What's For Dinner

Tacos. A staple in our house since we all love Mexican. Last night I decided to try something new to liven up our meal. I based it on a recipe we tried a couple of years ago for BBQ Beef Cups which called for biscuits filled with flavored beef. We ended up throwing away that dinner (and the recipe) and ordered a pizza that night! A few days ago, my husband and I were talking about that recipe and it got me thinking about trying it with tacos, remembering I had a recipe for making tortillas. The kids loved getting to help make the tortillas and dinner was delicious!! So here what was for dinner last night:

Taco Cups, Fiesta Rice, and Refried Beans

Tortillas:

3 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 cup water

3 Tbsp vegatable oil

Mix it all together into a dough. Pull off pieces and roll into a ball in your hand then press flat. I used a cupcake pan upside down to form the tortilla cups. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 mins or so until firm.

I filled some with and some without refried beans, taco meat then topped them with cheese and sour cream. you could fill them with whatever you want but they are small so keep that in mind. Serve with Fiesta rice (1 cup salsa, 1 cup water, 2 cups rice) and it makes fun and yummy dinner! 

We ALL loved them and I hope you will too! Enjoy!



What's For Dinner Tonight

I love Kraft Food's recipes. You can go and find all sorts of yummy family recipes there. Last night's dinner of Easy Italian Pasta Bake came from there. Tonight's dinner, however, came from their magazine Food and Family. On the menu was Sweet and Sour Meatballs. This is a super fast meal because it utilizes fully cooked frozen meatballs and frozen peppers. Of course, make your own meatballs or use fresh veggies, which is what I did tonight.

What you need to make this yummy, fast and easy meal:

12 oz. frozen fully cooked meatballs (3/4 of 16 oz pkg)
     I usually just use the whole thing and add a little to the rest of the ingredients.
1- 16 oz. package frozen stir-fry vegatables (sliced green, red, and yellow peppers and white onions)
1/4 cup apricot jam      I use apricot preserves because I can't find jam
1/4 cup catalina dressing
2 Tbsp soy sauce

You can also add 1/2 tsp each of ginger and garlic powder to the sauce while it's cooking to, as the recipe says, " jazz it up".


Mix it all together and let it cook on medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until it's all heated through, and don't forget to stir it occasionally.

I serve it over white rice, though you could certainly serve it with pasta if you wish, and usually a baby spinach salad on the side.

Simple, Fast, Delicious. What more could you ask for?? Enjoy!

What's For Dinner?

The other day my friend said I should start a blog series about dinner. I don't know about that, but I did feel that tonight's dinner warranted a blog post.

When I asked my daughter what she wanted to eat tonight she playfully said "Apple sandwiches!" and I said to myself "Why not?" Now I'm sure we are not the first people to make apple sandwiches, but I liked ours so good and since she came up with what to put on it, we decided to call these "Audi's Apple Sandwiches".

So here's what we ate tonight

Audi's Apple Sandwiches and vanilla yogurt topped with frozen blueberries.

And just in case you want to make this simple and yummy sandwich, I thought I'd leave you with the "recipe", if you can call it that. First, start two pieces of bread in the toaster and while it is toasting very thinly slice some apples.

Next, add creamy peanut butter to the two pieces of toast. Arrange the apple slices on the toast and top with cinnamon and sugar. That's it!

ENJOY!