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My resolution for the New Year involves a lot of meal planning, and so I have been making lists of recipes I know how to make and adding new recipes to provide some change.
I thought that a thread here for the regulars would give us something to do, as well as provide us all with ideas
I'll try to post a recipe for what we are having for dinner every day, unless it is a repeat. Everyone else can post breakfast/lunch/snack/dinner/dessert recipes as they see fit. I hope this will give us all a bit of fun and variety!


Tonight's dinner:
Pasta with Tomatoes & Zucchini

I used yellow squash as the store was out of zucchini, and I used cherry tomatoes instead of plum as suggested by a reviewer... It is different, but pretty good I will probably make this again!

Did tuna noodle cassarole today:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1638,159...97,00.html

Only put the potato chips on the top, and I did mixed veggies instead of just peas, and used fish sticks instead of tuna. (Trying to get through a large bag of them that it turns out I don't like solo. *lol*)

I made vegetarian borscht...

5 potatoes
3 beets and the greens
1 small-ishhead of cabbage
4 carrots
1/2 onion
4 cloves of garlic
3 boullion cubes(your fave flavor)
caraway seed
1/8 cup cider vinegar
3Tbs. honey

Peel or don't peel the vegtables. It all depends on your philosophy of nutritionXD Boil the the cut up beets, chopped onions and chopped carrots together until they're softened a bit with the boullion, vinegar and honey. Add the potatoes, garlic, caraway seeds and cabbage chopped up to the boiling mix. Keep it boiling for another 15 minutes and add the beet greens and cook for another 5 minutes. Serve with a bit of sour cream and a beer don't hurt either, Yum!

Dinner last night was leftovers, but tonight was quick lasagna I make this all the time as we all love it!

Cheesy Lasagna Rolls with Spinach & Ricotta

That last recipe looks awesome, Tari! I gotta try it. It looks like it would look extra cute in a bento box

It probably would be! And it is really easy to make too

Ahahaha. Not really. I have spices and flour on hand at all times, but other than that, it is really grocery trip to grocery trip for me. I am trying to fix that now, plan to buy things we use often when they are on sale or if I have a coupon. We even bought a small deep freeze so that we can do the same with meats and so I can do make ahead meals

Chicken with Tomatoes & Portobello Mushrooms

Very good, but I need to think of something to have as a side next time...

Tari, you might try a short pasta, or maybe orzo. The chicken & tomatos & mushrooms looks yummy.

I have my no fail easy desert recipe. If you have kids of learning to cook stage they are extra fun, and messy.

Lemon Drop Cookies

1 box supermoist lemon cake mix
1 8oz tub cool whip, thawed (NOT nonfat)
1 large egg
powdered sugar.

mix cake mix, cool whip & egg together. drop by spoonfuls into powdered sugar and roll into a ball. Bake @ temp on cake mix box for 8-10 minutes, or till lightly golden brown. cool and enjoy.



You can also use any other flavor of cake mix, I love spice cake in this & gingerbread flavor would probably be good too, don't go for carrot cake mix... the carrot bits stay crunchy . I usually use vanilla cool whip with the lemon, it makes the lemon punch a bit more, and if I can find it the strawberry cool whip with chocolate cake mix... though now that I think about it the strawberry would probably be awesome with the lemon as well.

Thanks for that suggestion Sly, sounds good

Tonight was supposed to be a turkey patty thing, but my ground turkey was freezer burned and I couldn't make myself cook it (let alone eat it >_>). Macaroni and Peas it is!

1 Box Macaroni & Cheese
2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Milk
Random amount of Frozen Peas

Boil water, dump in Macaroni and peas, boil for 10 minutes, drain and return to pot. Add butter, milk and cheese mix, stir and serve.

(01-07-2010 10:39 PM)Tari Mithrandir Wrote: [ -> ]Ahahaha. Not really.

LOL!

I'm a terribly impulsive cook, most of the time. Usually it's not so much a planned meal as it is sticking my head in the pantry and figuring out what I can do with what I have. Then when I look up recipes using available ingredients, more often than not I'll be missing one little thing - which is often a crucial element and can't be substituted easily! *headdesk*

Hence my interest in compiling a list of "essentials" to have on hand when I whip something up. I've got a pretty good idea, thus far. I'd really like to try this - the 10 Ingredient Shopping Trip - an article I found online, written by noted foodie Mark Bittman.

Anyhoo! What have I made recently? In the past week or so:

**Beer Butt Rosemary Chicken (link) with onions, red potatoes and steamed broccoli. My mother bought a ceramic chicken cooker (looks like this one) recently so I tried it out with that recipe. Absolutely delicious! Any recipe that keeps the breast meat moist is stellar, in my book.

**Lemon Garlic Tilapia (link) with some quick box rice and steamed broccoli. For dessert, raspberry Jell-O cake with lemon honey whipped topping. All of this I made with available supplies in the kitchen, so I think I did pretty well for myself!

**Goulash with Ziti Noodles tonight, my own improvised creation. Here's the informal run-down of it:

1 lb. ground beef
1 medium red onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, diced
½ tsp. dried, ground marjoram
½ tsp. dried oregano
1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes
1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (11 oz) can tomato soup
1 (16 oz) package pasta

Boil pasta, drain and set aside. Sauté garlic and onions over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Add ground beef and brown it with the G&Os. Stir in oregano and marjoram. When beef is thoroughly cooked, add all three cans of tomato products to the meat and simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Serve hot over your noodles, and voilà! (Note: Mom threw some frozen corn in with the sauce as well. T'was good.)

**An old favorite of my family - Tuna Hot Dish! Not baked like a casserole, though - it's more like macaroni and cheese with tuna. Made a couple batches of these recently, too. A favorite comfort food.

1 (16 oz) package pasta
1-2 cups milk
6-8 oz. "smooth melting" cheese (we use Land O' Lakes American that comes in a big log to slice from )
1 (12 oz) can tuna (Chicken of the Sea Chunk Light packed in water, for us)
salt and pepper to taste
1 (10 oz) package sweet peas (optional)
1 (6 oz) can original Pringles (optional)

Boil pasta, drain and set aside. Combine milk and cheese in saucepan (amounts vary depending on how "soupy" one wants the finished product to be) over medium heat, stir frequently until cheese is melted. Stir in half the tuna, add pasta to saucepan, and stir together with remaining half of tuna. This goes great with some sweet peas and Pringles for scooping!

Great recipes Karakul

Last night's dinner:
Mushroom & Swiss Patty Melt with Peas

I used sliced mozzarella in place of the swiss, as Gauth is not a swiss fan. It was pretty good I liked the smooth, mild flavour the turkey gave the meal. And we served it with buttermilk mashed potatoes
Nothing planned for tonight as we have a family gathering today ^_^

Okay, missed the last two days!

Meatloaf and veggies- I use the recipe on the back of the Lipton Onion Soup Mix box and boil up some frozen mixed veggies*lol* I didn't feel like having a starch that night.


Chicken & Sweet Potato Dumplings
This is normally made with turkey, and I have made it that way twice (very good), but I only have chicken this time of year and decided to try it out It worked great!

Today I made my version of chicken parmesan.

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 egg white
Random amount of Italian bread crumbs
1 jar pasta sauce
As much shredded mozzarella as you want

Dip chicken breasts in egg white and then bread crumbs, put in baking pan and cover with pasta sauce, top with cheese. Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees, serve over your preferred pasta type.

Easy, yummy and cheesy!

ETA: Yeah, I use no parmesan in my chicken parmesan I much prefer mozzarella!