Last Nights Dinner

Sundays as we all know are my lazy days. So I took a bunch of chicken breast tenders and threw them in the crock pot with a whole carton of chicken broth, salt, pepper, garlic and zataran seasoning. I let that cook on high for about 5 hours. I removed the chicken to cool. And in a bowl, I mixed 2 cups of flour, 1 tbs baking powder, 1 1/4 tsp salt and 1 cup +2 tbs of milk. I let it rest for 10 mins then rolled it out on a flour surface, adding extra flour as needed, cut into long strips and then cut the strips into squares and placed in hot crock pot. I let them cook on low for about 30 mins and then cut up my chicken and added it back to pot. Let it cook maybe 10mins to heat the chicken back up and then served in bowls. This is my lazy version of chicken and dumplings. Lol

Wednesday Dinner a Day Late

Yesterday was extremely busy and I didnt have time to blog. I rearranged the school area and my husband rearranged our room. Today Im working on the living room and getting it ready to be moved around. We are doing all this rearranging bc we are soon getting Dish Network (Happy Anniversary gift to me) and we want to swap our family and living room. And then on to the kids bedroom, that is always a nightmare and a half. Especially the girls rooms. Anyways so that is why I didnt get to type up yesterdays dinner. I made Chicken and Spinach Alfredo. It was so yummy and we have leftovers!!!! Im not much of a leftover person but this I will eat again, it was that good! 

Chicken and Spinach Alfredo

1 lb chicken tenders (cut up)
10 oz frozen spinach (thawed and squeezed of liquid) or you may use fresh spinach
2 tbs olive oil
1 onion chopped
1 jar alfredo
1/2 jar basil pesto
16 oz linguine 
salt
pepper
sea salt with garlic
garlic salt 


In a big skillet heat your oil and add your onions, saute for 5 mins, add your chicken and let it cook til no longer pink. In a pot cook your linguine as directed. When the chicken is finished add both of your sauces, your spinach and seasonings and mix well. Bring to a boil then let simmer while your noodles finish cooking. After you drain your noodles, put back in pot and add your sauce. Mix together and serve. May be topped with Parmesan and served with your fav garlic bread!

Monday Dinner

Tonights dinner is a fav around here. Everyone loves it except my son. If you cant tell he is rather picky. We are having Chicken Enchiladas! I came up with this recipe when I went to my best friends house for her bday party and we had mexican food and margaritas. Her sister had made chicken enchiladas and I loved the way they were but I added a few touches to make them mine. Lol So everyone will have yummy chicken enchiladas while my son eats cheese quesadillas. 

Slow Cooked Chicken for Enchiladas
or you can use this over rice or mashed potatoes

1 lb chicken breast or tenders
2 tbs diced jalepenos
2 tbs minced garlic
4 dashes chili garlic hot sauce
1 1/2 cup chicken broth
salt
pepper
garlic salt
greek seasoning
4 oz cream cheese
tortillas
shredded cheese
chives

In a crock pot add everything except the cream cheese, tortillas, shredded cheese and chives and let slow cook on low 6-8 hours or on high 4-5 hours. When done, shred chicken with a fork inside crock pot. If still too liquidy drain some of the juice. Add cream cheese and stir til its melted into the chicken and mixed well. Preheat oven to 375 and layer chicken onto tortilla and fold. Place on baking sheet and top with shredded cheese and chives. Bake for 20 mins. Serve with your fav mexican sides or serve alone.

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Crazy Morning

My morning started off with no water. Hopefully all my pump needs is to be primed but until we can get someone out here then we are living on gallons of water for our needs. So anyways kids are doing there school work and arguing amongst one another. Yep its one of those kind of days. I made an awesome dinner last night. Crawfish Pasta!!!! I meant to give this recipe to a friend the other day when I was in MS but I was too busy playing with the baby and I forgot. So I will post it here and give her the link.

Crawfish Pasta

1 tbs olive oil
2 celery sticks diced
1/2 bell pepper diced
2 green onions chopped
1 lb crawfish tails (not in season so buy the frozen tails)
salt
pepper
garlic
1 Jar Vodka Sauce
1 Jar alfredo sauce
16 oz Bowtie Pasta

In a skillet heat your oil and add your veggies and saute for 4 mins on med heat. In a pot cook your pasta as directed. Add your crawfish and seasonings to the veggies and stir. Then add your sauces bring to a boil and then simmer while your pasta cooks. Drain pasta and out back in pot and pour crawfish sauce over and mix well. Serve. Goes great with any kind of crusty bread.

