Another weekend of goodies!

Man we ate good this weekend, good food and football who could ask for more?

Friday night kicked off with crock pot jumbalaya

Crockpot Jambalaya
Ingredients
1 ½ lb. chicken breast
28 once can of tomatoes
1 cup of chicken broth
2 tsp parsley
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 cup of diced celery
1 pound of turkey sausages sliced
1pound of thawed cooked shrimp
1 chopped green pepper
2 tsp Cajun seasoning
2 cups of cooked rice

Cut into cubes chicken. Slice sausage. Chop onion, green pepper, & celery. Put all into crock pot. Add remaining ingredients except shrimp & rice. Cook on low heat for approximately 7 hours. About 30 minutes before serving, add cooked Shrimp & cooked rice.

this was very good, my son had four bowls!!

The next night was my favorite I am a sucker for roasted chicken... the kicker was a recipe I had for green beans these reminded me of my nana and they were such a comfort item.

Herb roasted chicken

Ingredients
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (3 pound) whole chicken
2 lemons
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Combine the seasoning, salt, mustard powder, garlic powder and black pepper; set aside. Rinse the chicken thoroughly, and remove the giblets. Place chicken in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle 1 1/2 teaspoons of the spice mixture inside the chicken. Rub the remaining mixture on the outside of the chicken.
3. Squeeze the juice of the 2 lemons into a small bowl or cup, and mix with the olive oil. Drizzle this oil/juice mixture over the chicken.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours, or until juices run clear, basting several times with the remaining oil mixture.


Sweet And Sour Green Beans
1/2 package bacon (6 or 7 slices)
1/2 onion, chopped
32 ounces french style green beans (or other green beans)
2 T vinegar
2 T sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Cut bacon into one inch segments. Place bacon and onions in skillet. Cook over medium heat until browned, stirring often. Remove to plate. Add beans to bacon grease and continue cooking over medium heat until they are to desired tenderness. Add vinegar and sugar. Stir. Add bacon and onions back and let simmer a few minutes, stirring often. Salt and pepper to taste.

Sunday we had BBQ meat loaf wasn't thrilled my other recipe for meat loaf was way better however I found a good recipe for german potato salad and boy was it good as well!

German potatoe salad

2-4 baking potatoes
4 slices of bacon
1/2 onion chopped
1/2 green bell pepper chopped
2 beaten eggs
1-2 hard boiled eggs
1/4 c. vinegar
1/4c. sugar
1/4 tsp pepper

Boil potatoes until done around 20 minutes. saute four slices of bacon then crumble. Add bacon onion and pepper to grease and cook about 3-4 minutes. Combine 2 beaten eggs with vinegar sugar and and pepper and gradually add to pan. stir until thickens. toss with chopped potatoes and garnish with hard boiled egg.

Until next time ENJOY!