Supper Club Week 2

Well, there wasn't a good turn out for week 1. I only received one recipe (thanks P!) so we're gonna try it one more time. 

Here is the menu for this week:

Sunday- Chicken Parmesan- recipe can be found here 

Monday- Shrimp and Grits- recipe can be found here

Tuesday- cube steak and gravy- recipe can be found here

Wednesday- eating out 

Thursday- Chicken tortillas


2 lb chicken breast thawed
1 pkg taco seasoning
2 tablespoons olive olive
Salt to taste
Whole wheat tortillas
Or
Taco shells
optional:
Lettuce
Tomato
Salsa
Sour cream (for a healthy option choose Greek yogurt)
Cheese
Guacamole
 Chop chicken into small pieces. Add chicken, olive oil and 1/2 package taco seasoning and 1/2 cup water to saucepan.  Heat to boiling and then reduce heat. Continue to chop chicken into smaller pieces as the chicken simmers over low heat until done. Add salt to taste. Remove from heat and add remaining packet of taco seasoning. Cover and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Layer chicken on tortilla or taco shell. Add optional toppings according to what you like. Also makes a great salad. Just mix ingredients without the tortilla or taco shell. 


Friday- grilled pork chops and salad

Saturday- T is frying turkey and making macaroni and cheese

Send your recipes for next week to kala_jones@att.net and post in the comment section about your favorite recipe from this week!

Enjoy!

K

Supper Club

Last weekend, my mom and I were on our way to Alabama. Whenever we make the 5 hour trip together, we always catch up/vent, etc. This time, venting happened to be about cooking. I like to cook, she does not. But the one thing we agreed on is the planning of the menu. Each week, we both plan a menu, and then go to the grocery store to buy what we need for that week's meals. As per my previous post, T and I always get in a menu rut so I'm always looking for new ideas. As we were talking about it, I had an idea. We would start a Supper Club. Get as many people as we can to submit a recipe, and then everyone else will have some ideas they can pull from.

So here's how it'll work. Each week, you can submit a recipe to kala_jones@att.net. I will compile the recipes and post it towards the end of the week (I always grocery shop on Sunday) and then you will have a full week's worth of recipes to use.

So I am posting our menu for this week to get everyone started.

 

April 7, 2013- April 13, 2013

 

Sunday- Chicken Casserole

       1 pound boneless chicken, boiled and chopped

       1 can cream of mushroom

       1 bunch of broccoli

       1 can mushrooms (I use a large can because I like lots of mushrooms!)

       1/4 cup cheese

       3/4 cup mayonnaise

       1 beaten egg

       1 sleeve ritz crackers

       Combine chicken, cream of mushroom, broccoli, mushrooms, cheese, mayonnaise, and beaten egg. Pour into 8x8 pyrex dish. Top with crushed Ritz Crackers and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees

Monday- Calzones- the recipe for Calzones can be found here

Tuesday- Curly Noodle Supreme- can be found here 

       I use a couple different ingredients from this recipe though. I do not use canned veggies. I cut up fresh tomatoes and use frozen corn (I use the steamer and then dump it straight into the pan with ground beef. It has a little sauce with it that flavors the ground beef. With that being said, I DO NOT use the flavor package with the ramen noodle. It is full of sodium and not good stuff. I just crunch up the noodles and add them.

Wednesday- Chicken Stuffing-

        1 pound chicken, put in bottom of crockpot

        1 cup chicken broth, pour over top of chicken

        1 can cream of chicken

        1 box stuffing (I use Stovetop Whole Wheat Chicken)

        1 cup sour cream (I use 1 cup plain Greek yogurt)

        Mix cream of chicken, stuffing, and sour cream  and pour on top of chicken. Cook on low for 8 hours, or until stuffing is fluffy and chicken is done.

Thursday-Dinner out (sorry but cooking 4 nights in a row is too much for me! I need a break!)

Friday- grilled pork chops, mac and cheese, salad- We will marinade our pork chops with dale's sauce and salt and pepper and then grill

Saturday- fajitas, rice, refried beans (with guacamole and sour cream)- this is a new recipe I am trying this week and I hope its good. It can be found here

Feel free to mix these recipes any way you like. If you are busy tomorrow night and want to have a crockpot meal, then go for it. Also, feel free to add anything or change things. Post in the comment box what your favorite recipe was!

Hope this makes your week easier. Go ahead and submit your recipes to me for next week (April 14th- 20th)!

Enjoy,
K

Foodies

Ever since Blakely A posted about giving away a necklace from Your Jewelry Box (which I won, eek!) I've been following her blog nonstop!

One of her posts was about a program called Foodie PenPals. Its like having a penpal that you write to but the great thing about this is you send them food! How exciting that someone else gets to pick what you should eat! So I signed up immediately.

My Foodie was Megan from Michigan and I was so excited when my box arrived on a cold and windy Thursday, the 2nd day of Spring.

 I was so excited to open my box and see both things I love and things that I've never had. Here's the review on my box!

I was really excited about trying this because I had never heard of it before. I tried it first on ritz crackers and did not really like it. Then I tried it with some celery and still didn't really enjoy it. It had a different taste to it. I've since googled some ideas for it and I'm going to cook with it sometime soon!

I loved this! I actually put it on top of my salad in lieu of bacon bits and LOVED it!

This was actually my favorite. I've eaten a lot of things from Nature Valley but I've never had something that was gluten free. It was amazing! From now on, I will only be buying Nature Valley gluten free!

How can you go wrong with chocolate?

This was actually really convenient! I was running late for work one day and I threw this in my bag. All I had to do is add water and heat! It was really good! The only thing I would do differently is dump it into a bowl to eat so I can mix it up better!

I actually haven't tried the tea yet. Its too hot in Georgia to be drinking tea right now! Maybe we'll have one more cool night that I can brew some up!


If you are interested in signing up to be a Foodie Pen Pal, you can find out more information at Lindsay at the Lean Green Bean!

Love,
K