This is a Taste of Home recipe that I found in my new Taste of Home cookbook, “Guilt Free Cooking 356 home-style recipes for healthier living”. I doubled the recipe but I could have probably tripled it and had a good amount of leftovers for lunch tomorrow. 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into … Continue reading
Another “Cooking Light” recipe. It was a little spicey for me and Courtney but Bob and Zach were ok with it. I think next time I’ll used mild salsa instead of medium. 2 teaspoons canola oil 2 cups prechopped onion (didn’t have any onions so used 4 tablespoons dried onion) 3/4 cup prechopped green bell … Continue reading
So here is another version of the Chuck Wagon dinner, this one comes from the “Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook”, doesn’t taste like diet food at all though. 1/3 pound lean ground beef (I used a full pound) 1 small onion, chopped 1/4 cup chopped green pepper (left this out) 1 garlic clove, … Continue reading
My friend Patty (who I’ve been cooking for today) requested Scalloped Potatoes with Ham and I remembered that I had this easy version that you can do in the crock pot (can’t remember where it came from, probably because I’ve had it for so long). I like it because it uses real potatoes. 6 cups … Continue reading
This recipe came in an email today from Eat Better America (General Mills) and looked good which it was! Highly recommend and will definitely make again! 1 pound extra lean (at least 93%) ground beef 1 jar (16 oz) mild salsa 1 cup tomato sauce 1 1/2 cups water 2 cups uncooked regular or multigrain … Continue reading
Today is my son Zach’s 22nd birthday and he is sick! Bummer! He went to the dr this afternoon and they said he has a virus so there’s not much they can do for him. So I made him some homemade chicken noodle soup for his birthday dinner. I like this recipe because it is … Continue reading
Double it if you’re serving more than 4 people or if you want leftovers for lunch the next day. Super easy, super yummy! Another Betty Crocker recipe. 1 pound chicken breast strips for stir fry (I just took chicken breasts and chopped them up into bite size pieces before cooking, or actually Bob cut them … Continue reading
On the last night of camp, we had this for dinner with rice. I’ll try to record the recipe here but mostly I just kind of felt and tasted my way through this one. The original recipe came from Bob’s Aunt Nancy (I think!). chicken breasts or thighs (for dinner at camp I used 2 … Continue reading
So I’ve been at Girls Camp all week as the cook so I thought I’d blog about what I made for them. We made this up at camp but it would make a great, fun one pot meal at home too. I found the recipe somewhere online while searching for camping food. 1 pound hamburger … Continue reading
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