Turkey Chili, Chips 'N Cheese Baked Potatoes

This is the easiest and one of the most delicious things EVER!

Bake your potatoes- wash each well, wrap in tin foil and bake at 375 for 1 hour.

Take out the chili ingredients:

In a pot, brown the ground turkey
Add 1 tbsp garlic
Add 1/2 large pureed onion
When that is all cooked, then ADD
2 cans Diced Tomatoes
3 small cans Tomato Sauce
2 Drained Cans Kidney Beans

Salt, Pepper & Chili Powder
(to taste)



Shred Cheese for on top.

Open potato, put shredded cheese on it.  Cover with Chili, more cheese and serve with 'Scoops' corn chips.

Loaded Baked Potato Pancakes

OK, OK.  I know.  This is NOT, and I repeat NOT the healthiest thing to make, but good grief they were SOOOOO GOOD!

Take some leftover baked potatoes and 'rice' or shred them (cold).

I had 5 med baker potatoes.

Take 1 lb of bacon into small pieces- then fry.  Drain on paper towels.

Take some of the bacon grease and 'paint' the skillet you'll be using to make the pancakes.

Slice up the white tips off 3 bunches of green onions.

Shred about 3 cups of cheddar cheese.

Put everything in the mixer with S&P and 3 eggs.

I used the bread hook to stir so it wouldn't mash the potatoes.














Next, make sure it is all stirred up well (with a spatula) then shape about 1/2 C of the mix into balls.

Place on greased skillet over med-high heat for about 3 mins. 


Don't forget to kind of press down flat.

Flip- then cook on other side for a few mins so each is toasty brown.

Garnish with Sour Cream & Enjoy :)

July Meal Planning

7/1 Mon- Team Meeting - Chicken & Dumplings
7/2 Tues- Steak Fajita Quesadillas
7/3 Wed- God & Country Festival - Pizza
7/4 Thurs- 4th of July BBQ @Palmers - Triple Chocolate MnM Cookies, Fire-CRACKers
7/5 Fri-  Smoked Sausage, CotC & Ranch Chicken Cutlets over Green Salad
7/6 Sat-  OUT to Famous Daves
7/7 Sun- Fish & Chips
7/8 Mon- Team Meeting - Fajita Burritos
7/9 Tues- Cajun Chicken Pasta
7/10 Wed- Leftovers
7/11 Thurs- Dirty Rice
7/12 Fri- Settlers Park Movie Night- Ice Age Continental Drift- Leftovers
7/13 Sat- Event @ Karcher Mall 8A-8P
7/14 Sun- BBQ after Church- Chicken Quarters, CotC, Veggies, Beignets
7/15 Mon- Team Meeting - Corn Dog Muffins & Green Salad
7/16 Tues- Freezer Pizza
7/17 Wed- Tamale Pie
7/18 Thurs- Horseradish Panko Crusted Cod, Coleslaw, CotC & Pasta Shells
7/19 Fri-  Settlers Park Movie Night-The Lorax- Spaghetti & Meatballs,
7/20 Sat- Leftovers, Crinkle Cookies
7/21 Sun- BBQ after Church- Steak, Grilled Veggies, Garlic Roll-Ups, Orzo Salad & 3 Berry Bread
7/22 Mon- Team Meeting - BBQ Drumsticks, Scalloped Potatoes & Salad
7/23 Tues- Leftovers
7/24 Wed-  Breakfast- Pancakes, Bacon & Eggs
7/25 Thurs- Butterfly Shrimp, Fish Sticks & French Fries + Salad
7/26 Fri-  Settlers Park Movie Night- Wreck it Ralph- Out to Sonic
7/27 Sat- Canyon County Fair 
7/28 Sun- Southwest Frito Salad
7/29 Mon- Team Meeting- Chicken Tacos
7/30 Tues- Mustgo
7/31 Wed- Pot Roast Burgers, Scalloped Potatoes & Veggies


6 MORE months of meal planning below :)

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Healthified Crockpot Lasagna

Lasagna is the BOMB.  Yeah.  I said bomb. Seriously though.... I grew up with an 100% Italian Father "Mio Padre" and the VERY first thing my Mother taught me to make when I was a child, was Lasagna......  the real way!  She was pregnant with my sister (I was 8) and she said that she wanted me to make it for her when she came home from the hospital with the baby.   Um... HOLY TASK!  If anyone has ever made homemade Lasagna.... not only does it seems to cost $30-$40 for a pan, its sooooooo time consuming that I often find myself reaching for that Stouffers Freezer Party Tray..... *I realize thats a sin, but it's good...

So ANYWHO.... Here's my 'healthified' take on 'REAL' Lasagna.... oh.... and its in the CROCKPOT!

