Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Regulars

Sisters of mine,
I want to know what is on your list of "regulars" for dinner. Steph I know you don't like having the same meals all the time but I'm sure even you have a few meals that you like to turn to when you can't think of anything else. I do try a new recipe every two weeks or so but not many of them make it onto my "regulars" list. Many of the things on my list are family favorites we grew up eating, others I've gotten from one of you, and a couple I've found on my own. Anyway, please share yours! These aren't in any special order I just listed them as they came to mind.

- Chicken Noodle Soup (Lion House)
- Spaghetti w/ mushrooms
- Chicken parmesan
- Ceasar'd halibut
- Grilled cheese and soup
- Mac and cheese
- Egg burritos
- Homemade pizza
- Tacos/taco salad
- Ham and potato soup
- Ugly chicken
- Potato soup
- Tuna casserole
- Baked potatoes, chili, and cornbread
- Lemon pepper chicken
- White bean chicken chili
- Hawaiian hay stacks
- BLTs
- Frito pie
- Shepherd's pie
- Chicken fajitas
- Chicken stir fry
- Scones and peaches

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Tortellini Casserole

This is a recipe my mother-in-law gave me, and I LOVE it. We make it as often as we can.

Ingredients:
2 packages fresh tortellini (I usually get one cheese and one chicken)
1 tub fresh parmesan cheese
1 pint whipping cream




Directions:
Combine the parmesan cheese and whipping cream in a bowl for 2 or more hours.
Boil the tortellini for 6 minutes. I can tell when they're finished because they get bigger... hopefully you can tell in these pictures.
Before:
After:

At least you can tell it's a little more crowded in there. Anyway, after boiling, put the tortellini in a 9x13 pan and add the cheese/cream mixture.
Stir it up and make sure it's all evenly mixed.
Then pop it in the oven at 350 for 25-30 minutes uncovered. It'll look like this:
Then serve and enjoy! We love that this meal is really good leftover too. It's a little more dry than originally, but it's still really yummy.
YUM! (Made the mistake of buying a loaf of garlic bread at the store... doesn't that look disgusting? The garlic and butter were dripping out the bottom. SICK.)