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Cooking With Momma: Slow Cooker Sweet & Sour Chicken

Dawana — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:51:08 +0000

Y’all know I love my slow cooker. On today’s menu was Sweet & Sour Chicken- slow cooker style. I got the recipe from KraftFoods.com and it. smells. yummy. We haven’t eaten yet, but I’ll let you know if it’s disgusting.

What You Need!

1 medium onion, sliced

1 medium carrot, peeled, sliced

1 medium celery stalk, sliced

6 boneless skinless chicken thighs (1-1/2 lb.), cut into bite-size pieces

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/3 cup KRAFT CATALINA Dressing

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 tsp. grated gingerroot

1 can (8 oz.) pineapple chunks, drained, liquid reserved

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 medium green pepper, sliced

1 medium red pepper, sliced

4-1/2 cups hot cooked rice

Make It!

PLACE onions, carrots and celery in slow cooker; top with chicken.

ADD combined brown sugar, dressing, soy sauce and ginger. Cover with lid.

COOK on LOW for 7 to 8 hours (or on HIGH for 3-1/2 to 4 hours). During last 30 min. of cooking time, increase to HIGH. Stir cornstarch into reserved pineapple liquid; add to slow cooker along with the pineapple and peppers. Cook 30 min. or until peppers are crisp-tender and sauce is thickened. Serve over the rice.

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Cooking With Momma: “Better Than Ever Beef Enchiladas” Recipe

Dawana — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:59:16 +0000

On the menu today was enchiladas. I found this recipe on KraftFoods.com, made it today and it is YUMMY! I used ground turkey instead of beef. I also made white rice, black beans and corn on the side- nom, nom, nom.

Enjoy!

What You Need!

1/2 lb. extra-lean ground beef

1/2 cup chopped green peppers

1/2 cup chopped red peppers

2 cups TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick ‘N Chunky Salsa, divided

1 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese, divided

2 Tbsp. KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Dressing

8 corn tortillas (6 inch)

2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro

Make It!

HEAT oven to 400°F.

BROWN meat with peppers in large nonstick skillet. Stir in 1 cup salsa; simmer 5 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in 1/2 cup cheese.

SPREAD 1/4 cup of remaining salsa onto bottom of 13×9-inch baking dish. Brush dressing lightly over both sides of tortillas. Stack 4 tortillas; wrap in waxed paper. Microwave on HIGH 20 sec. or just until warmed. Spoon 1/3 cup meat mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Place, seam-sides down, over salsa in dish. Repeat. Top with remaining salsa; cover.

BAKE 20 min. or until heated through. Top with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, 2 to 3 min. or until melted. Top with cilantro.

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Cooking With Momma: I’m Gettin’ Bold

Dawana — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:55:03 +0000

…and I’ve decided to tackle a monthly menu for June instead of doing weekly menus. So here it is:

You can click on it to enlarge it in a new window. My scanner cut the left side off a bit, but you get the idea.

So after I made this, I made a grocery list for the month- also bold. One for Walmart & one for Costco. I thought I’d buy the meat at Costco, but Hubby said he doesn’t want frozen Tilapia, so I’ll go buy that fresh tomorrow.

I went to Walmart today and I realized that I have a boat load of frozen ground turkey in the freezer, so I didn’t buy any of that. We already have turkey deli slices, tuna and some frozen chicken breasts. So I didn’t buy any of that… I’ll have to find the meat market- there’s one here in town tucked away on the back desert roads. Hubby tried to find it once and couldn’t so I’ll venture out tomorrow.

I am a shortcut cooker, so I don’t buy a lot of fresh items. Mostly because there’s only two of us and if I buy an entire head of broccoli, it’ll go bad before I get the chance to cook it all. So I buy frozen and canned- whatever. Judge me not. Today at Walmart we spent 104.24- and if you take off the inflatable pool, hand pump, shorts and other non-food items we bought- I think we did damn good for buying pretty much one month’s worth of food. This doesn’t count the meat that I may need to buy later on or the rolls/buns for sandwich nights- I didn’t buy that either.

I hate that you have to buy an entire 4 or 8 pack of burger buns/rolls. It gets like 114 degrees here. Bread goes bad faster than you can blink and Hubby’s not really into freezing & defrosting bread. So I’ll buy that when we need it. I’d prefer, though, if WalMart or Albertson’s gave me the option to just buy three rolls to make sandwiches.

Anyway, my friend Jenny over at Monkey Toes Shoes is who inspired me to make a month’s menu. So, take a look, steal some recipes and enjoy. I use recipes from Kraft Foods Website and the $5 Dinner Mom book that I own.

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Cooking With Momma: This Week’s Menu 2/1

Dawana — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:27:52 +0000

Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan

Baked Tilapia

Chicken & White Bean Soup

Crock Pot Tex-Mex Chicken

Burrito Skillet

and I allow 2 Days for Take-Out

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