Get Out of Your Dinner Rut with These Delicious Recipes!

[Jules711]

Lasagna & salad here. Ohh...and the Aztec Souffle Cakes from Cooking for Two.White Chicken Chili last night. Yum!!Our go to in our house are quesadillas. Wheat tortilla shell with refried beans and shredded cheese and SW Seasoning in the 12" skillet on medium. When the cheese is melted, it's done. Of course, for me, I like to add tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream & taco sauce. Fold over IN the pan and it's crispy and not greasy. If I have more people, I just put the "tacos"...what we call them for our 4 yr old... on a stone in the oven on warm as I have them done (made to order, of course). This is one of those meals that we always have the ingredients on hand for.

 

[Kitchen2u]

Tex Mex Chicken Rice Skillet (29 Minutes to Dinner Cookbook) ~ my family loves this recipe and with my husband going in for surgery on Monday...the last time he will get it ~

 

[ChefJoyJ]

Jambalaya w/ chicken and shrimp - it was yummy! DH was very happy when he came home and smelled it. It's one of his fave meals...although I did leave out the hot sausage (there was none in the house and I didn't feel like running to the store).

Mmm...leftovers for lunch!

 

[chefkristin]

I had a ham and carmelized onion pizza.

 

[KellyTheChef]

We had soft tacos and mexican rice!

 

[yankeeinontario]

Home made pizza. Tomorrow is healthy potato skins (made up recipe below) Friday night is Tacos. (hubby out of town!)

Healthy Potato skins

Crinkle cut potatoes with the UM. Lay them on a stone and spritz with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes, turning them at 10 minutes and adding more salt.

Remove from oven when brown, sprinkle with cheddar cheese grated on UM and bacon bits. Return pan to the oven to melt cheese.

Serve with sour cream!

 

[jetcitysandy]

Here is a recipe that was just given to me. I plan on making soon. I'll be heating up some tortillas to serve with it.


Slow-Cooker Salsa Chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup salsa
1 package reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 can reduced fat cream of mushroom soup (condensed)
1/2 cup reduced fat sour cream



Directions
Add chicken to slow cooker.
Sprinkle taco seasoning over chicken.
Pour salsa and soup over chicken.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
Remove from heat and stir in sour cream.
Serve with rice.

 

[lkprescott]

I totally cheated tonight... made crescent roll veggie dogs, mashed potatoes and peas. As predicted my son's orchestra rehearsal went long and we didn't get back until 6:30 so it was toss together a quick dinner time...

 

[ahammons]

You guys have some great ideas!

I really need to start making some new dishes... I'm getting sick of the same things over and over again, and I'm sure my kids are too! I really need to get some more PC cookbooks and experiment a little!

 

[JAE]

I tried a recipe from Better Homes and Garden's December magazine, tonight. It was sooo good and easy. It belongs in the 29 Minutes to Dinner cookbook. I'm not sure how long this took, but I don't think it even took 29 minutes.

SAUSAGE & ORZO
1 lb. cooked sausage, halved lengthwise and cut in 2" chunks (I used turkey sausage)
1 Tbs cooking oil (I spritzed my 10" pan)
1 cup dried orzo (rosamarina)-found this in the pasta aisle, storebrand
14 oz low sodium beef broth
1 tsp Italian seasoning
2 medium zucchini, quartered lengthwise, coarsely chopped (2.5 cups)
1/3 cup sliced green onions
1/3 cup chopped red sweet pepper

In 10" skillet over medium-high heat, brown sausage in hot oil 2 minutes; stir in orzo. Cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in broth, 1/2 cup water, and seasoning. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 4 minutes or until orzo is tender. Add zucchini and simmer, covered, 4 more minutes. Stir in green onions and red pepper. Season to taste with salt and pepper (Didn't need it because I used regular sodium broth.)

 

[JAE]

Had another great dinner tonight. Too bad my husband has been working late. He has to eat leftovers!
Hope you looked at the recipe above because it was great too. Here's tonight's:

CHICKEN WITH CHERRY-GINGER CHUTNEY
4 medium skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, each cut in 4 pieces
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tbs olive oil
1/2 cup dried tart cherries
1 large apple, sliced across and seeded (I cored it and used the UM to slice)
1/3 coarsely chopped walnuts
4 tsp. packed brown sugar
3 tbsp cider vinegar

Lightly sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and 1/4 tsp ginger.
In skillet cook chicken in hot oil over medium heat for about 12 minutes.
Transfer to serving platter; cover to keep warm.
Add fruit and nuts to skillet; cook, stirring frequently, 2 minutes.
For sauce, stir together brown sugar, 1/4 cup water, vinegar, and remaining 1/4 tsp ginger. Add to skillet; cook and stir 30 seconds.
Serve chicken with fruit mixture over top.
EXCELLENT!

 

[janetupnorth]

I have round steak sauerbraten in the oven (to be eaten tomorrow). It takes too long to cook...

So, tonight I took crescent rounds (crescent rolls in round shapes) and for the kids I put sliced ham and swiss cheese in them and rolled them up and baked them. For me I put ham, swiss cheese, cilantro, diced onion and a twinge of dijon and mayo. Baked for 20 minutes. Made nice rolls.

 

[crystalscookingnow]

Tonight, I made a makeover meal. A take-off on the jerk chicken nachos, but yummy!

Leftover grilled chicken (2 breast pieces)
tortilla chips
1 can diced green chilies
frozen corn
1 can black beans
southwest seasoning
shredded cheddar

Mixed all the stuff together except the chips & cheese in the stir-fry skillet. Heated through.

Put a layer of chips on the bar pan. Then, the filling over that. Then covered with cheese & baked.

Served with tomatoes, green peppers & sour cream.

The leftovers are reheating in the oven as we speak. Midnight snack.

 

[Jennie4PC]

We had breakfast for dinner. Pancakes, eggs and sausage