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Showing posts with label bento. Show all posts
Thursday, Nov 8th, 2012
Lunch: Meatloaf Sandwiches, Honey Wheat pretzel sticks, fruit cup, shortbread cookies. Nope, they're not taco roll ups. I still wasn't feeling good last night, but a little better this morning, so I made sandwiches out of the leftover meatloaf from last night's dinner. And prayed that the kids would eat it that way as it was the first time for them. Guess what? They ate it AND liked it - yeah!!! And I guess their friends were jealous - bonus!! lol
Dinner: We had Spaghetti and Meatballs tonight, like we do every Thursday night, lol. But what I do differently is I cook the meatballs in spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker ALL DAY LONG!! Wow! They are SO good that way that that is the ONLY way my family wants me to make them.
Dinner: We had Spaghetti and Meatballs tonight, like we do every Thursday night, lol. But what I do differently is I cook the meatballs in spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker ALL DAY LONG!! Wow! They are SO good that way that that is the ONLY way my family wants me to make them.
Wednesday, November 7th
Lunch: Strawberry Pancakes with Mini chocolate chips, sliced hard boiled egg, fruit, and some tootsie rolls (I feel bad for the meager lunch today, but I am SO sick! I was thankful I made the pancakes last night!!)
I decided to make special pancakes since I had some Martha White Strawberry Muffin mix in the pantry. The Blueberry Muffin Mix has the reipce on the back for pancakes, so I had to look it up! I used two packages and added 1/3 cup of ground flaxseed and 2/3 of a cup mini chocolate chips. The batter still tends to be delicate, so you'll need a wide, sturdy pancake flipper for them. I also had to lower the temp on my griddle from 400 to 350 for 2 1/2 minutes. I ate a "mistake" pancake and Oh Boy! was that delish!! The kids were VERY lucky to have any for lunch!
Dinner: Cheddar Stuffed Mini Meatloaves, mashed potatoes, veggie. So sorry I didn't get a picture of it, but it was so good, according to the kids! We ate at 4:30 because Eva has Swim Team at 5:30 to 6:30. I figured once we got home, everybody could go straight to bed! And it worked! I love it when a plan comes together. Ok, I'm exhausted, time to curl up back on the couch with my afghan and a kitty, or two!
Lunch: Strawberry Pancakes with Mini chocolate chips, sliced hard boiled egg, fruit, and some tootsie rolls (I feel bad for the meager lunch today, but I am SO sick! I was thankful I made the pancakes last night!!)
I decided to make special pancakes since I had some Martha White Strawberry Muffin mix in the pantry. The Blueberry Muffin Mix has the reipce on the back for pancakes, so I had to look it up! I used two packages and added 1/3 cup of ground flaxseed and 2/3 of a cup mini chocolate chips. The batter still tends to be delicate, so you'll need a wide, sturdy pancake flipper for them. I also had to lower the temp on my griddle from 400 to 350 for 2 1/2 minutes. I ate a "mistake" pancake and Oh Boy! was that delish!! The kids were VERY lucky to have any for lunch!
Dinner: Cheddar Stuffed Mini Meatloaves, mashed potatoes, veggie. So sorry I didn't get a picture of it, but it was so good, according to the kids! We ate at 4:30 because Eva has Swim Team at 5:30 to 6:30. I figured once we got home, everybody could go straight to bed! And it worked! I love it when a plan comes together. Ok, I'm exhausted, time to curl up back on the couch with my afghan and a kitty, or two!
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Lunch: Pizza Pinwheels, Smply Go-gurt, mini carrots, fruit cup, fruit snack (from Halloween baskets!)
I guess the pizza pinwheels were popular. Eddie and Eva told me their friends wanted those for their lunch! (VERY easy to make - take a whole wheat flour tortilla, spread (thinly) with pizza sauce, sprinkle with CoJack Cheese and roll up! Place seam side down into a microwave safe dish and nuke for 30 secs/roll or until melty.Wait a few minutes (or put them in the fridge and take them out the next morning, which is what I did) and cut them into sections. The end pieces that were uneven I did not include in their lunch (but saved them for my lunch!! yum!)
