[LorieB]

What are your favourite meals to make? I sometimes feel like we make the same meals over and over again so it would be nice to make something fresh and yummy

[stardusthealer]

my favorite would be sweet n sour chicken in the crockpot

[Emm17]

Here's one from my PR recipe forum, SIMPLE and YUMMY.

Mini cheese stuffed meatloafs

1lb. ground Beef (hamburger)
1/2 c. uncooked white rice (instant or minute rice)
1/2 tea. garlic powder
1 tea. seasoning salt
salt and pepper to taste
2 tea. Worcestershire sauce
1 egg.
1/4 c. ketchup
shredded cheddar cheese

You may also add:
1/4 c. finely chopped onions
1/4 c. minced red bell pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease muffin tins about 9.

In large bowl mix all the ingredients together. Then take a spoon and fill muffin tins, with finger make a hole in middle of all meatloafs add about 1 tsb. cheese to middle, then close with meatloaf. On top I added a mix of 1/2 c. ketchup and 1/2 c. BBQ sauce.

One More

Easy Stroganoff...
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can (14.5 oz) beef broth
1 can mushrooms
1 lb. stewing meat
1 cup sour cream
2 cups egg noodles (cooked)

Combine soup and broth in slow cooker. Add meat.
Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours. Reduce heat to low and cook 3-4 hours.
Stir in sour cream.
Stir in noodles and cook on high for 20 min.

Serve with French bread!

I have personally tried both,and they are DELISH.

[LorieB]

Oh, those sound great!

Suz, would you be able to post what ingredients you use? Thanks!

I'm trying a new recipe tonight, a roast since DH is home for a few days. If it's good, I'll post it tomorrow

[**Badfish**]

One of my faves (it's a tweaked Pioneer Woman recipe; I use wine instead of vodka):

1 lb. penne pasta
1 15 oz. can of tomato sauce
1 cup of red wine
1 cup of heavy whipping cream
1 cup of grated parmesan
1 medium-sized onion
2-3 cloves of garlic
Butter
Extra-virgin olive oil
Salt
Black peppercorn
Crushed red pepper

Boil the penne until al dente.

Dice the entire onion and garlic as finely as you can. In a large pan (I use a wok) sauté the onion and garlic in butter and olive oil until they start to turn golden. Add one cup of red wine (I use Woodbridge merlot) and allow to simmer for a few minutes. Then add the can of tomato sauce while stirring. Turn the heat down to low, and allow to simmer for another three minutes, then add one cup of heavy whipping cream while stirring. After the cream is completely blended, add the crushed red pepper and peppercorn to taste (regular black pepper will work if you don’t have a grinder). Add a pinch of salt (you don’t need much when cooking with wine). Finally, add half a cup of grated parmesan to the sauce and stir until it melts. The sauce will remain fairly thin.

Strain the penne and pour into a large bowl. Add the sauce and then stir until the noodles are coated, then add the other half-cup of parmesan to the top.

[LorieB]

That sounds scrumptious, Jess! DH loves pasta on game days and this might be a yummy change for him, thanks.

Amazing macaroni salad--

2 cups elbow macaroni
1 can dark red kidney beans
1 cucumber
1 yellow tomato
1 bag fresh baby spinach

Cook elbows al dente, rinse in cold water when done to get them cold quickly
Rinse kidney beans to get all the water from the can off them
Peel cucumber, dice it and the tomato
Put it all together and add baby spinach, torn up in pieces
Add mayo, salt and pepper to taste.
Best served EXTRA cold!

I don't know the name of this---

Angel food cake
Vanilla pudding, the kind you have to cook not instant
2 cans your fave fruit pie filling, I usually use cherry but anything works
Cool whip in a tub, not a spray can
Your favorite nuts either chopped or slivered, I usually go for almonds but walnuts are good.

Start the pudding cooking, while waiting for it to get going tear up the angel food cake into bite size pieces and line a 13x9 pan
Once pudding is cooked, while it's still hot pour it on the angel food cake. Let it set for about 10-15 minutes.
Add both cans pie filling.
Smooth thawed Cool Whip on top.
Top with the nuts.
Chill.

