The randomly chosen winner is Cheri (who has been dealing with a sick household all week and a hubby who is working double shifts to cover for all the sickys at work!) Cheri – make sure that you e-mail kimber@kathilipp.com and she will get your package right out!
Win today’s giveaway! Just tell us what you did (or are going to do!) for today’s Project by 7:00 PST on Monday and you will be entered into the drawing for today’s prize: The Frozen Gourmet
Project #14
Move Over Rachel Ray
Cook Something for Your Husband
Your Projec
t:
Make your husband something special in the kitchen (reservations don’t count).
Here are some of my favorite recipes that are easy, freezable, and beyond yummy:
Baked Ziti
1 pound Ground beef
¼ cup Chopped onion
16 oz. Penne pasta, par cooked and drained
6 cups Spaghetti sauce
6 slices Mozzarella cheese
½ cup Parmesan cheese
1. Prepare: Brown ground beef and onions together. Drain. Add spaghetti sauce. Combine sauce and cooked pasta; mix well.
2. Freeze: Spread pasta in 9×13 pan and cover with foil. Attach two freezer bags to pan, one with the Mozzarella cheese slices, one with grated Parmesan cheese. Freeze.
3. Serve: Thaw casserole and cheeses. Place Mozzarella cheese slices over casserole. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over casserole. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly. Remove the foil and bake for 5 more minutes.
Servings: 4
(You can skip freezing and put it straight in the oven if you are serving this dish the same night you assemble it.)
Chicken Cacciatore
1 lb. Boneless, skinless, chicken breasts
1 Tbsp. Vegetable oil
1¼ cup Onion sliced
2 cups Mushrooms sliced
1 tsp Minced garlic
1-28 oz Can of crushed tomatoes in puree
2 Tbsp. Dried Parsley
1/4 tsp Pepper
2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 tsp Basil
Parmesan cheese
1. Prepare: Cut chicken into cubes. Slice onions and mushrooms. Chop garlic.
2. Cooking: In a large skillet, sauté chicken in vegetable oil until no longer pink in the center. Remove chicken from skillet and sauté onions, mushrooms, and garlic until the onions are transparent. Add chicken and remaining ingredients except for Parmesan cheese. Simmer for 15 minutes. Allow sauce to cool.
3. Freeze: Freeze in a 13×9 pan.
4. Serve: Thaw sauce in the refrigerator overnight. Place the foil-covered pan in a 350° oven for 30 minutes to warm. Serve over pasta or mashed potatoes.
Servings: 4
Teriyaki Chicken
I make this marinade again and again – it is much better than any prepared marinade you can find in the store.
4 each Chicken legs and thighs (or use six chicken breasts)
½ cup Soy sauce
3 Tbsp Honey
1 tsp Grated, fresh ginger
1 clove Garlic, minced
2 Green onions, thinly sliced
1. Prepare: Place the chicken in a gallon plastic bag. Mix the remaining ingredients together in a bowl. Pour the mixture over the chicken; fully coating each piece. Seal the bag.
2. Freeze: Place your bag in another gallon bag and lay flat in the freezer.
3. Serve: Defrost the chicken. Pour off marinade and bake chicken in a pan at 350° for 30- 40 minutes (or until no longer pink in the center).
Servings: 4
Prayer for Today
Dear God, I pray that my husband knows my love for him by my efforts, not just the Your Results.
Getting Creative
· Make one night a week your husband’s favorite food night. Maybe Friday is the best night to do the steaks on the grill or burgers on the George Foreman Grill.
· My husband loves it when I cook breakfast for dinner. Pancakes anyone?
· One of our most successful dinners ever consisted entirely of “bar food”; buffalo chicken wings, potato skins, nachos and quesadillas. Yum.
Project Reports
Okay, this one is good for Jeff and me. I love really, really healthy dinners. Jeff loves steak and potatoes, steak and potatoes. I would be happy to only have steak once a month! And it would have to be an expensive one at that. I do find that Jeff brightens up and is more appreciative of my cooking and efforts when the meal falls in the category of foods he enjoys.
Sheri
This one is going to have to be postponed until I’m well. No one wants me near the kitchen until past past this cold?…flu?…whatever it is. I do know what my dh would like though…turkey burgers with all the fixin’s.
I will make a dish for Monday night before my husband has “boys club.” I would like to put a question out. Does anyone have a blended family? We are having a very tough time and I thought we were past these issues after almost ten years of marriage. Would love to find a support group or shrink to talk to about these things. thanks!
I know this is not going to sound like a “meal” but he has requested it several times in the past few weeks. It is a Buffalo Wing Dip. He LOVES buffalo wings and we are trying to watch what we eat right now. So, I make this dip:
2 shredded chicken breasts
1/2 cup Franks Hot Sauce
1/2 cup part skim mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup FF blue cheese dressing
8 oz block of 1/3 less fat cream cheese
Put it in a crock pot on low until melted and serve with whatever dippers you like.
It does taste like a buffalo wing with dressing on it AND is low fat! You can’t beat that!
My husband likes beef so I am going to make your Ziti. Then while I am at it I am going to put the Teriyaki Chicken together for tomorrow night. I am not much of a cook so he may get a fever and colapse.
My husband is away on a business trip and doesn’t get home until tomorrow. So this will be done tomorrow, along with #15 and I’m throwing in a the bonus project. So for today I’m sending him a text/video letting him know how much he is appreciated.
Kathy – I thought this was the beef give-away?
Ravioli with salad….he loves anything pasta!
Yay! I’m excited to do this as I am preparing (with my accountability group) to begin the Husband Project next week. He has been asking for chili, so tonight I’ll make chili and cornbread.
I made my husband his favorite, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, in my bread machine. He was so happy and pleasantly surprised to find out I made it for him!
Hamburgers for dinner! Not the fast food variety. He loves my homemade ones on the grill pan. I’m also making a side of Veggies and rice for his lunch tomorrow. He appreciates having leftovers since he is old world and doesn’t like sandwiches very well. Or Sangwiches as his mother calls them.
Ha! I made the Ziti and he had seconds. He never has seconds of anything. Then he said, “what is this,” as if to ask where I got it from. I told him a friend posted the recipe. He said, “hum…. it’s good.” What do you know this is kind of funny. Thanks Kathi
I made one of his faves – chicken and rice – he had seconds and we all enjoyed a nice evening!
I made baked potatoes and sweet potatoes – he loves them and actually told me several times how glad he was that I made them.
Thanks for helping mr learn how to get on to your ‘blog’.
Nihla
Spaghetti, meatballs and green beans! Yummy – he enjoyed it.