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Tacos with all the fixings!

I love making shephard's pie! I've switched some of the ingrediants to make it healthier:

*ground turkey (1lb)

*low sodium campbell's tomato soup (actually MUST be campbell's b/c everything else just sucks in this recipe!)

*green vegetable of choice (i love using green beans)

*80 calorie Betty Crocker pre-made mashed potatoes

*Cheddar Cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown turkey, add in tomato soup.

2. Occasionally stir beef mixture while you prepare instant potatoes. 

3. In a casserole dish, layer beef mixture on bottom of pan. Then layer mashed potatoes. Then layer slices of cheddar cheese on top. 

4. Put into over until cheese begins to bubble. 

Tastes amazing!! I love to make this on cold winter days or summer storm nights. You can increase or decrease the amounts of each ingrediant  depending on how big your casserole dish is. 

Vegetarian Chili with pita bread. Always a favorite!

My FI loves this recipe....

Bake 4 boneless skinless chicken breast

when done put a piece of swiss cheese on top of each breast

pour can of cream of mushroom soup over breast I mixed with a can of milk)

then sprinkle dry stove top stuffing over that and bake just enough to warm up the soup and melt the cheese.

Its our favorite thing to eat for dinner.

i get a casseole dish pour in a half cup of Worcestershire and 2 tblspoon butter and you gotta let it mix together. put in a few chicken breasts and season'em up im a big fan of lemon pepper with this but u can put whatever i also like to add red pepper flakes and pop this in the oven at 350 for about 35 min and make white jasmine rice (i have a rice cooker that i also add a bit of olive oil in) and put the cooked chicken and juices over the rice.

i made it up so im not sure if the measurments are right...

also a goodin' is chicken breast wrapped in bacon at 375 for 40 min then add a slice of swiss for another 5 min 

FYI everyone, I opened a word document and copied all the recipes I like into it, so THANKS! :)

We're boring and tend to make the same ol' stuff if we're not eating out, so these recipes will help me come across domesticated to him, hahaha!

lots of good ideas there ladies!! It gets tough thinking of meals all the time! 

I cook almost every night to save $ and calories-- here are some of our regular ideas. Some of them may not seem like "health" food but I keep track of my calories using the LoseIt app on my iPhone and usually save about 600 for dinner:

• Chicken caesar salad-- spice up some chicken breasts, brown them in a pan, and throw on top of a salad and serve with baguette.
• Quesadillas-- love them with black beans, chicken, roasted veggies--I also will incorporate other leftovers into them, for example, pulled pork or chicken, sliced steak, etc.
• Pasta-- we love it with a simple marinara sauce, another favorite is to mix in some pesto, grilled chicken, and cherry tomatoes
• Breakfast for dinner-- egg and cheese sandwiches, pancakes, waffles... or sometimes just cereal
• Homemade pizza-- I use Pioneer Woman's recipe for crust. Hubby loves my BBQ chicken version with bbq sauce, diced chicken and red onion, and cheddar jack
• Sandwiches-- some of our standbys are grilled cheese with tomato soup, sloppy joes, Italian paninis
• Crockpot-- we make the salsa chicken recipe Chillmer posted above and use it on everything: salads, tacos, quesadillas, burritos, or just over rice.  Also love a pork roast with sliced onions and a bottle of root beer or regular beer, cooked on low for 8 hours and then shredded and mixed with BBQ sauce.

Ok, after reading all your posts, I decided to go on food network, find a recipe and make something.

I made this last night, and he LOVED it. It was yum, but it makes a lot, so unless you have kids, you might wanna cut the recipe in half.

Chicken Broccoli Mac and cheese

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
• 1 pound chicken breast tenders, chopped
• Salt and pepper
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 pound macaroni elbows or cavatapi corkscrew shaped pasta twists
• 2 1/2 cups raw broccoli florets, available packaged in produce department
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 3 cups yellow sharp Cheddar
• 1 tablespoon prepared Dijon mustard

Directions

Place a pot of water on to boil for macaroni.

Heat a medium pan over medium to medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil and chicken and season with salt and pepper. Saute a couple of minutes then add onion and cook another 5 to 7 minutes until onions are tender and chicken is cooked through. Turn off heat and reserve.

To boiling pasta water, add pasta and salt to season the cooking water. Cook 5 minutes, then add broccoli and cook 3 minutes more or until pasta is cooked to al dente and florets are just tender.

While pasta cooks, heat a medium sauce pot over medium heat. Add butter and melt, then add flour, cayenne and paprika and whisk together over heat until roux bubbles then cook a minute more. Whisk in milk and stock and raise heat a little to bring sauce to a quick boil. Simmer sauce to thicken about 5 minutes.

Drain macaroni or pasta and broccoli florets. Add back to pot and add chicken to the pasta and broccoli.

Add cheese to milk sauce and stir to melt it in, about a minute or so. Stir in mustard and season sauce with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken and broccoli and cooked pasta and stir to combine. Adjust seasonings, transfer to a large serving platter and serve.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/mac-and-cheddar-cheese-with-chicken-and-broccoli-recipe2/index.html

Marinated Chicken!

If you buy any old bottle of italian dressing and marinate the chicken in it over night and then grill it the next day. It's soo good. we have to eat on a budget too because i"m still looking for a job.

If you like chinese you can make Teriyaki Skewers too. 

You just make a mix of soy sauce, some garlic cloves, and I *think* teriyaki sauce but I can double check for you, and just let chicken marinate over night and skewer them the next day and bake them in the oven, just make sure to check them every 5 minutes and when they are done they will look slightly crispy.

There's salt pepper and butter noodles too, Its what my grandma called them growing up.  You just cook elbow macaroni and add in 1/3 cup of evaporated milk, 1/2 cup of water and a tablespoon of butter, then add in some salt and pepper. you just heat up the milk mixture seperately to melt the butter and then add the noodles after you drain them.

I also second the chicken enchiladas! their cheap and filling.

Lemon chicken

1 c chicken stock

1/4 c white wine (chardonney)

1/4 c lemon juice

thin sliced chicken breasts dredged in flour

butter

parsley

capers

Saute the chicken breasts in a pan with 1 tbsp of butter until they are brown and pull them out.  In the same pan, add the chicken stock, wine, and lemon juice.  Let it reduce to half and then add the breasts back in to finish cooking.  After that, add a tbsp of butter, some chopped parsley and capers (if you like them).  Serve the sauce over the chicken or in a small bowl for dipping if you are a dipper like I am.  I usually serve it with rice and a green veggie, like roasted asparagus, which is also easy and delicious.  Just coat the asparagus in olive oil, salt, and pepper, put in the oven at 350 for 5-7 minutes and it's perfect. 

You can take the wine out if you want to and just add more chicken stock, but it gives it a nice flavor and you can have the rest of the bottle with the dinner.  It's super quick and easy.