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Chicken Cordon Bleu casserole.

This recipe I will be making up completely on my own using basic chicken cordon bleu ingredients. I'll post after I make it!

My Favorite Mexi dish

So I originally had this dish at my sister-in-law's house. I was incredibly impressed and absolutely loved it! So i found the recipe and tried it. The first time wasn't as good, but I've made some alterations and thought I'd share.

Basically this is one of those "throw everything you like in a pan and cook" and it turns out good recipes.

Here's what I do:

1 lb of ground beef or turkey

1 c. ish of medium picante sauce

1/2 c. ish of light sour cream

1 can corn

(1 can black beans...haven't tried it yet, probably would be good)

10 small corn tortillas

1-2 cups of colby jack cheese

cumin, garlic salt and powder, pepper, chili powder, paprika OR a package of taco seasoning

Brown the hamburger. Drain fat. Add about 1/3-2/3 cup of water to the skillet with the meat. Sprinkle heavily with spices or taco seasoning package. Bring to a boil and let simmer 5-10 minutes.

Spray a 9x13 pan with Pam. Spread about 1/4 cup of salsa on the bottom. Slice the tortillas into 1 inch strips. Layer on top of salsa. Layer meat, corn, sour cream, beans (if desired), a small portion of cheese, the majority of the salsa and another layer of tortilla strips. Spread remaining small amount of salsa (like 1/8-1/4 cup) on top of tortillas and cover with any amount of cheese. Cover and cook at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes. Uncover and cook another 10-15 minutes or until melted bubbly.

YUM!!! ole!

Jamaican Jerk Chicken. YUM!

New Recipe tonight: Jamaican Jerk Chicken. Found it somewhere online, can't remember where. Next time I will be altering it a little, but overall it was quite tasty!

Jamaican Chicken

Combine in large bowl (or 8 qt. glass thing):

2 TBL garlic powder

1 TBL sugar (I might do a little more next time)

1 TBL allspice

1 TBL thyme

1 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I did 3/4 teaspoon and it was pretty spicy!)

1 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

1 1/2 teaspoon sage

3/4 teaspoon nutmeg

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Whisk in slowly: (I don't know the definition of slow, I whisked consistently :-))

1/4 C. olive oil (I put a little more than an 1/8 C.)

1/4 C. soy sauce (I might put a little more next time)

3/4 C. white vinegar (TOO MUCH! I thought it was way too vinegary. I will half it next time)

1/2 C. orange juice

juice of one lime

Add in:

1 habenero pepper (No way, I did a jalapeno. Might have altered the flavor.) SEEDED and chopped

3 green onions, chopped

1 C. onion, chopped

4-6 chicken breast halves

Let marinate for about an hour. Grill and baste with the marinade til done. Boil the remaining for extra sauce.

Looks like this:

Tastes like this: YUMMY! and spicy!

Cop out dinner

When all else fails, I'm SO happy we have a Little Ceaser's 2 minutes away.

After Sloppy Joe's for dinner, then lunch, we didn't want them again for dinner.

And FYI, taking a Pilates class and a power pump weight lighting class back to back is pretty tiring. Would you feel like cooking? I sure didn't.

That's why I love Little Ceasers :-)

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

I did it.

I finally made a blog totally dedicated to my adventures in the kitchen.

That is the place I feel most comfortable mixing, matching, stirring, experimenting, singing and dancing.

I follow LOTS of recipes to cook, but gradually I start making up my own stuff. Eventually I want to make up lots of stuff. We'll see. Maybe I'll even get in the habit of taking pictures of everything. :-)

To kick off this first post, here is what we had for dinner last night. YUM!!!!

Sloppy Joe's

Brown 2 lbs of hamburger
Add:
2 cups of ketchup
1-14 1/2 oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 chopped onion
1 TBL of A-1 sauce
1/2 TBL worchestire sauce
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
salt and pepper to taste

Let simmer for 1-3 hours. The longer the better, but I usually can't wait more than about 30 minutes. It's more crisp the less time you let it cook, and starts to get more mushy the longer you cook. I have NEVER cooked it 3 hours. Enjoy on buns!

This is the easiest, most delicious sloppy joe recipe I've tried. YUM!