Mushroom Chicken Pasta

We went grocery shopping and Marley picked out some mushrooms. I hate mushrooms with a passion!  Then when dinner time came she was begging me to make her mushrooms for dinner. I just kind of winged it but she's been talking about this mushroom chicken stuff ever since. She even said she wanted to eat it everyday. 

Chicken breasts

mushrooms

pasta

olive oil

Pour olive oil into pan. Add chicken and cook thoroughly until no longer pink.

Mix in mushrooms and cook a little longer. I also added some more olive oil just to make sure everything was coated. 

While doing all of the above also cook your pasta.  Drain pasta and return to pan. Mix in chicken and mushrooms and stir until everything is nicely coated with the olive oil. 

That's it. It was pretty good. Mike poured some red spaghetti sauce on his. If we would of had alfredo sauce I would of had that on mine, but it was pretty tasty just how it was (Marley ate my mushrooms) 

Meatballs & Veggies

My mom used to make this when we were younger. I hated it. My brother still hates it. I like it now though and so does Mike. It's really easy to make and relatively inexpensive too. Also, you can either use store bought meatballs or make your own.

meatballs

1 package julienne potatoes

2 tbsp butter or margarine

1 1/2 cups hot water

1 1/3 cups milk

1 bag frozen mixed veggies

Mix potatoes, sauce mix, butter, water, milk and veggies in a pan. Heat to boiling. Stir frequently. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20-25 minutes. Place meatballs on top. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes longer. Makes 4-6 servings.

Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes & Hot Dogs

This is a recipe I had in my recipe box. I love hot dogs so this was right up my alley.

5.25 oz box au gratin potatoes

5 oz box scalloped potatoes

hot dogs

Mix potatoes as instructed on box.  Combine the two potatoes in the crock pot. 

Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes. Mix in hot dogs and cook on low for 4-5 hours. 

Pretty simple and very delicious!  I wasn't sure if you were supposed to cook the potatoes first because it didn't say that on my recipe card first, I did cook one box and the other I didn't and I couldn't tell a difference in taste so I would say you don't have to. Also for next time I would cut up my hot dogs before putting them into the crock pot.  

Salsa Chicken Tacos

I've had this recipe on my monthly menu for a while, but I kept skipping over it for some reason. I'm glad I finally decided to make it. It was so good. In the original recipe she serves it over rice. I thought since it was more of a mexican-ish meal that I would put it on a taco shell. Good choice!

1 pound chicken breasts

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 packet taco seasoning

1 cup salsa

1 cup sour cream

Place chicken, salsa, cream of chicken, and taco seasoning in crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Shred chicken and return to crock pot. Cook a while longer until warm. 

We all liked it. Even Marley who has become a very picky eater lately.