i am so bored of cooking the same things over and over ...any suggestions for something new ....and easy lol?

Ham and Potatoes Au Gratin

Serves: 2

Occasion: Any

Effort: Easy

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Ingredients:

2 cups sliced, peeled potatoes, cooked

1 cup diced fully cooked ham

1 Tbsp minced green onion

1/3 cup butter

3 Tbsp all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups milk

1 cup (4 oz) shredded cheddar cheese

3/4 tsp salt

dash pepper

chopped fresh parsley

How to Prepare:

Combine potatoes, ham and onion in a greased 1-qt casserole; set aside. In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles. Add cheese, salt and pepper; stir until cheese melts. Pour over potato mixture and stir gently to mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until bubbly. Garnish with parsley.

Any time anyone asks for a recipe here, I give them this, it's easy and healthy and oh so yummy!!!

Cilantro Lime Chicken Skewers

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3tbsp olive oil

Juice of 2 or 3 medium limes

3 Tbsp fresh chopped cilantro

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into about 1 inch wide strips

3 finely chopped cloves of garlic

salt, to taste

pepper, to taste

about 15 bamboo skewers soaked for approximately 1/2 hour to an hour in water

Combine oil, lime, cilantro, garlic and salt and pepper: mix well. Add chicken and marinate at least 1 hour, do not marinade more than 2 hours as the lime juice will start to cook the chicken. Thread the chicken onto skewers. Grill over a medium low to medium fire until juices run clear. You can also put them on a grill pan on the stove or a George Foreman type grill. You don't have to put them on skewers, you can grill them as strips or as whole breasts.

Cook some stir fry...

Get you some nice tender steak. Cut them into about one inch pieces. Pick out some of your favorite fresh vegetables. I suggest thinly sliced carrots, broccoli, sliced red potatoes, and even some pineapple cubes. Warm up the skillet to medium to medium high. Add some oil. Then the veggies for about a minute, then the steak and sauce. For sauce I suggest some kind of teriyaki/ginger sauce with some curry powder. Cook it until the steak is done the way you like it. Eat it plain or add some tortillas rice and cheese. It is good.

P.S. Try adding an egg as well.

Beef noodle wraps, so awesome

Ok all you need is beef stir fry meat, beef itchy ban noddles and wraps.

Ok so you cook they beef with a BBQ sauce of your liking, or you can do this with Honey Garlic sauce.

When your meat is almost done cook your three minute beef noodles, drain the water leaving about an inch left and add the beef seasoning.

Lay out some wraps, garlic ones work best but up to you, put some noddles in and some of your beef, then roll it up like a burrito.

So good, I haven't found anyone who didn't like this and it's soo easy to make, hope you enjoy it.

If its hot out, and you want a cool salad, here's one

1/2 lb chicken breasts, cooked (ie: boil or grilled), boned and skin removed, and chilled. Or 2 boneless breasts.

1/2 avocado, ripe and diced

1/2 bunch cilantro, finely diced

1 tomato diced

1/4 of a cabbage, sliced and diced

diced celery/onion, optional

1 jalapeno, finely diced with seeds removed, optional

mayo

salt/pepper to taste

Pull apart the chicken breast and shred or dice. Put aside.

In a large bowl

Add the cilantro, tomato and avocado.

Add the celery / onion, jalapeno dash of salt/pepper.

Add the cabbage and 2 -3 tbsp of mayo or just enough to moisten to your taste.

Chill for 1/2 hour and serve cold, topped with the chicken or mix the chicken into the salad before serving.

Baked Pasta:

1 lb ground beef or ground Italian sausage $3-4

1 lb penne rigate noodles (1 box) $1-2

1 jar sauce $2

1 bag of shredded cheddar cheese $2

1 bag of shredded mozzarella cheese $2

Preheat oven to 350 farenheit. Brown meat in sauce pan and boil noodles in pot on stove. Drain grease from meat and water from noodles. Mix noodles, meat, and sauce together in pan after cooked. Stir thoroughly. Pour into 9x11 pan, spread evenly. Sprinkle cheeses evenly over mixture. Bake in oven 45 minutes, or until cheese is golden brown. Serve.

The easiest thing I make for dinner is- I take a can of beans (in my case, vegetarian beans) and I will mix them with a can of Hunt's tomatoes with sweet onions. I will make up a corn bread using Jiffy Mix, 1/3 cup milk, and an egg.

This is a pretty healthy soul food and it is very good.

Buy the book 101 things to do with a Slow Cooker. Very Yummy food recipe's and VERY VERY easy!

Try a pasta dish, you can always have something different or check out the Food Network website. All their shows are on there with different recipes.

i love the websites... cooking.com has lots of cool stuff and betty crocker has anything you could ever imagine and lots you wouldnt.. and they also make you a grocery list for the recipes you pick lol.. you can save recipe boxs in almost all recipe sites. just get on,, look at what kind of food you wanna make and have fun.. good luck and enjoy.