What's for Dinner? October 2009

[Sammi1961]

Dinner tonight will be leftovers from the fridge. There are a lot of them!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

pork roast, cream corn, whole wheat rolls, green beans.

[Minny]

Smoked sausage, green beans & mac 'n' cheese.

This isn't a main meal recipe but thought I'd share it with you all. It's from the Spenda.com website.. some great recipes for diabetics on this site.

Banana Rolls

1 (8 ounce) package 1/3 less fat cream cheese
3/4 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, granulated
2 bananas
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 (10 ounce) cans reduced fat crescent rolls

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix Splenda Granulated Sweetener, cream cheese, bananas & vanilla in a medium mixing bowl using a hand mixer. Mix until cramy.
Place crescent rolls on an ungreased baking sheet. Spread about 1 tablespoon of filling onto each crescent roll & roll int crescent shape
Bake in preheated oven 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned

Serving size= 1 roll

Nutrition info per serving
Calories 180/ calories from fat 70/ fat 8g(sat 3 g) Cholesterol 5mg/ Sodium 360 mg/ Carbohydrate 21g/Fiber 0 gr/ Sugar 8g/ Protein 4 g

[Punky1015]

Chicken Pot Pie

Here is the recipe:

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1 cup sliced carrots [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1 cup frozen green peas [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/2 cup sliced celery [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/3 cup butter [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/3 cup chopped onion [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/3 cup all-purpose flour [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/2 teaspoon salt [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/4 teaspoon black pepper [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1/4 teaspoon celery seed [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']1 3/4 cups chicken broth [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']2/3 cup milk [/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'][/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts [/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']DIRECTIONS[/FONT]

1. [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C.) [/FONT]
2. [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside. [/FONT]
3. [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside. [/FONT]
4. [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape. [/FONT]
5. [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving. [/FONT]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Note: I’ve also made this with leftover roast beef. Substitute the chicken for beef and the chicken broth with beef broth.[/FONT]

[Punky1015]

Sorry - I'm gonna try this again - since it won't allow me to edit my last post I'll try again. I tried to copy and paste from a word document and it added all that extra stuff so I'm gonna try again and please forgive my previous post.

Chicken Pot Pie

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cubed
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup frozen green peas
1/2 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. celery seed
1 3/4 cup chicken broth
2/3 cup milk
2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 C)
2. In a saucepan, combine chicken, peas, carrots and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
3. In saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
4. Place chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges and cut away excess dough. Make several slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Note: I have also used leftover roast beef. Substitute the chicken for beef and the chicken broth for beef broth.

[tree3branches]

Spiggitti and sauce and garlic bread

Tree

[WendyMichelle]

This is a new recipe that I tried this eve from the anniesrecipes site. It was indeed crunchy and had a good flavor, I used the corn flakes. Extra juicy inside. With this chicken we had green beans and scalloped taters...


Crunchy Baked Chicken

1/2 c. ketchup
1/2 c. mayonnaise
3 tbsp. minced onion
crushed corn flakes or fine bread crumbs
2 - 1/2 lbs. cut up chicken

Instructions
Preheat oven to 375. Coat a 9x13x2" baking pan with non stick cooking spray. Mix the ketchup, mayonnaise and onion together. Place the corn flakes/crumbs in a shallow dish. Dip the chicken in the ketchup mixture. Then coat with the crumbs or flakes. Bake for 40 - 45 minutes.

[happymomof4]

Last night we did steak hoagies from the local pizza place.

Saturday night. I am trying a new recipe. I bought a new cookbook the other day. I can't wait to start using the recipes from it.

Dh's comment to our dd when he seen the new cookbook was "Watch out we are always her guinea pigs" He is so funny.

Salisbury Steak Deluxe


1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1 egg
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
1-1/2 pound ground beef
1 to 2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley



In a small bowl, combine the soup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and horseradish; blend well. Set aside. In another bowl, lightly beat the egg. Add the bread crumbs, onion, salt, pepper and 1/4 cup of the soup mixture. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into six patties.
In a large skillet, brown the patties in oil; drain. Combine remaining soup mixture with water; pour over patties. Cover and cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and a meat thermometer reads 160°. Remove patties to a serving platter; spoon sauce over meat. Sprinkle with parsley.6 servings.

[BubbleMum]

Hi everyone! Love the sound of that steak happymom!

I'm doing souvla with potatoes. The souvla is a cypriot dish of pork pieces slow cooked in a casserole dish with fresh lemon juice and mint added at the end. the potatoes are just boiled with their skins on served with greek yogurt. Yum!

[stellajean66]

We are going out to dinner tonight with my sister and her family. Red Lobster, YUM YUM