Chili Cheese Dogs

Ingredients:

Hot dogs

Bun

Chili

Cheese (I'm a big fan of Kraft processed stuff!)

Directions:

Warm the hot dogs. Place them in a bun.

Warm the chili. Place a piece of cheese on the hot dog, cover with chili.

Verdict:

This is a quick meal for the days you don't feel like cooking! (Which was exactly the case today!) Quick, easy, and delicious! Scott had a genius idea to cook the hot dogs on the george forman and they were really good!

Ratings:

Ashley: 8.5 belches       Scott: 7.9 grunts       Payton: 10 wags

Lemon Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts

6 tablespoons lemon juice

1 lemon

1/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions:

Dry chicken with paper towels. Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice over chicken.

Shake chicken in a ziplock bag with salt, paprika, and flour until coated. 

Brown chicken in a frying pan in oil (1 tablespoon).

Put into crockpot.

Mix brown sugar and 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Pour over chicken.

Cover with thin lemon slices and cook on low for 2-3 hours.

Verdict:

Barf.. this meal was just plain out awful!! WAY too lemon tasting. I don't even know if it would be good with less lemon juice.. it just was too strong tasting. We both scraped the breading with all the lemon flavor off, til it was just plain chicken.. I was not impressed with this meal at all and I don't suggest anyone try it!!! Unless you like eating meals that taste awful, then go for it! The recipe says for those craving pure lemon juice rather than the bottled stuff I used, if you squeeze 1/2 a lemon you'll get about 2 to 3 tablespoons of juice. Probably will be just as nasty with real lemons though! Very disappointing meal! At least the twice baked potatoes were good...

Ratings:

Ashley: 3 belches       Scott: 3 grunts       Payton: 10 wags

Mushroom-stuffed Chicken Breasts

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts

Sliced mushrooms

2 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons cream cheese (softened)

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1/2 cup water

1 can (10 oz) cream of mushroom soup

Directions:

 Make a large slit in the widest portion of the chicken breast to form a pocket.

Saute mushrooms in butter until soft.

Stir in cream cheese and garlic salt.

Stuff chicken breasts with the mixture.

Place breasts in crockpot.

Stir water into soup and spread on top of each breast.

Cook on high to 4-6 hours or low 6-8 or until cooked through.

Verdict:

This meal was really good! Left overs were great too! We are big fans of mushrooms so this meal was perfect for us!! I wasn't quite sure how to cut the pockets into the chicken, but it all worked out in the end. The recipe I got this from said the filling should serve 6 people.. so 6 chickens. We ended up using almost all of it between our two chickens, so maybe double it if you are planning on feeding more, or just put less in each chicken. This is one I'll cook again.. once I can start repeating recipes!

Ratings:

Ashley: 8 belches       Scott:  8.9 grunts       Payton: 10 wags

Teriyaki Steak

Ingredients:

 Thinly cut steak (1 per person)

Teriyaki marinade (I used kroger)

2 zucchini squash

1 package sliced mushrooms

1 onion

3 tablespoons butter

Garlic powder

Directions:

 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

Cut zucchini and onion into bit size pieces.

Add zucchini, onion, and mushrooms to buttered skillet.

Sprinkle with garlic powder and pour in some teriyaki sauce.

Cook vegetables until soft.

Cut steak into bite size pieces.

Place meat in a skillet, add teriyaki sauce and sprinkle garlic powder.

Cook meat over medium heat until cooked through.

Verdict:

 Delicious! We served it with rice and were full to the brim after. Sometimes when we have delicious meals like this one Scott gets mad at the rules of the blog because he wants to repeat the good meals. He'll just have to wait! We really couldn't get enough of this dinner!! It was pretty easy to cook too!  

Ratings:

Ashley: 9 belches       Scott: 9 grunts       Payton: 10 wags

Glazed Pineapple Chops

Ingredients:

 4 pork chops (boneless)

1 bottle brown sugar BBQ sauce

1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple (undrained)

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

Directions:

 Mix BBQ sauce, crushed pineapple, cinnamon, and mustard.

Put pork chops in the crockpot and pour BBQ mixture over them.

Cook on high for 4-6 hours or low 6-8 hour or until cooked through.

Verdict:

 We really liked this one! We added some pineapple slices that we grilled on a frying pan and it tasted delicious with the meat. The meat was really tender, it cooked really nice. Overall, a really good and easy dinner to make.

Ratings:

Ashley: 8 belches       Scott: 8.5 grunts       Payton: 10 wags

BBQ Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts

BBQ sauce

Directions:

Put chicken in a crockpot.

Pour BBQ sauce on top of chicken.

Cook in the crockpot on high for 4-6 hours or low 6-8 hours or til chicken in completely cooked through.

Verdict:

BBQ chicken is a great american dinner.. however, when it's cooked in the crockpot it's not so great. It ended up being really dry and didn't cook well. It's a good meal idea if you want to make it in the oven or on a grill. When we make this next year, we'll do one of those options, crockpot is out!!

Ratings:

Ashley: 6 belches       Scott: 5 grunts       Payton: 10 wags

Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

Chicken Breasts (I used 3)

1 onion

1 jar thick and chunky salsa

2 Tablespoons curry 

1 cup sour cream

Directions:

Put chicken in the slow cooker.

Combine the onion, salsa, and curry and pour on top of chicken.

Cook on high for 5 hours or low for 8 to 10 hours. 

Take chicken out and add sour cream to crockpot.

Add sour cream and mix til well blended.

Pour over chicken. 

Serve with rice, or steamed veggies, or both!

Verdict:

This was an easy meal to put together (I did it in about 3 minutes becuase I was in a hurry!). I've never had curry so I don't have much to compare it to, but it wasn't Scott's favorite curry that he's had. I don't think I would cook it again to be honest.. it just wasn't something I loved. It's not that it was bad, just not great either. The picture looks a little on the vomit side.. but it does taste better than it looks, I'll at least give it that much.

Ratings:

Ashley: 7 belches       Scott: 6.3 grunts       Payton: 10 wags