Basil Chicken in Coconut Curry Sauce

CURRY.

I * am * a * fan!!  I have had indian food once.  So I've only had curry once.  But I love it.  It is so different than any other flavor.  Honestly, change is good with my menu.  Most everything I make seems to have the same type of flavor.  But this curry was so different.  Another hit with my family as well. Yum Yum Yum.  Now I need to experiment more with this flavor.

*This didnt make all that much sauce.  I will double it next time so we can have more leftovers over all the left over rice!

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2009/09/basil-chicken-in-coconut-curry-sauce.html

Sweet Chicken nuggets

The recipe said these nuggets will tast like Chick fil-a nuggets.  They did not taste anything like Chick Fil-a.  However... They were still yummy.  The husband liked them and the kid L*O*V*E*D them.  And to me, that equals a success.  I've never seen her eat so much :)

http://www.mynameissnickerdoodle.com/2011/03/fabulous-food-friday-79.html

3 cheese chicken "alfredo" bake

I am infamous for putting in wrong ingredients when I cook (or miss the ingredients completely)

One time (which my brothers will NEVER let me live down) was when I made beef strogonaff for them.  It calls for 1 cup of sour cream.  I was thinking of something white and I put in 1 cup of crisco.  It was a big pile of greasy grease.  And there are other stories.

This recipe was really good.  As we were eating I thought "this is not very creamy at all?"  Then after we were finished I saw the jar of alfedo sauce that was supposed to be added.  Still sealed and in the pantry.  So, with the alfredo it would only make it better I have a feeling.  It was still good without because it was so cheesy!

http://www.plainchicken.com/2010/11/three-cheese-chicken-alfredo-bake.html

Cordon Blue Pasts aka Firehouse!

This recipe tasted just like the pasta at Firehouse.  My husband gets this everytime we eat out here.
It was rich and cheesy and an A+!

http://amysnewkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/chicken-cordon-bleu-pasta.html

Country Club Chicken

YUM.  THE. END. 

http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/country-club-chicken

Balsamic Basil Mayo on Caprese Grilled Cheese

A big fancy name for a super easy meal.  This is definately a busy day dinner. 

Our favorite thing to eat in the summer are what we call "good tomatoes."  Sliced fresh garden tomatoes, topped with mozerella cheese, balsamic vinegar, basil and italian dressing.  Broil until cheese is melted and golden brown.  We will eat just like this, or broil on top of thick french bread.  This recipe is just like these good tomotoes, just grilled.  So of course it was yummy to us.

http://www.sweettreatsmore.com/2012/01/caprese-grilled.html

Cordon Bleu

Since I have started to cook more new recipes I have found myself becoming a little more easy going about it, and I have learned to improvise.  We still had a tiny bit of ham left over from our Sunday dinner so I threw this recipe together; Crock Pot Chicken Cordon Blue.  I didnt have swiss cheese on hand, so I used mozerella cheese that we did have.  Since we only had a little bit of ham, the servings were small.  So I cooked up some rice to pour this over, and it turned into a hearty meal. It all worked out well.

http://www.chef-in-training.com/2012/02/slow-cooker-chicken-cordon-bleu.html

Pizzie PIe

I made homeade pizza last night.  I made 1/2 the pizza; pepporoni, pepper, ham and olives for my husband, and the other 1/2 shredded ham and pineapple for me and the kid.  (we had a huge ham for Sunday dinner so I used that left over meat) Ended up pretty dang good.

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/10/homemade-pan-pizza-crust-pizza-night.html

Chinese

A few things:

-  We really enjoy chinese food!
-  This was pretty time consuming.  Both my husband and I worked on this together and it still took time.  And made a mess.  We did the beef, egg rolls and rice.
-  The recipe for the beef says that PF Changs will serve the beef without the excess sauce but that you should put the excess sauce over the rice.  Do NOT do that.  The sauce is so salty.  We put it over our rice and I could not finish it due to the saltiness.  You should discard the excess sauce and only serve the beef with what sauce comes on it.  (or put the sauce to the side to dip your eggrolls in)
- The eggrolls were yummy.  This one recipe made 14 rolls.  I dont know what we are going to do with that many!
-  Next time we do chinese, I will stick to my moms Sweet -n- Sour chicken recipe....and make the eggrolls as well.

http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/2008/01/mongolian-beef.html

 http://www.plannerperfectmeals.com/2011/03/amazing-egg-rolls.html

Olive Garden at home

Everytime I eat at Olive Garde I order the fetuchini alfredo. I don't even remember the last time I got something different.  This tasted pretty close to the actual sauce.  Plain and simple in taste but that is how I like this sauce.  It was easy to make, too!  Best part is....it did not cost $12.00 a person.

http://www.olivegarden.com/Connections-to-Italy/Recipes/Sauces/Alfredo-Sauce/

Sunday dinner

I was so excited to try this recipe.  I am not a huge fan of ground beef, so a lasagna with chicken and alfredo instead of meat and tomatoe sauce sounded great.  The flavor ended up yummy but there was one huge problem.  The butter in the alfredo sauce turned to grease.  Like the whole bottom of the casserole dish was grease.  And the alfredo sauce disappeared :(
I dont know if it was because I made it a day in adavance and put it in the fridge, or I cooked it too long.... or what.  But the grease was so off putting, I will not make this again until I figure out what happened. If that had not happened, it would have been great.
But HEY... i tried it and now I know.

What's for dinner?

Last night I made this recipe.  It was super easy.  I would give it a 8 out of 10. 

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2009/09/crispy-southwest-chicken-wraps.html

It was almost exactly like this recipe below that I made last month. This one we loved.  It was a 10!! So next time we are in the mood for some southwestern chicken....I am making this one below.  For some reason, it was yummier!

http://foodgawker.com/popular/favorites/page/5/