Hubby told me this morning that he had a work dinner and wouldn't be home for dinner. Oh, ok! So I made Friday's dinner today since hubby isn't a fan of Macaroni and Cheese. Cheeseburger Bacon Macaroni Casserole is the official title, and I got the idea while scrolling through the Knorr website. But I didn't have 1 package of Knorr® Pasta Sides™ - Cheesy Bacon Macaron, but I did have two packages of Whole Wheat Mac & Cheese, so I cooked up the Mac & Cheese and browned some hamburger (just adding salt, pepper, and onion powder to the meat). I added a package of real bacon bits, then I added the cooked noodles to the meat, then sprinkled the cheese packets over everything and added the milk and the butter.Stirred it up and realized it might not be cheesy enough for my kids, so I added 4 pieces of American Cheese. Stirred it again and it looked (and tasted) good! I served it with some green beans and whole wheat dinner rolls.
Well, the kids LOVED it! I have just enough left over for somebody's snack tomorrow. Me? I had the left over split pea soup from Friday - yu-ummm!!
I guess the pizza pinwheels were popular. Eddie and Eva told me their friends wanted those for their lunch! (VERY easy to make - take a whole wheat flour tortilla, spread (thinly) with pizza sauce, sprinkle with CoJack Cheese and roll up! Place seam side down into a microwave safe dish and nuke for 30 secs/roll or until melty.Wait a few minutes (or put them in the fridge and take them out the next morning, which is what I did) and cut them into sections. The end pieces that were uneven I did not include in their lunch (but saved them for my lunch!! yum!)
Hubby told me this morning that he had a work dinner and wouldn't be home for dinner. Oh, ok! So I made Friday's dinner today since hubby isn't a fan of Macaroni and Cheese. Cheeseburger Bacon Macaroni Casserole is the official title, and I got the idea while scrolling through the Knorr website. But I didn't have 1 package of Knorr® Pasta Sides™ - Cheesy Bacon Macaron, but I did have two packages of Whole Wheat Mac & Cheese, so I cooked up the Mac & Cheese and browned some hamburger (just adding salt, pepper, and onion powder to the meat). I added a package of real bacon bits, then I added the cooked noodles to the meat, then sprinkled the cheese packets over everything and added the milk and the butter.Stirred it up and realized it might not be cheesy enough for my kids, so I added 4 pieces of American Cheese. Stirred it again and it looked (and tasted) good! I served it with some green beans and whole wheat dinner rolls.
Well, the kids LOVED it! I have just enough left over for somebody's snack tomorrow. Me? I had the left over split pea soup from Friday - yu-ummm!!
Monday, November 5th
Today's Lunch: Peanut butter (or Almond Butter) on whole grain sandwich thins,
Halloween Cheeseballs, applesauce or peach fruit cup, shortbread cookies
(Miss Ella only got a half sandwich and a bag of cheeseballs since she
doesn't have enough time to eat her whole lunch, only the treat!! And
yet her sister and brothers have enough time!! grrr) Eddie had the Almond Butter in his sandwich. He will NOT eat peanut butter, for whatever reason! Eva had the peach fruit cup and the boys had the Berry Applesauce. No, Eva will NOT eat applesauce! And this is the reason I pack the lunches the morning of because there is always someone who doesn't like something, lol!!
11-1
Happy All Saint's Day!!! Today's lunch: Taco Salad, Tostidos, Fruit Cup with a picture of St. Kateri Tekakwitha on them (from Happy Saints), and I raided their candy buckets to give them Reeses PB cups!
10/31
Lunch: Jack O'Lantern Quesadillas, peach fruit cup, italian pasta salad, pumpkin candies.
The kids LOVED their lunch - they thought it was SO cute!!
