Saturday, February 25, 2012

Meal 9: Sarah makes chicken pie

Ingredients:
  • 3-4 chicken breasts
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1 can celery soup
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 1/2 cups bisquick
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 stick butter melted
  • 2-3 cups cooked rice
How it's done:

  1. Cook chicken in foil for 1 hr at 350.
  2. Tear apart chicken and layer in bottom of pan.
  3. Layer rice on top of chicken
  4. Mix soups in a bowl and layer on top of rice.
  5. Mix milk and bisquick together and pour on top of soups.
  6. Melt butter and drizzle on top of everything.
  7. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until golden brown.




Result:

Yum!
Sydney and I wanted a bigger chicken to biscuit ratio, but Sarah wanted more biscuit (and only used two chicken breasts).
Good meal for cold weather!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Meal 8: Ashley makes turkey meatloaf

Ingredients:
  • tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper, divided
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/3 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 3 tablespoons ketchup, divided
  • 1 3/4 pounds ground turkey, 97% lean
  • 3/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 large egg white, lightly beaten

How To:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°. Heat oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, broth, and 1 tablespoon ketchup; transfer mixture to a large bowl, and cool
  2. Add turkey, breadcrumbs, egg, egg white, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to mixture in bowl, and mix well. (Mixture will be very moist.)
  3. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and coat lightly with cooking spray. Form the turkey mixture into a loaf, and place on the pan. Brush meatloaf evenly with remaining 2 tablespoons ketchup. Bake 1 hour or until thermometer inserted into center registers 170°. Let meatloaf stand 5 minutes before serving.


Result:

  • This was delicious!
  • I only used one clove of garlic because they seemed really large. I also made my own 'broth' with a cube of chicken bouillon.
  • Served it with asparagus with lemon butter and some pillsbury honey butter rolls.
  • A+

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Meal 7: Ashley makes Greek Chicken Pockets

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Ingredients and How-To can be found here at: Dashing Dish

Result:

These looked great, but the flavor wasn't there. They were too salty for Sydney and I (though not for Sarah or Sydney's boyfriend). Definitely would leave out the additional salt. I thought the red pepper humus overwhelmed everything, so maybe using plain would work better.

I was also very glad that I bought two cans of crescent rolls because I made 14 rather than 8 of these with the filling's recipe!

Not making these again, unfortunately. I was really excited for them, but thumbs down.

Meal 6: Sydney makes curry


Sydney never gives me her recipes, but I will say that she used curry from a box and that, yes, it is supposed to be this brown color.

Result:

I thought this was awesome. I am a bit of a pansy when it comes to spicy food, and this curry was a much more mild one.

Lovely!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Meal 5: Sarah makes apple pork chops

Ingredients and How it's Done:

This recipe can be found at FoodNetwork.com

Result:
  • The sauce wasn't bad
  • The pork chops were a teensy bit dry, but not bad.
  • ...There was a bit of a potato mishap we won't go into.
  • I don't know that I would make them again.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Meal 4: Ashley makes Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:
  • 4 bell peppers
  • parmesean cheese
  • 1 box frozen spinach
  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • garlic powder
  • basil
  • oregano
  • spaghetti
  • spaghetti sauce (I used Ragu onion and garlic)


How it's done:
  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. Cook ground turkey. While cooking, thaw frozen spinach and squeeze out excess water.
  3. Once turkey is almost cooked, add 2 cups spaghetti sauce, spinach, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp basil, and 1/2 tsp oregano.
  4. Stir in 2 tbspn cheese.
  5. Cut peppers in half and remove stems and seeds.
  6. Stuff peppers with as much filling as you see fit. Top with extra cheese.
  7. Bake for 20-30 minutes. Mine were done at 20.
  8. Cook pasta and heat up remaining spaghetti sauce.

Result:

  • Great!
    Delicious and healthy!


Wednesday, February 1, 2012