Ingredients:
1 lb chub Ground Turkey
1 package of Whole Wheat Lasagna Noodles
1 16 oz container of Cottage Cheese
2 Jars of Red Sauce (or 40 oz homemade gravy)
2 bags of fresh spinach leaves
4-6 cups of Shredded Mozzerella/Blend
Minced Garlic
Italian Seasoning
Garlic Salt



PRE ASSEMBLY:

• Brown the Ground Turkey with 2 tsp Italian Seasoning & 1 tsp Garlic Salt.  Set aside

• Boil the Noodles with about 2 tbsp Oil in the water to keep from sticking together.

• 'Strain' the container of Cottage Cheese to remove most the liquid.

• Puree the Strained Cottage Cheese with 1 tbsp Minced Garlic & 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning in a food processor.

Now it's time to ASSEMBLE!

• Put about 1/2 jar or about 2 cups red sauce on the bottom of the Crockpot.
• Strategically place noodles over the sauce, careful not to let them climb up the sides. (I actually used scissors to make my noodles a little friendlier shaped.)
• Start your layers on top of first noodles:

• Cottage Cheese directly on Noodles
• Cover with a Layer of Raw Spinach
• More Noodles
• Meat
• Sauce
• Shredded Cheese

• Noodles
• Cottage Cheese
• Spinach
• Noodles
• Meat
• Sauce

• Noodles
• Cottage Cheese
• Spinach
• Noodles
• Cheese

• Sauce (at this point, make sure to get the sauce ALL over & around the top of the lasagna
• a bit of shredded cheese

Crock on 'Keep Warm' for 6-8 hours.
Add about 2 cups more cheese to the top.
Crank up to 'Low' setting for about an half an hour.
Take Lid off/ Turn off and let 'set' for about 10 minutes.

Serve :)

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Basil Lime Chicken

I saw this idea blogged somewhere off my 'foodie' group on Facebook.  I checked it out and it looked delicious yet when I was ready to make it, I didn't have the recipe captured so I had to go from memory :(

So in essence, I found this recipe elsewhere, but I have no idea if I remembered all the ingredients or added any of my own so....

Nonetheless, this was THE BOMB!

*Note: When Marinating Meat, I personally feel like the smaller the pieces are, the better it is marinated.  Same goes for when seasoning large pieces of meat, I always 'stab' in several places and put whole garlic cloves inside.

So....
Place amount of chicken tenders (see above note) you want to make in a gallon sized Ziploc bag.

Make your Marinade & Sauce at same time (Mostly the same ingredients)

In larger Pyrex (Marinade)
1/3 C Olive Oil
Zest & Juice from 1 Lime
about 3 tbsp more Lime Juice
3 Green Onions Chopped
2 tsp minced Garlic
3 tbsp Worscheshire
3 tbsp Soy Sauce
3 tbsp Spicy Brown Mustard
1 tbsp Montreal Steak Seasoning

For the Sauce (In Tupperware):

2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 tbsp Basil
Zest & Juice of 1 lime
(Place all lime rinds in the marinade bowl)
3 green onions, finely sliced
1 tsp minced garlic

This will go over the chicken after it is cooked.

Cook on the BBQ and  then toss in sauce.

Teriyaki Beef Kabobs

Two things contributed to the success of this meal:

First: $1 Pineapple (Supppa Sale!) I wanted to buy 10, but was able to convince the hubs that we would use 5, and guess what.... I cut up and used up 3 whole pineapples this evening! Perfectly ripe.. (Click here to see how to tell if a Pineapple is ripe yet.)

Second: (And no, I'm not being paid to endorse this) The Jack Daniels Honey Teriyaki Marinade in a Bag.  Freaking delicious!  I need to run out and buy another bag IMMEDIATELY!

Prep everything:

First, I used about 2 lbs (should have used 4) Tri Tip steaks cut into about 1 1/2" chunks.

Throw in the marinade bag and let sit for a few hours.

At the same 'hour' you marinate the meat, you also want to put your wood skewers in water to soak. (So you don't catch them on fire.)

Cut the following into LARGE Pieces:
2 Green Peppers
1 Orange & 1 Yellow Pepper
1 large Red Onion
2 Cored Pineapples
20-30 Button Mushrooms (whole)


When ready to assemble, Take a skewer and (this is my 'best-efforts' conclusion for the order of placement)
put in the following order:

Onion
Green Pepper
Mushroom
Meat
Pineapple
Onion
Orange Pepper
Yellow Pepper
Meat
Pineapple
Onion
Mushroom
Green Pepper
Onion

If you are magic enough to get more on the skewer, we definitely needed more meat and the mushrooms were really good too.


Hand off to your husband to grill.

Enjoy!



*** Note: If you have OCD, assemble these by yourself.