Easy Chicken Divan, from Stacy

I put a 10oz. bag of frozen broccoli florets on the bottom of a glass baking dish. 
Then I strip a rotisserie chicken of its meat and break it up a little. 
Mix that with a can of cream of chicken, a can of cream of mushroom, and half a cup of mayo (I use smart balance omega 3 mayo). 
Pour that over the broccoli and kind of spread it around evenly. 
Sprinkle with a cup of shredded cheddar and bake. I usually serve it over rice.

Easy As Apple Pie Pork Chops, from Stacy

Spray a 9x13 baking dish.
Put a can of apple pie filling on the bottom. 
Layer with boneless pork chops. 
Prepare boxed stove top and layer that on top of the chops. 
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes covered. 

Note from Stacy:  That stuffing, apples, pork chop casserole was delicious. Easy and probably not all that healthy, but yummy!  


I sprinkled cinnamon on the apples, then garlic salt on the pork. I also used the pork flavored "Stove Top" stuffing. I'll definitely be making it again in a pinch. I have to remember to keep that stuff on hand.

Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breasts, from Stacy

Pound some chicken breasts and roll them around sliced apples and sharp cheddar. I usually spray the bottom of the glass baking dish with Pam, then sprinkle it with bread crumbs. Place stuffed chicken breasts on top, then sprinkle those with bread crumbs and squeeze a lemon over them.

Stuffed Cabbage Casserole, from Stacy

I make stuffed cabbage casserole, because I think that rolling up the beef/rice is a PITA. Plus, when you eat it, you just cut it all up anyway. Here's the recipe that I use. I usually serve it with/over plain mashed potatoes.

9 x 13 pan, buttered
1/2 the height of the dish, fill with chopped up cabbage (almost a whole head)
brown 1 lb. of ground beef (or turkey) and cook a finely chopped onion with it. Drain

In a bowl stir together beef mixture, 1/2 c. uncooked minute rice, 1/2 tsp. salt and pepper, 2 cans of condensed tomato soup, and 2 cans of water. Pour mixture over cabbage. Mix gently with fork.

Cover with foil and bake @ 350 F for 1.5 hours

This is my grandmothers recipe. It's a little bland, so I usually just add some salt to my own serving. It's great comfort food on a cold day.

Pumpkin Soup with Gorgenzola, suggested by Sarah (via Stacy)

2 (15 ounce) cans pumpkin 1 quart chicken stock 1 cup half-and-half 1 shallot, minced 1/4 cup molasses 2 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 6 slices bacon 1 cup crumbled blue cheese

Directions:

1.	Stir together the pumpkin, chicken stock, half-and-half, shallot, molasses, butter, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and cayenne pepper in a large stockpot over low heat; simmer 10 minutes.
2.	Meanwhile, place bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and cook until crispy; remove to paper towels to drain, then cool and crumble.
3.	Ladle soup into bowls. Top with bacon and blue cheese.

Chicken Portabello Lasagna Roll-Ups, from Stacy

INGREDIENTS
18 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
2+ cups marinara sauce
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 cup portobello mushrooms, diced small -SMALL
1 cup cooked spinach - I used 2 bags fresh spinach as spinach decreases in size once cooked.
2 cups diced cooked chicken - 2 CHICKEN BREAST
½ Cup white wine
1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and ground black pepper to taste
3 cups Alfredo sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup pine nuts

DIRECTIONS:
Cook lasagna until noodles are cooked, but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes, drain and rinse. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Spread the marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish; set aside.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and add mushrooms and onion until they soften add wine and simmer about 5 minutes. Add cooked spinach; and cook until hot; remove from heat.

Stir together the chicken, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, oregano, and the cooked spinach mixture in a large bowl; season to taste with salt and black pepper. Spread large spoonful of mixture on each lasagna noodle. Roll the noodle up, and place seam-side down into the baking dish. Repeat for each noodle. Pour Alfredo sauce over the rollups.
Bake covered, in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and pine nuts. Return to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the pine nuts are toasted, about 10 minutes. Serve hot.

Note from Stacy re: water content: It doesn't get too watery. You cook the onions, spinach and mushrooms together in a pan before mixing them into the cheese concoction. So if it's watery I just let it simmer off. I also use a rotisserie chicken. That's something that I do for any dish that calls for cut up chicken as an ingredient. I only cook chicken when we're having chicken. Otherwise it seems like I'm making two meals.

Pita Bread, from Stacy

3 cups warm water
3 tablespoons dry yeast
3 tablespoons coarse salt
6 1/2 cups all purpose flour

Let rise for two hours then refrigerate over night (covered loosely). Then, basically pull off some pieces, shape them how you want them using lots of flour, and bake on a stone. The thinner the bread, the hotter the oven (and thicker bread needs a broiler pan of water on the shelf beneath). The pitas were supposed to be baked at like 500F, which had me freaking out and on edge to begin with.

