Well, it was awesome- it is from the Pampered Chef
Cookbook 29 min or less.. and I hate fish- so for me to love it is a big deal.
I only made one "mistake" I mixed the Asian seasoning in with the Panko
breadcrumbs instead of having it by itself, it really didn't matter. And
instead of placing on a cookie sheet I made the fillets in a non stick skillet
with 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil that made them nice and crunchy.
I made Rice as well- I added 2 teaspoons of sesame oil
to the rice as it was boiling, hoping to add a little more flavor.
Sesame Tilapia, Veggies and RIce
Recipe:
1/2 Cup Panko bread crumbs
1 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
1 Egg
8 oz of Tilapia Fillets
3 Tbsps Asian seasoning Mix (pampered chef brand)
2 Tbsp Oil
Mix Bread Crumbs,sesame seeds. Lightly beat eggs, Coat eggs with Asian
seasoning mix, dip in egg then into Panko mixture.
Place on Lined Cookie Sheet and Bake at 400 for 25 to 35 min till browned.
Make rice according to directions and serve either over the rice or as a side
So all in all this recipe is
a keeper!
We also got a load of laundry
completed ... Again!
I am thinking of getting a
list of all the new recipes I plan on trying and posting them, more on that
later- I will probably post that tonight....
I have been using craigslist too- to declutter I must admit it is effective! Getting rid of junk and cleaning out the basement that someday may actually fit a vehicle in it is a good incentive, not to mention making a little moola in the process. It is easier than a garage sale and more productive than donating it- although my rule is list it twice on Craigslist then if it is not sold, give it away of Freecycle. No sense it keeping it around!.
I am kinda on a roll with the decluttering and keeping the Laundry under control. I am glad, I am not searching for clothes at 530 am .....
Tonight for dinner we are having our hamburgers and homemade french fries.. along with baked beans and a veggie.
I am also going to do another load of laundry. I need to do an inventory of the upstairs freezer and the basement large freezer, I know I have whole roasting chickens and a ham down there and who knows what else. But it needs used.
(yes I said preapproved, otherwise I am risking ending up with a sweater with Santa on it bless his heart)...
I am almost 3/4 of the way done with it and wow-(I can admit I will be at Sam's getting the next in the series this weekend. after I finish this one and go see the movie~ alone since Brian said " I am soooo not goin to see that movie") I love it- I forgot how much I love vamps! Like totally love Vamp stories, movies any of it... how can anyone be afraid of Brad Pitt, or Lost Boys? Now this Edward Cullen.... I am so not wanting this book to end, thank heavens that there is more than one story in the series. I know it is all so pop culturey (is that even a word?) that most bibliophiles are gasping at my love of the book..... but you know what? I love it. BTW don't forget that LOST is starting this month... Amen!
I got laundry done today too, so all was not lost I also got my closet cleaned out... the bottom (shoes and purses) and the upper shelves (pants) not the actual hanging clothes, that is a saved for a day with more energy or madness.. I am not sure which.
But I did not make the ribs~ I forced the Boys to have left overs.... Brian made a face, but he lived.
It has our wonderful frontloaders, our antique shelf with out sheets organized on it, the nice antique dresser that I can fold the clothes on before I bring them upstairs...... it is all good-
I hope this last all year! Since it is a resoultion, it has the unfortunate odds of not lasting, but I am going to try my hardest!
Saturday 1/3/03~ Left Over Ham Potpie and/or Left over Pork and Sauerkraut
Recipe:
Ham Potpie:
Pot pie dough
3 eggs,slightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt, more or less to taste
1/2 tsp baking powder
flour to make a stiff dough
Roll dough to 1/4 in thickness and cut into squares( a pizza cutter works great for this)You can be generous with the flour when you roll as this will thicken your broth a bit. Drop squares of dough into hot broth stirring after adding every 12 pieces or so to prevent sticking together.
This will puff up quite a bit so be sure you have enough room in your pot.
I usually have either a Ham Hock or even just pieces of a Ham steak if the Boys "need" the potpie that night for dinner
If it is the ham hock - or hambone- i put it in a stock pot with water LOTS and /or chicken stock, add any veggies and seasonings you like- I added celery seed, pepper, salt, lots of chicken bullion, sometimes Bells seasoning.. I just keep adding and tasting ...
