CHILI MAC

Servings: 4

CHILI MAC is an all American one pot hearty meal that will satisfy even the pickiest eater out there! Its hearty enough to serve alone but also pairs well with a big green salad or steamed green beans.

Ingredients:

1lb. ground beef *

1 medium onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 [14.5oz can] stewed tomatoes

1 1/4 cup canned tomato sauce

3 tbsp canned green chili peppers

3 tsp chili seasoning

2 cups of whole-wheat elbow macaroni*

1 [150z] can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

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CHICKEN CHOW MEIN

Servings: 8

This is a super easy no brainer meal! The recipe came from the back of a seasoning package and with little to no changes and within 30 minutes it was on table and DELICIOUS!

Ingredients:

4 skinless boneless chicken breast

3 carrots

2 celery stalks

1 onion

2 bags of soy bean sprouts

1/3lb of snow peas

4 tbsp. cooking oil

2 packages of SunBird Chow Mein mix

ground ginger

salt + pepper

Garnish: fried noodles

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SWEET PORK LOIN

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

2lb boneless pork loin

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

1/2 cup olive oil

1/3 cup brown sugar

steak seasoning

salt + pepper

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Caponata Panini

Servings: 4

This recipe comes straight from one of my all time favorite food network chef, Giada DiLaurentiis! I saw her make this delicious panini a few weeks ago on the her Giada at Home show;  the episode where she was getting  a meal ready for a fancy picnic in the park,  now I didn’t have a picnic to go to BUT I was ready to eat! Needless to say it was delicious and I only made a FEW changes!

Ingredients:

Panini

• 4 sourdough demi-baguettes or rolls, halved lengthwise
• 4 slices provolone chesse
• 4 slicese ham
• 1 1/3 cups caponata, recipe follows:

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Mushroom Chops!

Servings:2

Ingredients:

3 boneless loin chops

80z sliced mushrooms, any variety

1 0nion, thinly sliced

1 [10oz can] cream of mushroom

garlic powder

salt + pepper

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EZ Lemon Chicken

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

1 whole young chicken [ between 3-5lbs]

1 lemon thinly sliced

1/4 cup good olive oil

poultry seasoning

salt + pepper

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CHICKEN and RICE CASSEROLE

Servings: 6-8 

This recipe delicious casserole recipe is from Simply Recipes, one of my favorite food blogs on the net. I changed a few ingredients around and it was AMAZING! 

Ingredients: 

2 1/2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts 

2 leeks [sliced, washed and rinsed]

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 lb. each of baby portabello and button mushrooms sliced

1/4 cup white wine

1 1/3 cups chicken stock

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 cup raw, medium or long grain, white rice

1 tsp. each of italian seasoning and poultry seasoning

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. paprika

olive oil 

salt + pepper

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