Fast & Easy Recipes: Weekly Dinner Plan – Week 9
Posted by Amy | Filed under Food
This week is about quick and easy! Thanks to all of you who have emailed me yummy recipes:-) I got a lot, so I will be featuring them as the weeks go on. If you have a quick and easy dinner recipe you’d like me to feature, please email me. I’d love to get more ideas from my readers and be able to link to you too:-)
Here is what’s for dinner this week…
One Pan Dinner – Cheesy Chicken, Rice and Broccoli
Parmesan Crusted Tilapia
Make Your Own Pizza Night
Salmon Patties & Mashed Potatoes
Spicy Turkey Crock-Pot Lasagna
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Print the grocery list!
It’s categorized by meal so you can pick and choose what you want to buy.
MONDAY
One Pan Dinner – Cheesy Chicken, Rice and Broccoli
- 1 package of chicken breast tenders
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 can of 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup
- 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
- Salt to taste
- 1 1/2 cups instant whole grain brown rice
- 2 cups chopped fresh or frozen broccoli
- 1/2 -1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
Directions
- Heat oil in pan, add chicken and cook until it’s brown on both sides. About 5-10 minutes.
- Remove chicken and add soup, chicken broth, salt (optional) and pepper until boiling.
- Stir in rice and broccoli then reduce the heat.
- Add chicken back to pan, cover and cook until rice is tender and the chicken is cooked through.
- Sprinkle cheese over the top.
TUESDAY
Parmesan Crusted Tilapia
- 3/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 Tablespoon chopped parsley
- Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
- Zesty Lemon Seasoning such as Weber Grill Creations
- 6-8 Tilapia Fillets
- Lemon Juice
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 400. In a shallow dish, combine cheese, bread crumbs, paprika and parsley.
- Drizzle the fish with olive oil and dredge in the cheese mixture.
- Place on a foil-lined baking sheet. Season with Zesty Lemon Seasoning and sprinkle with a little Lemon Juice.
- Bake until the fish is opaque in the thickest part, 10-12 minutes. Serve with a little more Lemon Juice and your favorite sides. (Try sweet potatoes and corn.)
Recipe and Photo by Cheryl @ Tidy Mom. Check out more of her recipes, she has awesome desserts:-)
WEDNESDAY
Make Your Own Pizza Night
This is fun for the whole family! I like to have little bowls of toppings to try to get my kids to try new things. I usually doesn’t work… but I try. LOL!
- Ready made pizza crust or pizza dough (I use Pillsbury Pizza Crust)
- Mozzarella cheese
- Pizza sauce or pasta sauce
- Favorite toppings
Toppings for Margherita: Olive oil, salt and pepper, fresh mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, fresh chopped basil.
Directions
- Spread out pizza dough for individual pizzas (put two small pizzas on one baking pan)
- Spoon on sauce
- Add your favorite toppings
- Spread a little olive oil around the edge of the pizza crust
- Cook in oven according to pizza crust directions.
THURSDAY
Salmon Patties & Mashed Potatoes
The original recipe I found is by Ellie Krieger, but I change it up a bit for my family.
- 6 slices whole-wheat sandwich bread (or bread crumbs if you don’t have a food processor)
- 3-4 Large pouches of boneless salmon (use cans if you’d like, but you’ll have to remove the bones)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 scallions chopped
- handful of chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tsp olive oil
- Potatoes for mashing or store bought instant (I’ll be using instant this week!)
- Vegetable of your choice
Directions
- Remove crusts from the bread, break into pieces, and process in a food processor until you get a fine bread crumb. (use 3/4-1 cup of bread crumbs as an alternative)
- Mix the salmon and eggs together.
- Add chopped scallions, cilantro, pepper, and the bread crumbs to the mix.
- Shape into patties.
- Heat half of olive oil over a medium heat. Add patties and cook a few of the patties for 5 minutes on each side. Add the remaining olive oil to the pan, and cook the rest of the salmon patties.
- Serve with mashed potatoes and vegetable of your choice.
FRIDAY
Spicy Turkey Crock-Pot Lasagna
I found this original recipe on Parents.com, I’ve never made lasagna in a crock-pot, so this will be first. It sounds pretty good! We shall see:-)
- 1 lb. ground turkey
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
- 15 oz. container ricotta
- 1 package of shredded Italian-blend cheese
- 1 – 10 oz package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- fresh ground pepper
- 12 lasagna noodles, uncooked and broken in half
- 1 large jar (26 ounces) chunky pasta sauce (your favorite kind)
- 1 cup water
Directions
- Cook turkey in a pan. Season with Italian seaonings, salt and pepper flakes.
- Mix ricotta, cheese blend and spinach in a bowl. Add a few pinches of salt and fresh ground pepper.
- In a crock-pot, put a spoonful of pasta sauce to coat the bottom of the pot, then add a layer of the noodles.
- Add half the meat mixture over noodles. Pour on half the pasta sauce and half the water. Spread half the cheese mixture on top. Repeat layers.
- Cover slow cooker; cook on low heat 4-1/2 hours.
Weekend is leftovers!
Check out OrgJunkie’s Meal Plan Mondays for more ideas:-)
-Amy
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June 1st, 2009 at 11:11 am
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- Lindsay
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June 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
oooh, thanks for some more goodies to try!!
Thanks for the linky love too!
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June 1st, 2009 at 2:24 pm
You’ll have to let us know how the crock-pot lasagna comes out. I just may have to try that one!
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June 1st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
The spicy turkey lasagna in a crockpot sounds like it’s right up my alley Amy. Yum!
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June 1st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
The tilapia recipes looks really good. I am going to have to try that next week.
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June 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
wow, here you go again, saving my bacon again- =)
the salmon is what’s for dinner tonight- thanks
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June 4th, 2009 at 12:01 am
I like the idea of the make-your-own pizza night. My 2-year-old daughter would love that.
Thanks for the inspiration.
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June 18th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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July 21st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I am a working Dad, and my wife does not cook, so I do all the cooking. Unfortunately about half the time that means stoping on the way home from work. Well, with money getting tight and our first baby on our way, I really have to get better at cooking religously. This blog is perfect for me. It’s the grocery list that is so great. I end up spending way too much when I go grocery shopping, and still don’t have the right combination of food to actually put meals together. Thank you so much.
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August 4th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Thanks for the delicious recipes! I can’t wait to try the chicken and the tilapia recipes. They look easy enough that even my not-culinary-inclined boyfriend could cook them for me one night.
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