This was our dinner for All Hallows Eve (aka Halloween). Dad made a campfire in the backyard and the kids practiced throwing a football through a tire while I got dinner on the table. Kind of hectic since Eva had swim team until 6:30pm!! As you noticed, I made something COMPLETELY different that what I planned and it was because when I told hubby what I was going to make, he wrinkled his nose and said, "yuck, sounds too gross to eat!" So I saw this and said, "Yes! My kids eat stuffed peppers! I'll do this!" And I found orange peppers on sale at the Piggly Wiggly too - whooo hooo!! Before I left the house, I put some apple cider in a slow cooker with cinnamon sticks and cloves. I also put the peppers in the oven on 250 so they would be done when we got home. I made the spiders during the day and yeah, it was kind of a pain! Especially when I found out that NONE of my kids like black olives (REALLY!! since when?) and Eva said she doesn't like deviled eggs! sigh. So, while it was cute (and tasty), I won't be making them again! The stuffed peppers were DELISH! Here's where I got the idea from: Jack O Lantern Stuffed Peppers.
The recipe that I used:
1 1/2 lb ground beef
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 T basil
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp salt and pepper
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce
Using my hands, I mixed it all together, then stuffed the peppers. I put them into the pan that had some spaghetti sauce on the bottom. The leftover meat mixture I made into meatballs and placed them in the sauce. I then covered the pan with tinfoil and baked at 250 degrees for several hours.
So, when I got home, I poured some hot apple cider into mugs and gave them to the kids outside while they played. I steamed some cauliflower, then tossed them in butter and parmesan cheese. While I was finishing the cauliflower, the kids were eating the eggs (umm, sorta, lol). Then we ate dinner and it was back outside to enjoy the fire with some hot apple cider and doughnuts (aka Soul Cakes!)
The kids LOVED their lunch - they thought it was SO cute!!
This was our dinner for All Hallows Eve (aka Halloween). Dad made a campfire in the backyard and the kids practiced throwing a football through a tire while I got dinner on the table. Kind of hectic since Eva had swim team until 6:30pm!! As you noticed, I made something COMPLETELY different that what I planned and it was because when I told hubby what I was going to make, he wrinkled his nose and said, "yuck, sounds too gross to eat!" So I saw this and said, "Yes! My kids eat stuffed peppers! I'll do this!" And I found orange peppers on sale at the Piggly Wiggly too - whooo hooo!! Before I left the house, I put some apple cider in a slow cooker with cinnamon sticks and cloves. I also put the peppers in the oven on 250 so they would be done when we got home. I made the spiders during the day and yeah, it was kind of a pain! Especially when I found out that NONE of my kids like black olives (REALLY!! since when?) and Eva said she doesn't like deviled eggs! sigh. So, while it was cute (and tasty), I won't be making them again! The stuffed peppers were DELISH! Here's where I got the idea from: Jack O Lantern Stuffed Peppers.
1 1/2 lb ground beef
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 T basil
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp salt and pepper
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce
Using my hands, I mixed it all together, then stuffed the peppers. I put them into the pan that had some spaghetti sauce on the bottom. The leftover meat mixture I made into meatballs and placed them in the sauce. I then covered the pan with tinfoil and baked at 250 degrees for several hours.
So, when I got home, I poured some hot apple cider into mugs and gave them to the kids outside while they played. I steamed some cauliflower, then tossed them in butter and parmesan cheese. While I was finishing the cauliflower, the kids were eating the eggs (umm, sorta, lol). Then we ate dinner and it was back outside to enjoy the fire with some hot apple cider and doughnuts (aka Soul Cakes!)
Oct 16th:
Eva is getting a ww calzone, mini carrots and apple, fig newtons and a kitkat. Triplets are going on a field trip today, so they are getting: a pb sandwich (cut into either a dinosaur or butterfly), cheezeits, and cubed apples. (Found the bags at the Dollar Store - how cute are they?)
Ok, confession about the calzone. I didn't make it from scratch - gasp! Pillsbury has come out with a whole wheat pizza crust and since Pick n Save had it on sale AND I had a coupon for it, I bought it. I unrolled it, rolled it out a little to make it an even rectangle, then cut it into thirds. I spread pizza sauce, then mozzerella cheese, and lastly some basil on top. Then I wet the edges and folded them over. Just crimped the edges with a fork and popped them into the oven. I believe it was 350 for around 12 minutes. I let them cool completely, then put them in the fridge. I am currently eating one of them for lunch and WOW! is that crust good!! I believe I will keep a roll of that in the fridge for when my kids need a snack!!
