This week’s Menu comes strait from the kitchen of “TOM & CHRISTY“..sorry christy dont know your last name=)..Also, i think the shopping list wont be required bc we all just need to fill in what we need ONTO our EMTANNER GROCERY GETTER anyway!…Right???lol…and then proceed to write in the menu on our EMTANNER MEAL PLANNER…right???hahaha…let us know what we should do differently on facebook and what was good, etc..if you made any changes to recipes and whatever else you wanna share=)..xoxo…this is going to be soooo nice…i didnt waste 2 hours of my Sunday flipping through cookbooks looking for family friendly meals!!! Everyone c’mon take a few minutes to PLAY and it will PAY! email entries of 6 day meals your family loves to facebook@emtannerdesigns.com and remember we will pick one for us to follow every sunday and if it’s you we will give you a $25 gift certificate to emtannerdesigns.com (duh..right?)…VOILA our meal planning is done for the week IN A FLASH!!! thanks to Christy this week!!! This looks really good this week i think! happy cooking and ZERO meal planning! xoxo
1) Cheesy Baked Rotini
1 pound dried rotini
1 pound mild sausage (like pizza sausage)
15/16 oz ricotta cheese
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
26 oz jar meat-flavored Prego spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the rotini. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes, drain the pasta. While pasta is cooking, brown and drain the sausage.
Place the cooked rotini and sausage in a large bowl. Mix with ALL OF the ricotta and half the mozzarella. Grease a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish. Spread half of the spaghetti sauce on the bottom of the pan, add the rotini and sausage mixture, then the remaining sauce. Sprinkle with the parmesan and remaining mozzarella.
Bake uncovered 20 to 30 minutes until casserole bubbles on the edges.
2) Easy, Kid-friendly, Enchiladas
My 3 year old loves to make these with me, and loves to eat them too!
2 cans Ortega mild enchilada sauce
10 flour tortillas
1 package Perdue Italian marinated, shredded, pre-cooked chicken pieces
6 cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Pour 2 cans enchilada sauce into a pie dish. Dip both sides of a flour tortilla in sauce. Put desired amount of chicken pieces and cheese on top of the tortilla. Roll up tortilla and place in a 9 x 13 casserole dish. Repeat with all tortillas. 10 will fit if you roll them tightly. 8 if you make them really big.
Add 1/2 cup of sour cream to the left over sauce in the pie dish and mix together. Pour over all the enchiladas in the dish. Sprinkle (very generously!) the rest of the cheddar jack cheese over all the enchiladas.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until hot.
For more adult taste, add onions or bell pepper pieces. Can also sprinkle the top of the enchiladas with scallions if desired.
3) Hot Dog and Potato Dinner
1 Package Betty Crocker au gratin potatoes
2 1/3 cups hot water
2/3 cups of milk
1 cup frozen peas, corn and carrots
6 hot dogs cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Stir together Potatoes, sauce mix, hot water, and milk in a 10-inch skillet. Stir in frozen veggies. Heat to boiling; cover and reduce heat to simmer 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occassionally until potatoes are tender.
Stir in hot dogs, cover and heat 3-4 minutes until hot dogs are hot. Sprinkle cheese over mixture. let stand 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
4) EASY Meatballs in Sauce
1 package Rosina’s Homestyle Meatballs
1 18 oz jar Sweet Baby Rays Honey BBQ Sauce
1 16 oz can Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce
Melt BBQ sauce and cranberry sauce together in a 12 inch skillet. Stir in meatballs. Cover, but tilt the lid to release steam, stirring occassionally for 15-20 minutes medium heat.
5) Meat and Mac
1 pound ground beef
2 12 oz Stouffer’s Maccaroni and Cheese
1/2 package Taco Bell taco seasoning
Cook mac and cheese in microwave according to package directions. Meanwhile, brown and drain the ground beef. Mix together meat and taco seasoning. Stir in the mac and cheese… and an easy, tasty meal done in 10 minutes tops!
6) Pizza Pie (We call it Spaghetti Pie in our house)
1 pound ground beef
1 package spaghetti seasoning
1 6 oz tomato paste
1 tube of crescent rolls
3-6 kraft cheese slices
3/4 cups water
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Brown and drain the ground beef, stir in seasoning mix, paste and water.
Place dough in a pie dish and spread to fit. Sprinkle dough with parmesan cheese; add half the meat mixture. Top with cheese slices. Add the rest of the meat mixture on top of the cheese slices. Sprinkle with the rest of the parmesan cheese.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Place kraft cheese strips lattice fashion on top (like an apple pie top). Place pie back in the oven just long enough to melt the cheese. Cut into pie-shaped pieces and serve… Kids love it!
Correction!!!! The very 1st recipie – Cheesy Baked Rotini – says “Mix with half the ricotta and half the mozzarella”… it is not half the ricotta, it is ALL the ricotta and half of the mozzarella! Soooooo SORRY!
Comment by Christy Traxel — August 8, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
HEY christy..i fixed it in the blog i think..make sure i made right changes=)…
Comment by admin — August 8, 2010 @ 1:32 pm
Thanks for changing it – sorry about that!
Comment by Christy Traxel — August 8, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
okay so i loved the cheesy baked rotini AND i tried the Easy Enchiladas and we all loved that too!! Thanks Christy for the recipes I am 2 for 2 hahah. And thank you Em for making this blog my favorite place to visit everyday!!!
Comment by devon — August 13, 2010 @ 3:40 pm