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Monday, September 27, 2010

Easy for Quick!

Last week I hate to admit, we ate out 4 days!!! Our life was on the run and it was either eat out or starve.  So I'm making a commitment again this week by setting up a meal plan to stick to.
Monday: BBQ hamburger and macaroni salad with ice cream dessert!!!  (FHE at my house with all of the Hepworth's)
Tuesday: Chicken Enchiladas
Wednesday: Navajo Tacos
Thursday: Grilled Fish 
Friday: Sweet and Sour Chicken
Saturday: Spaghetti
Sunday: Roast and Potatoes in the crock pot!


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Meals on the Run!

Monday - Hamburgers and homemade fries
Tuesday - Tacos
Wednesday - Zucchini Casserole (First time all summer if you can believe it!  I'm kind of excited to have it.)
Thursday - Pepper Steak and Rice (Thrown in crock pot so family can eat while I'm at ESL class for 3 1/2 hours!)
Friday - Empanadas (Linda's birthday dinner)

ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE

Ingredients:

8 cups cubed zucchini

1 small onion (chopped)

1 grated carrot

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 small carton of sour cream

1 box stove top dressing

1 cube margarine

 

Directions:

1.)           Boil zucchini, onion, and carrot until tender, then drain.

2.)           Mix together in another bowl, cream of chicken soup and sour cream.

3.)           Mix together in a 3rd bowl stove top dressing and margarine (no water)

4.)           Combine veggie mixture, creamy mixture and 3/4 of the dressing.

5.)           Place in a 9x13 pan.

6.)           Top with the rest of the dressing

7.)           Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.


EMPANADAS

 

Ingredients:

Dough:

2 tsp yeast

1 cup warm water

2 tsp sugar

2 Tbsp powdered milk

2 tsp salt

4 cups flour

4 Tbsp oil

Directions for Dough:

1.)           Mix yeast, sugar, and water.  Let it bubble, then mix in other ingredients.

2.)           Knead together, pull off lemon-size balls of dough to make empanada shell.

 

Filling:

1 pound of hamburger

garlic & oregano for seasoning

green onion (diced)

2 Tbsp worchestershire sauce

1 can tomato sauce

grated cheese

sour cream

 

Directions:

1.)           Brown hamburger and onions on stove.  Add garlic and oregano for seasoning.

2.)           Add worchestershire sauce and tomato sauce to browned meat.

3.)           Roll out dough shell.

4.)           Fill shell with hamburger filling, shredded cheese, and sour cream.

5.)           Fold shell over, and make sure it is sealed.

6.)           Deep fry until golden brown.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Meal Plan for the week


Sunday: Italian Pork Roast and steamed squash, (recipe on blog earlier)
Monday: Pizza Pockets, (raise Rhodes rolls, roll out and fill with diced tomatoes, mozarella cheese, and pepperoni)
Tuesday:  Fritos Casserole
Wednesday:  Sweet Pork Burritos
Thursday:  Grilled Salmon
Friday:  BBQ Hamburgers, (going camping for the weekend, yeah!!)

Sunday, August 15, 2010

First Week of School Meal Plan

** In order to fit it all in to our life... I decided one of my Sunday afternoon activities will be to look over the grocery situation and make a menu for the week.  So, here it is.  (And I don't even have to go to the grocery store again this week!  Brett will be so proud of me.)
Monday:  Creamy Chicken Enchiladas with green salad
Tuesday:  Italian Pork Roast with steamed broccoli
Wednesday: Salsa Salmon with Salsa Pasta and Beans
Thursday: Pizza Pockets and green salad
Friday:  Pepper Steak with white rice

Oh boy!  Here we go!

Smoked Pork Ribs with Dutch Oven Potatoes and Squash

Smoked Pork Ribs
Directions:
Rub the following mixture on it the night before:
2 1/2 Tbsp brown sugar
1/4 Tbsp salt
1/4 Tbsp garlic powder
1/4 Tbsp cumin
1/4 Tbsp cajun
1/4 Tbsp mustard
1/4 Tbsp pepper
** SMoke in the smoker at 250 degrees for 5 hours or until ribs reach 170 degree internal temperature.  Apply BBQ sauce every 45 minutes.

Dutch Oven Potatoes - (in the house I use a nice deep baking dish with a lid)
4 large potatoes, cut
1 yellow crook-neck squash, cut
1 green pepper, diced
3 green onions, diced
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup Sprite
Combine all in baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hours... cover with cheese to melt at the end.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Smoked Sausage with Vegetables

No, I'm not sick.... just no pics!

Ingredients:
1 package (19 oz) frozen vegetables
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 Tbsp canola oil
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp honey
1 tsp ground mustard
1 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp hot pepper sauce
1 pound smoked sausage, sliced.

Directions:
Cook vegetables according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Stir in the next 11 ingredients. Add sausage
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened and sausage is heated through, stirring occasionally and turning sausage once. Serve with the vegetable medley.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Fresh Canadian Salmon & Cauliflower Tomato Medley

** Flexibility has to be one of my main character traits.  Brett wanted to cook up the Salmon his own way.  Brett's secret sauce is soooooo holy that he won't tell me what he's doing!!!  This was what he did at the "Salmon Bake" restaurant he worked at when he lived in Alaska.  (There is butter, brown sugar and lemon juice!)
Cauliflower Tomato Medley
Ingredients:
1 medium head cauliflower, cut into florets
6 bacon strips, diced
1-1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
3 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
2 Tablespoons sliced green onion
1-1/2 teaspoons sniped fresh dill or 1/2 tsp dill weed
1/4 tsp salt
dash pepper
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese.

Directions:
Place cauliflower in a large saucepan; add 1 in. of water.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until crisp-tender
Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp.  Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels.  Drain, reserving 3 Tbsp drippings.  Toss bacon and bread crumbs with drippings and set aside.
Drain cauliflower.  Arrange the tomatoes ina greased shallow 2 qt. baking dish.  Sprinkle with onion, dill, salt and pepper.  Top with cauliflower and bacon mixture.
Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.  Uncover; sprinkle cheese on top and bake another 5 minutes to melt cheese.