My only favorite recipe from PA. Eat for breakfast or anytime!
4 cups oatmeal
pinch of salt
1 T baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 sticks melted butter
Mix and bake in 9x13 pan at 350 for 30 min. Add any canned or fresh fruit you desire. I like to pour milk over the hot oatmeal and enjoy!
Group of friends who swap meals once a month to take home to the freezer.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Bacon Ranch Chicken
This has become a family favorite since my sister noticed it on Pinterest last spring. Hope you enjoy it!
You can find the post I used as inspiration here, although I also read that it was originally a Taste of Home recipe?
On cooking day, simply pour the contents of the bag into the crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. When you're ready to serve, boil the pasta and shred the chicken in the crock pot (I use a pastry blender for easy shredding!). Serve the alfredo-like-sauce over the pasta with garlic bread and a salad. YUM!
You can find the post I used as inspiration here, although I also read that it was originally a Taste of Home recipe?
On cooking day, simply pour the contents of the bag into the crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. When you're ready to serve, boil the pasta and shred the chicken in the crock pot (I use a pastry blender for easy shredding!). Serve the alfredo-like-sauce over the pasta with garlic bread and a salad. YUM!
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Mock Pasta E Fagioli (from Olive Garden)
I know it's still summer, but these cool evenings made me think of soup! I'm actually remembering to post it on the blog, too! Looking forward to being back on a schedule.
-3 tsp. oil
-2 pounds ground beef
-14 ounces carrots, chopped
-14 ounces celery, chopped
-12 ounces onion, chopped
-48 ounces tomatoes; canned, diced
-2 cups cooked red kidney beans
-2 cups cooked white kidney beans
-88 ounces beef stock
-3 tsp. oregano
-2 and 1/2 tsp. pepper
-1 and 1/2 tsp. hot sauce
-48 ounces spaghetti sauce
- 8 ounces dry pasta
Directions: Saute beef in oil in large 10 qt. pot until beef starts to brown. Add onions, carrots, celery, and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, pepper, hot sauce and spaghetti sauce (and pasta). Simmer until veggies are tender, about 45 minutes. Makes about 9 quarts of soup!
From freezer: Reheat soup in crockpot or on stove. Add pasta shells and cook until tender. Garnish with Parmesan cheese.
-3 tsp. oil
-2 pounds ground beef
-14 ounces carrots, chopped
-14 ounces celery, chopped
-12 ounces onion, chopped
-48 ounces tomatoes; canned, diced
-2 cups cooked red kidney beans
-2 cups cooked white kidney beans
-88 ounces beef stock
-3 tsp. oregano
-2 and 1/2 tsp. pepper
-1 and 1/2 tsp. hot sauce
-48 ounces spaghetti sauce
- 8 ounces dry pasta
Directions: Saute beef in oil in large 10 qt. pot until beef starts to brown. Add onions, carrots, celery, and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, pepper, hot sauce and spaghetti sauce (and pasta). Simmer until veggies are tender, about 45 minutes. Makes about 9 quarts of soup!
From freezer: Reheat soup in crockpot or on stove. Add pasta shells and cook until tender. Garnish with Parmesan cheese.
Healthier Sloppy Joes II from AllRecipes.com
Back to school! Football... Soccer... Swimming... Youth Group... Dance...Homework. Whatever starts in the fall in your house, I thought that this month we could all use an easy "go-to" meal for nights that sitting down for dinner just isn't going to happen. These sloppy joe's have some extra veggies in them so I don't feel quite as guilty about the fast food. The meat is frozen in small cubes or mini muffin tins (depending on which batch you got), so you can just pull out as many as you need, heat them in the microwave and move on to the next thing. Probably 2 cubes for a regular size bun, 1 cube for a slider. The meat already has 2 thumbs up from my kids... and no one even noticed the extra veggies :-)
The recipe came from here.
1 pound lean ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green (and red) bell pepper
2 carrots finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
3/4 cup ketchup
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
salt & pepper to taste
Brown meat with onions, peppers, carrots, & garlic. Drain. Mix ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar then add to meat. Mix well. Let simmer until sauce thickens (about 30 min).
On serving day: Take out as many individual servings as you need. Thaw & heat in the microwave or on the stove top. Throw on a bun and hit the road!
Back to school! Football... Soccer... Swimming... Youth Group... Dance...Homework. Whatever starts in the fall in your house, I thought that this month we could all use an easy "go-to" meal for nights that sitting down for dinner just isn't going to happen. These sloppy joe's have some extra veggies in them so I don't feel quite as guilty about the fast food. The meat is frozen in small cubes or mini muffin tins (depending on which batch you got), so you can just pull out as many as you need, heat them in the microwave and move on to the next thing. Probably 2 cubes for a regular size bun, 1 cube for a slider. The meat already has 2 thumbs up from my kids... and no one even noticed the extra veggies :-)
The recipe came from here.
1 pound lean ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green (and red) bell pepper
2 carrots finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
3/4 cup ketchup
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
salt & pepper to taste
Brown meat with onions, peppers, carrots, & garlic. Drain. Mix ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar then add to meat. Mix well. Let simmer until sauce thickens (about 30 min).
On serving day: Take out as many individual servings as you need. Thaw & heat in the microwave or on the stove top. Throw on a bun and hit the road!
Monday, August 6, 2012
August Swap Details
We'll have 6 this month! Here are the category assignments:
Beef: Elizabeth
Chicken: Robin
Pasta: Elisha
Other: Josie
Grill/Soup: Suzanne
Breakfast: Tanya
We will swap at Elisha's house on Thursday, August 16th at 4:30. If that time doesn't work, just have the food to her house before that and we'll swap for you! See you all then (or sometime around then!).
Beef: Elizabeth
Chicken: Robin
Pasta: Elisha
Other: Josie
Grill/Soup: Suzanne
Breakfast: Tanya
We will swap at Elisha's house on Thursday, August 16th at 4:30. If that time doesn't work, just have the food to her house before that and we'll swap for you! See you all then (or sometime around then!).
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