Ok, some of you probably noticed that there is no salad in there. Well, I went to get the lettuce out of the fridge this morning and it was frozen! yup, our fridge is WAY too small for this family, but we don't have the space to put in a larger fridge without eliminating cabinets. Since I only have three cabinets and THAT'S not enough, so not an option right now!! (I never did like the kitchen, but I did like the rest of the house, so hubby promised me a new kitchen after we'd lived here for a year or so. Well, two years later, I got pregnant with triplets!! There went my kitchen, lol)
Eva is getting a ww calzone, mini carrots and apple, fig newtons and a kitkat. Triplets are going on a field trip today, so they are getting: a pb sandwich (cut into either a dinosaur or butterfly), cheezeits, and cubed apples. (Found the bags at the Dollar Store - how cute are they?)
Ok, confession about the calzone. I didn't make it from scratch - gasp! Pillsbury has come out with a whole wheat pizza crust and since Pick n Save had it on sale AND I had a coupon for it, I bought it. I unrolled it, rolled it out a little to make it an even rectangle, then cut it into thirds. I spread pizza sauce, then mozzerella cheese, and lastly some basil on top. Then I wet the edges and folded them over. Just crimped the edges with a fork and popped them into the oven. I believe it was 350 for around 12 minutes. I let them cool completely, then put them in the fridge. I am currently eating one of them for lunch and WOW! is that crust good!! I believe I will keep a roll of that in the fridge for when my kids need a snack!!
Ok, some of you probably noticed that there is no salad in there. Well, I went to get the lettuce out of the fridge this morning and it was frozen! yup, our fridge is WAY too small for this family, but we don't have the space to put in a larger fridge without eliminating cabinets. Since I only have three cabinets and THAT'S not enough, so not an option right now!! (I never did like the kitchen, but I did like the rest of the house, so hubby promised me a new kitchen after we'd lived here for a year or so. Well, two years later, I got pregnant with triplets!! There went my kitchen, lol)
Oct 15th
Today's Lunch: Bacon and Egg Breakfast Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Fruit, snack size Kit Kat.
Uh-oh, I put a candy bar in their lunch! Well, I didn't get a chance to make the granola bars, so I went with that. I made the sandwiches last night, after the kids went to bed. This morning, I popped them into the toaster to crisp them up a little bit, then while they cooled, cut up an apple and dipped them in 7 Up for their lunch. Wow! This apple I got at the store said "Large", but it was SO big, that just one filled all four lunch boxes!
Today's Lunch: Bacon and Egg Breakfast Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Fruit, snack size Kit Kat.
Uh-oh, I put a candy bar in their lunch! Well, I didn't get a chance to make the granola bars, so I went with that. I made the sandwiches last night, after the kids went to bed. This morning, I popped them into the toaster to crisp them up a little bit, then while they cooled, cut up an apple and dipped them in 7 Up for their lunch. Wow! This apple I got at the store said "Large", but it was SO big, that just one filled all four lunch boxes!
Oct 12th
Today's lunch I'll call "Desperation", lol. NOT what I had planned to pack, but I didn't get to go grocery shopping yesterday! Hubby got swamped at work and wasn't able to transfer money until it was too late for me to go grocery shopping by myself, ALONE!! Since I check the grocery and dept store sales flyers, I usually shop at more than one store and it's NO FUN dragging four (or any!) kids along! So anyways, I HAD to pack them something because I was told, by all 4 no less, that today's school lunch was "yucky" - Turkey and Cheese Sandwich, Jicama sticks, carrot sticks, and pineapple. Well, none of my kids will eat jicama, we tried it several times, it's a no go and I'm not to crazy about it either. Ella, who is my candy junkie, will not eat pineapple, go figure! And none of my kids like white bread, rolls or buns - yeah! Ok, so I need to pack a lunch and I'm SO not a morning person!! But, this is what I came up with:
Chicken fries, peas, go-gurt, and fruit snacks. (The go-gurt was frozen because some little people ate all the ones in the fridge, but forgot to tell mom! Hopefully it'll be thawed out by lunch time, lol)
I also was out of something to pack for their snack at school, so today they got a Zone bar. Thankfully, hubby works at Abbott, so we get them by the case. They're good for that quick pick me up before/after a game, a quickie breakfast, or for snack time! The kids were cheering that they got Zone bars for a snack!
