Dinner?????

Here's my dinner schedule (ever changing):

Monday - Enchiladas

Buy a can of enchilada sauce from the store, tortillas, shredded cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, ground meat. Cook ground meat in pan over stove, and the last minute, put about 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce in with ground meat and stir until hot. Steam tortillas over boiling water, put meat in tortillas and roll them up like burritos. Put cheese over tortillas. Microwave the rest of the enchilada sauce, and pour over tortillas, and put more cheese on top. Makes about 4 large enchiladas, use less meat for more enchiladas. Takes about 10 minutes.

Tuesday - Chicken

Whatever floats your boat. I usually mix hone with grey poupon mustard, spread it over the chicken, and cook until it's done. Honey mustard chicken - yum. Takes about 30-40 minutes, depending on chicken.

Wednesday - Spaghetti (or pasta of some sort)

Usually use the jar of spaghetti sauce, just heat it up. For something a little different, try making alfredo.

Thursday - Crock pot

Buy a large pork roast, and a bottle of bbq sauce. put everything in the crock pot and cook for about 4 hours on high.

Friday - Eat out

Try recipe.com if you don't like my ideas. :)

Chicken Piccanta - Recipe Food Network ( easy)

serve with Brown rice or pasta

Tacos, Nachos.

Kicked up Pork Chops

1 to 2 pounds boneless Pork Chops (not to thick)

1 package Shake and Bake

1 Jar of Chunky Salsa

Shredded Cheese (a mix blend)

Preheat oven to 375. Coat the chops with the Shake and Bake. Place in baking dish, cook for 15 to 20 minutes (until chops are almost done). Pull out the chops top with Salsa and Cheese and bake additional 5 minutes.

Tater tot Casserole

1 lb ground beef (browned and drained)

1 can cream mushroom soup

1 bag tater tots

Shredded cheese

Preheat over to 350. Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray. Cover bottom with tater tots. Spread the cooked beef over the top. Mix soup with 1/2 can water - heat a little to mix well.(2 minutes in microwave). Pour over meat and tots. Sprinkle cheese on top - as much as you like. Place in oven and cook for 15 minutes or until tots are done. Serve with your favorite condiments (ketchup or salsa).

Tonight, myself, I am making Steak au Poivre...it is cold and rainy, so a perfect dish alongside some roasted asparagus. But is springtime - time to get away from the really heavy dishes! Think pasta with fresh tomato's or some beautiful red peppers stuffed with wild rice and veggies.

Shrimp is perfect, if you like shellfish - gazillion things you can do with shrimp!

Chicken and veggie ke-bobs are always yummy - spice them up in a marinade of chopped garlic, ginger and basil with fresh lemon juice and soy sauce.

How about a lovely risotto - do one with veggies or mushrooms...yum!

happy cooking!

if only I planned this far ahead..well, here yar:

if you have a couple lbs of hamburger, make [at the same time] meatloaf and chili, the meatloaf if today's, the chilli's tomorrow it gets better over night] thee third day you can have meatloaf sandwiches with mashed spuds and gravy. in the meanwhile buy chicken breasts..do skinned, boned chicken breast with rice and baby carrots for the 4th day.

the left over chicken meat can be reheated on day 5, after you cut it small, make baking powder biscuits [or cheat and go to kfc and buy 6 or so ready made] make a chicken gravy using bullion and water, then adding milk and corn starch and serve the chicken mixed with the gravy over the biscuits.

Well you can make some boneless pork chops with mushroom sauce over white rice. Pan fry 3-5 boneless pork chops in olive oil. place over cooked white rice & top with cream off mushroom soup (campbell's) but make with a little less water or milk than usual so the soup is more like a thicker sauce. Add pan fried mushroom for more mushroom flavor & wah lah.......

Shepards Pie...go to the food network website and it's a Rachael Ray recipe...it takes less than 30 minutes.

I usually include spaghetti in my weekly menu planning. It is usually pretty easy and I change it up from time to time with different noodles and also you can add cheese for a little twist!

I also have this really fun recipe for me and my kids to make together.... you take english muffins and put pizza sauce on the muffin and add your favorite pizza toppings then top with cheese and bake until the cheese is melted. yummy.. my family loves them!!!

Here's my plan:

Wednesday:

Pasta primavera with all kinds of veggies, a light cream sauce, and maybe some chicken.

Thursday:

Pizza margherita

Friday:

Grilled chicken salads

You could make macaroni and cheese, broccoli, mashed potatoes, and steak one night.

Haha. I'm only 13. I don't know how to make a balanced meal...but this is what I always fix when I'm home alone.

Uhm...u could bbq steak, ribs, burgers, hotdogs, and porkchops! with salads and potatoes, and french fries, and anything that sounds good!