Menu Monday {even though it's Tuesday!}

Last weeks carte du jour...

Monday: Panda Chicken & Rice
Tuesday: Taco Soup
Wednesday: Beef & Scalloped Potatoes
Thursday: Bacon Ranch Chicken
Friday: Gia's - {was my birthday}
Saturday: Spooky Treats at the Great Grandma Halloween
Sunday: Olive Garden Alfredo sauce on tortellini, grilled chicken and sauteed mushrooms and carrots

Garlic Creamed Chicken

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
4 oz cream cheese - softened
2 cloves garlic - minced

Directions

Combine ingredients in slow-cooker and cook for 3-4 hours on high.

Serve over rice or noodles.

side note: I shredded my chicken once it was cooked to serve more people!

Menu Monday

Last week...

Monday: One Skillet Lasagna {see my side note on this recipe page}
Tuesday: Pork & Bean with Bacon Soup
Wednesday: BLT's
Thursday: Mom in Law made Speedy Chicken Stir-Fry  for us while we were in Tree Town - YUM!
Friday: Matsu Sushi - Out with friends in Murray
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Peas

This week I turned a casserole into a one skillet meal cause we had no time to wait for the oven process.  How about you? Any recipes you've 'adjusted' so you can slow-cook it all day or not have to wait for the oven?

Wassail

½ Gallon Apple Cider
3 Cups Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
3 oz frozen concentrate Orange Juice
3 oz frozen concentrate lemonade
2 to 3 cinnamon sticks
5 whole cloves

Directions

Mix in LARGE pot and heat to boiling. Simmer 20 minutes.

sidenote: just canned my own peach nectar - next time that will be added for sure!

French Breakfast Muffins

1/3 cup shortening
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cup flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ cup milk

½ cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
½ cup melted butter or margarine

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 9 muffin cups.

Mix thoroughly shortening, ½ cup sugar and egg. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg alternating with milk.

Fill muffin cups ¾ full.

Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Mix ½ cup sugar and cinnamon. Immediately after baking roll muffins in melted butter and dip in cinnamon sugar.

Serve Hot!

Menu Monday

This past week looked something like this...

Monday: Tomato Mac & Corn
Tuesday: BBQ Chicken and Rice with Green Beans
Wednesday: Taco Salad
Thursday: Frozen Pizza
Friday: Steak & Potatoes
Saturday: Bajio Mexican Grill & The Drowsy Chaperone
Sunday: Ate dinner at my parent's and had Dad's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup & Mashed Potatoes

Every week I *try* to do a variety of meals, one pasta, one rice, one ground beef, one chicken, one potatoes, one slow cooker....

I very quickly run out of slow cooker ideas. Do you have a favorite you will share with me?!

Angels Pasta

 
8 oz angel hair pasta
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 Tbs olive oil
1 or 2 zucchini sliced
3 tomatoes - chopped
Salt & Pepper to taste
Basil
Mozzarella Cheese

Directions 

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Pour in oil and saute garlic until golden. Stir in zucchini, salt and pepper. Mix in tomato, cover and simmer on low heat.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes; drain.

Season vegetables with basil right before mixing with pasta. 

Combine pasta and vegetables. Serve topped with mozzarella.

Corn Dogs

 3/4 cup corn meal
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbs honey
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
enough milk to make consistency of cake batter {thick cake batter!}
1 package favorite hot-dogs

Directions

Heat 1 quart vegetable oil in a deep saucepan over medium heat. {I use my fry-daddy}

In a medium bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Stir in eggs and milk.

Insert wooden skewers into hot-dogs. Roll dogs in batter until well coated.

Fry 2 or 3 corn dogs at a time until lightly browned, about 3 minutes.

Drain on paper towels.

Menu Monday

Monday: Jambalaya
Tuesday: Mich's Slow Cooked Chicken
Wednesday: Had a bad day and ended up eating off McD's Dollar Menu
Thursday: Spaghetti
Friday: Fajita's at Jon's Party :)
Saturday: My new favorite Restaurant Macaroni Grill {Happy Anniversary Babe!}
Sunday: Grandma & Grandpa Thompson's - Hawaiian Haystacks

When you have a bad day and end up in a pinch with NO TIME to fix anything or even whip up a box of pasta roni cause it takes 10 minutes where do you resort to?

Van's Macaroni Salad

1 cup salad macaroni
1/2 cup miracle whip
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 chopped green onions

Directions

Prepare pasta according to package. Rinse with cold water and add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Chill.
Sprinkle with Paprika before serving.