Chicken Nugget Caesar Salad

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Our family loves Caesar salad with grilled or crispy chicken strips.  Here's a quick and easy recipe we put together at home with our kids.  For the cost of one restaurant Caesar salad, we can feed our entire family of 6.  The kids love it and so do we!  It's surprisingly good and very filling.  Enjoy!

Chicken Nugget Caesar Salad

Ingredients:

1 family pkg. frozen chicken nuggets (best quality you can afford)
1 head of iceberg lettuce, or bundle of romaine, washed and drained
1/4-1/2 c. Caesar dressing
Parmesan cheese, grated or shaved
Croutons, if desired

Directions: 

Bake chicken in oven, according to directions on package.  While chicken is cooking, prepare salad.  Cut washed lettuce into bite-size pieces and place in large serving bowl.  Cut chicken nuggets into quarters, add to salad.  Top with dressing, cheese and croutons.  Toss and serve while chicken is still warm.  Oh my goodness, y'all, it's delicious!

Submitted by Michelle Jones, Editor

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BLT Wraps

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Had a craving this week for a BLT sandwich (Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato). Decided to try it in a wrap. I used regular tortillas for me and the kids, whole wheat for hubby. Both were great. A quick and delicious meal for the whole family. Hope you'll try it!

BLT Wraps

Ingredients:

6 large flour tortillas (or whole wheat, or any other you like)
About half a head of lettuce, washed and separated into large pieces (no need to chop or tear)
2 large tomatoes, sliced
12 pieces of bacon (we had some leftover from a breakfast earlier in the week, probably the cause of my craving!)
Mayonnaise

Directions:

Cook bacon, drain on paper towel and set aside. Place 1 tortilla on plate (heated or not, either way is fine) then spread mayo on top, about 1 T., more or less as desired. Layer with large leaf of lettuce, a few tomato slices, then two pieces of bacon. You can also add other ingredients, such as cheese or different veggies, although then it wouldn't be a traditional BLT. ;o)

Fold in sides of tortilla, or roll, to make a wrap. Then eat and enjoy!

Submitted by Michelle Jones, Editor

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Trader Joe's Albondiga Soup - Turkey Meatballs, Salsa

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Here's a quick soup recipe using frozen turkey meatballs. Although the submitted recipe calls for the Trader Joe's brand, you can look for other brands at your local grocery store. :o)

Trader Joe's Albondiga Soup


I always have these ingredients on hand for when I don't have much time to make dinner.

1 package Trader Joe's turkey meatballs (frozen, precooked)
1 jar roasted tomato salsa (I get it from Trader Joe's)
1 carton chicken broth (again, from Trader Joe's)

Just mix ingredients together, heat through and eat. It's amazing how good it is!

You can also throw in some leftover veggies or a handful of spinach, etc. Just use your imagination. It's very good with just the three ingredients, however.

Submitted by Michelle DeFields-Gambrel

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Holiday Leftovers: Quick Tortellini with Ham and Butter Sauce

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Making good use of our leftover holiday ham for the last 5 days, it was time for some pasta.  This dish reminds us of one of our favorite meals at Vincent's Italian Restaurant, a local family owned restaurant here in Atlanta.  It's been almost two years since we've been able to take our family to Vincent's but we still remember the dish, Pasta Alla Panna, very well.  Of course, their version is made with heavy cream and prosciutto, but this is our frugal, lighter version and almost as tasty.  I hope you'll try it!

Quick Tortellini with Ham and Butter Sauce

(Note: We made this for our family of 6 and had a few servings leftover. If you have a smaller family, you can certainly cut this recipe in half.)

Ingredients:

Cheese filled tortellini (we used 2 20-ounce pkgs. of fresh pasta, cooked and drained)
12 ounce bag of sweet English peas (frozen and cooked as directed)
1 1/2 cup diced ham (holiday leftover - to be heated in butter sauce, below)

Butter Sauce:

3 T. olive oil
1 c. butter
1/2 T. garlic powder
1 T. oregano
Pinch of salt and pepper, to taste

Topping:

1 T. parsley
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese

To make the sauce... heat oil in a large saucepan, add butter and stir until melted.  Stir in seasonings.  Add ham and cooked peas, and toss until heated through.

In a large bowl, pour heated mixture over drained pasta.  Top with parsley and grated Parmesan cheese.  Serve with salad and bread if desired.

Submitted by Michelle Jones, Editor

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Holiday Leftovers: Ham Biscuits with Cranberry Sauce

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Ham Biscuits with Cranberry Sauce

What to do with all that leftover turkey or ham after the holidays?  And the cranberries!

I love cranberry sauce and make it each year with fresh cranberries; for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I always try to buy extra packages during the holidays.  They are nearly impossible to find at the grocery stores during the rest of the year, and, they make great ice packs for boo boos and injuries.

The cranberry sauce I make is quite simple and delicious.  Cranberries (rinsed and sorted), 1 c. water, 1 c. sugar, and a big pinch of (dried) orange peel.  I also bought a can of cranberry sauce that was on sale, just as a back up in case I ran out.

This year our family treated us with a delicious ham for Christmas. What a delightful surprise!

The next day, my husband, Wayne, told me he had to drive to the grocery store.  Knowing it wasn't time to make a trip to the store, I looked at him quite puzzled.  Then he proudly proclaimed, "Biscuits!"

I replied, "Biscuits? What for?!"

"For the ham!," he replied.

And off he went, to the store, for biscuits.

When he returned home he prepared the biscuits and put them in the oven for our dinner.  Then he warmed up a plate of leftover ham slices, in the iron skillet.  Yum!  When he was done, the whole family gathered in the kitchen to make their own ham sandwiches, with the biscuits.

Before we all made it to the table with our yummy dinner, I remembered the extra can of cranberry sauce in the fridge.

"I'm putting cranberry sauce on mine," I announced.  "Anyone else want some?"

"No," "No," "No," echoed through the kitchen.

Hmmm.

"Too bad, y'all are gonna miss out.  It's going to be SO GOOD!"

And it was! :o)

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