Cheaters chicken cordon bleu

Wow... I just made this and thought it was a great quick meal

Prepare chicken boxed stuffing & put aside

Cook chicken breasts & cut into pieces

Toss the chicken pieces with:

Cream of chicken soup

A bag of broccoli (defrosted & drained)

1/2# Black Forest ham chopped up

Grease baking pan- oven 375 bake for 35-40 min

So layer chicken mixture and put that on the bottom, layer 1/2# Swiss cheese on top, layer the chicken stuffing on top of that AND a container of French's French fried onions. 

Baked it off and it was cheesy & tasty & yummy... Not diet food ;)

Asian sausage & peppers

2# sausage removed from the casing 

Peppers sliced or diced

Onion sliced or diced 

Soy sauce 

Garlic cloves 

Package of mushroom gravy 

Up to 1C water 

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Dump all in the same pan with heated sesame oil

Serve over rice made with tarragon & parsley 

Beef spring rolls & spicy mayo

3/4C mayo, 2tea soy sauce, 1T sriracha- combine in a bowl 

12oz sprouts, 3/4C cilantro, 6 scallions green parts (reserve whites) sliced thin put in a bowl + 1/4C mayo mix

Keep scallion whites in reserved & 1T minced ginger in another bowl

Heat 1T veg oil & cook ground beef add 2T and 1 tea soy sauce

Once meat is cooked, add your scallion whites & ginger- cook for about a minute 

Add cooked meat, ginger/scallions into the mayo mix & that's your filling 

Use 1/2c per spring roll wrappers

Thank you americas test kitchen simple weeknight favorites for the recipe!!

Update- I would use less than 1/2C of filling per wrapper, some of mine exploded... I served this for dinner & they were gone in a split second! Very good, very tasty!!

Chicken curry salad over mixed greens & balsamic vinegarette

Fresh chicken, shredded

High quality curry powder

Mayo

1/2 onion, chopped fine

2 celery stalks, split down the middle & cut into small pieces

Scallions, sliced thin

Mango chutney

Slivered almonds

Ginger- grated or minced fine

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Mix & let to sit for a few hours in the fridge.

Serve over mixed greens & balsamic vinegarette 

Sausage, broccoli rabe & penne

2T- EVOO

1 onion chopped

Sauté for about 5 minutes

Add:

6 garlic cloves (rough chop)

1/8tea- red pepper flakes

Sauté for about 30 seconds

Remove casing from sausage 

Add sausage & break up the pieces

Cook for 4 minutes

Add 1T - flour, cook for 1 minute

Add 1 1/2C- chicken broth

And add broccoli rabe cut into 1" pieces minus the stems (discard).

Cook until broccoli rabe is tender then toss in cooked penne pasta.

Thank you Americas test kitchen pasta revolution for the inspiration!

Chicken Balsamico

The ingredients are simple, but the result is a quick & tasty meal.

Take a chicken breast or two & marinade it in your favorite balsamic vinegar dressing (this one is my favorite)

Layer a bag of spinach then your marinaded chicken breasts, throw some red roasted peppers & then mozzarella on top of it all. Final step pour more balsamic vinaigrette over it all & bake for about 30 min @ 350

Thanks Virginia Cosgrove for a really yummy dish!!

Canadian bacon & zucchini medley

Zucchini 

Yellow bell pepper

Onion

Canadian bacon 

Fresh parsley

Zucchini was cut into ribbons using a vegetable peeler

Everything else was chopped up...

Sauté all veggies and Canadian bacon together.... As the zucchini begins to soften, add fresh parsley. 

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