place 2 T. olive oil in a frying and heat, add your meat mixture and cook until done to your likeness.
When your steak is done sprinkle Mexican cheese on half of a burrito size tortilla shell add some of the steak, and a little more cheese, you could also add a little salsa in here at this point too. Fold tortilla in half and place in microwave for 1 minute, let cool and eat. Simple and easy and delicious too.
Happy Eating!!!
2 pound beef sirloin, cut into thin 2 inch strips
1/2 t. salt
1 t. black pepper
1 t. paprika
1 t. chili powder
1 t. onion powder
1 t. garlic powder
1 t. dried thyme
1 t. dried basil
2 T. olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
1 green pepper, sliced
burrito size tortilla shells
Mexican cheese
any desired toppings, such as sour cream or salsa.
Thinly slice your steak and place in a large bowl along with the diced onion. In separate small bowl, mix all of your spices, then sprinkle half the seasoning on meat and onions, mix and then sprinkle the rest of the seasoning and mix again.
Then place 2 T. olive oil in a frying and heat, add your meat mixture and cook until done to your likeness.
When your steak is done sprinkle Mexican cheese on half of a burrito size tortilla shell add some of the steak, and a little more cheese, you could also add a little salsa in here at this point too. Fold tortilla in half and place in microwave for 1 minute, let cool and eat. Simple and easy and delicious too.
Happy Eating!!!
Sloppy Joe's
We had sloppy Joe's on Friday night and I went the simple route. I absolutely love Pioneer Woman's Sloppy Joe recipe, but didn't want to go all out. Therefore the simple route it was, hamburger with manwich, a half of an onion chopped and a green pepper, diced, served on whole wheat buns with fresh fruit and yummy oven fries. Simple and yummy for the whole family to enjoy.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Marinated Pork Loin
We had this yummy dish earlier this week, its got a great flavor and is extremely moist. We served it with baked potatoes and green beans. This is one meal that EVERYONE enjoyed.
Marinated Pork Loin:
1/2 C. chicken broth
1/2 C. ketchup
2 T. cider vinegar
2 T. brown sugar
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1/8 t. cayenne pepper
2 lb pork loin roast
Mix all but the pork loin in a medium sauce pan over medium high heat until it comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
Slice pork loin into 1 inch thick pieces. Place pork loin in a large ziplock baggie. Remove about 1/2 C. of the marinade from the pan and reserve it for later. Pour the rest of the marinade over the pork and let it marinade in the refrigerator for about 8 hours or overnight.
Place pork on a broiling pan and broil 4 inches from broiler for about 20 minutes or until juices run clear, turning half way through. While broiling, use your reserved marinade to baste the pork loin.
Happy Eating!
Marinated Pork Loin:
1/2 C. chicken broth
1/2 C. ketchup
2 T. cider vinegar
2 T. brown sugar
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1/8 t. cayenne pepper
2 lb pork loin roast
Mix all but the pork loin in a medium sauce pan over medium high heat until it comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
Slice pork loin into 1 inch thick pieces. Place pork loin in a large ziplock baggie. Remove about 1/2 C. of the marinade from the pan and reserve it for later. Pour the rest of the marinade over the pork and let it marinade in the refrigerator for about 8 hours or overnight.
Place pork on a broiling pan and broil 4 inches from broiler for about 20 minutes or until juices run clear, turning half way through. While broiling, use your reserved marinade to baste the pork loin.
Happy Eating!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Menu Plan 2/9- 2/15
Wednesday 2/9: Chicken Burritos
Thursday: 2/10: Winco Pizza
Friday 2/11: Steak Quessidilla's and rice
Saturday2/12: out
Sunday 2/13: Sloppy Joe's and french fries
Monday 2/14: Heart shaped calzones with salad and chocolate salted cupcakes for dessert
Tuesday 2/15: linguini with "Olive Garden" Alfredo sauce, grilled chicken and broccoli
There you go, its our simple easy week of meals!
Happy Eating:
I will post the marinated pork loin recipe from last week tomorrow night
Thursday: 2/10: Winco Pizza
Friday 2/11: Steak Quessidilla's and rice
Saturday2/12: out
Sunday 2/13: Sloppy Joe's and french fries
Monday 2/14: Heart shaped calzones with salad and chocolate salted cupcakes for dessert
Tuesday 2/15: linguini with "Olive Garden" Alfredo sauce, grilled chicken and broccoli
There you go, its our simple easy week of meals!
Happy Eating:
I will post the marinated pork loin recipe from last week tomorrow night
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