Ok, now I can grocery shopping. I wish Target had Annie's Snacks on sale again. The last time, I bought a bunch and they are my kids fave. They are a little pricey, which is why I wait for a sale. Seems the "healthy" stuff doesn't go on sale that much!! Well, ta ta for now!!
Today's lunch I'll call "Desperation", lol. NOT what I had planned to pack, but I didn't get to go grocery shopping yesterday! Hubby got swamped at work and wasn't able to transfer money until it was too late for me to go grocery shopping by myself, ALONE!! Since I check the grocery and dept store sales flyers, I usually shop at more than one store and it's NO FUN dragging four (or any!) kids along! So anyways, I HAD to pack them something because I was told, by all 4 no less, that today's school lunch was "yucky" - Turkey and Cheese Sandwich, Jicama sticks, carrot sticks, and pineapple. Well, none of my kids will eat jicama, we tried it several times, it's a no go and I'm not to crazy about it either. Ella, who is my candy junkie, will not eat pineapple, go figure! And none of my kids like white bread, rolls or buns - yeah! Ok, so I need to pack a lunch and I'm SO not a morning person!! But, this is what I came up with:
Chicken fries, peas, go-gurt, and fruit snacks. (The go-gurt was frozen because some little people ate all the ones in the fridge, but forgot to tell mom! Hopefully it'll be thawed out by lunch time, lol)
I also was out of something to pack for their snack at school, so today they got a Zone bar. Thankfully, hubby works at Abbott, so we get them by the case. They're good for that quick pick me up before/after a game, a quickie breakfast, or for snack time! The kids were cheering that they got Zone bars for a snack!
Ok, now I can grocery shopping. I wish Target had Annie's Snacks on sale again. The last time, I bought a bunch and they are my kids fave. They are a little pricey, which is why I wait for a sale. Seems the "healthy" stuff doesn't go on sale that much!! Well, ta ta for now!!
Oct 10th, 2012:
For today's lunch, I packed: Lasagna roll-ups, multi-grain roll and a salad. Here it is, looking all pretty, lol. After I took the picture, I cut the lasagna roll-up into bite size pieces and then it didn't look so pretty any more!
No apple slices for snacks today as they were all eaten! The price of apples in WI is through the roof this Fall. A 3lb bag of apples cost me $6.00!! yikes!! And apples are my families FAVE fruit too. I think when hubby gets paid, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and spend the big bucks to get more apples, sigh.
After school, Eva has an art class at the museum squeezed in between Homework Club and Swim Team, so I'll make some Chicken Quesadilla's for her after school snack.
For today's lunch, I packed: Lasagna roll-ups, multi-grain roll and a salad. Here it is, looking all pretty, lol. After I took the picture, I cut the lasagna roll-up into bite size pieces and then it didn't look so pretty any more!
No apple slices for snacks today as they were all eaten! The price of apples in WI is through the roof this Fall. A 3lb bag of apples cost me $6.00!! yikes!! And apples are my families FAVE fruit too. I think when hubby gets paid, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and spend the big bucks to get more apples, sigh.
After school, Eva has an art class at the museum squeezed in between Homework Club and Swim Team, so I'll make some Chicken Quesadilla's for her after school snack.
Breakfast: French Toast, bananasLunch: Bologna and Cheese sandwhich, potato salad, sliced pears
Snack: applesauce, grahm crackers
Dinner: Chili (kids with hot dogs), cornbread muffins
Eva's Lunch: Bunny cheese sandwhich, ruffled carrot coins, shredded lettuce, apple crinkle "fries", Girl Scout PB Sandwhich Cookies
Eva's Snack: Pretzels, string cheese
Started off the morning running. Just as I was walking out the door to take Eva to school, Joey came down the stairs. When I returned home, Eddie was downstairs too and they were "STARVING!!", so I made french toast right away, using the recipe I always use. After breakfast, I made the chili in my big soup pot and let it simmer on the stove. I had Parent/Teacher conferences from 3:30-5:30, then had to leave the house at 6 in order to make it to church on time for me to teach and Eva to take CCD. Chili seemed the perfect meal.
