Feta Dip Recipe

Here is a super simple but oh so Yummy recipe!

This feta dip recipe is:
1 Tablespoon of oil
8 oz crumbled feta
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 loaf french bread

Yes folks, that's it! And there is no spoon needed to put it on the bread. Simply fold the bread in half and pinch some dip in between the bread and scarf down.

What I Ate Wednesday! - Taco Salad Recipe

I finally made a menu plan this week! I am super excited after to be planning ahead to use up what we have in the house and what is about to expire. I do not want to have another Toss Out Tuesday like this week. So this week my camera was lost. (We honestly are really bad at keeping track of where that thing is!) So I didn't get a photo of my taco salad. But I did find it for tonight and will be taking a photo of dinner tonight. :) This week we have had taco salad, some ramen, and BBQ pork. The BBQ pork was a quick and easy meal that just went into the crock pot in the afternoon and was ready by dinner.

I promised a taco salad recipe and here's how it turned out.

Taco Salad Recipe:

1 full head of lettuce chopped up into bit sized pieces

1/2 packet of taco seasoning

1/2 bag of nacho flavored chips

1 can chili beans (I searched all over for mexican chili beans and couldn't find them)

1 8oz bag of taco shredded cheese (We like our cheese)

1/2 bottle of 1000 island dressing

Next time I will try a smidge less dressing. It was just a little to much for us. I had tried 1/3 bottle at first though and found that it wasn't enough. I think this is going to be a trial and error thing. I may have to actually measure with a measuring cup next time instead of my eyes :) Other wise, we loved it!

I linked up to the following sites:

My Girlish Whims
Blue Cricket Design
Someday Crafts
Southern Lovely
This Chick Cooks
Sweet Sav
Lil Luna

Recipe to try this week: Taco Salad

At ever pot luck we have at church, there is an elderly lady who brings this amazing taco salad. For years I have eaten it and hoped for seconds but of course, there are none. It's always the first thing to go at the pot luck. It's just that great. So today I did something I had never thought of before. I facebook messaged her. And what luck, she messaged me back with in the hour! Now, on my list of things to do this week includes getting the ingredients for this Taco Salad. Here is her official message:

Six ingredients for my easy taco salad: lettuce, taco seasoning, nacho chips, Mexican chili beans, taco shredded cheese, and 1000 Island dressing. Do drain the beans, crunch the nacho chips, add the dressing just before serving.

I found a blog who posted their version. It looks pretty similar with sorta kinda similar ingredients.

photo source

What I Ate Wednesday!

Although my camera was dead this week and we couldn't find the charger, I did manage to find it last night and get a photo of today's lunch. Because this is my first "What I Ate Wednesday" I hope that you'll forgive me for just the one photo but I want to get in on the party too!! At Meijers this week, there were some pretty great produce sales going on so we took full advantage of them. Strawberries were $2.00, we got some blue berries on clearance, black berries were just 50 cents and bags of salad lettuce were just a dollar! This week we have had smoothies galore and salad. Lots of salad. My favorite salad is super simple and super good. Just lettuce, feta cheese, sunflower seeds, and Italian dressing.

Also this week, we have had bananas, salad, hamburger helper, salad, bagels and peanut butter, and did I mention salad?

I will be linking up to a few blogs and will be posting the links below as I do so.

A Little Nosh
House Of Hepworths
Frugal Follies
Full Plate Thursday
A Glimpse Inside Blog
This Chick Cooks
Someday Crafts
Blue Cricket Design
Nap-time Creations
All The Small Stuff
Delightfully Dowling
Fire Flies And Jelly Beans
Some What Simple
Mom On Time Out

What did you have for dinner this week? Please leave a link in you comments if you have a blog. I would love to check it out as I am exploring new food options. (As you can see we are pretty boring in the food department.)

Recipe : Lasagna

I have in the past tried to make lasagna but they have all been a complete fail. From the noodles not being cooked right to it just plain out not tasting good. So I made up my own and my husband has decided it's the best lasagna he's ever had! Now I will pass on the best lasagna recipe to you.

Ingredients

9 lasagna noodles

30 oz cottage cheese

3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

4 eggs

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried oregano

2 27oz jars of spaghetti sauce

1 cup of water

1 lb of ground beef

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Cook and drain ground beef.

Mix together the cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, basil, and oregano.

Mix together ground beef, water, and  spaghetti sauce.

Layer in a 9'' X 13'' pan from bottom to top:

2 cups meat sauce

3 lasagna noodles

1/2 cheese mixture

1/2 of the remaining meat sauce

3 lasagna noodles

the rest of the cheese mixture

1/2 of the remaining meat sauce

3 lasagna noodles

the rest of the meat sauce

sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese over top.

Cover tightly with foil and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Let it cool for 15 min before cutting into it to serve.

This recipe makes 9-12 servings.

Recipe : Creamy Chicken Rice Soup

What you need :

3/4 cups of onions
2 cups of carrots
1 cup of celery
1 cup of chicken
1 teaspoon garlic
32 oz broth
3/4 cup uncooked rice
a few dashes of basil and oregano
2 tablespoons flour
15 oz of evaporated milk

Step 1 :
Grab your soup making pot and put in the onion, celery, garlic and carrots to saute until they are tender.

Step 2 :
Stir in the broth, rice, chicken, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cover for 15 minutes.

Step 3 :
After about 8 min of simmering, I realized I didn't have enough liquid so I added my evaporated milk and flour.

Step 4 :
Bring it back to a boil and simmer for another 10 min.

I got the original recipe from Taste Of Home website and modified it to my likings. : )

The verdict:

We like it! I would add some salt for sure. And if you know me, you know I don't add salt to much. Even if the recipe calls for it. Caleb and Zaccheus (my son and day care kiddo) ate every bit I gave them and then asked for seconds so please consider this a kid friendly recipe. We like our foods small so everything was diced. We also like our soups a little thick so adjust your time accordingly.