Cream Cheese Rigatoni

1lb of Rigatoni Pasta
1 lb of ground beef
1 jar of seasoned spaghetti sauce
1 tablespoon Parsley
1 cup sour cream
1 cup softened cream cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1 egg
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Cook pasta according to directions on package or until al dente; drain.
3. Brown beef in skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Season with salt. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for 10 minutes.If you like, you may add onion or garlic if to suite your palette.
4. In a bowl, mix together sour cream, egg and cream cheese.
5. Stir in spaghetti sauce with the cheese mixture. (You will want to use as seasoned spaghetti sauce. I used a garlic, basil, oregano. If you are using a plain marinara, you can season it) Do not use mixed for this, hand stir. Add in 1 cup of the shredded mozzarella. Stir in ground beef. Mix together.
6. Place pasta in casserole in dish. Mix cheese/sauce mixture in casserole dish with pasta. Sprinkle cheese on top and sprinkle parsley on top. Cook for 25-35 in preheated oven until cheese is bubbly.

Source: For The Mommas

Foil Packet - Potatoes

1 potato per person
1/2 an onion per person
Sheets of tin foil
2 T. butter per person
1 or 2 T. milk
Salt and pepper

Heat oven to 350 F. Slice each potato into chunks. A medium-sized dice is what you're looking for. Dice up each onion half into a smallish dice.Grab your tin foil and roll up the sides a bit to create a boat. Add the potatoes and onions to the packet and top with pats of butter. Season generously with salt and pepper, and splash in milk. Sprinkle on thyme.Roll up sides of the packets and seal the edges tightly. Bake in oven for 45-60 minutes and serve right on the plates.

Source: Adventures in Home Cooking

Menu Plan Monday

• Sunday: Pasta w/Cream Cheese Basil Sauce & Chicken
• Monday: Beef & Potato Tacos
• Tuesday: Sub sandwiches
• Wednesday: Creamy Pork Chop Bake
• Thursday: Pancakes & Bacon
• Friday: Grilled Cheese / Hot Dogs / FFY (Fend for yourself)

Foil Packet - Meat & Potatoes

1lb ground beef (or whatever meat you'd like)
2 large baking potatoes, thinly sliced
1 large onion
2 carrots, sliced
Salt & Pepper
4 large pieces heavy duty foil

Preheat oven to 350. Slice onion into 1/2 inch rounds. Make patties out of ground beef. Lay onion on foil, place ground beef patty on top of onion, place potatoes and carrots around the patty, sprinkle with salt/pepper/favorite seasoning. Fold both sides of foil up to the top and crinkle down. Roll the opposite sides up to finish off packet. Bake for 45 minutes - 1 hour.

Review: My grandmother use to make these for us all the time. You can subsitute the meat with chicken, pork, stew meat, etc. You can add also add additional veggies. I love making these b/c the clean up is essentially NONE! Cheap and tasty! :)

Foil Packet - Salsa Chicken

4 chicken breasts (or equivalent, I used chicken tenders)
4 tsp Taco Seasoning Mix
3/4 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Chunky Salsa
1/4 cup Sour Cream
4 sheets of foil


Heat oven to 400°F. Place a chicken breast in the center of each sheet. Sprinkle chicken with seasoning mix. Top with salsa and cheese. Fold foil into packets, leaving room for heat circulation inside (i.e. not too tight!). Place packets in glass 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 min. or until chicken is done. (Chicken tenders will be cooked in about 25 minutes!) Cool 5 min. Cut slits in foil to release steam before opening. Top with sour cream.

Baked French Toast

1 stick of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 cups milk
6 eggs
15 slices of bread

Directions:

melt 1 stick of butter then add in 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 t. cinnamon and stir together.

pour into a 9x13 pan covering the bottom. then layer slices of bread on the sugar mixture with the crusts removed. i used 15 pieces of bread. fill in the holes with smaller pieces. n a mixing bowl whisk together 2 cups of milk and 6 eggs. pour over the bread.

put it in the oven at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. when it looks baked and golden, pull it out and drizzle syrup over the top. put it back in the oven under the broiler until brown and bubbly.

Source: Whatever

Review: Very good and very easy to make. The boys thought it looked strange as it came out of the oven, but they liked it. I didn't make any changes to the original recipe, and not sure that there is anything I would change. Definitely a keeper!

Country Chicken Casserole

3 cups shredded hash brown potatoes
1 (6 ounce) can French-fried onions, divided
6 slices processed American cheese
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into bite size pieces
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup (I use 2 cans)
3/4 cup milk
1 (15 ounce) can corn (I omit the corn)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Stir hash browns and 1/2 of the onions together in a 9x13 inch baking dish, then lay cheese slices on top and layer chicken over cheese. In a small bowl, mix soup and milk together and pour mixture over chicken.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Pour corn onto chicken and stir to combine all ingredients, then bake for an additional 20 minutes.

Sprinkle remaining onions over all and bake for another 5 minutes, or until onions are golden brown. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

Serving size: 6

Source: AllRecipes.com