This week had to be an easier dinner sort of week. I’ll be making the drive from Northern California down to Southern California this Thursday to visit with family and friends! I didn’t want to buy a ton of groceries, just so the boyfriend can get take out every night that I’m gone. So, I ended up going with some easy dinners where I had the majority of the ingredients already. This week, we’ll be having: Sunday – Sandwiches of choice Monday – Homemade mac n’ cheese Tuesday – Crockpot orange chicken with steamed rice Wednesday – Breakfast for dinner Thursday – OUT Friday – OF Saturday – TOWN! Do you dig my artistic skills? My car looks like a turtle… oops. I’m thinking…
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One of our favorite meals at my parent’s house is my mom’s lasagna. She doesn’t make it often, but when she does… it’s on. Obviously what makes her lasagna so good is her homemade marinara sauce. Even though I watched her make it for years, it never occurred to me that I could make one just as good. Well, I gave it a shot, with my own tweaks and preferences and I must say, I may have enjoyed it a little bit more than my moms! My boyfriend made it clear that we’re never purchasing store bought sauces ever again, as this one took the cake. Now, the beautiful thing about cooking is that there isn’t much measuring going on when it comes to…
I recently purchased a chalk board for the kitchen because I wanted to plan out the dinners for the week, plus it looks pretty damn cute! I would also like to make an effort to post the dinners for the week every week on The Oven Mitt. If a noteworthy dinner is in the works, it will definitely have it’s own post too. This week, we’ll be having: Sunday – Fend for yourself night Monday – Homemade marinara sauce with penne pasta Tuesday – Crunchy honey chicken with a salad Wednesday – Turkey burgers with fries Thursday – Chicken caesar salad Friday – Burritos Saturday – Dinner out with my family Please don’t mind my terrible handwriting. As you can see, I have the…
My favorite season is Autumn, the leaves, the weather, the crisp feeling in the air… and of course, the warm food! A crockpot is the best tool to have in the cooler months. What’s better than quick, easy and delicious meals? I decided to go with a nice chicken alfredo dish. I’ve made this for dinner a couple times and it has yet to disappoint! Keep in mind that I don’t measure the spices that I toss into the crockpot, I just do what looks right to me. Ingredients • 2 Boneless, skinless chicken boobs • 1 (8oz) package of cream cheese • 2 (10oz) cans of cream of chicken soup • Salt • Pepper • Thyme • Garlic powder • Basil • Spaghetti…
A picnic at the beach sounded like a nice way to spend the evening with the boyfriend. Sandwiches are too easy, it needed to be something a bit more special. I decided to combine our favorite things, chicken, cucumbers and pasta. You can never really go wrong with pasta salad, it’s super easy to throw together and you can put pretty much anything you want in it. Ingredients (I didn’t do much measuring of the ingredients, just tossed in what looked right): • 1/2 (16oz) package of corkscrew pasta • 2 boneless chicken breasts • 1/2 cup mayo • 1/4 cup caesar dressing • 1/2 of a cucumber (sliced) • 1/4 of red pepper (chopped) • Olive oil • Garlic powder • Salt •…
Rainy day calls for some crockpot action. I never used beer before, but I know my mum uses it with pork… so, it should work with chicken too, right? Well, here’s what I tossed in the crockpot (I didn’t measure any of the ingredients, just sort of put what looked right): • 2 boneless chicken breasts • 1 bottle of beer (I used Blue Moon) • pepper • salt • paprika • thyme I cooked everything on low for about 7 hours and the chicken came out nice and tender. It was quite flavorful, you could really taste the beer. I think if I were to make it again I would put more firey spices, like cayenne pepper or chili powder. The heat would…
