June Recipe

Navajo Tacos

Fried Bread
4 cups Flour
2 Tbs. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Mix and add water until slightly sticky. Roll to desired thickness and cook in lard/ oil.

Meat
1 lb. meat
1 packet taco seasoning
Cook meat until done. Add seasoning.

1 can of refried beans heated in sauce pan.
Top with favorite toppings and enjoy.

This will probably taste different from what you are use to.

Vikki's May Recipe and June Menu Item

Hi all,

Russian Chicken

1 bottle of Apricot Preserves
1 pkg. of onion soup mix
1 bottle of Russian Salad Drsg
Chicken tenderloins

Mix together then bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes


I will be making Weight Watcher's Turkey Chili for June

Vikki

Recipes!!

If you haven't submitted your recipe, please e-mail me at maranda.carlile@imail.org and I will get it posted here.

Here are the recipes submitted so far:


Melanie Longmore

Chicken & Broccoli Casserole

2 full chicken breasts cooked and finely chopped

1C broccoli cooked (slightly underdone) finely chopped

1 can cream of chicken (or any cream of___)

1/2 C shredded cheese (you choose type)

10 corn tortillas

Combine chicken, broccoli, soup, cheese, salt to taste

Wrap tortillas in two moist paper towels and microwave for 1 minute

(Tortillas will now be soft and more pliable)

Add about 2 TBS of chicken mixture to each tortilla, roll and place in pan

Pour approx 1 additional cream of chicken to top of casserole

Top with about 1/2 C additional cheese

Cook @ 350* for 20 minutes

Lisa Harper

Soya Chicken
Put the following in a crockpot:
1 cube butter
1 package dry italian dressing
4 chicken breast diced - uncooked

Cook on high for 2 hours - or low for 6 hours

Add the following:
1 8 oz cream cheese
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 16 oz sour cream

Cook until warmed through, about 30 minutes.
Serve over rice or noodles

You can double the sauce to help stretch the chicken

Cathy Cottle

Wet Burritos

1 # hamburger
1 can refried beans
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
¾ c water

Fry hamburger. Drain fat. Add ¾ c. water and taco seasoning mix. Simmer one minute. Add refried beans. Set aside.

1 pkg brown gravy mix
8 oz salsa (any brand)

Make gravy according to directions. Add salsa. Set aside.

10-12 tortillas

Place small amount of hamburger mixture on tortilla, place 1-2 T gravy/salsa mix on top of meat. Roll up tortilla. Place on a greased or foil lined 9X 13 pan (I use foil, it makes cleanup a lot easier. I also grease the foil.) Cover rolled tortillas with cheese, top with remaining gravy/salsa mixture. Bake at 300-350 degrees until heated through .

Maranda Carlile

Simply Lasagna

12 Lasagna Noodles
2 C Cottage cheese
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese
4 C Mozzarella cheese
4 C. Spaghetti sauce
1lb ground beef

Cook meat. Combine spaghetti sauce and meat. Set aside. Combine cottage cheese, slightly beaten egg, parsley, and parmesan cheese. Set aside. Grease foil baking pan. Cover bottom of pan with thin layer of meat sauce mix. Layer noodles(uncooked), then meat sauce, then half of cheese. Top with another layer of noodles, then cottage cheese mixture, another layer of noodles, then rest of cheese. Top with a thick layer of meat sauce. Cover with foil. Freeze. To serve: Thaw; bake, covered 45-60 minutes at 375 F. Uncover; top with more Mozzarella cheese. Bake an additional 15 min, until cheese melts.

Thanks for lettign me join this distinguished group!

May's Meals

Maranda-Lasagna
Melanie-Chicken & Broccoli Casserole
Aneisa-Shepard's Pie
Candie-Upside Down Spagetti
Cathie-Enchiladas
Lisa-Creamy Chicken and Rice
Mandy-Taco Soup
Colleen-Sweet & Sour Meatballs
Vikki-Russian Chicken
Jodi-Spagetti Chicken

The ratings widgit is still being worked on. I hope to have a rating star after each menu item and a place to post anonymous tips. Patience-Patience-Patience

Our First Exchange

Well, we did it. Our first exchange of meals. Thank you everyone for your willingness to be flexible. I am guessing this will be a requirement as we manuvuer through our crazy lives and try to make this dinner exchange work.
What we learned our first go around:

1. we are a creative group of gals
2. the physician's parking lot is not so secure after all
3. chaos can be fun
4. the physician's parking lot isn't the best place for the exchange
5. we might need to start a 4-serving dinner group and a 6 serving dinner group
6. Candie's husband is very nice
7. Maranda's baby Lila is very cute

Dinner Club Rules!!!

OK ladies-here we go!
Hopefully with a little patiences this adventure will prove to simplify our lives and not complicate.
To make this a successful group and a rewarding experience here are some rules I thought would be helpful:

Each meal should feed six adults.

The meal is designed to be the main dish. You do not need to provide any other sides, but please provide any uncooked rice, pasta, or buns that are needed to complete the main dish.

Keep in mind as you add your ingredients, not everyone may like added quantities of certain items such as onions, pepper, garlic or whatever. Be moderate and maybe write in your instructions that adding in more of a certain item may be good. Of course I am not saying make the food bland, just moderate spices and stronger tasting ingredients.

Somehow, through our posts or another method it may be helpful as you decide what you are going to make for that next months meal to post it so that we don't end up with 10 chicken meals, but with a variety. We'll have to work on this one....suggestions???

The budget/spending goal is $75 for the 10 meals you will prepare--give or take a little. If you find yourself under budget, you can always include a little something extra on the side, like chips, juice, or a pudding box.

What I will say next really goes without saying, but I know we are all thinking of it, so I will go ahead and state the obvious. When preparing your meals please be EXTRA meticulous in your methods of preparation being overly precautious as to the cleanliness in all you do in making your meals for others to enjoy.

Because these meals should arrive FROZEN, please prepare the meal accordingly. For example, undercook pasta and rice, or do not cook them at all and put them in a separate baggie to prepare at time of meal preparation. Also keep in mind ingredients that don't freeze well and separate them into baggies as well.

Package the meal in a disposable container, such as a freezer ziploc bag or aluminum casserole pan covered with a lid or foil.

Write on the packaging the Meal Title, Directions on how to cook the meal, the date-month and year

Bring frozen meals in a basket, cooler, or large box to exchange on specified date, then leave with 10 DIFFERENT meals------(We will need to determine the best date and location, keep it consistant and as convenient as possible-Suggestions???)