Breakfast Fritatta

I've been craving breakfast all day. I dunno what it is. I'm not big on eating breakfast in the morning, but I love breakfast for dinner. So, here's what I came up with...

Breakfast Fritatta

I started by cutting up about 4 small Potatoes (skins on). I threw those in some water and nuked them for about 5 minutes. While that was happening, I chopped up one Red Onion. I then cooked up the onion and potatoes with a little bit of oil and some Cajun Seasoning. While that was cooking, I nuked a few strips of Turkey Bacon and Turkey Sausage in the microwave. Once those were cooked, I chopped them up and threw them in the pan.

I cooked all that up, putting the cover on for a while to help soften the potatoes. I also threw some Salsa into the pan. Once it was all nicely cooked up, I poured some Egg Beaters over the mixture. I put the lid back on and let it cook for a few. Then I put a little more cajun Seasoning on top, and threw in some Cheese. Once most of the eggs were cooked through, I turned the heat off. I kept the lid on and let the eggs on top finish cooking.

And there you go. You could always omit the meat and add veggies if you want. Whatever works!

Enjoy!

Cream of Chicken Pasta

Here's another edition of my Kamikaze Dinner series. A lot of the time (OK, MOST of the time) I don't really plan my meals. Today was no different than usual. I wanted something quick and easy, and here's what I came up with.

Cream of Chicken Pasta

I used to do a much simpler version of this when I was younger (literally just noodles and a can of cream of chicken soup). I jazzed it up a bit to make something a little better for you and a bit more yummified.

Here's what I did-

I threw some Egg Noodles and Frozen Peas in a pot of boiling water (feel free to use whatever pasta/veggies you want).

Once they were done, I strained them, and in the same pan I put a Can of Cream of Chicken Soup (you could always use another cream soup-cream of mushroom for example), and then half a can of White Wine (to help thin the soup down-you could use milk, water or broth here).

I warmed that up, threw in some spices (my go to spices are garlic powder, rosemary, italian seasoning and freshly ground pepper), and dumped in the pasta and peas. Voila! Dinner in about 10 minutes.

You can substitue tons here, or add some meat (chicken, sausage, whatever) if you wanna bulk this up. But it's pretty darned tasty, and was made with stuff I just had in my pantry (yay for cheap!).

I toasted some bread to go along with. I heart bread.

Yum!

Kamikaze Dinner #4- Lunchtime Edition

It may be a little early for lunch, but so be it :) I'm not much of a breakfast person anyways.

So, here's what I have baking/toasting in my toaster oven as we speak...


Barbeque Pork Flatbread

Super easy, and GREAT for leftovers.

Start with some sort of Tortilla. I used a super-good-for-you high fiber/local calorie Flat-Out brand. Top with Pulled Pork (mine was Curly's brand BBQ Pork, in the tub, leftover from dinner a few days ago). Top with thinly sliced Onion (omit if you don't like onion). Throw on some spices, top with your favorite Cheese (I used 6-blend Italian..mmmm). Bake til it's warm and gooey. Yum.

I heart using up leftovers to make something awesome!

This recipe is great for a singleton, especially if you have a toaster oven. Super-quick, you don't have to heat up the whole kitchen with your oven, and no waste!

If you want to make more than one of these, simply put more on a cookie sheet and bake in the oven at about 350 degrees. Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. If you have kids, this is a fun/easy meal for them to help "make"!

As always, throw on more veggies, or add whatever floats your boat. Prefer Quesadillas? Add more cheese and an extra tortilla on top, toast on both sides (in toaster oven or in a skillet) and Voila!

If you have any thrown-together recipes you'd like to share, post a comment on this post!

Kamikaze Dinner #3- The Weevils Edition

Not knowing what I was going to make for dinner last night, off to the freezer I went. I knew I had some chicken and a couple of different boxes of rice mixes. So, I started the thaw the chicken. I reached for the most interesting rice mix, added water to the pan, dumped the rice into the pan, and saw WEEVILS!

If you've enever seen these things, they're horrible. They are little black bug things that like to sprout from grains, flour, crackers, etc. I have friends that have never seen them. My mother thinks it's because I'm a slob. I've done my research, though, and weevils like warmth. I don't cool my house much when it's hot, or warm it much when it's cold, so my kitchen is a perfect breeding ground from them. The creepy thing is, they don't (like ants) come from the outside in...they actually come FROM the grain! So, even when a package is sealed and unopened, I've found weevils inside! Horrible.

Anyways, I quickly went through all of my other rice boxes- WEEVILS! So, I nixed the rice. So much for stockpiling grains from now on! I've also started keeping new boxes of pasta, rice, etc in the fridge. Weevils don't like the cold. Little boogers.

Plan B. I found a bag of mac and cheese..NO WEEVILS!

So, I made a Fajita Mac and Cheese. Here's how it went:

Cooked up some Chicken with sliced Onions and some Cumin and Garlic Powder. While that was happening, I cooked my Macaroni. Once the Macaroni was cooked, I drained it, and transferred the Chicken and Onions to the Macaroni pan. I drained a can of hot Rotel and added that to the Chicken mix.

After the moisture cooked off, I added some Velveeta log (the Mac and Cheese came with packets of seasoning, breadcrumbs, and cheese sauce, but I decided I wanted REALLY cheesy mac and cheese, and the velveeta needed to be used before it got icky, so there ya go). I cooked that for a few minutes until the cheese started to melt. Then I added the Macaroni back to the pot. I seasoned it up with a little more cumin and garlic powder, and Voila! Fajita Mac and Cheese!

I sauteed up a Plantain I had bought to go along with it as a side. Super Yum!

Do you have any fun, thrown together dinners you want to share?