Green Chili Pork

Another fabulous recipe from Jesi!! I am glad I know this girl!!!!

Mmm, this is so easy and yummy and makes a ton of food!

1 Frozen 2-3 Pound Pork Roast
2 Cans Green Enchilada Sauce
2 Fresh Jalapenos-deseeded and diced
1-2 Bell Pepper sliced (or frozen bell pepper strips)
2 Onions Sliced

Seasonings I used
Garlic Garlic, Cumin, Seasoned Salt, Black Pepper

Throw it all in your crock pot and cook all day. Since our meat was frozen we did about 8 hours on high. Shred the meat and enjoy! We have eaten this in tortillas, with chips and cheese, you could add canned veggies and make a taco soup, use in enchiladas, tacos, or on top of nachos. Also great with scrambled eggs, salsa and diced breakfast potatoes made into burritos, or migas!

I skipped the jalapenos and used the pork in tacos.....my new favorite meal!! Lots of leftovers.

Salmon Bites

Mark went fishing and brought home a bunch of salmon and trout. We usually like our salmon baked or grilled and served with rice but since we had a good amount of it (like 5 dinners worth) I decided to try something different and we liked it!!

4 Salmon fillets cut into fourths
1/2 cup flour
1 egg
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 tbsp of your favorite seasonings, I used Tastefully Simple Onion Onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
1/4 cup vegetable oil


1. Add vegetable oil to a large pan and turn heat to medium high.

2. Use three shallow bowls and put the flour in one, eggs in another and bread crumbs mixed with the seasoning into the third. Add a touch of salt to each bowl.

3. Coat the salmon with flour, then egg and finally the bread crumb mixture letting the excess fall off at each step.

4. Add salmon to heated oil and let cook 5 minutes until a golden brown, then turn over and repeat on the other side.

Enjoy!

I made tarter sauce with mayonnaise and relish.

Pioneer Woman's Mexican Lasagna

Here is what I am making for dinner tonight......it looks really yummy!!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/08/cooking-with-pastor-ryan-delicious-mexican-lasagna/

Chicken Pockets

I don't have a "recipe" for this....it was something my neighbor, Jill told me about and I tried it!! Love it. One of those great recipes when you forget to make dinner!! Haha!!



1 package crescent rolls
1 large can chunked chicken
1 (8oz) package cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon parsley
1/2 teaspoon minced onion
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread the crescent rolls out and break into 4 rectangles (2 crescent rolls each). Soften cream cheese (I use a hand blender) and add the chicken and spices (you could use any seasoning you prefer). Put the cream cheese mixture into each crescent roll and pull the crescent roll up around the sides to form a pocket. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Yummy!!

Stuffed Peppers

Great Meal!!! This came from Betty himself (I read somewhere that "Betty" was actually two men). I made mine with half a jar of Prego (I had it leftover in my fridge) and I skipped the cheese and it was great!! I will try the sauce it calls for next time but I did not have it available today!!

6 large green peppers
1 pound ground beef
2 tbs chopped onion
1 cup cooked rice
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp garlic salt
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (3 ounces)

1. Cut thin slice from stem end of each bell pepper. Remove seeds and membranes; rinse peppers.

2. Cook ground beef and onion in skillet, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in cooked rice, salt, garlic salt and 1 cup of tomato sauce; heat until hot.Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stuff peppers with beef mixture. Stand upright in square 8-inch by 8-inch pan. Pour remaining sauce over peppers.

3. Cover and bake 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with cheese. (Can be frozen, just don't add the cheese until baking).

Beef Pot Roast

A classic and family favorite!

4 lb beef roast
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup beef broth (I use bullion cubes to make this)
8 small potatoes, cut in half (I use red potatoes)
8 medium carrots, cut in fourths
1 tsp thyme leaves
1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
4 cloves of garlic, crushed

1. Cook beef in a 12 inch skillet over medium heat until browned on all sides.
2. Rub thyme, oregano and garlic into meat
3. Place potatoes and carrots in the crockpot, place beef on vegetables.
4. Pour beef broth into crockpot.
5. Cover and cook on low setting 8 to 10 hours.

Chicken and Spinach Lasanga

This was from a women I used to work with, Jean. Very good...but also pretty time consuming and mine was soupy! Mark just requested this again so it must have tasted really good!!

1 white onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 cups chicken broth
3-4 cups cooked, cubed chicken
16 oz mushrooms, cut up
1 1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 pkg lasagna noodles
2 cups ricotta cheese
2 eggs
2 - 10 oz pkg of frozen spinach, thawed and drained
1 tsp chopped fresh parsley

1. Make ricotta cheese mixture; combine ricotta cheese, 1/2 c parmesan, 2 eggs, and a little salt and pepper. Set aside.

2. Make the sauce; Melt butter in a large saucepan. Saute the onion, garlic and mushrooms. Stir in flour and salt, whisk until smooth. Gradually add the broth and milk, stirring with whisk until smooth. Over medium heat bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Boil for 1 minute. Stir in 2 cups of mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup of parmesan, add basil and pepper. Set aside.

3. Cook noodles

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9X13 pan with cooking spray.

5. Layers;
A. 1/3 sauce, noodles, 1/2 ricotta cheese mixture, all the chicken
B. 1/3 sauce, noodles, 1/2 ricotta cheese mixture, all the spinach
C. 2 cups mozzarella, 1/3 sauce. 1/2 cup parmesan, parsley

6. Cover and bake 35-40 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes.

Garlic Bread

Yummy, Yummy! This is my variation...we have it at least once a week. I suggest fresh bread, but you can freeze what you won't use for the next time!

1 loaf Italian or French bread
margarine or butter to lightly coat
garlic salt
Tastefully Simple Garlic-Garlic

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Cut loaf of bread in half. I only cut enough for our meal, you don't have to make the entire loaf at one meal.

3. Spread margarine to lightly cover the bread completely (end to end).

4. Sprinkle with garlic salt and Tastefully Simple Garlic-Garlic seasoning.

5. Place on pizza pan face up. Bake 4-6 minutes depending on the thickness of the bread.

Alfredo Sauce

We love, love, love this alfredo sauce!! My husband just mentioned this as one of his favorites!! I make egg noodles and garlic bread with it. Found on allrecipes.com


INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup butter 1 cup heavy cream 1 clove garlic, crushed

1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes, then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly, heating through. Stir in parsley and serve.