Chicken croissants

Ok- bear (grr!) With me for this. 

2 Chicken breast
One roll of large croissant rolls
Cheddar

Ok.. ready....
Cup of water, Italian dressing, rooster sauce and Worcestershire sauce.

Boil.

Add chicken

Boil for abt 30 mins until cooked through

Shred chicken into sauce

Spoon mixture onto each croissant

Top with cheese and roll

Bake 20 mins until golden

Ranch for dipping

Seriously. Freaky good. Who'd a thought 'chicken boiled in water and hot sauce' would be this good!??!

the early bird

I'm menu planning for next week already BISHES!!!!

I'm also making some nummy apps for a board game get-together on Friday,
Friday:  healthy loaf http://beersandbeans.com/2012/02/29/rtw-travelers-dinner-party-rtwdinnerparty/
caprese dip http://www.thefoodgospelaccordingtoruth.com/2012/04/caprese-dip.html

Sunday-
Monday-POT ROAST! http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/02/slow-cooker-three-envelope-pot-roast.html
Tues- Italian chicken http://aaronandjillw.blogspot.com/2011/08/italian-chicken.html
Wed- Garlic, broccoli pasta http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2012/04/pasta-with-garlicky-broccoli-rabe/
Thurs-Chicken bacon cheddar burgers (home made)


Shopping:

1 unsliced loaf sourdough bread

 

 

Ground chickenChicken breast

3-4 lb beef roast

big block of mozzarella cheese

Broccoli (rabe if can find it!)

green onion

basil

tomatoes

 

fun shaped pasta

1 envelope onion soup mix
1 envelope Italian dressing mix
1 envelope Au Jus mix

Stewed chicken

Chicken thighs
Canned tomatoes
Celery
Carrots
Onion
Garlic
White wine
Chicken broth
Corn starch

Sautee carrots, celery, onions, and garlic in oil until soft. Sey aside

Brown chicken on both sides

Deglaze w wine, add chicken stock, and tomatos- stir and add veg back in.

Add spices to your liking- I went with paprika, onion powder, red pepper flakes and a bay leaf

Simmer covered for 1 hr

Add corn starch &water to thicken- stir.

Simmer uncovered until ready to eat!

Serve over egg noodles.

Frakenstorm!!!

So... apparently there's a hurricane on the way!

Sunday- stewed chicken
Monday- chicken, bacon, Cheddar burgers
Tuesday- tips and asparagus
Wednesday- shredded chicken croissants
Thursday- ginget garlic chicken thighs

shredded chicken

is awesome.
I am actually quite sad at that hole in my life that existed before J introduced me to this simple and delicious concept. Don't worry, I've been working hard since to remedy.

Here's the drill:
chicken breast (3 large breasts are enough to serve 4ppl and have lunches for 2, if you do as I've done; make salads or tacos/sandwiches)
wet sauce (this is the same way that I made buffalo chicken ages ago. This time I used a container of salsa)
garlic, onions, spices

toss everyone into the crock pot and cook on low until after work (about 9-10hrs)

take two forks and pull apart the meat, last night I ended up adding in a can of tomatoes at this point, because I wanted more juice, but that could have been done in the morning or not at all.

I'm all about choices people.

I think I'm going to fill-it-up-again next week, only this time with totally different flavors. Stay tuned!

I hate naming posts

Seriously I hate it.

Anyway.

2 things I'd like to discuss:

1. HotMess dinners
2. Halloween Party dish

1. I end up with at least one hotmess of a dinner every week. That's ok. People, myself included, are TERRIFIED of screwing up food. I figure that's part of learning!

This week, my mess was Sunday. You'd think breakfast for dinner would be idiot-proof. Not for this idiot!
I ended up with mushy AND burned hashbrowns (figure that one out!) AND the worst eggs ever created.
I found a post online about 'soft boiled eggs' which are in theory hard boiled eggs just not cooked totally, so you still get gooey yolk. it was so bad I can't even describe. So I won't. Suffice it to say it was not one of my finer culinary moments. 


2. I'm gonna make and bring these to a Halloween party this weekend: http://iowagirleats.com/2012/10/16/mini-blt-quinoa-cups/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IowaGirlEats+%28Iowa+Girl+Eats%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

BALLS I hope peeps will eat them.

Oh Trader Joes aka menu making on the fly

Sunday- breakfast for dinner
Monday- stir fry
Tuesday- pizza
Wed- pulled chicken
Thurs- pesto alfredo linguini

Reasons why you should never use 'Sausage sandwich' as a conversation segue

So Tuesday changed a bit, with the all of the budgetary nonsense that we're dealing with- I tried to be EXTRA thrifty this week and looked at the sale section of the grocery store website and planned accordingly with my menues... That was where the inspiration for the steak came from, it was on sale and it's good (clearly I'm a genius). Alas, it was not meant to be, upon arrival there was no sale-steak to be found, but there was quite a nice looking package of mild Italian sausage just hanging around, so I snagged that. Tuesday became sausage and asparagus.

I took a gamble and grilled it. Or rather should I say charred the outsides and didn't cook it all the way through. In my laziness, I just tossed it in the microwave and convinced myself that I'd seen it done that was on tv a million times (so what if it was Kitchen Nightmares?!)  Anyway it was delicious, and provided lunch leftovers for the next day, which were packed as sandwiches.

I'm still so new at 'bringing my lunch to work' so when it's a sandwich I assemble everything there. Everybody gets wrapped separately and assembled right before eating. I toast the bread, broil the cheese (oh yeah, we've got a toaster oven) and generally make it as cook-y as possible. I have a problem. The whole side of the office smelled like meat but damn it was good.

Last night was meatball subs. Seriously look at the recipe I used (posted with the menu) it's crazy but I guarantee that they'll be the moistest, tastiest meatballs you'll have. IM even watched me grating the zucchini into the meat and ate them! THAT's progress.

Tonight it's dinner at M &J's (who, though she's the only person that follows this stupidblog, has started her own foray into logging her kitchen time over HERE- she's hilariously more classy than I am in this mess, maybe that's the secret? We'll see... She's awesome, so's her food!! :) 

An Ode to Tuna Casserole

Seriously, is anything else better on a chilly fall night than tuna casserole?

We've all got very particular recipes, I know. It wasn't until I met Mishkit that I even realized that you could have anything but peas and breadcrumbs in it! We've developed our own family recipe, below if you're interested in switching it up :)

wide egg noodles (2 small bags)
frozen broccoli
tuna (3 cans)
 cream of mushroom soup (2 cans)
chicken stock
onion
cheese (I used chopped up string cheese this time cause I had it lol)

butter
panko

Cook the noodles until almost done then add broccoli until warmed.
drain
add tuna, soup and onion and mix, add chicken stock until moist enough
dump into greased baking dish
sprinkle cheese on top
melt butter, mix in panko until absorbed, sprinkle onto top of cheese
bake until brown and hot.

=)

Sun- tuna noodle casserole

Mon- turkey meatball subs
http://iowagirleats.com/2012/06/06/sneaky-meatball-subs-freezer-friendly-recipe/

Tues- steak tips and asparagus

Wed- chicken cordon bleu
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Italian-Chicken-Roll-Ups

Thurs- crock pot bolognese
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/01/crock-pot-bolognese-sauce.html?m=1

Asparagus
Zucchini
Ground turkey
Steak tips
Boiled ham
Provolone
Canned tuna
Sub rolls