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Just Blogging

Im a little behind on my dinner recipes and such bc my computer was down yesterday for maintenance. We have joined up on playing WoW again. My friend and her husband have a private server (Www.Elemental-Wow.com) and are getting ready to launch this weekend so my husband was making sure my computer was up and ready so that I can play! On to Recipes! Tuesday night we had hamburger helper and anyone that knows me KNOWS I am not a fan of it, but my husband loves it so I make it every once in awhile to satisfy him. I decided to spice it up and make it my own which I will give a recipe of bc I actually enjoyed it. My little 15 month old that I babysit ate 2 whole plates, my 9 year old ate 2 whole plates and my 7 year old ate a plate and my 11 year old almost finished it and for him I was impressed. Lol
Then Wednesday Night I made Teryiaki Pork Loin and Fried Rice. I also baked alot yesterday. I made blueberry muffins, Scones and Donuts! Omg the donuts were so amazing and so easy!!! I'll be making them again tomorrow for breakfast! So here are the recipes in order.

Hamburger Helper My Style

1 lb Beef
1 Box Beef Pasta Hamburger Helper
Milk and Water called for on Box
6 oz Egg Noodles
1/4 cup Sour Cream

Follow directions on box for the Hamburger Helper. In a pot boil your noodles and drain. When the Hamburger helper is done add your noodles and sour cream and mix together. I also added a little bit of salt, pepper and a tiny bit of garlic salt. It came out excellent!

Teryiaki Pork Loin
1 Pkg of Pork Loin cut into slices
Teryiaki Sauce
Soy Sauce

In a skillet layer your pork loin and top with sauces. I used about 10 dashes of Teryiaki and about 4 dashes of Soy Sauce. Cook on each side for about 4 mins each on Med High Heat.

Fried Rice

2 Tbs Veg Oil
1 Onion Diced
3 cups Cooked Rice
1 Stick of Butter
1 Egg Fried and chopped into small pcs
Teryiaki
Soy Sauce
Salt
Pepper

In a skillet heat oil and add onions. Saute for 3 mins. Add rice and using a spatula fry. Do not stir too much bc it will become mushy. After about 5 mins add butter and mix into rice. Press Rice down with spatula and then stir around. Add Sauces as much or as little as you like. And then add egg and mix into rice well. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

http://www.pillsbury.com/Cooking-Occasions/Doughboy-Dish/Homemade-Doughnuts?WT.dcsvid=MjA5ODE1NTc4NgS2&rvri

I made these donuts from the website above and they were so delicious. I melted choc chips with a little bit of shortening and dipped the donuts in. I also did this with white choc. For the little holes that were left I shook in a bowl with cinnamon and sugar. I plan to make more tomorrow and make a sugar glaze for them.

I got a Joy Cookbook for my bday last year and I have been trying to use it more. This is where I got my recipes for the Scones and Blueberry Muffins.

CLASSIC SCONES

Note: Numbers refer to pages in the cookbook. Many of the recipes can be found online by using our search feature.

8 to 12 scones
Increase the sugar up to 1⁄4 cup for a sweeter scone.
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Sift together into a large bowl:
  1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
  2 1⁄4 teaspoons baking powder
  1 tablespoon sugar
  1⁄2 teaspoon salt
Cut in, using a pastry blender or 2 knives, until the size of small peas:
  1⁄4 cup (1⁄2 stick) cold butter
Beat in a small bowl:
  2 large eggs
Reserve 2 tablespoons of the beaten eggs. Beat in to the reminder:
  1⁄3 cup heavy cream
Make a well in the dry ingredients. Pour in the liquid and combine with a few swift strokes. Handle the dough as little as possible. Turn it out onto a lightly floured board. Pat to 3⁄4 inch thick. To make the classic wedge shape, pat into an 8-inch round and then cut into 8 to 12 wedges or cut into diamond shapes or as for Biscuit Sticks, above. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush with the reserved egg and sprinkle with:
  Salt or sugar
Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

