Chicken and Veggie Pasta

Noodles- preferably gluten free
Grilled Chicken - pan grilled mine
Sundried Tomatoes
Steamed Broccoli
Grilled mushrooms -pan grilled mine
Parmesan Cheese Flakes
Garlic Mama Seasoning from Frontier
Toss with a little butter and olive oil

Manny Likey

Brisket and Polenta Dinner

I have never had either of these before so I'm hoping we like them. The brisket is in the oven now. I'll link to the recipe later.  Ok, HERE is the recipe from http://tastykitchen.com/  It turned out really good but I would lower the cooking temp next time for sure.  Also, all the younger children did not care for the polenta.  They said it tasted like cheesey cream of wheat.  So I will cut the recipe for that in 1/2 next time too.  Over all it was pretty good.

Happy to be Feeling Better

I'm still not totally better from my back issues but I am feeling much better and I'm so happy to be able to take care of my family again.  Tonight we had a great dinner of breaded pork chop fried in this and they were wonderful.  I have to thank my dear friend Mellissa for "learning" me about coconut oil.  We also had cooked carrots, homemade applesauce, and Pioneer Womans Breakfast Potatoes.  I feel so blessed to be able to cook good meals for my family and clean up after them too!  Clean up is actually a relaxing time for me when I just get to hang out in the kitchen and sing along with some of my favorite artists playing on my iphone. 

So Yummy, So Yummy

This may not look like much but it was soooo good.  Thanks again to the Pioneer Woman for another hit.  Very family friendly.  The kids loved it.  Much healthier than Hamburger Helper!   Here is the recipe for Sour Cream Noodle Bake over at Ree's.

Who's Hungry?

Did you ever have one of those days where you started out cooking one thing and it just snowballed in to many? Well, for me today is one of those days.
It all started this morning when I looked at the box of tomatoes my Aunt and Uncle so generously gave me and I thought I'd get out the Sqeezo and make some sauce even though I already had chicken thawing in the fridge for tonight and 2 lbs of ground beef thawing as well to make stuffed peppers from my garden peppers to freeze. So anywho, I need to go to the store to get some paste cause the tomatoes we not Romas and I need to thicken them up and while I was there they had a little natural roast on clearance and 2 packs of the natural chicken tenders marked down as well so I had to get them. Well, to make a long story short I have now made-
2 pans of stuffed yellow peppers
1 gallon of fresh sauce with meatballs
3 ham and cheese stuffed, fried and baked chicken breasts
1 small roast with carrots
and grilled chicken tenders with fried portabella mushrooms and onions
whew, I better go throw in a chocolate cake!

Chicken Anyone?

I'm going to try and keep a running list of chicken dishes so that I can reference it when I planning meals or in a hurry and need something quick.

Chicken Tenders-

Grilled
Breaded and Fried

Rotisserie or Baked-

Gravy and Mashed Potatoes, Veggie

BBQ Pizza- Crust, Sauce, Pizza Cheese, Gorgonzola Cheese, Chicken and BBQ Sauce

Enchilada's-
Pour some tomato sauce on a bottom of a 9 X 13 or larger baking pan.
to prepare tortillas -
Spread some refried beans on it, then add some cheese, then add steamed broccoli and chicken and then cheese again. Fold each sides in and place in the pan with the fold facing up. If it starts to open up, I usually pour a little tomato sauce on top of it so the sides stick to each other.
Do that for all the tortillas and line side by side in the pan. Note: For 8 enchiladas I use a 11 x 19 pan and have 6 enchiladas in a row and other 2 are put in the pan in the opposite direction on one side.
Then pour tomato sauce over top all the tortillas and you have to be generous or else they will get dried up. Make sure the sauce is all around the sides of the pan or else they will stick to the pan and it will be difficult to get out after baked. Then place shredded cheese on top of all them. Bake at 350 for about 1/2 hour or until the middles are hot and the cheese is melted through.

Chicken Stuffed Shells-
Boil till al dente large shells to prepare them
Make a mixture with shredded chicken, mayo, prepared stuffing mix. Stuff shells and pour cream soup mixed with milk or broth over. Bake till heated through.