Showing posts with label main dish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label main dish. Show all posts

Monday, March 15, 2010

Olive Garden Alfredo (Chelsea)

1/2 cup butter  (1 stick)
2 cloves garlic minced (I add a little more)
2 cups heavy cream
about 1/8 tspn black pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1-12 oz box fettuccine pasta (or whatever pasta you like)


Melt butter in a medium saucepan over med/low heat.  Add the garlic, cream, pepper and salt, bring mixture to a simmer.  Turn the heat down if the mixture reaches a rapid boil or it could boil over.  You just want a simmer.  Add the cheese, and continue to simmer sauce for 8 minutes or until thick. 

Serve over cooked pasta.    

I usually add a little garlic salt to taste while cooking the sauce.  I also add chicken on top. 

Curry Chicken (Chelsea)

1 2/3 cup milk
1 2/3 cup chicken broth
3/4 cup onion
3 Tbsp veggie oil
2 Tbsp flour
2 tspns curry powder
salt and pepper
2 1/2 tspns lemon juice
3 1/3 cup diced cooked chicken
1 2/3 cup diced peeled apples

saute apples and onion in oil till apples are tender.  Sir in flour, curry, salt, pepper to blend.  Gradually add liquids, bring to a boil until thickened.  Add cooked meat.  Serve over Rice.

I top with a little cumin, salsa, cilantro. 

Creamy Chicken Lasagna (Chelsea)

3 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
6 uncooked lasagna noodles
1 cube chicken boullion
1/4 cup hot water
1 pkg cream cheese, softened
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 (26 oz) jar spaghetti sauce


Cook lasagna noodles, drain, rinse with cold water and set aside (keep in cool water until ready for use)

Place chicken in sauce pan with enough water to cover and bring to a boil.  Cook until done.  Remove from pan and shred.  

Preheat oven to 350.  Dissolve the boullion, cream cheese, and 1 cup cheese.


Spread 1/3 of spaghetti sauce in the bottom of the pan.  Cover with half the chicken mixture and top with lasagna noodles.  Repeat top with sauce and sprinkle with remaining cheese. 


Bake 45 mins

I usually use more noodles and layer: spaghetti sauce, noodles, chicken mixture, noodles, spaghetti sauce chicken, noodles, sauce, cheese.  Then bake

Friday, February 5, 2010

Calico Beans (Destonee)

1 lb hamburger
1/2 cup onion
1/2 cup bacon bits
1/2 cup ketchup
1 can kidney beans
1 can butter beans (don't drain beans)
2 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp mustard
1 tsp salt
1 can pork & beans

Cook hamburger & onion till browned.  Add all ingredients together.  Cook in crock pot 4-6 hours

Potato Leek Soup (Destonee)

4 cups chicken broth
3 potatoes peeled and diced
1 1/2 cup cabbage chopped
1 leek diced
1 onion chopped
2 carrots chopped
1 lb bacon cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup parsley
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp caraway seeds
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup sour cream

In lg. crock pot combine chicken broth, potatoes, cabbage, leek, onion, carrots & parsley.  Stir in salt, pepper, caraway seeds & bay leaf.  Cover and cook on high 4-5 hrs.  Remove bay leaf before serving.  combine liquid from crock pot with sour cream.   Add to crock pot and stir in bacon.

Pasta Fagioli (Destonee)

1 15 oz can great northern beans
1 lb hamburger browned and drained
1 onion chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
2 cloves garlic
2-10 oz cans beef broth
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp dried basil
2-14 oz cans whole tomatoes
1/4 tsp dried marjoram
1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce
3 cups cooked pasta

Combine all ingredients in crock pot except pasta.  Cook on high 4-5 hours.

Baked Potato Soiup (Destonee)

2/3 cup butter
7 cups milk
4 green onions sliced
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp pepper
2/3 cup flour
4 lg baking potatoes diced
12 bacon strips cooked and crumbled
3/4 tsp salt

Melt butter in pan and stir in flour.  Gradually add milk.  Add baked potatoes and onions, bring to boil.  Simmer 10 minutes.  Add remaining ingredients, stir until cheese is melted.

Faux Chicken Cordon Bleu (Destonee)

16 slices ham
16 slices swiss cheese
16 chicken strips (breaded or tenders)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream

Roll with chicken strip in the center, then cheese, then ham.  Lay 2 rows of 8 in 9 x 13 pan.  Mix soup and sour cream.  Pour over chicken and bake @ 325 for 1 hour.

Chicken Zucchini Casserole (Destonee)

6 cups sliced zucchini
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 pkg stovetop stuffing mixed as directed
1 cup shredded carrots
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
shredded chicken

Cook zucchini, onions and carrots for 5 mins.  and drain.  Mix dressing as directed.  Set aside.  Fold in zucchini, onions, and carrots with sour cream and soup and chicken.  Put dressing in bottom of 9 x 13 pan (save 1/3 for topping) pour over zucchini mixture, then top with remaining dressing.  Bake@350 for 30 minutes

Taco Salad (Destonee)

1 head of lettuce chopped
onion chopped
tomatoes
8 oz thousand island dressing
1 lb ground beef (drained)
1 can kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
1 pkg frito chips
1/2 pkg taco mix

Cook hamburger, add beans, add taco mix.  Put all other ingredients together.  Serve over frito chips or tortilla chips.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup (Marie Peterson)

1 (3 1/2 lb) chicken
2 qt water
2 tsp salt
3 large carrots
2 large celery stalks
1 medium onion
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp poultry seasoning (heaping)
1/4 tsp sage
1 tsp celery salt
1 Tbsp chopped parsley
3/4 cup butter or marg. 
3/4 cup flour
1 (13 oz) can evaporated milk
1 (8 oz) pkg noodles

Cook chicen in water with salt.  Remove chicken from liquid; cook vegetables 10 minutes.  Add seasoning to broth and cook noodles 4 minutes.  Add butter, flour and evaporated milk and thicken.  Put chicken in.  Serves 6-8. 

