New Month!

I have really enjoyed eating my meals this month. I have loved everyone and so have my family. It is that time again to exchange meals. Marianne will you rotate the assignments and then everyone please let us know when you are available to meet. I can meet on the following days...
Tuesday: afternoon
Wednesday: Anytime
Thursday: afternoon
Friday: Morning
Saturday: anytime

Yummy Chicken pillows and Soup!

We just had Sarah's Chicken pillows. Just so you know...I make these too and I bake them frozen at 400 for 20 minutes and they turn out great! I also make a gravy for it that I'm not sure if Sarah mentioned one or not. It is a can of Cream of Chicken soup, milk to thin it, a few shakes of basil and that's it! I like to dip the chicken pillow into it. Marainne's soup was great!!!

Sorry about the dry baked French Toast!

Ladies, I just made the recipe of the baked french toast for my family and it turned out too dry!!! It's one of those recipes where it calls for 6-8 eggs, 3/4-1 1/2 c. milk and I couldn't remember how much was the perfect amount. So, if you would like to have your more moist, I would mix up a few eggs and milk and let it soak in before you bake it. Jane made hers and she said the middle was fine but the outsides were dry. I'm sorry!!! Or you could just add A LOT of syrup to it!

Italian Minestrone Soup

I hope everyone is not tired of soup yet... because my meal this month is an Italian Minestrone Soup. Maybe one of these days it will actually be cold and/or overcast and we can all curl up around the fire and eat hot soup. But, since I don't see that happening anytime soon, I hope you enjoy this soup anyway. :) It is already cooked through, so all you have to do is thaw it and heat it up. (If it is too thick you can add a little water or tomato sauce to thin it down) And I highly recommend serving it with a hot loaf of garlic bread! YUMMY!

Oh, and here is the recipe (to the best of my recollection :)

Italian Minestrone Soup

1 pound ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
2 14 oz. cans diced tomatoes
1 15 oz. can kidney beans, drained
1 cup frozen corn
1 15 oz. can garbanzo beans, drained
1 14 oz. can cut green beans, drained
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce (or tomato juice)
2 1/2 cups water
1 T. salt (or more if you prefer)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 T. Italian seasoning
1 1/2 cup pasta (any variety, I used shells)
1 small zucchini, thinly sliced

Brown ground beef and onion. Drain grease. Add all other ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer for at least 10 min. or until pasta is fully cooked. Top with parmesan cheese or oyster crackers and serve with garlic bread.

Yummy soups!

We just had Tami's Chicken Soup and muffins and Aften's lentil soup. They were both delicious! I would love the recipes! I also want the recipe to the corn muffin mix, they were soooo moist and yummy! Thanks!

Apology #2

I am so sorry I am going to have to change my plans again!! This day off of school in the middle of the week really threw my schedule out of whack! I won't be able to bring my meals until Thursday afternoon. Is everyone ok with that. I promise I won't change my mind again... :)

Sorry for the Delay!

Hi Everyone! I am sorry I didn't get to see you all last week and bring you my meal. The week was abnormally busy and I couldn't make it when you got together. So, I would like to bring my meal around to everyone on Wednesday in the morning. Will that work for everyone? If you are not going to be home would you mind leaving an ice chest out so I can drop off your food? Or is that a pain? Let me know what works!