Lean Cuisine - Roasted Turkey Breast with Dressing

If you haven't noticed, my blog has suffered due to major diet restrictions b/c of health problems. I hope you still enjoy these "bland" posts :)

My new favorite Lean Cuisine is this Roasted Turkey Breast with Dressing and Cinnamon Apples.  This is a comparison of what it's supposed to look like as to what it actually does look like.

The food actually looks close to what it looks like on the box with the exception of the dressing.  On the box the gravy is soley on the turkey; however as you can see, in the carton the turkey is on top of the dressing, and both of the items are soaked in gravy.  But...I like it better this way! It doesn't LOOK quite as appetizing but it sure tastes great!

There weren't quite as many apples as the box predicts..but again, they taste great, so I can forgive Stouffers.

BBQ Baked Chicken and Baked Beans

I used chicken breasts because I like white meat, however sometimes I get a whole, cut up chicken. You can use whatever pieces you like. 
 
Sprinkle your chicken with salt, pepper, a dash of garlic powder, and Tony's. 

I make a sauce made of a smorgasbord (sp?) of ingredients: BBQ sauce (sometimes I use a couple of different flavors like a honey BBQ sauce and a hickory smoke sauce), either syrup or honey, Tony's, a bit of garlic powder, salt, and pepper...you can add whatever you like though. Some other good things to add are A-1 cajun marinade and worcerstire sauce.  

Cook at 350degrees for an hour or until chicken is done.


For the baked beans, I take a couple of cans of pork n beans.  Then, add a bit of ketchup and mustard.  Stir.  Add syrup and BBQ sauce (again, I usually use a couple of different kinds of sauce).  You can also add finely chopped or minced onions. Layer the top of the beans with bacon.  Cook at 350degrees for about an hour. 

 

Here is the finished meal  (you can use the sauce from the chicken as a good topper for mashed potatoes)

Strawn's Eat Shop Also

Strawn's is a pretty popular restaurant in Shreveport/Bossier.  Their Bossier location is named Strawn's Eat Shop Also.  Because of some health issues, I've had to lay off red meat....so I got grilled chicken, dry mashed potatoes, and a salad.  Strawn's salad consists of only shredded lettuce and tomatoes.  The bread I got was hamburger buns cut into quarters and buttered. 

My friend Kala ordered the BLT and fries. 

Lean Cuisine

This is a comparison of Lean Cuisine's Sweet n Sour Chicken meal.  The chicken was just okay....the rice was terrible...and I didn't even attempt the veggies. 

Drunken Rib-eye

A friend of mine, APRIL, wanted to create her favorite restaurant dish, drunken steak (rib-eye). She guessed on the ingredients, and made a steak that was "dead-on".



She made a marinade out of minced garlic (from the jar), soy sauce, honey, and white wine. The steak was then marinated for 4-5 hours.

She topped her steak off with sauteed mushrooms and onions.

Meatloaf

Ingredients:
Ketchup
2 lb hamburger meat (ground chuck is best for this recipe)
1 can corn (optional)
Half an onion, chopped
1 cup milk
2 eggs
Package of meatloaf seasoning
1 cup bread crumbs
Salt, Pepper, and Tony's (Tony's is optional)

Directions:
1. Mix meat, eggs, all seasonings, bread crumbs, onion, and milk until the meat mixture becomes firm and sticks together easily.  (If using fattier meat such as standard ground beef, you may need a little bit more of the bread crumbs). 

2.  Add corn to the meat mixture (as much or as little as you want, again, this is an optional ingredient but does wonders for the texture).

 
3.  Stir in about 1/2 cup - 1 cup of ketchup.

4.  Spread mixture evenly into 8x8 casserole or put into a loaf pan.  Spread a thin layer of ketchup on top.

5.  Bake at 350degrees for one hour. 

 

6.  Drain excess fat/grease from the pan. 

ENJOY!!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

 









This is a comparison of Kroger's version of the "brake and bake" cookie dough and how they turned out. Might I add that these cookies were sooooo good.  Maybe because I just wanted cookies really bad that night....but I swear they even tasted better than the TollHouse kind.