RECIPE: Quick Strawberry Smoothie

QUICK STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE

3 Scoops Rainbow Sherbert
3 Scoops Thawed frozen strawberries
1 cup 7up

Blend well and serve

Serves 1

~Mom with a Scattered Mind~

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RECIPE: Sausage & Rice Casserole

Sausage & Rice Casserole

1 lb sausage tube
2 3.5 oz bags boil in bag rice (not gonna follow box directions)
5 cups water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 pkgs dry chicken Noodle soup mix from 4.2 oz box
1 cup diced frozen onion
1 cup diced frozen green pepper
1 cup chopped celery
(Side note: try finding a bag of ONION/GREEN PEPPER/CELERY mixed in frozen section and use 3 cups)
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
1/8 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder

*Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
*Cook and Crumble Sausage on medium heat until brown. Drain. Set aside
*In large pot bring water to boil. Add Rice and Soup Mix and boil for 10 mins while stirring
*Add sausage, peppers, onion, celery, parsley, seasonings & butter. Stir Together.
*Pour into 2 qt Casserole dish and sprinkle paprika over the top.
*Bake for 40 - 50 mins till liquid is all absorbed.

Serves 4 - 5

Variation of recipe from Smith's Simple & Frugal Life.

~Mom with a Scattered Mind~

RECIPE: Grilled Lemon Pepper Chicken with Garlic Butter Pasta

GRILLED LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN with GARLIC BUTTER PASTA

CHICKEN
6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
Mrs. Dash Salt Free Lemon Pepper Seasoning
1/4 Cup Olive Oil

GARLIC BUTTER PASTA
16 oz Fettuccine Pasta
1/2 Cup Olive Oil
1 tsp Oregano
1 tsp Garlic Powder
Salt, Pepper and Parmesan to taste

Grill Chicken Breasts seasoned with lemon pepper till its half cooked, transfer from grill to pan with olive oil and continue to saute in oil till fully cooked.

Cook pasta till al dente. Drain.
Combine Olive Oil, Oregano & Garlic Power in microwave safe dish and heat for 1 min then stir into pasta when it is done. Add Salt, Pepper and Parmesan to taste

Serves 4 - 6

~Mom with a Scattered Mind~

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RECIPE - EASY CROCK POT CHILI

EASY CROCK POT CHILI

2 lbs ground beef
2 cans beans your choice (mix it up some)
2 cans diced tomatoes (Or GreatValue Chili Ready Tomatoes)
2 packages Chili Seasoning your choice

Brown the ground beef, drain and put in crock pot
Add all other ingredients
Stir together well

Set Crock Pot on Low for 8 -10 Hrs or for faster cooking 4 - 5 hrs on High.

Serve with Saltines

Serves 4 if your having just that.

Enjoy
~Mom with a Scattered Mind~

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Becareful what you ask a 13 yr old to make for Dinner

My 13 yr old son is usually very good at following recipes and loves to cook. I therefore have been giving him more and more opportunities to cook some meals.
Usually I leave meatloaf as a weekend meal since it has to cook for so long and we don't get home till 6pm so its way to late for me to start it.
Well I decided the recipe I follow is very easy. This morning I laid out all the seasonings that it called for on the counter so he didn't have to hunt them down. I explained 2 thing about the recipe that I have personally changed and left it at that. Told him start putting it together at 5 and throw it in the oven at 5:30 so it will be ready by 6:30.
Now mind you before we get into how this went horribly wrong. He has seen the final results of everything mixed together before. He has helped mix everything together before.

Fast forward to almost 7pm when the timer went off and I pull his masterpiece out and have to take a 2nd look. It is half the size it should be. It is only taking up half my loaf pan. I'm sitting there staring at this in absolute disbelief and thinking OMG I used to much of the meat last night to make hamburgers. But I was pretty sure I had left at least a lb and a half like it needs lol.

It was basically nothing more than the breadcrumbs and seasoning. So I go in and I ask him are you sure you put everything in. Breadcrumbs? Milk? Egg? Yes Yes Yes

I go back out to the kitchen and stare at it more and start crying LOL Then I open the refrigerator thinking "Well damn now what" and low and behold half the meat I had sitting in there for this meatloaf is still in its package. STILL IN THE PACKAGE!?!?!?

I storm into his room "WHY IN THE WORLD IS THERE MEAT LEFT????" he says "I used how much the recipe said" So we head to the kitchen pull out the recipe book and then show him the meat and ask please tell me how you then measured a lb and half of meat??

"DUMBFOUNDED LOOK" staring at the book and I get ... are you ready... "OH a lb and a half I swear it said a cup and a half" me "WHAT???"

Keep in mind this kid is a wiz in science understands how things are measured and what not. LOL I'm like come on think how does meat get measured.

He gets this sheepish look on his face and says boy this was pretty stupid SIGH

My husband amazingly kept calm and just suggests brown the other meat, mix in the half a meat loaf and we'll just top it with Ketchup. LOL

SO it worked we had dinner but OMG He helped fix the mistake and even agrees he learned his lesson this time to read recipes better.

SIGH What an evening.
~Mom with a Scattered Mind~

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