Stuffed Tuna shells (Step by Step)

OK yes I know I havent posted in FOREVER. I am posting this for a friend of mine Nina. I will post an update (there is a lot) later tonight after kids get to bed.


STUFFED TUNA SHELLS


Ingredients

1 box LARGE shells
2 jars alfredo sauce
3-4 cans Tuna drained (if you dont like Tuna I am sure you could used cooked shredded chicken or even canned chicken)
2 celery stalks
1 small yellow onion
Salt and pepper
Shredded cheese 

Preheat your oven to 450 and spay a 9x11 dish with cooking spray.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add your shells (stir every so often so they dont stick to the bottom)

While your pasta shells are cooking chop your celery and onion (i used red onion because its what I had normally I use yellow) and put them in a medium bowl

Add Tuna

Add one jar of Alfredo sauce, salt and pepper and stir.

When your noodles are cooked pour them into a colander and rinse with cold water.

Take a spoon full of your tuna (or chicken) mixture and add it to the inside of a shell. Place in your baking dish,

Continue until your dish is full and you have no more mixture (I usually have extra shells. I have yet to get it down to exactly how many to cook and I do extra in case some tear while cooking).

Take your second jar of Alfredo and pour over the shells and spread with a spoon until there completely covered.

Top with shredded cheese.

Place in your preheated oven (I have au gratin potatoes already in there.)

Bake for 20 minutes.

Remove from oven and enjoy. There that easy.

Wow

OK so its been a while. Here is why I havent been updating or posting new recipes. IM MOVING. Its been a little hectic. We have put our house up for sale. We had to paint the basement and finish up some things down in the basement, had the carpets cleaned, boxed up a ton of stuff. Its been busy. In 1 week we have had about 10 showing of the house. We have another tomorrow. You ask well why are you moving and were are you moving to? We are moving because we just cant make ends meet here. So we have looked into moving to Colorado but they are the same as here as far as cost of living and wages, we looked into New Mexico. Not really the place for us. Then we looked into Austin Texas and loved that idea. Cost of living is cheaper and wages are higher. We have only heard good things about it down there. So we put the house on the market and Marc is looking for a job down there. As soon as he finds a job he will find a place for us to live and off we go. I amexcited but scared all at the same time. So that is why I havent been on much. I will try to get on more now that things are started to slow down a bit.

Creamy Pesto Chicken and Bow Ties

Not a great picture sorry.

2 TBS butter
1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes
1 can (10 3/4 oz)  condensed cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup prepared pesto sauce
3 cups bow tie-shaped pasta, cooked and drained

1. Heat the butter in a 10 inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until it's well browned, stirring often.
2. Stir in soup, milk, and pesto sauce into the skillet. Heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Stir in pasta. Cook until its hot.

My family gave this a 4 out of 5 stars.
It was very rich in flavor and super easy to make. This will definantly be a regular meal here.

Cream cheese Chicken Cresent rolls

My friend Toni gave me this recipe. (I forgot to take a picture so I stole one from off the internet lol)

2 Chicken breast cooked and shredded

1 pkg Cream cheese

2-3 pkgs cresent rolls (it depends on how full you fill them)

Mix the shredded chicken with the cream cheese.Salt and pepper to taste. Put a spoonful on a cresent roll. Roll it up and put it on a backing sheet. Continue until you have no more rolls. Bake at 350 degrees for about 11 minutes or until the cresent rolls are lightly brown.

My family gave this a 5 stars. I made 24 of them and we ate every last one of them and could have eaten more. Definantly a family favorite.

I have seen a few variations of this recipe. Mine is the simple one. I have seen recipes that call for 1 small onion diced, 1 tsp milk and one egg. If you want to go with the added things. Add the onion to the main chicken mixture. Once you have your rolls stuffed and rolled mix the milk and egg together and spread it over the rolls.

Super Burritos

OK this was a yummy easy recipe. I got it out of one of my new Better Homes and Gardens New cookbook 15th edition. It was pretty easy to make.