At lunch, I decided to make sandwhiches since I had a lot of potato salad leftover. I picked up Eva from school, we came home, had our snack, then left for the triplets school. After the conferences, I got home at 5:30 and made the cornbread muffins right away. I used the Jiffy corn muffin mix I got from Angel Food in January, but I added 1/2 cup sour cream to the two boxes and they were YUMM-O!! Eva and I ended up eating dinner in the car, but it was good!
Dad served the chili to the triplets with a hot dog. Well, they ate the hot dog, lol!
Tuesday, May 4th
For Eva's snack, I packed: a big pretzel, colby cheese cubes, carrot sticks, go gurt, tropical fruit cup. For Gerald, he has a lunch still in the freezer at work, so I thought I'd show you his Fit & Fresh. I packed: Raisin Bran, milk, and Schwan's Tropical Fruit Smoothie Pack. (Gerald says just add some Margarita mix and some rum in a blender and it'd be perfect, lol).Breakfast: Toddler Brunch (Scrambled eggs with cheese and hot dogs)
Lunch: Left overs
Dinner: BBQ Beef ribs, corn on the cobs, tater tots.
I made the BBQ sauce from scratch from several different recipes.
Homemade BBQ Sauce
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups ketchup
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons dry mustard powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
3 or 4 tablespoon liquid smoke
Today is Thursday and I'm pretty excited today. Had a winner at breakfast and I'm looking forward to dinner! But first, what did I pack for Eva's snack? Today she got: strawberries, colby cheese cubes, yogurt, goldfish, carrot sticks, fish grahm crackers, and a home made chocolate chip cookie. For Gerald's lunch, I didn't have leftovers and I'm out of soup in the freezer!! (gotta get crackin' on that, lol) So poor Gerald got: a Market Day turkey and cheese on pretzel sandwhich, whole wheat cheese and crackers, applesauce, grapes, and carrot sticks. I packed for breakfast in his Fit & Fresh: Kashi's 7 grain flakes, milk, and sliced bananas.Breakfast: French Toast Cupcakes
Lunch: left overs
Dinner: Chicken and Italian Sausage Bake, spaghetti noodles
French Toast Cupcake
Ingredients
- 4 teaspoons pure Maple Syrup
- 4 slices Cinnamon Raisin Bread
- 4 Eggland’s Best Large Eggs
- 1/2 cup 1% milk
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- --TOPPING--
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place 4 foil cupcake liners in cupcake pan. Place 1 teaspoon maple syrup in each of the four cupcake liners.
- Tear 1 slice of bread into smaller pieces and place in one of the cupcake liners. Repeat for all 4.
- Mix eggs, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla extract well with wire whisk.
- Pour equally into each of the 4 cupcake liners. Let sit 5 minutes so that bread can absorb the egg mixture. While this is standing, mix together the topping and sprinkle ½ teaspoon over each cupcake.
- Bake for 25 minutes until puffed and golden.
Notes and Suggestions
Save valuable morning time by assembling the night before and placing in the refrigerator. You can also bake ahead and simply warm in a toaster oven when ready to serve.
Makes 4 servingsNutritional Facts
1 Serving: Calories 213; Fat 6g (25.5% calories from fat); Protein 10g; Carbohydrate 28g; Dietary Fiber 1g; Cholesterol 213mg; Sodium 186mg.
Chicken and Italian Sausage Bake
Hands-On Time: 15 minutes
Ready In: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients
1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
1 head of garlic, cloves separated, but still in their skins
1 pound of sweet chicken Italian sausage, each link cut into thirds
¼ cup olive oil
Juice from one lemon
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried sage, crumbled
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ cup dry white wine or chicken broth
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place chicken (skin side up), garlic and sausage in a roasting pan. Season each piece of chicken with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with the herbs.
