Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

Ingredients:

Fettuccine Noodles

2 chicken breasts

Bertolli creamy alfredo sauce

Directions:

Cook noodles.

Grill chicken breasts on George forman. Cut into small bit size pieces.

Add chicken and sauce into a large skillet and heat sauce.

Verdict:

This was a very simple and tasty meal. If you're into making everything by scratch this isn't the recipe for you. Always interesting what turns out green on St. Patricks Day. Not only did the little guys turn our milk green, they got to our whole meal!! Despite the nasty looks, this meal really tasted fantastic

Ratings:

Ashley:8 belches

Scott: 7.9 grunts

Payton: 10 wags

One Pot Dinner

Ingredients:

 1 lb. ground beef

1 lb. bacon

1 onion

2 cans pork and beans

1 can kidney beans

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup ketchup

1 Tbsp liquid smoke

3 Tbsp white vinegar

1 tsp salt

dash of pepper

Directions:

 Brown beef in a skillet. Add to crockpot.

Brown bacon. Add to crockpot.

Brown onion. Add onion and remaining ingredients into crock pot.

Stir well. Cook in crockpot for low for 4 to 9 hours or high 2 to 4 hours.

Verdict:

 We really liked this. It's definitely full of beans.. if you know what I mean. I felt like it was really hearty and needed to go on a potato or on rice or something.. Don't get me wrong though, it was delicious. Thanks mom for helping me find the liquid smoke (by the BBQ sauce). This made a ton of food so we had tons of left overs (which were just as good as day one).

Ratings:

Ashley: 7 belches

Scott: 6 grunts

Payton: 10 wags

Chop Suey

Ingredients:

 Steak

1 Onion

 3 Hard boiled eggs

Beef broth

Spaghetti noodles

Directions:

 Cut steak into cubes (I just used stew meat) and cook in a skillet.

Hard boil eggs and cut into chunks. Chop up the onion.

Add egg, onion, and meat. Cook noodles.

Serve egg, onion, and meat on top of noodles and pour hot beef broth over the top.

Verdict:

 I think our taste buds aren't acquired to this meal. It wasn't one that either one of us liked. To me i think it was just too flavorless. I added salt and that helped a little but still didn't give it what it needed.. We probably won't be cooking this one again.

Ratings:

Ashley: 3 belches

Scott: 2 grunts

Payton: 10 wags

Chicken Pot Pie

PIE DAY!!!! (3-14)

Ingredients:

2 pre-made frozen pie crusts

1 potato

1 cup frozen corn and peas

baby carrots

10 ounces canned chicken (drained)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup milk

Directions:

Take one of the pie crusts and lay in out flat to defrost.

Cube the potatoes.

Add potatoes, corn, peas, carrots and canned chicken into pie crust.

 In a seperate bowl add cream of chicken and milk, mix well.

Pour mixture over vegetables and chicken.

Put the thawed pie crust on top of the pie. Cut design or slits into it for venting.

(wet edges pie to make it easier to pinch together.)

Cook for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Verdict:

This was surprisingly good. Putting it all together I had no idea how it would end up. My edges didn't mesh well together and I felt like I ran out of room to put everything in there. So if it doesn't all fit don't worry, I had the same problem!! Maybe cook it a little longer too or cook the carrots before, because our carrots were a bit hard still. Overall it was a good meal though!

Ratings:

Ashley: 7.5 belches

Scott: 6.5 grunts

Payton: 10 wags

I don't usually put up desserts, but it celebration of PIE DAY we had banana cream pie for dessert. Thanks Aunt DeeAnn for the recipe! It was delicious!!

Hawaiian Chicken

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts

Salt and pepper

Flour

1 green pepper (sliced)

1 small onion (sliced)

1 can pineapple (add juice to rest of ingredients)

1 chicken bouillon cube dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons cornstarch

Directions:

Roll chicken in salt, pepper, and flour and brown in oil in a skillet.

Place browned chicken in casserole dish.

In a large skillet saute pepper and onion in small amount of butter. Add pineapple.

Mix all the other ingredients together and combine with vegetables.

Pour over the chicken. Bake for one hour at 325 degrees. Serve with rice.

Verdict:

We really liked this one! I felt like the instructions were a bit vague.. how much flour do you need? How much salt and how much pepper? What I ended up doing was just rolling the chicken in flour and then adding salt and pepper when it was in the skillet. I also think next time I'll cut the green pepper a little smaller. I loved the flavor they added but didn't like eating the big slices. This was pretty easy to make and overall this meal was very good and very filling!!

Ratings:

Ashley: 8.5 belches

Scott: 8.3 grunts

Payton: 10 wags

Chicken Parmesan Subs

Ingredients:

2 frozen breaded chicken breast patties

1 cup Ragu spaghetti sauce

2 submarine rolls

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Cook chicken patties as directed on package label. 

Warm spaghetti sauce in a small saucepan.

Cut submarine rolls in half. 

Place bottom half on cookie sheet, put the chicken patty on it, 

and load it with spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese. 

Place in the oven to broil til cheese melts. Remove from oven, place the top of the roll on, and enjoy!

Verdict:

Eh... it was ok. My thoughts were I'll never cook it again. Scott said it's one of those meals you'll make when you're running the kids around all day, come home and are in no mood to cook, so you throw this together really quick. So definitely not a favorite in either one of our books. Just so you know, I didn't get specific with measuring the cheese or spaghetti sauce.. just use whatever amount you think looks good is my opinion. But my real suggestion is not to try this one at home.. you might regret it. Scott, however, says give it a try!

Ratings:

Ashley: 5 belches

Scott: 6 grunts

Payton: 10 wags (as usual)

Cheese Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

 2 chicken bouillon cubes

2 cups water

1/2 cup diced celery

3/4 c cubed potatoes

1/2 cup shredded carrots

1/2 cup diced onions

5 ounces frozen chopped broccoli

5 ounces frozen chopped cauliflower

1 can cream of chicken soup

5 ounces cubed velveeta cheese

Directions:

Dissolve chicken bouillon cubes in water

Add celery, potatoes, carrots, and onions. Simmer for 15 minutes with a lid.

Add broccoli and cauliflower. Simmer for 15 minutes more with a lid. 

Add cream of chicken soup and velveeta cheese. Heat until cheese is melted.

Verdict:

LOVED IT!! The amount of ingredients looks overwhelming but it really is so easy to make and oh so good! We had it in bread bowls (from Smiths) and were full to the brim. I got this recipe from a church ward cookbook, so thanks Joyce, we loved it!! I'm gonna be honest here I'm no cooking pro so I'm not sure exactly how to cube, dice, chop, mince or do any of those terms... I just cut stuff up and it worked out. And in case anyone is wondering 2 celery sticks will do the trick for a half cup, 1 potato "cubed" gave me more than 3/4 cup, and half an onion diced up came to about 1/2 cup. I also cheated on the broccoli and cauliflower and bought a combo pack with both that came to equal 12 ounces, everything still tasted fine. Simple, easy recipe and so delicious! I would recommend it to anyone!!

Rating:

Ashley: 9 belches

Scott: 8.5 grunts

Payton: 10 wags