Ingredients


1 pound lean ground beef

1 cup chopped onion (1 large)

1/2 cup chopped green sweet pepper (1 small)

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 cup water

1 tablespoon medium or hot chili powder

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup cooked rice

1 4-ounce can diced green chile peppers, drained

8 10-inch flour tortillas

1-1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese (6 ounces)

1 cup chopped tomato (1 large)

2 cups shredded lettuce

1 recipe Guacamole or frozen avocado dip (guacamole), thawed

Bottled salsa (optional)

Directions

For filling, in a large skillet cook ground beef, onion, sweet pepper, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Stir in water, chili powder, cumin, and salt. Cook about 5 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated. Remove from heat. Stir in cooked rice and chile peppers.



Meanwhile, wrap tortillas tightly in foil. Heat in a 350 degree F oven for 10 minutes to soften. (When ready to fill tortillas, remove only half of them at a time, keeping remaining tortillas warm in the oven.)



Spoon about 1/2 cup filling onto each tortilla just below the center. Top filling with cheese and tomato. Fold bottom edge of each tortilla up and over filling. Fold opposite sides in and over filling. Roll up from the bottom. Secure with wooden toothpicks.



Arrange burritos on a baking sheet, seam sides down. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until heated through. Remove and discard toothpicks. Serve warm burritos on lettuce with Guacamole and, if desired, salsa.



Makes 8 burritos



I say my family gave this recipe a 4 out of 5 stars. The only thing I personally didnt like is it didnt have enough flavor for me. I think next time I will add more of something just not sure what lol.

Chicken Pot Pie

Ok So I have decided to make my family expand there eating horizons. I bought 3 new cookbooks. I am going to pick 2-3 meals a week to make them that they have never had. When I do this I will post them here with the recipe, a picture, a star rating of up to a 5 and if I would do anything diffrent the next time. Here is the first one. This is not from a cook book. This is something I decided to just throw together out of stuff that was in my house.

Chicken Pot Pie

2-3 Carrots peeled and diced
2-3 potatoes peeled and diced
1 small onion diced
2-3 boneless skinless chicken breast cooked and diced
1 cup frozen peas
1 large can cream of chicken or celery soup
Chicken broth (enough to cover the vegetables while they cook)
salt
pepper
Bisquick

Take the potatoes, carrots and onion and put them in a pot; use chicken broth to just cover the vegetables while they cook. When your vegetables are tender add the chicken, peas, and cream of chicken or celery soup and salt and pepper to taste. Pour into a baking dish. Make the bisquick according to the package for biscuts and drop by the spoonfull on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the biscuts are golden brown.

My family gave this a 4 out of 5 stars

Christmas

Well it was a quiet Christmas here this year. The 4 older ones went to Ouray Colorado with the boys mom and her family (Yes even Haylie went). They had a blast. They went sledding, played in the creek, Had a great Christmas. Just enjoyed the time away from home. It was a long drive that is for sure. We met half way in Green River. That is 3 hours one way for both parties so the kids had to do 6 hours in 2 diffrent cars. Both times when we went to drop off and pick up we left Zander with either my sister or my mom so he didnt have to indure the long treck. He doesnt do well with long rides.

As for here at home. It was quiet with just Zander. We didnt even get up until 9am. Zander had a blast opening all his presents. His favorite by far was the marble track.

I got a new ring for christmas. I only recieved half before christmas as the other half is on backorder. I copied the picture from the computer can you tell lol.

I also got pots, plates, bowls, dish towles, bath stuff and shirts. Yes I asked for all these things. I enjoy cooking but like to cook with good things lol. Marc got a new drill, saw, flashlight and drill bit set. Oh did I mention I also got a NEW LAPTOP woohoo. Its about dang time. My old one is in pretty sad shape. Marc will still use it to do his fantasy sports stuff on but that is about all its good for.

Its been a long week with the kids going and coming and the long drives. Also all the prepping for christmas. I am just glad its all over with. Now I get to spend this next week with my family. I have taken the week off work. Marc is going to take off wednesday and thursday. I need to recharge my batteries.

I hope everyone has a wonderful new year.