Category Archives: Recipes

Sep 20 2010

Planning Our Week (in Food)

It’s been a long time since I planned out our dinners for the week, but I’ve finally made the time to work on it.  With school starting back and kids activities Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, things have been quite hectic around here.  Here’s what I hope to serve this week… we’ll see how it goes ;-) ~

Monday – Grilled Tuna with broccoli rice casserole and cinnamon apples

Tuesday - Pizza Croissants (courtesy of Tricia at Once A Month Mom), Corn on the Cob and fruit cup of some sorts

Wednesday - Lasagna (Stouffers lasagna is on sale this week), salad and garlic bread

Thursday – Taco Night! Soft tacos, Spanish rice and veggies

Friday - Grilled Lime Chicken Kabobs (Thanks Paula Deen!); black beans w/ rice and Yogurt parfaits.

Saturday - TBD (probably left overs)

Sunday – TBD (probably a pasta dish like my Mexican Pasta Bake)

Mar 7 2010

Mouthwatering Monday – Easy Mexican Pasta Bake

While I love Mexican food, I can never get my boys to eat anything other than cheese quesadillas.  Not wanting to make separate dinners for the adults and the children, I discovered away to make it work – Mexican pasta bake. This twist on tacos let’s me enjoy the flavors I love, while also meeting the approval of my boys.

Mexican Pasta Bake

INGREDIENTS

  • 1lb lean ground beef
  • 1 can Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes w/ Chipotle (Ro*tel tomatoes w/green chili’s would work too)
  • 1.5 cups shredded cheese – nacho/Mexican variety works best
  • 1 box spiral/penne/elbow noodles (your choice)
  • 1 package taco seasoning
  • 1 red or yellow bell pepper, diced

DIRECTIONS

Prepare the ground beef, adding your diced bell pepper when the beef is about 1/2 way done.  After browning, add taco seasoning, following directions on the packet. On another burner, prepare your pasta according to the directions and drain.  Add both the ground beef mixture and the pasta to an oven safe casserole dish.  Mix in the diced tomatoes and the cheese.  Place in over for 20 minutes at 325.

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Feb 24 2010

Help a Girl Out – Please Vote

jMy Friend Tricia at Once a Month Mom is participating in a contest with The Mushroom Channel. She submitted a photo of mushrooms she took and now people are voting on their favorite photo.  1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes awarded with 1st place getting $100!  Voting ends THIS FRIDAY (FEB 26) so please click the link above and vote for Tricia. No registering is needed, just click “J” and voila.  It’s that easy.

Jan 25 2010

Mouthwatering Monday – Slow Cooker Potato Soup

Happy Monday everyone!

So with the crazy work week and all the chaos in the kitchen this weekend (see this blog post), I wasn’t able to whip up anything “mouthwatering” last week. I mentioned this on Twitter last night and my friend Carla generously offered to let me share her slow cooker potato soup recipe (adapted from two different recipes). She’d tweeted about it earlier in the week and I’d drooled over her Twitpic.  This is one recipe you can bet I’ll be making soon!

Slow-Cooker-Potato-Soup

INGREDIENTS

  • 8 cups peeled, diced potatoes
  • 1 small onion, finely diced
  • 6 ounces bacon, cooked, drained, crumbled
  • 8 ounces low fat cream cheese
  • 3 cans fat-free chicken broth
  • 1 can 98% fat free cream of chicken soup
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

DIRECTIONS

In a 4-quart or larger slow cooker, combine potatoes, onion and bacon. In large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup and pepper, stirring until blended. Add soup mixture to slow cooker and stir to blend. Cover. Cook on low heat for 10 hours or high heat for 5 hours. Before serving, mash some of the potatoes to thicken the soup. Serve with a dollop of fat-free sour cream and chopped green onions or chives. Makes 8 servings.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (1 serving = 1/8 of recipe)

  • Calories: 261
  • Fat: 8g
  • Carbohydrates: 32g
  • Sodium: 1001mg
  • Cholesterol: 22mg
  • Fiber: 3g (leave skin on potatoes for an extra gram of fiber)
  • Calories from fat: 30%

This post is part of Mouthwatering Monday. Click on the link and check out more great recipes!