EM Tanner Designs

yea kali bailey! stuffed shells are one of my ABSOLUTE FAVES SO CANT WAIT TO TRY THESE!!! CONGRADS! Everyone ready for some “COOKIN’ with KALI”lol. xo–sorry im a tad behind!

Here’s week 2 of my menu planning…another 6 of my favorite, go-to recipes. (I just sent 6 other ones…I had 12 good ones that I couldn’t decide between so I split them into 2 weeks and thought I’d share them BOTH!)…I’ve LOVED having other people’s recipes to throw into the mix the last few weeks!
GREAT IDEA!

-Kali Bailey

1-

Cornbread & Hamburger Casserole

1 lb ground meat

1 medium onion chopped

1 pkg. taco seasoning

1 can corn drained

1 can beans

1-2 c grated cheddar cheese

1 pkg corn bread mix

Brown meat with chopped onion. Add taco mix and ½ cup water. Layer meat, corn, and beans in casserole dish. Sprinkle cheese on top. Mix corn bread according to package directions and spread on top. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

2-

Frito Chicken Pie

3 chicken breasts

1 can enchilada sauce

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 t. garlic salt

1 small package Fritos

3/4 cup chicken broth

grated cheese

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Cook your chicken breasts (save the broth). Mix the enchilada sauce, mushroom soup and garlic salt together. Cut the chicken up into small little pieces. Mix the chicken and soup mixture together. Spray 9×13 pan with Pam and then layer in the following order: fritos, chicken/soup mixture, fritos, cheese. Then pour ¾ cup broth on top of the cheese and bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.

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Sweet & Sour Chicken

2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 pkg Lipton onion soup

1 small bottle Russian dressing (I usually can’t find this so I use Lowry’s Hawaiian marinade or any type of Hawaiian/pineapple type marinate)

4 oz. apricot preserves

Mix ingredients and pour over chicken. Cover and bake at 350 for 45 min-1 hour. Good with rice and steamed veggies.

4-

King Ranch Casserole

1 can corn

1 can cream of chicken

1 can cream of celery

1 can black beans

tortillas

2 cans chicken

Rotel

Mix all ingredients except tortillas. In 9×13 pan sprayed with Pam, layer tortillas on bottom, mixture, tortillas, mixture and top with cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes until bubbly at 350. Serve with Mexican rice.

5-

Stuffed Shells with a kick

1 lb hamburger meat

12 large pasta shells

1 jar (12 oz) picante sauce

½ c water

8 oz tomato sauce

4 oz chopped green chilies, drained

1 cup shredded Mont Jack/Colby cheese

1 can French fried onions

Brown and drain beef. Cook pasta shells. Combine picante sauce, water and tomato sauce. Stir ½ cup of sauce mixture into beef along with chilies, ½ c cheese and ½ can fried onions. Pour half of remaining sauce mixture onto bottom of 8×12 baking dish. Stuff shells with beef mixture. Pour remaining sauce over shells. Bake COVERED at 350 for 30 minutes. Top with cheese and fried onions and bake until cheese melts.

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Taco Soup

(super easy to do in crock pot)

1-2 lbs hamburger meat browned (I just buy one package that’s usually a little over 1 lb)

2 cans pinto beans

2 cans kidney beans

2 cans corn

2 cans diced rotel tomatoes

1 pkg taco seasoning

1 pkg ranch dressing seasoning

Add the taco seasoning while browning the meat.  Dump the meat and all the other ingredients into a pan and warm. Or put in a crockpot.

Top it with cheese, chips, sour cream or avocados.

…i have deemed it a tie BC both Amy and Sarah have stuff on the way..one will be ahead till we print orders then the other..LOL…too close to call which is another reason for the delay in calling it..lol..Once i looked at the “circumstances” of both i have decided they are BOTH winning! LOL…

AMY ZIMMERMAN

well, i just emailed Amy her gift certificate and told her a day w/no Zimmerman order in process in my orders seems like something is wrong..LOL…Just kidding! We appreciate our loyal customers soooo much! And we do have LOTS of you all but i know many of you are EMTanner gift givers soooo it didnt really help you in the contest bc you have “gifted” your purchases…point is we are soooo lucky to have soooo many super cool, PATIENT customers who return time and time again! We are glad you LOVE what we do! heck, someone better appreciate it or IM QUITTIN! HAHA!? Soooo here is the wild part of Amy’s status…SHE ONLY FOUND US IN MAY! HAHAHAHA~! AND she has had several more large packages go out since these photos too bc i DO personally recall a Zimmerman cutting board! It’s en route! Sooooo this isnt YEARS worth of LOOT..we are TALKIN months! LOL…with that said, we definitely are deeming AMY ZIMMERMAN AN OFFICIAL EMTANNER FANATIC!=)..And we are ever so thankful that you are! xoxoxo

SARAH STINNETT

..not sure ANY words are NEEDED here???=)

SO…yes i DO personally know sarah so i was hesitant to pick her BC i knew people KNEW that we KNEW each other IN PERSON..HOWEVER, when i started looking at her pics and every week that i had a zimmerman order in my hands i also had a s.stinnett one i thought…hmmmm…ok i dont think it matters that we KNOW each other…then i started looking at her pics and was laughing out loud as i put all the ones she has posted TOGETHER! HOLY MOLY….TRAVIS STINNETT MARRIED HIMSELF RIGHT INTO AN EMTANNERIZED WORLD AND HE DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT! …let’s just say…HE DOES NOW! BAHAHAHAHA! Sarah also gets RAGGED by her little SIS on facebook (sarah IS that “EVERYTHING HAS MY NAME ON IT “KINDA GAL…Laura her sis IS NOT…and her comments CRACK ME UP! It’s always like, NO OFFENSE EM, BUT holy crap SARAH i CANNOT BELIEVE YOU WOULD USE THAT CLIPBOARD AT WALMART! LMAO! But…SARAH doesnt care…NOTHING is gonna stop her from having her name on everything CuTe and FuN! Basically she is like the epidomy of the person everything in my WORLD was designed for! make sense? Now, with that said…i will move on and PROVE my point thru photos! LOL! OH AND THE BIGGEST THING TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT…..SARAH DOESNT HAVE KIDS…….YET! ….hahahaha. Yep, all the loot is for her!

