Cabbage Roll Casserole

Do you like cabbage rolls?
I love them!!
But I've never made them myself.  Apparently it's an art lol.
Thanks to my fabulous next door neighbour, I can now make this delicious casserole, and it's just like I'm eating cabbage rolls!
You have to try it! :)

Here's what you'll need;  

• 1 head of cabbage
• 2 cups of minute rice
• 1 can tomato soup
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 can tomato juice (i think it's a 1liter can of Heinz that I use, but I'm sure they have a store brand)
• 1-2lbs ground beef (I switch this for ground pork or turkey bc I can’t tolerate red meat)
• 1 chopped onion (optional)
• + your own seasonings.

 Then you follow these super-easy steps:

• Fry ground meat with onion and your choice of seasonings. 
• Remove tough pieces and core of cabbage, chop the rest and put in a large roasting pan.
• Add rice, tomato juice-sauce-and soup. 
• Stir in ground beef mixture and bake at 375 for 1 hour.

YUM! :)

S'Mores Bars

These are so good, I could probably eat a whole pan of them, in fact, I probably have at some point!

When you're craving that camp-fire classic, but you're not able to have a fire, bake these up!!!  You'll love them!

Here's what you'll need:

• ¾ cup unsalted butter (I used Becel)
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup 2% milk
• 1 ¼ cups graham cracker crumbs
• aprx 14 Graham crackers
• 2 ½ cups semi sweet chocolate chunks/chips
• 3 cups mini marshmallows

Then all you do is:

• Grease 9x9 pan, and line with parchment paper.
• Mix first 4 ingredients in saucepan over med-low heat until well blended.
• Layer graham crackers, then coat with enough of the mixture to coat them well.
• Add layer of chocolate chunks/chips, then marshmallows.
• Repeat the layers ending with marshmallows
• Bake in 350 F Oven for 15-25 minutes (until well melted)
• Slice with sharp knife when cool (if you can wait that long lol)

…….enjoy!!!

 

My FAVOURITE Vegetable Soup Recipe

I have to give credit to Liz for the idea behind this soup because I pretty much just copied her, but it has become a favourite in my house!!!  It's so easy, and very healthy too!  And the chick peas are a great source of protein so you don't have to add any meat to "balance" it out!!



You'll need:

• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 potatoes , washed peeled & chopped(I dont always use them but they make the soup "heartier" if you're in the mood)
• 1 small onion chopped as fine as you like
• 4+ cloves of garlic (yumm) chopped up
• 1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil(evoo)
• 1/4 tsp curry powder
• 1 can chick peas, rinsed well and drained
• handful of any frozen veggies you happen to have!  I like using corn, green beans, broccoli or even fresh celery
• 1 can of crushed tomatoes
• 1 carton of vegetable broth (campbells or the store brand)

So you start out by getting a big pot, pour in your EVOO, add garlic and onions and carrots and curry.  Let is sautee for a few minutes while stirring.  Then slowly add your potatoes, chick peas and veggies and then the broth and tomatoes.
Voila!  Let it cook all day :)

It's DELICIOUS served with shredded cheddar cheese on top too!!!  But then I think you can add cheese to just about anything because I LOOOOVE cheese <3

Easy and Yummy Dinner Ideas :)

Since I'm hoping to generate enough traffic to get revenue from ads being on here I figured I might as well try to write things that are useful as well as just entertaining (like my life is THAT entertaining lol)

I get a lot of people telling me my dinners sound delish, so here are some great and quick dinner ideas that always go over well in my house :)

• Chili - we use ground turkey or pork because I can't tolerate red meat. But just throw whatever you have into it!  I've recently been told adding dark CHOCOLATE makes it super tasty!  And if you cook up your meat early in the day you just throw it all in the crock pot/slow cooker and dinner cooks itself all day!
• Cheesy Chicken & Broccoli Casserole - this is a FAVOURITE here.  It's ridiculously easy.  If you don't have leftover chicken breasts just cook some up and chop it into bite sized pieces. 

You'll need:
2 cups chopped cooked chicken,
2 tsp chicken bouillon
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 cup long grain rice
1 cup (i use way more) shredded cheddar cheese
sprinkle of onion salta and garlic powder
1 bag (about 10oz) of frozen broccoli
3 cups of water.
Throw it all in the crock pot on low for about 5 hours.  YUM :)

• Sweet & Spicy Pork Tenderloin  - just add a can of cranberry sauce (jellied) and a jar of chili sauce (like Heinz or something)  to the crock pot with a pork tenderloin.  Let it cook on low for about 3-4 hours and its GREAT with rice and veggies or mashed potatoes and veggies :)
• Tacos! - we forgot about tacos for a long time, and with my "no red meat" they just didn't sound appetizing.  But now I we use ground turkey or pork and they're delicious! 
• Homemade Mac & Cheese - not as hard as I thought.  Just cook your pasta, while it's cooking make up a cheese sauce!  Butter in the saucepan, add equal parts of flour when its melted and whisk like crazy for about 2 minutes, then add milk while still whisking until it's nice and thick, then comes the cheese.  You can use shredded cheese or cheese whiz.  Whatever you like.  Drain your pasta, pour on the cheese sauce and voila.  It's nothing fancy, but it tastes better than what's in the box!!!

I'll write up some more when little MISS has her nap, right now I'm being asked for lunch, and of course some play time :)

What are YOUR quick and easy dinner ideas??