Mock Jumbalaya
This is a go-to recipe at our house. You can choose to either make it the quick spur-of-the-moment way, or take a little more time and make it from scratch. Either way it is super yummy and easy!
Ingredients:
1 smoked sausage (I use that U-shaped kind) DOn't know what it's actually called
2 c. cooked brown rice (I often use the microwaveable pouch)
1 bag frozen cut up green/red peppers and onions (if you chop your own you need 1 of each pepper
and 1 med onion.)
1 to 2 tsp or so cajun seasoning. Do this to your taste this is just a questimate!
1 to 2 tbsp butter
The next two are optional. Use one or use both what ever you have handy. It is great anyway you want to go!
2 boiled chicken breasts cut into cubes
1 cup chopped up ham
Step 1 - Place butter in large skillet and begin to melt it. While you are waiting chop up the sausage into bite size pieces of your liking.
Step 2 - throw sausage, onions, and peppers into the skillet. Cook on med heat until sausage is starting to brown and onions are almost cooked.
Step 3 - add others meats if you are using them and cook around 2 min. more to heat them up.
Step 4 - add remaining ingredients are stir well. Cook for 5 or so min more until everything is nicely heated through.
Sneaky Tip - You can easily hide about a cup of squash in this concoction. Or about 1/2 c. of sweet potatoes. I have to puree these, or use baby food to truly sneak them by. But either one will work if you need to hide a veggie. Just add them when you add the rice.
Enjoy! We do at our house. SOrry I don't have a pic to post. But it is good!
Chicken Broccoli and Stuff
Don't know what to call this, because it kinda changes with what I have in the fridge each time. This is one that I have to make when my hubbie isn't home because of the first ingredient in the title. He swears he is allergic to the bird!! Weirdo! But his lose, it is super yummy and super fast!
Ingredients:
2 chicken breast cut into bite size pieces (use what ever kind you have: boiled, grilled, roasted truly
doesn't matter)
1/2 to 1 med onion cut in half and sliced. Depends on how much you like onion.
1 cup frozen broccoli or fresh (you can use more, or you can use less. I eyeball mine when I throw it in)
1/2 a package of Ranch dressing mix (the powdered kind) Leave it in powder form. Or if you buy
it in bulk like I do about 3 tbsp.
1 to 2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp water (just enough to keep veggies from sticking and dryin out)
Now here are the list of ingredients you can use if you have them or not if you don't.
chopped asparagus
chopped green peppers
chopped celery
I have had each of these thrown in the mix and it is super yummy. Just add what you have and don't stress out about what you don't.
Step 1 - melt butter in large skillet and put broccoli if it is frozen in microwave for a couple min to unthaw it a little. Speeds things up and gets rid of some extra water. If your broccoli is fresh add it with step 2 instead
Step 2 - once skillet is warm add veggies that are raw and a little water, cover and let cook for 3 to 4 min. keep an eye on them so they don't get too done! Should still be sorta crisp.
Step 3 - add chicken and broccoli if it was the frozen kind. Heat chicken through.
Step 4 - sprinkle with about 1/2 the ranch stir, and then add the rest of the ranch.
Step 5 - EAT! Enjoy!
As you can tell I like to wing-it when I cook. We don't live where it is really convienent to jump in the car and get something if you forgot it, or are out. So we have interesting meals sometimes! This recipe is adjustable and very very yummy. You can add more or less of everything in it and make it just to your tastebuds satisfaction. I often add more ranch if the kids are eating because it seems to hide the broccoli taste? What ever works!
Enjoy!
Chicken squash roll-ups
This is a go-to recipe at our house. You can choose to either make it the quick spur-of-the-moment way, or take a little more time and make it from scratch. Either way it is super yummy and easy!
Ingredients:
1 smoked sausage (I use that U-shaped kind) DOn't know what it's actually called
2 c. cooked brown rice (I often use the microwaveable pouch)
1 bag frozen cut up green/red peppers and onions (if you chop your own you need 1 of each pepper
and 1 med onion.)
