Thursday, September 5, 2013

Week 24



*Food Storage Tortilla Soup
*Sesame Noodles
*Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
*French Bread Pizza

Food storage Tortilla Soup
  • 2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2 cans chili
  • 2 cans corn w/ liquid
  • 3 cups medium salsa
  • 1 can chicken breast
  • 4 TBSP brown sugar (or apricot pineapple jam)
Put ingredients in a pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
Serve with sour cream, cheese and chips. (Because you have a fridge at present)


Sesame Noodles
  • 16 oz. linguini pasta cooked according to package directions
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 6 TBSP sugar
  • 6 TBSP rice vinegar
  • 6 TBSP soy sauce
  • 2 TBSP sesame oil
  • 1 tsp. chili sauce (Srirracha)
  • 6 green onions sliced
  • 1 tsp. sesame seeds toasted
  • crushed peantus
While cooking noodles, add shredded carrots to the water the last 3 minutes. Put the remaining ingredients (except onions and seeds) in a pan and bring to a boil until the sugar dissolves. Pour over noodles and top with green onions and sesame seeds and crushed peanuts.


Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches
  • Franks Red Hot Buffalo Wing sauce
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 package hidden valley ranch dressing mix
  • 2 TBSP butter
  • Kings Hawaiian buns
Pour 1/3 cup wing sauce in a crockpot.  Place raw chicken breasts in and then cover with more sauce.  Sprinkle entire packet of ranch over chicken. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours.  Shred chicken and add butter. Serve on Hawaiian rolls and add cheese if desire.

French Bread Pizza
  • 2 loaves of French Bread
  • 1 jar pizza sauce or favorite spaghetti sauce
  • any toppings your family likes: Pepperoni, canadian bacon, onions, mushrooms, olives, pineapple, peppers, etc.
  • Mozarella cheese
Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut the french bread in half lengthwise, put the halves on a cookie sheet open faced, spread sauce on both halves and then top with whatever you want. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until the cheese is melted and slightly browned. Cut into 2 inch strips and serve.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Week 23


*French Dip Sandwiches 
*Chicken Caeser Pasta Salad 
*Crock pot Honey Sesame Chicken 
*Ham and Swiss Mini Melts 

French Dip Sandwiches
  • Beef Shoulder Chuck Roast
  • 2 cans Beef Consomme
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • Au Jus packet
  • swiss cheese
  • Buns
Melt 3 TBPS butter in a large skillet and sautee onions.  Remove onions and set aside.  Place roast in skillet and sear both sides.  Place roast in crock pot or roaster pan and place onions on top.  Pour both cans of consomme over roast and put on lid.  Cook all day on low in crock pot or 3 1/2 - 4 hours on 275 degrees in oven.  Pull apart meat with fork, removing any excess fat.  Make au jus sauce just before serving.  Put buns open face on a large cookie sheet and melt swiss cheese on them under the broiler until melted.  Pile on the meat and enjoy.


Chicken Caeser Pasta Salad
  • Romain lettuce
  • 2 chicken breasts grilled and sliced
  • 12 oz. bowtie pasta cooked and cooled
  • shredded parmesan cheese
  • croutons
  • Brianna's caesar dressing
Grill chicken breasts and set aside. Cut up lettuce into bite size pieces.  Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, and cool on cookie sheet.  Mix it all together in a large bowl.


Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken
  • 8 boneless, skinless chicken THIGHS (a must)
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 2 TBSP canola oil or vegetable oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
  • 4 tsps. cornstarch dissolved in 6 TBSP cold water
  • 1/2 TBSP sesame seeds
  • 3 green onions, chopped
Lightly season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper, put into crock pot. In a medium bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes.  Pour over chicken.  Cook on low for 4 hours.
Remove chicken from crock pot, leave sauce.  Dissolve 4 tsp. of cornstarch into 6 TBSP of water and pour into crockpot. Stir to combine with sauce.  Replace lid and cook sauce for high for ten more minutes or until slightly thickened.
Shred chicken into bite sized pieces.  Then in individual bowls, place chicken pieces over rice and spoon some sauce on top.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped green onions.


Ham and Swiss Mini Melts
  • 2 dozen Kings Hawaiian rolls (sweet dinner rolls)
  • 1 1/2 pounds Boars Head Ham
  • 1 lb. sliced swiss cheese
  • 1 1/2 TBSP poppy seeds
  • 1 1/2 TBSP yellow mustard
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 TBSP minced dehydrated onion
  • 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Stuff sliced rolls with meat and cheese.  Place sandwiches in two 9x13 baking dishes.  Heat remaining ingredients in a saucepan until butter is melted, stirring often.  Brush tops of sandwiches with sauce and cover pans with foil.  Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Serve warm.

This recipe is also very good with Turkey and Havartii