MUFFINS

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12 muffins
With this recipe, you can create myriad muffins by adding berries, chopped fresh or dried fruit, or nuts. See Additions to Muffins, above. You can substitute up to 1 cup whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour for an equal measure of all purpose flour. Note that the liquid ingredient is your choice, from low-fat milk to cream. The flexible amount of butter or oil allows control of the richness with the following advice: Muffins made to be eaten warm from the oven are perfectly delicious with 1⁄4 cup butter or oil. If muffins must be made hours before they will be consumed, or even the day before, you are wise to use 1⁄2 cup butter or oil.
Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease a standard 12-muffin pan or line with paper liners.
Whisk together thoroughly in a large bowl:
  2 cups all-purpose flour
  1 tablespoon baking powder
  1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  (1⁄4 teaspoon grated or ground nutmeg)
Whisk together in another bowl:
  2 large eggs
  1 cup milk or cream
  2⁄3 cup sugar or packed light brown sugar
  1⁄4 to 1⁄2 cup (1⁄2 to 1 stick) butter, melted, or
  1⁄4 to 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
  1 teaspoon vanilla
Add to the flour mixture and mix together with a few light strokes just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix; the batter should not be smooth. Divide the batter among the muffin cups.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in 1 or 2 of the muffins comes out clean, about 17 minutes (or longer for variations with fruit). Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes before removing from the pan. If not serving hot, let cool on a rack. Serve as soon as possible, preferably within a few hours of baking.

I lowered the sugar to 1/3 cup and added 1 1/2 cup of the frozen blueberries I had stored in freezer. 

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Labor Day

I was woke up at 10am by my phone ringing and my mil telling me we had to get out now there was a Tornado headed our way. So we rushed around grabbed the kids and animals and hog tailed out of here. We go down to her house bc she lives in a Cinder Block House so we sit there for a few hours and watch the storm and the weather channel. We are finally in the clear close to 2pm so we are now trying to figure out what to do about food bc I didnt get a chance to thaw out the food before we left in a hurry. So we come home, I defrost as I go. I get my hubby to help me and he peels the potatoes for me while I get the meat thawed and seasoned and marinated. So while he is peeling, I take chicken drumlettes and marinate them (recipe follows), I pour bbq sauce over the ribs and get them in the oven. I also throw the drumettes in there and while they are cooking I start on the marinade for the potato french fries. Im still trying to figure out another side item bc I do not feel like driving to town in the rain. Hubby finishes the potatoes and I cut them up and put them in the marinade and coat them and put them in oven to cook. And I still have a lot of potatoes so I ask if he will make his really good ranch potatoes. (recipe follows)I dice up the potatoes and get them to boiling.  I marinate the steaks (recipe follows) and set them aside while the chicken, ribs and potato fries cook.  I clean up and when they are done I set the steaks on broil and let them cook and start the mac and cheese and then I add the garlic bread and voila I have thrown lunch/dinner together. LOL It took me about 2 hours in the kitchen but I finally came up with a thrown together meal that tasted good.

Chicken Drumlettes Marinade

2Tbs Lemon Juice
1Tbs Olive Oil
Sea Salt
Garlic Salt
Pepper
Salt
Garlic Pepper
Parmesan

Mix together in a bowl and use as a little or as much seasoning as you like. I prolly used 1/2 to 1 tsp of each seasoning. Toss in chicken and marinate for about 15 mins. Lay chicken on tin foil on a bake sheet and sprinkle with more parmesan and let bake at 375 for about 30 mins.


Steak Marinade

1/4 cup A1 or Heinz 57
5 dashes or so of Worsteshire
Garlic Salt
Salt
Pepper
1tsp Minced Garlic

Mix all ingredients together and pour over steaks. Let marinate for about 15 mins or longer and grill, broil or skillet cook your steaks to your liking

Smashed Ranch Potatoes

5 peeled and diced potatoes
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup ranch dressing
salt
pepper
sea salt

1/2 tsp garlic salt

Boil your potatoes til soft. Smash with either a pastry cutter or fork. Add your butter, ranch and seasonings and mix well. They will be lumpy so no worries. You may add as little or as much seasoning as you like, taste along the way. If you want more butter and ranch then add it.

These are the potato fries I made, I signed up to follow this blog and I am glad I did bc these turned out awesome!
http://cookingontheweekends.com/2011/08/smoky-chipotle-parmesan-french-fries/

Lazy Sunday!