Cool Whip Jello Cake

White cake mix
Your fave flavor of Jello
Cool whip in a tub

Make the cake. (lol, duh) Use a 13x9 pan for that.
Leave the cake in the pan, and using that spoon with prongs that you serve spaghetti with poke a bunch of holes in the top of it. All over it, like you're aerating your lawn.
Make the Jello half strength....If the box says a total of 2 cups just use 1.
Pour it all in the cake to soak.
Chill long enough to set the Jello.
Top with Cool Whip.


All of my personalized recipes that people really love, other than that macaroni salad, I don't measure anything. They come out different every time. You have to play with it and find the mix that works best for you. I do the majority of my cooking by taste instead of by a book.

Awesome veggie medley.

1 yellow squash
1 zucchini
1 onion
1 tomato

Dice all veggies.
Saute in equal amounts of olive oil and butter. Add basil and garlic-salt to taste.

The olive oil and garlic-salt combo works on LOTS of veggies. That's how I saute broccoli, asparagus, green beans. It makes the veggies more filling than just plain old steamed. (I buy all 3 of those veggies frozen, fresher and more nutrients that way.)
Sauteing in butter and soy sauce is a cool flavor for broccoli.


Slammin' Salmon

1/4 cup water
1/3 cup veggie oil
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar (I HAVE used the Splenda version of brown sugar for this, it comes out just as well.)

Mix all 4 of those together to make the sauce you'll cook it in. From there, you can brush it on the salmon steaks as you grill it, use it in a frying pan, or make aluminum foil packets and put the sauce and salmon in together to broil.


Unnamed pasta concoction

Asparagus tips
Cherry or grape tomatoes
Shrimp, peeled uncooked tail off
Jarred tomato basil paste sauce
Linguinni noodles
Milk, cream or half and half

Cook asparagus and tomatoes in olive oil, garlic-salt to taste.
If the shrimp are frozen, thaw in a colander under hot water
Cook pasta al dente
Add tomato basil sauce to tomatoes and asparagus
When the noodles are almost done, add the shrimp to the sauce mixture. They don't take long to cook and if they overcook they'll be rubbery.
Slowly add milk cream or half and half, just enough to slightly thin the sauce and ever so gently change the flavor.
Add the pasta to the sauce mixture while still in the pan to serve it all together. Add more garlic-salt and basil to taste.


Another unnamed pasta thing lol

Butter
Olive oil
Green beans
Broccoli
Shrimp
Linguini
White cooking wine

Cook veggies in butter and olive oil with garlic salt while you're cooking the pasta.
Add shrimp in the last few minutes of the veggies being done.
Add pasta into the mixture, there should be enough butter and olive oil to coat the pasta.
Splash with cooking wine.


FYI, I pretty much never spend more than 30 minutes cooking any 1 thing. (Unless it's for the crock pot.) Any recipe you ever see from me will be quick and relatively simple. Any of these recipes can be personalized with the veggies of your choice, chicken instead of shrimp, penne pasta instead of lingiuni. Experiment and make them your own!!

[melkissa2004]

ANYTHING by Pioneer Woman!!! I have tested almost all of her recipes, LOL!

[stardusthealer]

Sweet and Sour Chicken (for the slow cooker)

2 tbsp ketchup
1 cup water
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts(or thighs),cut into bite size pieces
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp water

combine first 4 ingredients in 3 1/2 quart slow cooker. Stir.

Add chicken. stir. Cover. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for
3 to 4 hours.

combine cornstarch and second amount of water in a small bowl. Stir into slow cooker.
Cook on high, stirring often, for 15 to 20 minutes until thickened. For faster cooking,
pour into sauce pan . Heat on stove, stirring often until thickened. Serves 6.

[LorieB]

My roast was good but my slow cooker is too powerful so it dried it a bit too much. I'll know for next time

I put onion rounds all over the bottom of the pot, poured a bit of flour and some barbeque sauce on top. I poured some wine and a bit of water in the bottom of the pot. I then placed the sirloin roast on top of that which I had let it marinate in beer and Montreal Steak Spice. I added some more of the spice after I put it in the pot. I let it cook all day (next time I will wait until lunch time to start it ) and put in some potatoes, carrots and green beans a couple of hours before we expected to eat dinner. It was very tasty, especially considering it had cooked too long.

Suz, thanks for that. I love chicken so I'm going to have to try it.

And thanks for more pasta recipes, Foxfire (why can't I remember your name???)

[**Badfish**]

Can we sticky threads in subforums? I want to keep this easily accessible!

I might not have ever even mentioned my name here come to think of it.
It's Rebecca.

