Making something out of nothing

After a week with my parents, we ended up running low on food since they did not go grocery shopping. Now we could have gone out but seeing that we went out last night---that was not going to happen. The only other option was to scrounge around in the pantry and fridge. You know that feeling right? Looking into the pantry and saying "What am I going to eat?". Now we could have run to our freezer and grabbed some frozen microwave food. Except I looked the frozen goods and yelled "NO!" while shutting the cold door. Grabbing tidbits from our fridge I created a great low carb and hearty meal.

Feeds 3 people

Directions

----In a skillet cook

• 1 zucchini diced
• 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 cup shredded spinach 

---In a sauce pan heat 8 oz tomato sauce. Add:

• dash of curry
• garlic to taste
• 1 tbs oregano

----Stir in veggies and 1/4 cup Mexican cheese into tomato sauce

-----In a skillet (can be a new one or the same skillet) cook 1 boneless Chicken breast sliced into thin strips
----Toast 3 pieces of bread and butter. (optional: add slice of cheese)

-----Place the chicken evenly among 3 plates. Evenly distribute the tomato mixture over the chicken.  Place toast with cheese on it to the plate too. Enjoy dinner!

NOTE: You can also have this with pasta!

Greens never tasted so good

  So this evening I made an amazing dinner! Dinner salads, although don't sound like enough food, actually are very filling. It's great because you can throw in all of your favorite veggies and a meat to make a hearty dinner.

What I did was:

Ingredients


1 cup lettuce leaves washed
1/2 medium sized red pepper
1/2 medium sized green pepper
1/3 cups mushrooms
1/3 cup diced onion
1/4 cup black olives
1/2 cup teriyaki marinade
1 tsp cilantro
1/2 pound chicken breast cut into small pieces
2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

     In large bowl

• Clean lettuce and dry
• Add the olives and the peppers. Mix contents

In a small pan

• Cook onions and mushrooms and saute them in a pan until onion is golden

In a large pan

• Cook chicken in olive oil until it's not pink in the middle. Add the marinade and cilantro. Stir until all the contents are covered. Let cook for 5 minutes.
• Add onion and mushrooms to mixture and turn off burner. Mix the contents in the pan until everything is covered in the marinade

Take the chicken mixture and pour over the salad. Don't forget to let the marinade get onto the lettuce! Sit and Enjoy!! :)

Stuffed shells

                             
I decided to try to make stuffed shells without a recipe and ended up creating my own delicious dish.
Feeds 6 people
Ingredients:
1 cup of Ricotta Cheese
1.25 pounds of chicken
1/2 a white onion
1/3 cup of mushrooms
12 oz. stuffed shells
1 tsp. dried garlic
pepper to taste
2 tbs. olive oil or 1/3 stick of butter
24 oz. Classico Marinara with Plum tomato's and olive oil sauce (or try a different kind of tomato sauce)
Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350
2. 1. Heat skillet or pan on the stove and cook chicken for 10 minutes per side in 1 tbs. olive oil or 1/4 stick of butter.
3. While chicken is cooking, dice onions and mushrooms. Heat a second pan and put the remaining butter into pan. Sauté the onions and mushrooms.
4. Take a large pan and heat water until it boils. Then cook the stuffed shells. It should take about 10 minutes.
5. While the shells are cooking, take the ricotta cheese, garlic, onions, mushrooms, and chicken and stir in a large bowl.
6. After the stuffed shells have been cooked, take a 13x9 pan and then fill each stuffed shell with a tablespoon of the ricotta mixture and place in a the pan. After all of the stuffed shells have been filled, take the tomato sauce and pour over the stuffed shells. Cook for 10 minutes. Enjoy! Add some green beans and a salad to make it a hearty and healthy meal.

This was amazing and the reviews that I have received were very positive. I would definitely  would recommend it. Maybe next time I will try adding spinach to it too.  Tell me what you think!