For lunch in a snow storm dress up ramen with more broth and some veg. I also tossed in some soy sauce.
Meredith
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
1/26/10 Tuesday nite Low cal Shepard’s Pie -1st run not so hot this one is a work in progress
I can not in good conscience post the recipe for this one yet. It has potential but needs so much more work. Please forgive me but I will come back to this one soon. I promise.
1/25/10 Monday nite Stuffed Shell and Leftover nite Wednesday
Wanted to keep this dish on the lighter side of things so I used low fat or no fat cheeses. It was a wonderful dish no matter what high fat or low fat you use, plus great leftovers
Supplies:
**Preheat oven 350 degrees
- 1 box of defrosted frozen chopped spinach
- 2 eggs
- 2 15oz ricotta cheese
- 2 cups of mozzarella cheese or more to top shells with
- 1 ½ cups of grated Parm
- 2 Tbsp of dried parsley
- 1 Tbsp of dried Basil
- 1 Tsp of Salt- for Ricotta mix
- 3 cups of your fav spaghetti Sauce- we make our own.. but can’t give it up yet
- 12oz box of Jumbo Shells
- Large boiling pot
- Large mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Tbsp
- High-sided 9 x 13 baking dish
- Cook Jumbo Shells for 15 mins in salted water
- Drain and let cool
- Squeeze as much water out of the frozen spinach as you can using a clean dish rag
- In the large bowl, add: Eggs, Ricotta, Mozzarella, ¾’s of a cup of the parm, the parsley, the basil, and salt along with the drained spinach … mix until complete blended
- Then stuff cooled shells with 1 Tbsp of filling and place them in you 9 x 13 inch pan and cover with sauce then sprinkle with the remaining parm cheese and mozz if you have it.
- Bake in oven for about 25 to 30 mins.
Let cool a little and then enjoy.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Sunday nite Polynesian Pork chops, with Sauerkraut and Sweet Carrots
We went to our Mega Mart and found 3 pork loins marked down to $2.00 each we could not pass this up. So here, we are 2 pork meals for the week.
These are very easy and don’t need much work.
The Sauce: In the saucepan added the chili sauce and the cranberry jelly, cook until jelly is has diluted. Then add the other ingredients and taste. If it needs more of any of the other ingredients have at ….it is your sauce now. While the flavors of the sauce cook together on low for a little bit moves on to the meat.
The Meat: In large Skillet splash in the olive oil and heat the pan on med high for a bit. (Until when you toss a splash of water in it is sizzles away) then place the pork chops in. *You are just browning them on each side…. so as 1st side gets brown turn.
Then make some room in the pan for the onions and let them sauté until tender while the second side is cooking. Toss in the chopped garlic when 2nd side is almost done so as not to burn the garlic. (You may need to turn down the heat if it gets too hot)
Oven Time
When Pork is brown and onions and garlic are sautéed place, them in a baking dish and pour ½ of the sauce over it. Place it in a preheated over for about 15-20 mins. Check temperature of Pork with your meat thermometer if close to or at 180 degrees (if not cook until meat reaches that temperature) add the rest of the sauce and cook for about 5 mins.
Dinner is all done now so just plate up and serve Yumo’s. Hope you love the flavor combinations as much as we do.
This meal includes 2 side dishes-Sweet Carrots and Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut- buy a can at the store and open it up and microwave it. See Easy.
Carrots- boil some fresh cut carrots in a saucepan, then drain water, and add honey, orange zest, dab of butter, and S and P. These amounts will very so you will need to taste as you go.
Now the Pork is a little more challenging.
You will need:
In a large Skillet:
- Pork Loin cut into chops
- splash of Olive Oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
In a Saucepan:
- 1 jar of chili Sauce
- 1 can of cranberry jelly
- splash of Worcestershire sauce
- couple of pinches of sugar
- a tsp of honey
Get ready to put all the above into a baking dish so Pre-heat over to 350 degrees.
The Sauce: In the saucepan added the chili sauce and the cranberry jelly, cook until jelly is has diluted. Then add the other ingredients and taste. If it needs more of any of the other ingredients have at ….it is your sauce now. While the flavors of the sauce cook together on low for a little bit moves on to the meat.
Then make some room in the pan for the onions and let them sauté until tender while the second side is cooking. Toss in the chopped garlic when 2nd side is almost done so as not to burn the garlic. (You may need to turn down the heat if it gets too hot)
When Pork is brown and onions and garlic are sautéed place, them in a baking dish and pour ½ of the sauce over it. Place it in a preheated over for about 15-20 mins. Check temperature of Pork with your meat thermometer if close to or at 180 degrees (if not cook until meat reaches that temperature) add the rest of the sauce and cook for about 5 mins.
Saturday nite 1/23/10- Sweet and Sour Chicken
YES WE ARE CHEATING !!!!
- 28 oz bag of Popcorn Chicken
- splash of olive oil
- 1 red pepper chopped- or green if you like
- ½ an onion roughly chopped
- 1 pineapple or large can of pineapple chunks
- small can of Water chestnuts sliced
- 2 regular jars of Sweet and sour sauce (orange stuff)
- Quick Rice
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Menu
Menu Week of 1/23/10- 1/29/10
• Paula's Pork with purple cabbage and mash potatoes
• Polynesian pork chops with sauerkraut and sweet carrots
• Beef stir fry
• Stuffed Shells with bread sticks
• Spicy Pineapple Chicken with orzo
• Weight Healthy Shepherds pie
• Quick and Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Dessert is Salt sweet Dark Chocolate Brownies
Friday Night Dinner 01/22/2010
Pizza Salad
I recreated a wonderful meal we had at a local restaurant called the Pizza Salad.
It was a simple and lovely dish that you can make from scratch or from store bought ingredients and still look really creative.
You use:
- A small cooked pizza dough cut into 8 pieces
- then add the toppings, I used mixed spring greens and added all my fav salad stuff.
- also added some cut up deli salami
- goat cheese to fancy it up.
We went to the restaurant and picked up the dressing a creamy Italian (which I can not figure out how to make yet). It was a great dinner that we all enjoyed and not hard at all.
I think my favorite part is watching my 16 year old eating with her hands like a pizza.
I hope you enjoy this one.
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