I 2nd sticky-ing this, I wanna try that roast recipe.

[ms.amy]

Hawaiian Chicken

Chicken Breast Cutlets or Breast
Your Favorite BBQ Sauce (whole Bottle)
1 can of diced pinapple

combine in crock pot when done serve over rice




Hashbrown Casserole

Brown Hamburger layer it into baking dish
add onion straws over the hamburger as many as you like
add frozen hashbrowns over that
mix 1 small can sour cream and 1 large family size can of cream of chicken together and top the casserole

bake until cooked throughout
add shredded cheese when near done to melt yummy


I'll add more later....

[LorieB]

We make a hashbrown casserole but it's meatless. It's one of DH's favourites. Basically: a bag of hash browns, can of cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, a couple cups of grated marble cheese all mixed together and then topped with a corn flake and butter mix and baked. It's a guilty pleasure!

Rebecca, it's now sounding familiar but I won't forget now!

I have no recipes (well, I have one, but it's very... Iowan LOL and not very good for you healthwise). Boo. I'll have to ask my MIL, she has some amazing Mexican and Italian recipes!

[**Badfish**]

Originally Posted by LorieB

We make a hashbrown casserole but it's meatless. It's one of DH's favourites. Basically: a bag of hash browns, can of cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, a couple cups of grated marble cheese all mixed together and then topped with a corn flake and butter mix and baked. It's a guilty pleasure!

Rebecca, it's now sounding familiar but I won't forget now!

This sounds perfect for us. I struggle to find vegetarian recipes that he'll also eat. How much sour cream? How do you make the corn flake and butter mix? Baked at what temp and for how long? I must know!

[*Jillian*]

We make our hashbrown casserole really similar except we top it with a butter and Ritz cracker mix.

We use Cream of Chicken soup though....but that wouldn't work for the vegetarians.

[Banned-Mommiex2]

This is a good recipe for the kiddies:

French Toast Sticks

2 eggs
1/2 c. confectioner's sugar
1/4 c. milk
2 tbsp. maple syrup
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
8 slices of bread, cut into 4 strips each
about 3 tbsp butter, divided

Melt 1 tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium heat. In a shallow dish, beat eggs, sugar, milk, syrup, and cinnamon with a fork until well blended. Dip each strip into egg mixture. Cook a few strips at a time for 2-3 minutes per side, or until golden brown. Add more butter as needed.

Originally Posted by New Username

This is a good recipe for the kiddies:

French Toast Sticks

2 eggs
1/2 c. confectioner's sugar
1/4 c. milk
2 tbsp. maple syrup
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
8 slices of bread, cut into 4 strips each
about 3 tbsp butter, divided

Melt 1 tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium heat. In a shallow dish, beat eggs, sugar, milk, syrup, and cinnamon with a fork until well blended. Dip each strip into egg mixture. Cook a few strips at a time for 2-3 minutes per side, or until golden brown. Add more butter as needed.

I've never heard of blending all the ingredients like that before. I've always done it the hard way, dipping in the egg/milk and then sprinkling everything else on top. Your way sounds so much easier!!



Also---

Fried Green 'Maters. (Like you would get recipes from a Ga girl and NOT get this one!)

Green tomatoes
Flour
Milk
Cornmeal
Eggs
Cooking Oil

Slice the tomatoes to the thickness you want. Put the milk, flour, eggs and cornmeal in their own separate bowls, eggs beaten like you're going to scramble them. I make an assembly line of this, it sounds complicated but this is the best way to make the breading.
Dip the tomato slices into the milk, coat in flour, dip into the eggs, coat in cornmeal. Fry in cooking oil over medium high heat until the breading is golden brown. Salt and pepper to taste.

Green tomatoes also taste really good fried without breading in olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.

[Kalia20]

I hate hate hate cooking so I cook the lazy way. What I do is, get a casserole dish, and put in a can of cream of mushroom or broccoli, mix with a can of water. Eyeball long grain brown rice and add it in. Half a cup roughly for the two of us. Chop up broccoli into small pieces, mince tons of garlic and stir it. Add on top chicken (doesnt matter what kind), sprinkle garlic powder on top, put tin foil on the dish, put in the oven for 45 mins covered on 350 then the last 15mins uncovered. The rice absorbs all the water. I make this for everyone that comes over and theres never left overs. Chicken is always super juicy.