Tomato Basil Chicken and Peppers

Try Something New!

So today, I decided to be adventurous and try something new, using guidelines rather a full recipe!  The result was this!  The taste was ok, but I think I shouldn't have used peppers.  Maybe you could try broccoli and/or mushrooms?  While peppers, normally delicious, just didn't seem to work here.  I also used whatever pasta I had which was macaroni.  The something new here was a fairly new on the market product called Philidelphia Cooking Cream in Tomato Basil.  Yum Yum!  

Ingredients:

~1 Chicken Breast, chopped and cooked

~A lot of macaroni, cooked....I didn't really measure it

~A bunch of bell peppers, sauteed

~1 Tub Philidelphia Cook Cream - Tomato Basil

~ Some Water (for desired consistency)

~Shredded cheese (whatever you have on hand should be ok!)

Directions:

Once the chicken, pasta, and peppers are cooked, add the tub of the Philidelphia cooking cream and some water to dilute it to a desired consistancy.  Then, add some shredded cheese, and ENJOY!

Cheesy Macaroni Bake

Simple, Yet Delicious!

Well, another busy night has come and gone and dinner was a conundrum!  What to make with such little time and with limited ingredients?  Here's a simple recipe I found online!  Most of this stuff, I think a lot of people would have in their cupboards already, seeing as winter is just around the corner!  It was warm, delicious, and perfect for that chilly night!

Ingredients:

~2 cups COOKED macaroni pasta

~1 can tomato soup

~250g (1/2lb~ish) diced ham (I used leftover from thanksgiving!)

~1 cup grated colby cheese (I'm sure you can substitute for whatever cheese you have on hand)

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 200ºC (400ºF) . Lightly grease a 5cm deep 28cmX19.5cm oven proof dish.

2) Place pasta, soup and ham in a large bowl.  Stir to combine.  Transfer mixture to prepared dish.  Sprinkle with cheese.  Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted.  Let stand for 5 minutes and serve!

Yield: about 4 servings

Barbecue Chicken And Rice

A Meal of Convenience 

So if you are like me, you don't always have a lot of time on your hands to make all these big fancy meals.  But having a quick meal, doesn't mean you can skimp out on flavour or actually cooking it yourself!  It just means going simple!  You don't need things with 12 million ingredients to taste amazing, you just need to buy the right stuff.  Like this chicken.  It's Marc Angelo butterflied chicken breast sweet BBQ flavour!  I pan friend it on a non-stick pan, so no oil needed.  Yuta also decided to add some extra BBQ sauce for that extra kick!  

See that rice beside it?  Looks like that would cost a pretty penny right?  Wrong!  This rice actually cost me nothing.  That's right, free!  My mom delivers a weekly newspaper and I was lucky that she had this FULL SIZE sample of Uncle Ben's instant rice.  You know the one!  Where it comes in a bag and you cook it in the microwave!  Ready in under 2 minutes.  

Cost of ingredients: Probably less than $10 because I found this chicken in my freezer!

Total time: About 15 minutes for the chicken AND rice to cook!

Simple meals are the way to go on busy nights!  Good Luck!

Cheesy Beef Stroganoff

Cheesy Beef Stroganoff

Monday October 1st, 2012

Today, I decided to cook some dinner.  I know, "Lauren, cook?  Please tell me you had the fire department on speed dial!".  Well, oh sarcastic one, NO!  No fire department involved this time!

I found this recipe out of my 4 ingredient cookbook, and decided even I couldn't mess up that much!  It's a really simple recipe that is quick, and perfect for those nights on the go, and I know a lot of us have nights like that!

Ingredients:

~1 pound of ground beef

~2 cups of water

~3 cups medium egg noodles; uncooked

~3/4 pound Velveeta; cut up (I found it at Sobeys)

~1 can cream of mushroom soup

~1/4 teaspoon black pepper

I know it's over 4 ingredients. But it is still SO simple!

Directions:

Step 1: Brown meat in a large skillet; drain.

Step 2: Stir in water.  Bring to boil.  Stir in noodles. Reduce heat to medium-low;cover.  Simmer 8 minutes or until noodles are tender.

Step 3: Add Velveeta, soup, and pepper; stir until Velveeta is melted.

See? Simple!  I added a bit of extra Velveeta because I normally like really cheesy food, but the extra made it taste quite thick, so I recommend using the exact amount!