The Thigh's the Limit, C is for Cooking

Today I tried two recipes.  One from the Sesame Street cookbook, C is for Cooking and another recipe from the Looneyspoons Collection.  

Lunch, C is for Cooking: Cowboy Elmo's Fastest Mac n Cheese in the West pg. 88.  The recipe calls for American Cheese slices.  For one I would not eat processed cheese slices.  They are horrible.  There is no way I will feed my child that.  I shredded down old cheddar cheese.  It also calls for vegetable oil.  My honest opinion.  I did not like it.  All I can taste is the vegetable oil.  It tasted nasty!! I had some family over, my husband everyone else enjoyed it.  If I try it again I might use butter instead.  I am not rushing to try this one again anytime soon.  Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of this dish.



Looneyspoons Collection: The Thigh's the Limit pg. 155.  I do not eat thighs.  I am a white meat eater.  I prefer the chicken breast.  So I just did the recipe with both chicken breasts and thighs.  The only thing I did not do was marinade it for 4 hours.  I really enjoyed it.  Next time I will try marinading it overnight.  If I loved the flavor and I did not marinade it for less than 5 mins, I can only imagine how good it will taste then.  We are definitely going to have this again for dinner.  

Anna  

All You Need is Loaf

Today I tried the recipe All You Need is Loaf, pg. 235.  It is Meatloaf.  I really wondered, do I make myself a piece of chicken or do I be daring and just try it.  Normally I do not eat ground beef.  To be honest I am a very picky eater.  Most of the time is all I eat is chicken.  It gets kind of boring. So today I decided to bite the bullet and eat it! 

It was amazing! The best meatloaf I have ever had.  Everyone ate it! I asked them all, is it a make again recipe? They all said yes! 

Anna

Looneyspoons Collection Cookbook Janet and Greta Podelski

Well it has been a long time since I have posted on this blog.  My sister in law has been cooking from this cookbook.  I tried one recipe that she shared with me and it was fantastic.  So I finally went out and bought it.  You can get it at Costco for $19.99.  Today I tried 2 recipes, Simply Orange Chicken pg. (141) and Darth Taters (pg. 271).

 Orange Chicken:

It was so good!! The only thing I would change though is I would bake it in the oven and then the last 15 mins put the sauce in.  Another option I might try is sear it in the frying pan, bake it in the oven and then add the sauce in. My reason is that I really struggle to cook the chicken properly in the frying pan.  My family really enjoyed it.  Even toddler approved!

Darth Taters:

There is nothing I would change about that recipe! My daughter gobbled them up! I think I might have overcooked it just a little.  Regardless it was fantastic!!!

We will be eating these again!!

Anna

Chicken Chili

So tonights dinner menu is Chicken Chili.

2 Chicken Breaksts cut up, I recommend cutting while still frozen.

2 cans or jars of Pasta Sauce

2 cans of canned tomatoes (small), I used Alymer Chili Accents

Whatever veggies you choose to put in

1 can of Red Kidney Beans, rinsed off

Chili Powder - according to your taste

Garlic Powder - according to your taste

My cooking method was the Crock Pot.

Put it in and let it cook.

If you were doing the stove top method, I recommend cooking the chicken breast first. I normally boil it. Drain it and then add everything else in and let it simmer.

Serve it with shredded cheese and if you want to Tortilla chips too.

Enjoy!

Chicken Lasange

My specialty is Veggie Lasange, but I had to come up with something my husband will enjoy so we bought one of those day old whole chickens you get at the grocery store and added it in. My husband likes meat. I like chicken, not ground beef. So we found out compromise. It was delicious!

I put in red, yellow and orange sweet bell peppers, onion, carrots (grated them up), celery, clove of garlic, zuchuni, and broccolli. Finely cut up the chicken, and poured in two jars of pasta sauce. I used Lasange sheets (Oliveri) because you don't have too cook them. I prefer Saputco Pizza mozzerrella. I don't use any specific recipe I just add veggies I can think of. Baked it at 350 oF for 35 minutes.

Hope you enjoy it!

Anna

APPLE CRISP NORTHERN STYLE REDONE

So today I had some friends over for dinner tonight. I decided to make the apple crisp again. I did some variations. I used Granny Smith apples, 1/4 cup of honey instead of 1/2 cup, and I put cinnamon sugar on the crumble. I was acutally gonna put on top of the apples but I forgot. So I just put it on the crumble part. This way tasted way better.

Anna

APPLE CRISP NORTHERN STYLE

Today I tackled another recipe from "The Laura Secord Canadian Cookbook" It is on Pg. 110-111.

The apples I used from it was Royal Gala. It turned out well. The ingredients that were used were: Royal Gala apples, honey, brown sugar, lemon juice, water, rolled oats, flour and butter. My husband hasn't tried it yet but, my sister in law Jenny, my nephew Dean and my friend Traci has and they enjoyed it. We also served it with Vanilla Ice Cream!

Yum!!!!

Anna