by kathilipp | Aug 27, 2012 | Home, The "What's for dinner?" Project |
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If you want the freezer instructions for my Chicken Cacciatori (and nineteen of my other favorite freezer recipes,) check out my Facebook Page and download the free ebook: Six Chicks Freeze and Fix – How to Start a Freezer Meal Co-op (look at the “Tabs” at the top of the page.)
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by kathilipp | Aug 23, 2012 | Home |
In my Focus on the Family interview for THE WHAT’S FOR DINNER SOLUTION apparently I mentioned My Recipe for Chicken Cacciatore three or four time. So sue me – I love it! So here it is in all it’s tomatoe-y glory:
My Recipe for Chicken Cacciatore
1 pound Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 T Vegetable Oil
1 ¼ cup Onion
2 cups Mushrooms
1 t Minced garlic
1 28 oz can Crushed tomatoes in puree
2T Parsley
¼ t Pepper
2t Italian Seasoning
1t Basil
Parmesan Cheese
Preparation: Cut chicken breast into cubes. Slice onions and mushrooms. Chop garlic.
Cooking:
In a large skillet, saute chicken in vegetable oil until no longer pink in the center. Remove chicken from skillet and saute onions, mushrooms and garlic until the onions are transparent. Add chicken and remaining ingredients except for Parmesan cheese. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Serve over penne pasta or garlic mashed potatoes.
In Addition to the My Recipe for Chicken Cacciatori – Here are some free goodies!
If you want the freezer instructions for this (and nineteen of my other favorite freezer recipes,) check out my Facebook Page and download the free ebook: Six Chicks Freeze and Fix – How to Start a Freezer Meal Co-op (look at the “Tabs” at the top of the page.)
And wait – there’s more!
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by kathilipp | Aug 13, 2012 | Home, The "What's for dinner?" Project |
The World’s Easiest (and best!) Whole Roasted Chicken
I just got home from the MOPS International Convention in Dallas Texas. I shared this recipe with the audience and since then I’ve had a bunch of requests for the recipe. Well here is the deconstructed recipe for the the best Whole Roasted Chicken I’ve ever eaten that is so easy I now have it memorized and make it at least once a week.
My family loves it, and the leftover chicken makes a great topping for salads, or is wonderful in some tacos.
The only secret is to use a meat thermometer to get the internal chicken temp to 165 degrees – enough to be cooked, moist enough to eat right off the bone.
The World’s Easiest (and best!) Whole Roasted Chicken
1 Whole chicken – giblets removed, rinsed and patted dry
6 garlic cloves cut in half
½ stick of butter
Garlic salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 425
Put the chicken in a roasting pan breast side up
Salt and pepper cavity, put garlic in cavity
Chop up butter into pats and place all over the top of the chicken
Sprinkle the top with garlic salt and pepper
Roast until chicken’s internal temperature is 165
Let set 20 minutes and enjoy
by kathilipp | Jul 25, 2012 | Home |
Exactly why I wrote The Get Yourself Organized Project…
by kathilipp | Jul 12, 2012 | Home, The "What's for dinner?" Project |
For the longest time, I was asking you for your Meal Planning on Mondays for the week.
OK that’s just crazy.
On Monday, it’s just too late. The damage is done and the pizza has been ordered. I thought – why not do it on Friday for next week? So I’m here to share my meal plan, as well as ask for yours (and one of you will win THE WHAT’S FOR DINNER SOLUTION just for submitting your plan!)
This way, not only will you have the chance to come up with your menu, but the time to shop for your ingredients!
Since I will be traveling all next week, I thought I would share what we did this week for meals. I’d love for you to tell me what your dinner plan is for next week (Monday through Sunday,) and give me one great tip that we can all use to make meals easier.
Here is my menu from last week:
Monday Pizza (Our favorite place does 50% on Mondays. An extra large pizza for $9? And I get my busiest day of work off from cooking. Sign me up…
Tuesday Salsa Chicken (Freezer to Slow Cooker) , Spanish Rice, Vegetarian Re-fried Beans, and Roger’s Homemade Guacamole
Wednesday Chicken Cacciatore (Freezer to Stove Top), Microwave Baked Potatoes, Salad
Thursday Brown Rice and Chicken Casserole with leftover chicken
Friday Leftover Brown Rice and Chicken Casserole (made from leftovers…) 
Saturday On the Road
Sunday On the Road
I know – no fair – I get almost a week off of cooking… But if it makes you feel better, I’m going to Missouri where everyday it’s 93 degrees for our entire trip. (And my Texas friends give me no sympathy…)
But to make up for it – if you tell me what you’re having for dinner next week (Monday through Sunday!) I will enter you to win THE WHAT’S FOR DINNER PROJECT. But you really win by not being in a panic every night for dinner next week.
