MONDAY
Fajitas
3 Chicken breast, cut in bite size pieces, seasoned with whatever you like
Sauté together:
1-2 onions
Bell peppers, any color
You can cook the chicken with veges or pan fry them separate.
Warm tortilla on both sides in skillet
Add chicken and veges to tortilla then toppings and roll it up and enjoy!
Toppings:
Sour cream, picante, cheese , etc
TUESDAY
Taco Soup
This is so good. It s from weight watcher s
1 lb ground meat, brown and drain off grease
Add 1 chopped onion and cook a little while
Add to pot (including juices in all cans)
4 T or one pack of hidden valley ranch dressing mix
4T or one pack of taco seasoning mix.
1can of black beans w/ juices
1 can of kidney beans w/juices
1 can of white beans w/juices (one of my girls doesn t like beans too much so I buy the blue runner creole cream style)
1 can Rotel
1can tomato sauce
1can diced tomatoes
1can whole corn w/juices
1 can water
Seasoning to taste
Cook about an hour
(If you need more just add another can of beans, tomato sauce or whatever)
You can have sandwiches with it and fruit salad.
WEDNESDAY
Chicken Enchildas
12-15 flour tortillas
1-2 Lg. cans Enchildas sauce
16 oz. sharp cheddar cheese
8 oz. cream cheese. (Or any of the cheeses you like)
8 oz velvetta
1 onion finely chopped
Warm tortillas in skillet turning so both sides are warm. Dip tortillas in sauce then put cheeses and onions in tortilla. Fold in sides then roll and place in casserole dish with seams down. Cover all Enchildas with remaining sauce and sprinkle with cheddar cheese on top and a little rotel(optional). Bake @ 350 for 20-25 min.
Serve with Spanish rice (they sell little bags of it by the rice) and Refried beans (heat beans, add picante sauce and salt), picante and chips.
I loved it, John would just prefer all cheddar, the more the better-lol!
THURSDAY
Chicken Tetrazzini
8T. Margarine
8T. Flour
2 c. Chicken broth ( you can use bouillion cubes or broth)
1 c. Milk
8 oz. jalapeño Monterey jack cheese
2-3 boneless chicken breast, cut in bite size pieces-season with tony' or slap your mama
Tony's, salt & pepper
Parmesan cheese
16 oz.angel hair pasta or whatever you like (cook according to directions)
Melt margarine, add flour and stir a few minutes. Add chicken broth, milk and cheese ( cut in small pieces so it will melt faster). Let cheese melt then add chicken and seasoning, let cook about 10-15 min. Put pasta in greased baking pan. Pour sauce over pasta and spread to cover all noodles.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake @ 375 for about 30 min.
You can also serve it like an Alfredo sauce. Keep the noodles and sauce separate and let folks take pasta and put sauce on top as they are serving.
Another way to serve:in fondue pot and have tortellini noodles on skewers and let folks dip skewer into pot. You can put several noodles on each skewer. You can put chicken in sauce or leave it out. It is nice for a party.
You can serve broccoli with it.
FRIDAY
Red Beans and Rice
1 lb camellia beans
1 onion, chopped
Garlic, minced
Tony's, Tabasco, salt,whatever you likez
1lb smoked sausage, sliced thin
Tasso (it's a smoked pork), cut in bite size pieces
Soak beans overnight or bring them to a boil and dump water and start again.
Add all ingredients and cook for about 2 hrs. Add tonys, salt and Tabasco about half way thru. Someone said adding salt slows down cooking time. Not sure if it's true or not.
Serve with rice,jiffy cornbread and coleslaw.
Jalapeño Cornbread (it's a modified version of Mrs. Eula Mae's Dore')
3 boxes jiffy cornbread
1/2 c. Vege oil
2 eggs
1 c.milk
A few jalapeño slices, chopped fine
1 can cream corn
Handful of cheddar cheese
Add all ingredients and bake in a greased 9 x 12 pan. I can't remember the time, so keep checking after 20 min.until top is a little brown and toothpick comes out clean.
Coleslaw
Cabbage-in bag already grated of buy a head and grate it yourself
Add salt, mayo and Italian dressing.
Dena adds a little zatarain's creole mustard-hers was the best I've ever eaten. When I find the recipe, I'll update.
SATURDAY
Grilled Chicken Breast
Just marinate 3-4 chicken breast and grill on pit.
You can use Italian dressing and or seasonings or one of the marinates in a bottle.
You can also cut breast lengthwise to get the same thickness and grill for a shorter amt. of time.
Sometimes the edges dry out while the thicker part cooks.
You can also grill some veges with it like: zucchini slices. Asparagus, squash, etc
Macaroni and Cheese ( from Mel-this is some of my childrens favorite, but only from Aunt Mel)
16 oz elbow macroni-boil
Melt: 1 stick margarine and 1 lb. velvetta
In deep casserole dish add:
Cooked noodles, 1 egg, and salt, mix well
Add cheese and butter mixture, stir and make sure each noodle is coated.
Add enough milk to look like cereal, just stir a little once milk is in.
Baked covered for 45 min. And uncovered for 15 min. @ 350
(the secret is a high sided dish and lots of noodles)
SUNDAY
Brisket (from Michael Berry)
Brisket, cut fat off
Marinate all day in Italian dressing and Tony's
At night put brisket in a pan covered with tin foil with a few fork holes in foil
Cook all night on 200.
In the morning, take brisket out, slice it and drizzle BBQ sauce on it.
Cover and put back in 200 oven until lunch. Yummy!
You can marinate all night and cook all day, also.
It's a great meal for Sunday!
Rice Dressing (from T Rit)
Simoneauds rice dressing mix
Little roux, about 2 T.
Onion and seasoning
Put dressing mix in pot. Add chopped onion, little roux and salt and tony's.
Cook for about an hour.
Cook 2-3 rice separately. Mix rice in dressing a little at a time and season accordingly.
I usually cook the dressing mix on Saturday so on Sunday morning I just have to cook rice and heat up dressing mix.
Lonie's Green Beans
Frozen cut and whole green beans
Put some olive oil in pan with 2-4 tsp minced garlic.
Add green beans and cook til green beans soften and turn brown.
If you cover them, it cooks faster.
Week 1-done! Hope you enjoy meals with your family and friends and folks you just met!