Peanut Sauce, from Stacy

Sure! I use one from a Robin Miller cookbook (w/ a few modifications):

1 C reduced sodium chicken broth
3 TBLSP creamy peanut butter
3 TBLSP reduced-sodium soy sayce
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 tsp hot chili oil (or more to taste; leave this out for mild sauce. I didn't have hot chili oil in stock, so I used some jalapeno juice)
2 TBLSP chopped fresh cilantro (I don't use this b/c I never have fresh cilantro hanging around)
A dash of brown sugar <--my addition

In a small saucepan, whisk together everything but the cilantro. Set to medium heat, bring to simmer, and let simmer for 5 mins. Remove from heat and add cilantro.

Note from Stacy: Well, I had intended to do stir-fry, but I ended up baking my marinated chicken (I had marinated two large chicken breasts in hot chili oil, soy sauce, cayenne pepper, and rice wine vinegar), shredding it, adding it to cooked egg noodles, ladling on the peanut sauce, then tossing some scallions on top.

Seriously effing yum. Highly recommend, as long as you like things peanutty.

Beef Stew, suggested by Stacy

From allrecipes.com

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kyles-Favorite-Beef-Stew/Detail.aspx

Note from Stacy: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kyles-Favorite-Beef-Stew/Detail.aspx

"Oh So Bad For You" Potato Soup, from Stacy

2 lb. bag frozen shredded hash browns
16 oz jar french onion dip
1 stick butter
1 onion finely chopped
10 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
2 cans cream of celery soup
3 cups chicken broth
2 cups milk
1 can corn, drained

Throw it all in a (large) crock pot in the morning and enjoy for dinner!

Thanksgiving Meatloaf, from Stacy

Pre-make some Stouffer's stuffing, then mix that with ground turkey, 2 eggs, about 1/3 of a can of jellied cranberry sauce, and a drizzle of oil.

Bake itfor about 40 minutes, then top with the rest of the jellied craberry sauce (mashed up).
I made mashed potatoes/cauliflower as a side.

Thai Chicken Pizza, an idea from Stacy

Not really a recipe...I just sort of put it together.

TJ's whole wheat crust
hoisin sauce (go lightly, it's strong)
chicken (I cook it and cut it first)
shredded carrots
bean sprouts
green onions
mozzarella cheese

Halushki, an idea from Stacy

It's something I grew up on, so I don't have a recipe. I usually make it with no meat. It's typically served with some kind of pork (pork chops, sausage, bacon).

Little butter, little olive oil, 1 onion and 1 small head cabbage. Saute.
Cook egg noodles separately and when they're done throw them in w/ the veggies.
Cook bacon and crumble in.

ETA: salt and pepper of course.

Crockpot Invention with Turkey, an idea from Stacy

I invented in the crockpot last night. It was okay. Rick loved it.

Ground turkey
chopped onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can pumpkin
1 cup milk
1 cup water
garlic salt
ground mustard
sage

We had it over pasta.

Turkey Sausage Hash, from Stacy

1 onion 1 green pepper 2 medium red potatoes 1 package (5 links) turkey apple sausage 1/2 can corn olive oil garlic salt apple cider Finely chop onion and pepper (I use a food processor). Dice the potatoes. Cook all of these in in a pan with some olive oil and garlic salt, medium heat, until somewhat tender. Add the corn, sausage (cut up), and about a cup of apple cider (I just poured some in). Let simmer for 20 minutes or so...until the potatoes are tender to your liking.

Creamy Ham and Peas Pasta, from Stacy

1 small onion, finely chopped
a few Tbsp. olive oil
1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
1 small carton (very small, like individual serving of milk) heavy cream
1/2 lb. ham (cut into small squares)
3/4 cup frozen peas (defrosted)

*All measurements are approximations.

Saute onions in olive oil until soft (a few mins.). Throw everything else in the pan and heat through. I added some garlic salt as well. Serve over your choice of pasta. Yummy!

Sour Cream Cheese Casserole, suggested by Stacy

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sour-Cream-Cheese-Casserole/Detail.aspx
I leave out the crackers and add broccoli.

Stuffed Cabbage Casserole, and idea from Stacy

I just chop up cabbage, fill half-way-up the baking dish (that has been greased with butter all around), add a lb. of ground beef that I browned with a finely chopped onion (and salt) then add a half cup instant rice and two cans of tomato soup (mixed with 2 cans water). Stir it all up and bake on 350 for 1.5 hrs. My grandmother always serves it over mashed potatoes because it is kind of soupy...but we just eat it plain in a bowl.

Suggested by Stacy - Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta

We had smoked salmon pasta tonight. It was yum. I used canned SS that I got at Trader Joe's. It's the cheap, but good way.

Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta

Beans & Rice, an idea from Stacy

One of my favorite easy meals....
White rice, black beans, shredded cheese (I usually use cheddar) and cilantro. Mix it all up and viola...garlic salt to taste (I'm an NaCl freak!)

Yum...very yummy and filling. For a healthier version you could use brown rice, but I honestly cannot figure out how to cook brown rice. Every time I make it, no matter how much water I use or how long I leave it in the rice cooker, it seems under done/a bit chewy/crunchy. hmmm?