Fast Dinner

Here is our fast dinner, I was running behind and didnt want to spend time cooking on dinner, so we ran over to Tom Thumb and I picked up some deli made ribs (they were just grilled I guess cause no season or taste what so ever was on them) So I brushed with bbq sauce.
Also made some mashed potatoes (i hate em out of the box but this would have to do today!)
and some corn bread (that I actually made in the oven so we DID have to wait for that)

There you have it fast and easy dinner :)

Honey Mustard Chicken

Today I felt like making some chicken, so I made Honey Mustard chicken! YUM!

I took a pack of chicken strips, and fried it in a pan with a little oil.

until it was cooked almost done.

Then I took some Mustard and mixed with honey and some brown sugar.

Brushed on chicken strips and baked for 10 minutes.

I also made brown rice and some mustard greens to go with it!

YUM!

Breakfeast in our home

Yeah it isnt all the time I cook breakfeast - we usually have cereal or toaster waffles, but on the weekends I try to cook something here is what we had this weekend. we all had eggs, Michael had scrambled with cheese, me - over easy (as I hate scrambled eggs) and we had bacon to go with it! Michael is a big bacon boy! Daddy - ehhh veggie sausages, remember he doesnt eat chicken, pork, cow, but he eats dead baby chics! LoL

This was my microwave creation meal

Okay so this day I didnt want to cook at all - but had to feed the kid something!

Ooooh I have frozen dino nuggets - popped them in the microwave 1 minute 30 seconds.

Broccoli - zapped a bowl of frozen broccoli in the microwave 2 minutes - done!

Now I just love the easy mac packs...you open the noodles, microwave them per the package and mix in the cheese sauce BAM you are done!

Dinner Served!

BBQ Meatballs and Rice

Here is another quick and easy meal that we had in my house...and it is cheap too!

All I did was buy a bag of the frozen meatballs (they were 4-5 dollars for a nice sized bag), BBQ sauce - what ever BBQ flavor you like - I get the regular of what ever is on sale (i got 1 bottle for one dollar!!!)

So what I did was poured the frozen meatballs into a pot and poured the BBQ sauce over and let cook on low heat so that the flavor would simmer into the meatballs.

I also popped in some cheese sticks for him - dont know why I did but it felt sorta Italian....lol


Michael loves this dish and so do I - because it is fast, easy and cheap!

Broccoli Alfredo with Shrimp

Okay so if you want a REAL super easy, cheap and fast meal that looks like maybe it took you a while to make then try this!
I dont know I was cruising the freezer asile in the store looking for something quick and good and I saw chicken alfredo the kind you pour out of the bag into the skillet and heat...well My sons daddy doesnt eat any meat except shrimp. ANd they didnt have any skillet things with shrimp alfredo.
Soooo I was looking around and I thought...I can totally buy some Lipton noodles, the Broccoli alfredo!!!!!!!!!! So I went and got 4 packs, (totally should have only gotten 2 packs because it make aLOT!)
then I walked by the frozen shrimp in a bag and I got a small cocktail ring of frozen shrimp for 3 dollars and some change. Then I got a bag of chopped broccoli to add into the noodles...and some cornbread mix.

Total....


Lipton Noodles 1.25 each x4 - $5.00

Shrimp Ring - 3.50

Chopped frozen broccoli - 3.00

Corn Bread - .50

total meal cost - $12.00


And looking at the pot I can feed well over 3 people (we have 3 and we have practically a WHOLE pot left!)

Rooster Sauce :) Yummmm

I just love love love this rooster sauce - well it isnt called Rooster Sauce but it has a rooster on the bottle :) It is Sriracha Sauce :) And I eat this on mostly EVERYTHING! It is perfect...I wonder who else loves this stuff as much as I do? If you love it let me know! If you like hot sauces and you have not tried this - you should go out to the store now and buy some. You can find it in the asian part of the grocery store. It is with a green top. But I do warn you use a little bit at a time. a little goes a long wayyyy :)

Fried Rice with Shrimp

Okay I am determined to conquer this Fried Rice thing - this is my attempt to do so :)

Left over rice (because I read the secret to good fried rice is Cold left over rice)
I used Brown rice - but feel free to use what ever rice your lil taste buds like.

I cut up some onion little tiny chops.

If you want to add carrots, or peas or sprouts that will be good too, but I dont really like them and end up picking out the peas and carrots.

You will need an egg or two.

of course soy sauce


I took the rice in a pan with some oil, and fried it with the onion until the onion was soft. after that I added some small shrimp cut in half. I used frozen but if you wanna use fresh fine (i just need the fast route out so frozen is the route i have to take hehe)
once that is cooked together, I then push the rice mixture to one side of the pan and crack in the eggs on the other and scramble. once the eggs are cooked I blend together with the rice that is resting on the other side of the pan.
Mix together all ingredients and then add the soy sauce, taste it as you add, many of us do not have the same taste buds, so what may be good for me as far as how my soy sauce may not be for the next.

This was good :)

Garden Stuffed Potatoes

This was really good and I made some alterations to the recipe that I was introduced to :) Sooo Yumm!
My friend also made them and she added cheese to hers! Another great idea!

-baking potatoes (I found these individual ones wrapped in plastic, by Idaho, which you pop in the microwave! Soo easy and fast)

-Ranch Dressing (the recipe calls for ranch dressing - I actually bought sour cream and the ranch dressing MIX - oooh it was soo much better!)

- Chopped frozen brocolli

-1 small fried onion (fry until soft - but not brown)


Scoop out the pulp from the potatoes once they are done and cooled enough to touch.
mix in a bowl with brocolli, fried onions, and ranch mix. I added some salt for season and some butter as well.

Spoon in the mixture back into the potato shells and bake for 15 minutes.