Sundays are my lazy day, I do as little as possible and hubby is so great and lets me sleep in as late as I like!!! So today I woke up at 11am and so far Ive washed the dishes (cant stand dirty dishes so matter how lazy or sick those get done) and put a roast in the crock pot to cook all day. Will add potatoes and gravy later. But pretty much I will sit around and do practically nothing and enjoy my lazy day. 

Roast! 

1 roast, no bigger than 4 lbs.
1 pk onion soup mix
salt
pepper
garlic salt
1 onion sliced
1 bell pepper sliced
5 dashes or so of Worsteshire
5 dashes hot sauce
1 cup water
1 cube beef bouillon

In crock pot layer meat, onions and seasonings and let cook on low for 6-8 hours! Note instead of water and beef bouillon you can use beef broth also.

Gravy

2 Tbsp Veg Oil
2 Tbsp Flour
Juice from the roast or water

In a skillet heat your oil and add your flour and make a roux, slow pour in juices and using a fork stir constantly making sure the roux and juices mix well together, add in more juice or water til gravy is thick or as thin as you like. Serve over meat and potatoes!

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Saturday

Today we spent the morning and afternoon throughly cleaning house. We even bathed the pets which was just so much fun. Imagine giving a 25 lb 10 yr old cat a bath. Ha thank god she's been declawed. Anyways I figured Id get in my daily blog before my extra child gets here and let you know whats for dinner. Mmm my fav Mushroom and Provolone topped on Hamburgers.

Hamburgers with Mushrooms and Provolone


1lb Hamburger Meat
2 Tbs A1
1 Tbs Minced Garlic
4 or so Dashes of Worstechire
salt
pepper
garlic salt

Mix together form into patties and grill on each side about 10 mins each.

1 can of mushrooms or fresh mushrooms sliced
2 dashes worsteshire
salt
pepper
2 tbs olive oil or butter

In a skillet heat your butter or oil and add your mushrooms and saute about 5 mins. Then add your seasonings and worsteshire and shake skillet.

Take hamburger buns and layer with hamburger patty, mushrooms and provolone and serve. YUM

Friday

Today I got up and went to work at the furniture store and did filing all day. So not fun and very boring. Lol Then I came home and cleaned house and washed 2 loads of clothes before the kid I watch got here. When he fell asleep I started dinner. My son does not like seafood of any kind so tonights dinner is a lot. I cooked Parmesan Tilapia (recipe follows), Chicken Nuggets, French Fries, Fried Okra and a very yummy newly made sauce served over pasta. (recipe follows)

Parmesan Tilapia

6 pcs. Tilapia
1/4 cup mayo
1/8 cup lemon juice
4 dashes hot sauce (I use chili garlic)
salt
pepper
garlic salt
1/2 cup parmesan
1 tsp horseradish *optional*

Preheat Broiler on Low. Layer Tilapia on broiler pan. In a bowl mix rest of ingredients together and spread on Tilapia. Place fish in oven on the 2nd to lowest level and let cook about 10-15 mins or til flaky. Top should be golden brown.

Pasta Sauce

1/4 cup lemon juice
4 dashes hot sauce (i used chili garlic)
salt
pepper
garlic salt
1/4 cup parmesan

Mix all ingredients together and pour over your fav pasta.

Note: I took spaghetti noodles and put about 4 tbs of butter and stirred til melted then poured the sauce over the noodles. I was surprised at how good it was!

Thursday Dinner and More

I have to take my son to the eye doctor today bc he is complaining his glasses are too blurry to see through. I figured while I'm over there I will stop at Walmart and pick up a few things that are cheaper than buying it here in my small town. So that got me to thinking what do I really want for dinner tonight. I think Breakfast for Dinner sounds really good.We will have Fried Potatoes, Fried Eggs, Sausage, Ham and Grits.

Fried Potatoes

6-8 Red Potatoes thinly sliced
2 Slices of Bacon, chopped
1 Onion thinly sliced or chopped
2 Tbls Olive Oil
In a skillet heat your oil add your bacon and cook til slightly crisp, layer your potatoes in skillet and top with onions. Cover and let cook on Med for 10 mins then flip potatoes and cook for another 10 mins or until potatoes are golden brown.