Make Dinner Mondays #6: Baked Caprese Salad

Baked Caprese Salad

If you like the taste of sweet, sour, and salty together, then you're gonna love this!

Try Giada De Laurentiis' "Baked Caprese Salad," and you'll be hooked.

This is a favorite of my hubby's.

It's very easy to make, and you'll probably eat so much that you won't have room for dinner!

It's a 10 minute recipe, and it's sooooo yummy!

Make Dinner Mondays #5: Creamy Chicken Wraps

You've GOT to try these!

My friend Lisa's family loves these, and she kindly shares it in her family cookbook.

Creamy Chicken Wraps

Ingredients

1/2 pound chicken breasts, flattened

1/2 package of bacon

garlic powder

garlic salt

onion powder

8 oz. cream cheese block, softened

Directions

Preheat your oven at 375 degrees.

Cut the cream cheese into squares.

Put three cheese cubes  or more on top of each chicken breast and roll.

Wrap one long piece of chicken on the outside of the chicken and use toothpicks or a skewer to keep it together. Sprinkle each wrap with garlic salt, garlic powder, and onion powder.

Butter a 9" x 13" baking pan and put your wraps in.

Bake for 30 minutes or until done.



They're so yummy and creamy!

Enjoy!

Make Dinner Mondays #4: Filipino Albondigas

I grew up eating this, and it's what's "homestyle" to me!

This is a delicious soup that my mom makes once a week, and I love it!

I finally learned how to make it!

Filipino Albondigas Soup

Ingredients

1 pound ground pork

1 cup fresh spinach

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, minced

a handful of Miswa noodles (oriental market)

1/2 cup flour

2 teaspoons salt

10 cups water

1 egg

1 Tablespoon fish sauce (oriental market)

Directions

Boil the water in a large pot and let it simmer. Make the meatballs by mixing the flour, salt, raw egg, and ground pork in a large bowl using your hands. Each meatball should be no bigger than a golf ball. Put the meatballs in the water and boil for 45 minutes. Add the fish sauce, onion, garlic, spinach, and Miswa noodles and boil for 20 minutes.

My family and I eat this with white rice.

Enjoy!

Make Dinner Mondays #1

Sometimes I just don't feel like making dinner.

That's because I never know what to make.

Yes, I have a million cookbooks.

I look through them every week and think, "What should I make this week?."

Before I know it, I'm at the end of the book and still have no idea what we're eating that week.

I have dedicated myself to feature a "tried and true" recipe here on my blog every Monday. It will be a dish I've made for my family and loved!

Today's recipe is Sandra Lee's "Caribbean Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili."

Sandra Lee is a Food Network star who focuses on "semi-homemade" cooking. This works great for me!

This takes 20 minutes or less to make!

Ingredients

1 Tbsp evoo ( a little Raechel Ray there for you)

(1) 1/4 pounds ground turkey breast

1 tsp minced garlic

(1) 15 oz. can of black beans (rinsed and drained)

(1) 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes with green pepper and onions

(1) 15 oz. can sweet potatoes

(1) 14.5 oz. can reduced-sodium chicken broth

1 cup mango nectar

1 packet of mild chili seasoning mix

1/2 tsp ground allspice

chopped fresh cilantro

Directions
1. Cook the turkey and garlic in the evoo in a LARGE skillet.

2. Mix in the rest of the ingredients (minus the cilantro) into the skillet. Boil. Simmer until it becomes thick.

3. Serve by garnishing with cilantro.

4. Enjoy!

This is a wonderful twist on everyday regular chili. I hope you like it as much as we do at our house!