And now – two recipes that are no-oven required
Salsa Chicken
Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
32 oz. salsa (2- 16 oz. jars)
1 can corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained
condiments:
flour tortillas
sour cream
guacamole
lettuce
tomato
cheese
salsa
Directions:
Place all ingredients in your slow cooker.
Cook on low 6-8 hours.
30-60 minutes prior to serving, remove chicken, shred and return to crock pot
Serve over Mexican rice or let everyone prepare their own tortillas using the chicken mixture as filling inside tortillas.
Add desired condiments.
Chicken Cacciatore
1 pound Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 T Vegetable Oil
1 ¼ cup Onion
2 cups Mushrooms
1 t Minced garlic
1 28 oz can Crushed tomatoes in puree
2T Parsley
¼ t Pepper
2t Italian Seasoning
1t Basil
Parmesan Cheese
Preparation: Cut chicken breast into cubes. Slice onions and mushrooms. Chop garlic.
Cooking: In a large skillet, sauté chicken in vegetable oil until no longer pink in the center. Remove chicken from skillet and sauté onions, mushrooms and garlic until the onions are transparent. Add chicken and remaining ingredients except for parmesan cheese. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Serve over penne pasta or garlic mashed potatoes.
by kathilipp | Jul 11, 2012 | Home |
- Take an Inventory Figure out what you already have, and then build your menu for the week around that. Every time veggies expires, Paula Deen dies a little inside.
- Go Online Before I make a meal plan or list, I see what I have, and then I see what’s on sale to decide what we’re going to eat.
- Make a Meal Plan If you go into the shopping trip knowing what you need for the week – and not guessing – you’re going to save a ton of money.
- Make a List Again – don’t guess. If you don’t make a list, you will forget things you need, and buy stuff you don’t.
- Buy in Bulk – But Only When It’s Really Cheap Just because it’s bulk, doesn’t mean it’s cheaper, However, each week I put aside a part of our budget to stock up on cheap bulk items. Eventually, this will reduce your overall bill because your shopping in your pantry and freezer and not in the grocery store.
- Shop Two Stores – or Three I check the weeklies (or websites) of a couple of different stores each week. Some people would think it’s a waste of time to go to two different stores, but most of us are doing it anyway, and different things are on sale at different stores.
- Do a Seasonal Stock Up The only time I can get canned pumpkin on sale is October and November. So I stock up for the year (I use it as a substitute to oil in muffins.)
- Sing up for the Store’s Loyalty Card
- Beware of Prepared Food Don’t buy those little packages of pre-cooked chicken – It’s much cheaper to throw a few frozen chicken breasts into the over and make your own.
- Try One Store Brand a Week
- Plan for Leftovers – and then Eat Them
- Use Your Food Processor I use it to grate cheese, and slice up veggies as soon as we get home from the store. Don’t ever, ever, buy precut veggies at the store.
- Double Your Batch When you find a sale on chicken breasts, double the recipe of whatever you’re cooking and freeze the second dinner for another night.
- Plan a YOYO Dinner Once a week, have a You’re On Your Own night where everyone can eat up leftovers.
- Buy Cleaners in Concentrate Mixing your won will save you tons. Just purchase (or repurpose) a spray bottle and label it properly.
- Make Stew Stew is a great way of stretching your ground beef or turkey into a satisfying meal.
- Make Your Own Salad Wash your greens in a salad spinner and store them in a Ziploc with a paper towel to absorb excess moisture.
- Challenge Yourself to reduce your food bill by 5% a month for six months. Just by paying attention, you could be spending 30% on my bill in less than half a year.
- Learn to Make Marinades They are super easy, and when you find meat on sale, stock up and throw it into a Ziploc with the marinade and you have a meal in minutes.
- Make Your Own Croutons Chop up leftover/dry bread into crouton sized pieces, and then toss about four cupfuls with ¼ cup melted butter, and some grated Parmesan cheese and bake for 12 minutes at 350.
- Plan One Meatless Meal a Week
What’s your favorite way to be a savvy shopper?
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