Healthy Grilled Cheese

I found a recipe similar to this on Hungry Girl's website, but I really didn't care for some of the ingredients so I did a little revamp.  So check mine out and then head over to HG for their version!

Healthy Grilled Cheese
1/4-1/2 of a small onion
coconut oil
Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss
1-2 slices of bread

Put enough coconut oil in a small pan to caramelize the onions.  After they are to your liking, in a small bowl add the Laughing Cow cheese.  Mix until the cheese is melted and it is mixed well. Add your bread to your pan to toast.  After toasted spread the onion cheese mix on the bread.  You can make it with 1 or 2 slices of bread.

Enjoy!  Goes great with tomato soup just like the regular grilled cheese!

Spicy German Skillet!

Well I woke up with a worse cough than yesterday so I will get you a recipe (or three;) today. Then I will put my kids on a bus and head back to bed! I love how nighttime meds help you sleep, but you wake up feeling hung-over on top of being sick! Ok rant over!

Todays recipe came from Facebook land. One of my friends posted it. When I shared it there, another friend said she did something similar and gave me permission to share it with you!

Below is 2 recipes in one, theirs and the changes I made in parentheses.

German Skillet Dinner
AKA Spicy German Skillet Dinner ;)

3 TBSP butter
1/2 cabbage, chopped
1 medium onion chopped
2/3 cup minute rice. (1 cup)
2 lbs hamburger (1lb Italian sausage and 1 lb HOT Italian sausage)
1 can diced tomatoes (1-2 fresh tomatoes sliced, because I didn't have canned)
Salt and pepper to taste

In a large skillet melt the butter and layer ingredients in the order above. Put on the lid and simmer for 25 minutes or until burger is cooked and onions are transparent.

Here is my friend's version of the recipe.

She said she doesnt really have a detailed recipe, so I know she is awesome! Best recipes and things our kids will eat come from us creating in our kitchens!

About 2 lbs hamb. 
Bag of coleslaw mix,
1/2 c rice
can of tomato soup...
I add water if it looks dry. 
Browned meat separate.

The one thing I would do different in my recipe is weekday she did in hers. I would brown my meat separate. I stressed to much over it not being cooked properly!

Here is a picture of mine after everything was layered.

Recipe from necessity!

TODAY IS OUR 90th POST!!!  Thank you for coming on our journey with us!


So last night I realized I forgot to plan a side dish. I got lost in writing/researching a book and barely came out to breathe let alone think of food! So, while my hubs grilled the little round steaks we found in the Commissary sale section I was left to worry about the side.

So today's recipe was a fluke and turned out amazing!

Noodle Stir-fry

1/2-1 box or bag of Noodles (I used what was left in the cupboard)
1 TBSP olive oil
2-3 Peppers,  sliced
Garlic,  3 cloves chopped
1/2 onion,  chopped
3-4 tsp Maggi seasoning (I also put 1 TBSP in the noodle water)

Stir-fry your veggies in the olive oil, adding the Maggi toward the end and boil your noodles. I added about 1/2 cup water to the stir-fry as well as the Maggi to get the good bits off the pan.  After the noodles are cooked drain and add to the veggies.  Taste.  I added some more Maggi.  If you don't have Maggi you can use Soy Sauce!

As you can see by the pictures the Residents loved it!  I ate just this and skipped the steaks! 

Help!

That's what I messaged the Saucy Irish, again! I thank God for her everyday! I told her I had hamburger thawed, no bread, no buns, no Mac and Cheese and no ideas! She asked me if I had potatoes-yes!  She's the gray boxes, I'm the blue...

So here is what I ended up with and I got told they would eat it again! Sweet!

Burger and sides!

Since I have no name....

I added the onion soup mix (2 TBSP) that I gave you before into the burger (2 lbs) and made large patties and cooked them in a pan on the stove. Right before they were done I seasoned them with Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. 

 Note: Grilling would be way better, but the hubs is protective of that thing and wasn't home yet!

While the burgers were cooking I boiled potatoes. After they were cooked I sliced them and added them to the pan with the onion/pepper mix (follows).

In another pan I put some olive oil (about 1 TBSP). I added the following:

1/2 large yellow onion

4 garlic cloves

1 green pepper

1 yellow pepper

Morton's Roasted Sea Salt Grinder-to taste ( I LOVE this stuff).

Cook until everything is tender. You could let this fry, but I knew that wouldn't go over with my Residents.

After the potatoes were done boiling I dumped the water, refilled and added my corn on the cob. When they boiled and the burgers were done we were ready to eat! I only had three cobs so I cut them in half before cooking. 

Here is a picture of the two seasonings I mentioned. For those of you in West River SD I got these at Family Thrift Store or you can click on the Amazon links where I am an affiliate.

Plated! 

Enjoy! Hope you have a great weekend! Just so you know the conversation above is normal for us, but it is also very "sane" compared to most of them!  We can have full conversation in pictures alone!