1 to 2 tsp or so cajun seasoning. Do this to your taste this is just a questimate!
1 to 2 tbsp butter
The next two are optional. Use one or use both what ever you have handy. It is great anyway you want to go!
2 boiled chicken breasts cut into cubes
1 cup chopped up ham
Step 1 - Place butter in large skillet and begin to melt it. While you are waiting chop up the sausage into bite size pieces of your liking.
Step 2 - throw sausage, onions, and peppers into the skillet. Cook on med heat until sausage is starting to brown and onions are almost cooked.
Step 3 - add others meats if you are using them and cook around 2 min. more to heat them up.
Step 4 - add remaining ingredients are stir well. Cook for 5 or so min more until everything is nicely heated through.
Sneaky Tip - You can easily hide about a cup of squash in this concoction. Or about 1/2 c. of sweet potatoes. I have to puree these, or use baby food to truly sneak them by. But either one will work if you need to hide a veggie. Just add them when you add the rice.
Enjoy! We do at our house. SOrry I don't have a pic to post. But it is good!
Chicken Broccoli and Stuff
Don't know what to call this, because it kinda changes with what I have in the fridge each time. This is one that I have to make when my hubbie isn't home because of the first ingredient in the title. He swears he is allergic to the bird!! Weirdo! But his lose, it is super yummy and super fast!
Ingredients:
2 chicken breast cut into bite size pieces (use what ever kind you have: boiled, grilled, roasted truly
doesn't matter)
1/2 to 1 med onion cut in half and sliced. Depends on how much you like onion.
1 cup frozen broccoli or fresh (you can use more, or you can use less. I eyeball mine when I throw it in)
1/2 a package of Ranch dressing mix (the powdered kind) Leave it in powder form. Or if you buy
it in bulk like I do about 3 tbsp.
1 to 2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp water (just enough to keep veggies from sticking and dryin out)
Now here are the list of ingredients you can use if you have them or not if you don't.
chopped asparagus
chopped green peppers
chopped celery
I have had each of these thrown in the mix and it is super yummy. Just add what you have and don't stress out about what you don't.
Step 1 - melt butter in large skillet and put broccoli if it is frozen in microwave for a couple min to unthaw it a little. Speeds things up and gets rid of some extra water. If your broccoli is fresh add it with step 2 instead
Step 2 - once skillet is warm add veggies that are raw and a little water, cover and let cook for 3 to 4 min. keep an eye on them so they don't get too done! Should still be sorta crisp.
Step 3 - add chicken and broccoli if it was the frozen kind. Heat chicken through.
Step 4 - sprinkle with about 1/2 the ranch stir, and then add the rest of the ranch.
Step 5 - EAT! Enjoy!
As you can tell I like to wing-it when I cook. We don't live where it is really convienent to jump in the car and get something if you forgot it, or are out. So we have interesting meals sometimes! This recipe is adjustable and very very yummy. You can add more or less of everything in it and make it just to your tastebuds satisfaction. I often add more ranch if the kids are eating because it seems to hide the broccoli taste? What ever works!
Enjoy!
Chicken squash roll-ups1 tube refrig. crescent rolls
2 cooked chopped chicken breasts (mine were boiled)
1 container butternut squash baby food
real bacon bits
shredded mozz. cheese (maybe 1 cup)
cream cheese ( i had about 1 1/2 ounces)
Lay out crescent rolls individually on greased cookie sheet.
On the wider end smear about 1/2 tbsp. or so cream cheese.
Smear about a tbsp or so of squash over then entire roll.
Sprinkle with desired amount of bacon bits, and cheese
Top with some of the chicken
Fold the pointed end of the roll over the stuffing and press it gently down on the wide end
of the roll
Place in preheated 350 oven for 12 to 15 minutes. or until rolls are lightly browned!
(no real measurements for this, just add what you think your family would like)
Let cool slightly and ENJOY!