Plus i know the recipe looks like you will have too much- but you don't! i have made this for me DH and the two little ones and have only had enough left over for DH to take to work not me
I have made these noodles with Chicken too - same theory
I can not tell you how many times my Brian has bragged about "my ham potpie"
Sunday 1/4/09:
Ribs in the Crockpot with BBQ Sauce
Recipe:
I think that what I am going to do here is just defrost the ribs I have in the freezer, and place them in the crockpot with a Bottle of BBQ sauce on low for 6 to 8 hours More than likely the Sweet Baby Rays brand I have in the Cupboard.
Monday 1/5/09:
Hamburgers, French Fries and Green Beans
Yes I know real original but hey~ it is the first day back to work after 2 weeks- I am gonna need to really use a no-brainer!
Tuesday 1/6/09:
New recipe Alert!!!!!
Sesame Tilapia, Veggies and RIce
Recipe:
1/2 Cup Panko bread crumbs
1 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
1 Egg
8 oz of Tilapia Fillets
3 Tbsps Asian seasoning Mix (pampered chef brand)
2 Tbsp Oil
Mix Bread Crumbs,sesame seeds. Lightly beat eggs, Coat eggs with Asian seasoning mix, dip in egg then into Panko mixture.
Place on Lined Cookie Sheet and Bake at 400 for 25 to 35 min till browned.
Make rice according to directions and serve either over the rice or as a side.
Wednesday 1/7/09:
New Recipe Alert!!!!!!!!
Korean-Style Beef Bowl with sesame noodles
recipe:
2 green onions with tops
1 lb skirt steak
2 cloves garlic pressed
1 tbsp sesame oil
3 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp coarse black pepper
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp oil
for the steak and marinade, slice the green onions and add to large mixing bowl.Cut the Steak in thin slices against the grain. Add to the mixing bowl. Add the pressed garlic,soy sauce, Sesame oil, black pepper and sugar and mix well. Cover, place in fridge and make noodles
bowl spaghetti noodles~ any kind you have... once done, drain and then add soy sauce and sesame seeds. Toss to coat.
Remove steak from marinade, brown steak in non stick pan in oil in a single layer turning once making sure meat is no longer pink inside.
serve with or over noodles.
Thursday 1/8/09:
Spaghetti with Garlic toast and corn
Once again- not very original... but- the last 2 recipes who knows how the family will react, I better choose an olde stand by!
Friday: 1/9/09:
I am pretty sure we are taking Cara out to eat since we missed her birthday.... not on purpose mind you she was at the Rose Bowl!!!! So I get the night off!!!
What are your resolutions?
Mine? you ask?.
No Dirty Laundry that is right, I said it~ no dirty laundry ~this means doing at least a load every other day. I am determined though, I have contemplated buying all new socks for the entire family just so I wouldn't have to deal with the 65 pairs of dirty ones... Well no more- I am doing a load every day if not every other day.
Make one new recipe a week~ this madness of coming home every night and Brian and I lookin at each other like the crows on "The Jungle Book" "What do you want to do ? I don't know what do you want to do?" Minus the English accent -(which would make it much more comical in my book) for 15 minutes is wasting precious laundry time....having a larger pool of recipes to pull from is going to help this leads me into my next one...
Making a Meal Plan~ I have no excuse to not have dinner, I have a jelly cupboard filled with cookbooks labeled "29 min till dinner" and " good for you" and of course all the Martha books... there is NO excuse to not be prepared!
So I hope to keep postin away!
and of course this will be motivated by the fact that I will save money and these days isn't that what we all want????
Oh well- I love Fall the food the weather the planning for the holidays.
I thought that I would post one of my favorite side dish recipes, I use it all the time and the kids and B love it:
Homemade Rice a Croni
(i didn't want to rip off the rice a roni thing....)
1 1/2 cup of rice
enough broken spagetti pieces to make a cup
4 cups of water
1 tablespoon of butter
2-3 tablespoons of soupbase or 2-3 bullion cubes
dehydrated soup greens if ya have'em (I get mine in belleville at Peights.. although I started making my own with the abundant tiny green peppers from the garden)
Melt butter in large frying pan and saute the rice and noodles until they are slightly browned on meduim heat, stir these alot- don't walk away from them either- they burn fast and then you will cry that you wasted all that good rice! Turn the overhead fan of your stove on high (just do it) Once the rice and noodles are browned, slowly pour in the 4 cups of water and add the soupbase or bullion, see aren't you glad you turned on the overhead fan? it smokes up and sizzles pretty good at that point... Ok now bring it back up to a simmer for about 10 minutes or so, turn down to low and put a lid on it for atleast 15 -20 minutes you can check it to make sure it hasn't burned thru all the water, but 4 cups shoud be fine.
