Yinzer in the Shire

The snow storm has trapped Nick and I over on Lawn Street so our only options for groceries are CVS and Sunoco. I'm not really running low on food, but I am running low on creative recipe ideas that I have the ingredients for. So tonight I set about googling what I did have and came up with a great Cheese Tuna Noodle Casserole. I didn't have any egg noodles, but I did have two boxes of Hamburger Helper so I just grabbed the noodles out of there. Also, for the bread-crumbs I used a mix of Italian bread crumbs and some white bread I had broken up. Tuna Noodle Casserole 1 (8 ounce) package wide egg noodles 1/4 cup butter or margerine, cubed 8 slices American cheese 2 (6 ounce) can Albacore, drained 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup 1/4 cup bread crumbs Preheat oven to 350°F. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. In a 1 1/2 quart glass casserole dish, layer noodles, butt...

I've always had major issues with baking chicken. It always seems to turn out too dry or undercooked, but I've finally found two recipies that not only work great, they're simple too. Plain Chicken 3 Boneless Chicken Breasts 1 1/2 Tbsp. Butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees Stick the Chicken Breasts in the bottom of a Pyrex pan so they aren't touching. Put 1/2 a Tbsp of butter next to each breast. Bake in oven at 350 degrees until cooked through. Voila! Chicken in a Bag Chicken Breasts Italian Dressing Marinade chicken in a ziploc bag over night. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stick chicken breasts in the bottom of a Pyrex pan so they aren't touching. Bake in oven at 350 degrees until cooked through. It's so easy a Jess can do it!

I am notorious for going through a bag of chips in a day; they are perfect for when you have the munchies on the go. This recipe puts out chips that are similar to the ones that the Point Cafe makes. Sans Ex-Lax of course. Nom-alicious Potato Chips. 1 Potato for a serving Canola Oil Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning Mix (try putting it in a salt shaker) Wash and peel the potatoes, slice them as thin as possible with a paring knife. Put the potato slices in a bowl of ice water to remove the starch. Remove after an hour and shake in a towel to dry. Put a thin layer of Canola oil into a large frying pan, it should just barely cover the potato slices. Put in just enough potato slices to cover the bottom of the pan, don't over do it or they won't cook properly. When the potato slices are a nice golden brown remove them and dry them on a paper towel. Sprinkle the Ranch seasoning on before the chips dry. If you wait until after they are cool the seasoning won...

Well today is the beginning of my month of homemade meals, snacks, and generally all around yumminess. Today was a fairly simple day fooding-wise, I made Mozzarella Meatwhirl on Saturday which meant leftovers for today. Wonderful, delicious leftover. mmmmmm. ^.^ Apparently Mozzarella Meatwhirl is a little known dish. A google search only turns up two pages worth of results. So to fill you in, Mozzarella Meatwhirl is a ketchup-y, cheesy, nom-a-licious version of the classic Meatloaf . (er...no, this one ) It is by far my favorite dish and I hope it will become yours as well! Mozzarella Meatwhirl 1 Slice Per Serving Makes 6 Servings 1 pound ground beef 1/2 cup soft bread crumbs 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 tablespoon Heinz Mustard 2 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper 6 oz. Mozzarella cheese, sliced (can substitute with shredded Mozzarella) 1/4 cup chopped parsley 3/4 cup Heinz Tomato Ketchup 3/4 cup water 1 Tbsp. Heinz Worcestershire Sa...