first we have, SARAH donning her TRAV tee..(btw..excellent use of my new age initial tee design!…TAKE NOTE customers…make it WHAT YOU WANT=)…Trav’s has Sarah’s name and number on front too but he doesnt want anyone to see…BAHAHAH..JUST KIDDING..i think he just has that, “oh hell my wife has another TRAV TEE on today look”..lol…pic 2…donning EMT inital tee walking down the aisle at rehearsal dinner!!! LOL…pic 3 would be Mrs. Stinnett’s EMTannerized “LUNCH KIT so to speak—COMPLETE W/A SONIC DIET COKE..HAHA…and last pic is the actual REHEARSAL DINNER EMTanner plates in alabama and tennessee colors..he played bball for AL…she well ya know is one of us CRAZY Orange/White peeps you out of towners dont GET!=)….all this is SARAH’s LOOT..yep..really! LOL…

Like i said we do have a lot of repeat customers that give our products as gifts soooo we arent forgetting about you all either! We appreciate everyone who comes back time and time again more than you can ever know! We feel like we do have a LOOK OF OUR OWN and that is different than everything else that was out their at the time i started throwing my vision out there for the world to see! We will CONTINUE to strive w/the look that we all KNOW AND SEEM TO LOVE for as long as Em remains SANE enough to keep pumpin the designs for laura to “invent” for lack of a better word..actually there is not a better word..that’s what she does..finds a way to INVENT what i WANT…crazy but it WORKS bc our skills together just make it happen! Thanks to you ALL for your support!!! xoxoxoxo.

EM & LAURA…(even though i know you all probably think laura is just a figment of my imagination)…SHES REAL she just lays low! LOL

Yea!!!! JESSICA FREEMAN will be our head WARRIOR THIS WEEK. LOL;)! Now…whip out those meal boards and grocery getters and FIGHT…like a WARRIOR. BAHAHA! BTW…hang tight I’m gonna go see about putting the meal planning items on special if you ate still a warrior in need of your combative gear! XO…I worked all last week through dinner hours so still have some of megan’s stuff to get thru;)! I’m afraid this warrior was DEFEATED last week:(…but SHE’S BAAAAACCKK!

Bruschetta Chicken
1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts, cubed (bite-sized)
1 package Stove Top stuffing
1 16 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 tsp oregano
1/2 cup water
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced

Placed cubed chicken in a 13×9 pyrex dish. Sprinkle with oregano and cover with mozzarella cheese. In a separate bowl, mix stuffing, water and tomatoes (with its juices) until stuffing is moist. Add garlic and stir. Cover the chicken and cheese with the stuffing mixture. Cook at 400 for 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Crock Pot Beef Roast
3-5 lb roast
1 packet Lipton onion soup mix
Salt, Pepper
1 medium white or yellow onion
1/2 lb. small baby carrots
10 or so small red potatoes, halved
1 celery stalk (optional)
Water
Olive Oil

Rub salt and pepper into the roast. Add about 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a hot pan and sear the roast about 2 minutes on each side. Quarter the onion and place on bottom of crock pot. Place roast on top of onions, empty the packet of onion soup onto the roast, add 2 cups of water and se the crock pot on high. Let cook for one hour on high. Lower temperature to low, add vegetables, and cook for 4 more hours or until roast is as soft as you’d like.

45 Minute Chicken and Rice Meal
1 box Uncle Ben’s long grain and wild rice – original recipe (not the fast cook kind)
4 boneless, skinless chicken beasts
1 cup chicken breast
1 can cream of mushroom or chicken soup
pepper
paprika

Preheat oven to 375. Mix rice, 1/2 seasoning packet, soup and chicken broth in a casserole dish. Place chicken on top of rice mixture. Top chicken with remaining half of seasoning packet, sprinkle with pepper and paprika. Cover and bake for 45 minutes or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 180 degrees. For variations, add a coup of chopped broccoli or carrots and peas.

Chicken Spaghetti with Velveeta
4 boneless chicken breast
8 oz Velveeta
1 can Rotel
1 can Cream of Mushroom
1 package spaghetti
milk
salt
pepper
garlic powder

Boil chicken. Drain broth into a bowl and reserve. Boil spaghetti, in reserve broth, according to package directions. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces.Combine chicken, spaghetti, Cream of Mushroom and Rotel (not the whole can). Melt Velveeta in microwave. Stir in milk, just enough to make it as creamy as desired. Combine Velveeta with remaining ingredients, season to taste with salt, pepper and garlic powder and serve.

Black Bean Burritos
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 can of corn
1 can of black beans
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 cup of shredded cheese
6 burrito size tortillas

Mix brown rice, corn, black beans and tomatoes in a saucepan and heat thoroughly. Warm tortillas in the microwave for 45 seconds. Spoon bean mixture into individual tortillas, top with cheese and roll up. Place in a 9×13 baking dish, cover with foil and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
1 lb cubed beef stew meat
1 (10.75 oz) can condensed mushroom soup
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup water
4 oz cream cheese

In a slow cooker, combine the meat, soup, onion, Worcestershire sauce and water. Cook on Low setting for 8 hours, or on High setting for about 5 hours. Stir in cream cheese just before serving. Serve over noodles or rice.

Enjoy!

Jessica Freeman