Cajun-Style Grilled Foil Packets

You can’t go wrong with foil packets. They are a complete meal in one package.

These are especially tasty.

Black Beans with Rice

This is a truly delicious way to make use of the last bit of a bone in ham.

The ham bone create a wonderfully flavored broth. The beans make it thick and hearty.

Mexican Pizza

Mexican Pizza it one of the quickest, easiest dinners that can be had. The whole family loves them.

This is a great faux version of the Taco Bell version of Mexican Pizza.

Crock pot Bacon Cheese Potatoes

I was a bit dubious of this dish when I  first saw it.

Actually it turned out to be great. Should have know it has bacon in it. 🙂

Kowloon Chicken

Submitted on 6/9/2016 by John for Asian Theme Week (the week of 6/26/2016)

Author bio: Contributing Author for JaquesKitchen.com

Recipe country of origin Hong Kong

Description: This is a simple Ginger and Pineapple Chicken dish named for the the ancient walled city of the same name in Hong Kong.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Tinga

Submitted on 6/12/2016 by John for Latin week (week starting 6/19/2016)

Author bio: Contributing Author for JaquesKitchen.com

Recipe country of origin Mexico

Description: Chicken Tinga is a simple dish that can easily be made in a slow cooker it consists of shredded chicken slowly cooked in a sauce of fresh ripe tomatoes, chipotle chilies and other spices.

This dish can easily be used for many different meals, tacos, burrito filling, tostadas, let your imagination run wild.

Guess #whatsfordinner tonight 6/9/2016 its #healthy

Back in April I mentioned how as temperatures rise and the days get longer it seems like we are getting more and more active and want lighter meals. That is especially true now that temperatures are hitting the high 80’s and even low 90’s for us,  Asian fits the bill.

Ranch Slow Cooker Pork Chops with Gravy (No Canned Soups)

This recipe for Ranch Slow Cooker Pork Chops with Gravy (No Canned Soups) was originally posted at whatsfordinnermoms.com by koolaidmoms.

Please visit their site for a terrific description and better pictures

We tried it and loved it. So I captured the recipe just to be sure I don’t loose it.

Guess #whatsfordinner tonight 4/13/2016

As we mentioned before its been kinda crazy. So we did not have a chance to do our usual menu planning. By the time we had the menu plan done (for the weeks starting 4/11 and 4/18) it was too late to do any ‘real’ shopping. We knew it would be that way so we picked simpler crock pot meal for this evening and picked up only what we needed for that meal until we could do ‘real’ shopping. We decided

Chicken Pepperoni Marinara

This is a nice go to recipe when you know your just not going to have the time to prepare a meal in the evening or you just don’t want to heat the house up since it make good use of a crock pot. Oh and the pepperoni turns bland chicken into a really scrumptious meal.