Chicken Noodle Soup (Kathryn Robinson)

6 chicken breasts, split
1 large onion
4 large carrots, peeled and chopped
4 celery stalks
8 oz fresh mushrooms
3/4 cup peas
3/4 cup corn
1 Tbsp parsley
1/4 cup margarine
yellow food color

  Egg Noodles:
2 cups flour
3 egg yolks
1 egg
2 tsp salt
1/4-1/2 cup water

Prepare noodles.  In a large pot boil chicken in a lot of water.  Chop onions, carrots, celery and mushrooms.  When chicken is well done, remove from pot.  Place onions, carrots and celery in pot and let cook.  Remove skin and bones from chicken.  Add noodles to cooking vegetables; let cook until tender.  Add chicken and remaining ingredients.  Cover and let simmer. 

Egg Noodles.  Beat eggs, water and salt.  Slowly add flour, beating constantly.  Remove from bowl and knead in remaining flour.  Generously flour a flat area.  Roll our dough to 1/8 inch thickness.  Roll up in jelly roll style.  Cross cut dough into strips.  Unfold and gently toss with flour.

Boston Clam Chowder (Janice Helquist, Mary Norris, Kathy Waters)

2 (6 1/2 oz) cans minced clams
1 cup onions, chopped fine
1 cup celery, finely diced
2 cups potatoes, finely diced
1 cube butter
3/4 cup flour
1 qt. half and half cream or 2% low fat
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
dash of pepper

Drain juice from clams and pour over vegetables in medium saucepan.  Add enough water to barely cover vegetables.  Simmer, covered, over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. 
In meantime, meltbutter; add flour and blend and cook a minute or two.  Add cream.  Cook and stir until smooth and thick, using a wire whisk.  Add undrained vegetables and the clams.  Heat through.  Season with salt, pepper and sugar.  Serves 8. 

Friday, January 29, 2010

Taco Salad (Destonee)

1 head of lettuce chopped
onion chopped
tomatoes
8 oz thousand island dressing
1 lb ground beef (drained)
1 can kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
1 pkg frito chips
1/2 pkg taco mix

Cook hamburger, add beans and taco mix.  Put all other ingredients together.  Serve over frito chips or tortilla chips.

Chili Verde ( Destonee)

9 tomatillos
1 1/2 pork roast chopped
3 serrano chilies (seeded)
1 clove garlic
chopped cilantro to taste

Boil tomatillos and chopped chilies until soft.   Add cilantro and boil 3-5 more min.  THen blend solids until smooth.  Brown pork roast.  Add meat to sauce with garlic and simmer in crock pot all day.  Serve with flour tortillas.

Home Made Chicken Pot Pie (Destonee)

1 pkg chicken gravy
1 10 oz pkg frozen veggies
1/2 shredded deli rotisserie chicken
2 frozen pie crusts (deep dish)

Make up gravy packet.  When cooked add frozen veggies to gravy.  Add chicken.  Pour into 1 of the pie crusts.  Let other pie crust thaw, when soft place on filled pie crust, press edges to seal.  Cook at 350 for 40 minutes or until crust is brown

Chicken Enchiladas (Destonee)

3 cups cooked chicken
2 tsp chili powder
1 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1 cup cheddar cheese
1 cup monterey jack cheese
3/4 cup salsa
10 flour tortillas

Combine chicken with sour cream, bell pepper, green onion, salsa, chili powder, garlic powder.  Stir in soup.  Place 1/2 mixture in center of each tortilla with some cheese.  Spread remaining mixture over top of tortillas and bake at 375 for 30 minutes. 

Rosemary Pork & Mushrooms with shallots (Destonee)

1 tbsp oil
2 lbs boneless pork loin chops sliced into 1/2" slices
1 cup shallots, chopped
2 cups mushrooms sliced
1 tbsp fresh rosemary (less if dried)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1-14 oz can diced tomatoes

Heat the oil in a skillet and cook pork until browned.  Remove and drain excess oil and place pork in crock pot.  Add the remaining ingredients and stir.   Cover and cook on low for 8 hrs or high for 4 hrs. 

Mexican Fondue (AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!)

Sprinkle pan with garlic salt.  Pour in 1 can beer (near beer works fine too).  Heat until no bubbles. 
Grate 4 cups cheddar
 4 cups monterey jack cheese.
 2 tbsp chili powder
 1 tbsp flour (heaping) mix into cheese. 
Add 1/2 cup salsa to beer. 
1 can green chilies to beer.
 add cheese to beer mixture

Stir until cheese melts. 
Serve with veggies and french bread.  We usually have pepperoni, olives, frito chips, french bread, avocados, carrots, bell peppers, mushrooms, etc

Chicken Jaurez (Destonee)

1 deli cooked rotisserie chicken (shredded)
1 (7 3/4 oz) can green chilies diced
1 doz corn tortillas
1 cup milk
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 onion diced
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 lb cheese

Cut tortillas into 1" strips.  Set aside.  Combine soups, green chilies, milk and onion.  Pour 3 Tbsp reserved chicken juice into 9 x 13 buttered casserole dish.  Using 1/2 of mixture layer tortilla strips then chicken, then soup mixture.  Repeat.  Top with cheese.  Refrigerate 24 hours.  Bake @ 300 for 1 hour 15 minutes.