I serve this with chicken normally but last night we had steaks on the grill and it was just as good.
I am gonna try to keep up with this blog thing- I have been reading other blogs across the web and man they are involved!
Anyone who knows Brian and I
know that we were not the “Hardcore” straight A students, I am not sure about Brian
cause he is older than me and went to a different high school, but me? I went
thru high school with C’s and B’s yes I had the occasional A but … they were
hard earned, not easy for me in the least. Usually I got an A in fitness or
gym.
Some how Max has ended up
with straight A’s for all his 7 years in school (yes I counted Kindergarten) I
am grateful for this, because in all reality if I had to help him with his “connected
math” homework, there would be tears shed and not from him.
What I have learned from this is I need to ask him
constantly
“How was school today?”
“What did you do in school
today?”
“Did anything exciting happen at school today?”
Brian says it is over kill some days “Leave the kid alone he would tell you if
something exciting happened” he says to me.
Well, I beg to differ so far from that question I have learned:
He won an essay contest for a paper titled “What my Family
Means to Me”
Apparently we mean something
but not enough to brag that he won something. A week after he won....
He won the Maroon and Grey award last quarter.. oh and by
the way can you frame this certificate that has been floating in-between books
in my backpack?
He won and Honorable Mention for a Creative Writing contest,
“Which is a really big deal mom” Big enough deal that he actually told me only
48 hours after he received it.
He owes Danielle 4.80 for lunch money he borrowed, and I
only have .14 cents in my lunch account. (this is literally as I walking out
the door from my mother-in-laws where I drop him off to get the bus, which
better than the day last fall when he told us that he lad lost the 50 dollar
check we gave him for lunch as we were pulling out of the driveway in the
morning, so could he have 3 bucks to eat)
He had to have a light blue shirt for field day.. Today in
like 5 minutes before we all get in the car to leave for the day.. hmmm guess
you are wearing a aqua tie dyed
That child is going to win
the Nobel peace prize and it will be Connie Chung that tells Brian and I on the
evening news…………..
Why did I
spend 13 dollars on a bottle of peroxide you ask? Because for a brief moment of
insanity I thought that a box of highlights in this decade would be more sophisticated
than a bottle of peroxide……Friday night, we went to Walmart… why wouldn’t we?
It is payday and isn’t that what ever American does? I decided I should save
some money and give myself my own highlights. I am a bargain shopper and it
doesn’t take a genius IQ to figure out that 13 dollars is much cheaper than 99
percent of the hair salons in
If you missed the season finale… don’t read anymore! Okay- first off, how insane was that “moving of the island scene, I wondered how they were going to show that without being cheesy; I think they pulled it off though. One question, where did Daniel and the dingy end up? Were they still out to sea? Did they make it back before it moved? I am a freak, I get into shows entirely too much, and I need to know these things! Normally I am not a Locke fan, I think that he is a good character, but I never really was that into him, but when he is watching the tape down in the Orchard station, I actually laughed out loud when the Dharma guy in the instructional video explicitly states “You must never place anything metal in the whatever it is( I can’t remember what it is called)” the look on Locke’s face when he realizes Ben is placing every thing metal that is not nailed down in the area is awesome. That wackjob bad guy whatever his name was really creeped me out I honestly don’t care that the boat blew up – I am glad Ben killed him he was giving me nightmares. I also forgot all about Penny, so THAT was Penny’s boat huh? That was pretty cool; I was getting worried since I knew that Desmond was not one of the Oceanic Six how he was going to make it off that island. Anyway- now we wait as usual, I don’t wanna wish 6 months away- but I cannot wait for the season premiere…
Now- for the good stuff. I made these oatmeal cookies this weekend…. OMG they are literally the best oatmeal cookies I have ever had!
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground
cinnamon
- 3 cups quick cooking oats
Directions
- In a medium bowl, cream
together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time,
and then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon;
stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Cover, and chill dough for at
least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375
degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into
walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten
each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Now
I did not add any raisins or nuts or anything like that – I think that I added
more than the recommended cinnamon, I love cinnamon. Plus for about 12 of them
I made a little divot in the middle when they came out of the oven and put a
dollop of raspberry spread in the middle- those rocked!
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