- Squeeze lemon juice over the chicken, then drizzle the olive oil over everything in the pan. Shake the pan to distribute the oil a bit.
- Place pan on a rack in the middle of the oven and bake for one hour, or until chicken is cooked through.
- Place chicken, sausage and garlic on a large platter and cover with foil. If desired pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings from the roasting pan, then place pan on a burner over medium heat. Add ½ cup of dry white wine or chicken broth and simmer until mixture is reduced by half. Serve alongside the chicken.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Eva didn't have much time to eat her snack, so I didn't pack her very much - whole wheat crackers and cheese, carrot sticks, string cheese, go-gurt, and some grapes. For Geralds lunch, I had leftovers from last nites dinner, the Zitti Skillet. I also packed Gerald's breakfast in his Fit & Fresh - Kashi Cinnamon Harvest, some sliced strawberries, and milk. For his snack, I did some grapes, carrot sticks, and some garlic triscuits.Breakfast: Breakfast Burritos
Lunch: Chicken Nuggets and carrot sticks
Dinner: Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
The breakfast burritos were a hit with Eddie, who ate 2, and with Joey. Ella only took 3 or 4 bites and then she said she was done. I was excited to make this as I found mild chorizo at the Mercado. All I did was: brown some chorizo in a pan. While it was browing, I cracked 6 eggs and whipped them up in a bowl. When the chorizo was brown, I threw in the eggs, some cheddar cheese, and some salsa and just let it cooks until the eggs were done. I took some whole wheat flour tortilla's and put them in the microwave for 30 secs. I then put some of the egg mixture on the tortilla and folded it up like a burrito. I made 6 of them out of this. VERY YUMMY!!
By 11 o'clock, Eddie and Joey said they were hungry! So I microwaved some chicken nuggets for them and served it with some carrot sticks. (Ella said she wasn't hungry!)
Joey had to bring the snack for his class, so he brought in apples and peanut butter (I included my apple corer/quarter cutter).
Dinner was suppose to be chicken tacos, but at 5:30, I could see the chicken wasn't done, so I had to scramble. I figured that might happen because I forgot to put the chicken in after breakfast. I remembered after I put the kids on the bus, but the crock for the slow cooker was still dirty (grrrrr). So I had to soak it, then wash it, then I sterilized it with bleach water (just to be safe, especially after last week!) So by this time, it was 1:30. Oh well, we'll have it for dinner tomorrow.
Feeling a little better today, but still no energy. I packed Eva her snack (left) and Gerald his breakfast and lunch (right). For Eva's snack: Goldfish, string cheese, carrot sticks, some colby cubes, a hard boiled egg bunny, and strawberries. For Gerald: a Schwan's Chicken Quesadilla, carrot sticks, Schwan's Golden Fruit Blend, some colby cheese cubes and some garlic Triscuits.
Breakfast: Cinnamon Swirl Toast (playing it safe this morning!)
Lunch: Chicken nuggets and fries
Dinner: Cranberry Chicken on brown rice with green beans. (Oh my gosh was this good!!)
I found this recipe on Hannah Help Me's website. LOVE her show, LOVE her website, LOVE this recipe!!
Cranberry Chicken
2 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1/4 cup orange juice
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 lbs. chicken (about 4 breasts)
Melt butter in microwave, but let cool slightly before dumping in the bag. Dump all ingredients except chicken in a gallon-size zippered plastic bag and smoosh it together. Add chicken, seal completely and smoosh some more to thoroughly coat chicken. Empty into a casserole dish and cook at 350ยบ for 40 minutes or until done (juices run clear); cook in a slow cooker for 4-6 hours; or allow to marinate for two hours and toss on the grill.
What I did: I mixed it all together, then tossed it into the fridge. I then cooked it at 450 degrees for 45 mins (my pieces were still a little frozen, thus the longer time). While it was cooking, I made up some brown rice (threw in a little chicken bouillen to give the rice some flavor) and steamed some green beans.
When Gerald served it, he cubed the chicken and then poured some of the sauce over it. It was VERY yummy and the rice absorbed the sauce too!
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