I need a few simple recipes that are very easy to cook?!? Please help!?

I hope that some of you can help me with some very easy recipes that would be very simple and easy to fix. I really dont know how to cook very many thing and my fiance is kind of getting tired of eating that same thing all the time. ha ha! I am open for any advice! It would be very helpful! Thank you....!!!!I need a few simple recipes that are very easy to cook?!? Please help!?
First of all, don't be affraid to experiment and try something adventurous! I was a professional chef for 5 years when I got married. My wife was terrified I'd think her cooking was terrible and be all upset. I'm just happy everytime she makes the effort to cook dinner. I'm sure your husband would agree. Anyway, here are a few very easy ideas.





Cream of Chicken





1 鈥?1陆 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into bite-sized chunks


1 can cream of mushroom soup


1 can of milk


飩?陆 lb. broccoli (frozen is fine, otherwise blanch fresh for a few minutes before adding)


8 oz. (or two small cans) mushrooms


chopped onion and garlic (optional)


either 1 鈥?1 陆 tsp. dried rosemary or 1 tbls. chili powder





If you want to put in some effort, let the chicken marinate (whole) in olive oil and rosemary (just put it in a bag in the fridge for 8 or so hours). In a very large pan, brown the chicken over medium high heat. Season with salt %26amp; pepper (substitute chili powder for pepper is you go the spicy route). Turn the heat down to medium/medium low and sweat the onions and garlic (if you use them) and add the mushrooms. Once the aromatics are translucent and the chicken is cooked through, add the soup and can of milk. Bring to a boil (over the medium/medium low heat) and add broccoli. Re-season and add the rosemary or chili powder. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring often, until the broccoli is warm.





Sausage %26amp; Pea Farfali





1 lb Italian sausage 陆 cup grated parmesan cheese


陆 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic


陆 tsp red pepper flakes 1/3 cup white wine


戮 cup chicken broth 1 cup + 2 tbls heavy cream


2 cups peas





Brown sausage over medium-high heat (6-8 minutes). Remove to paper towels. Pour off all but 1 tbls grease. Sweat onion 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and pepper flakes, cook another 30 seconds. Add wine and simmer until almost evaporated, 1-3 minutes. Add broth and 1 cup cream; simmer until sauce reaches consistency of light cream, 6-9 minutes. Stir in sausage and peas and cook for about 2 more minutes. Remove from heat, season, and stir in cheese. Toss sauce and remaining cream with cooked pasta.





Chicken Saltimbocca





陆 c AP flour


8 thin, bone/skinless chicken cutlets (飩?2 lbs.)


1 tbls. minced fresh sage


8 thin sliced pieces prosciutto (飩?3 oz.)


1录 c white wine


2 tsp. lemon juice


4 tbls. butter (cubed and chilled)





Heat over to 200飩癋. Dry cutlets w/ paper towel, season, and dredge in flour. Sprinkle evenly w/ sage. Place one slice prosciutto on each cutlet. Heat pan over medium-high heat; cover w/ 2 tbls. of olive oil. Cook half of cutlets, ham-side down, 2-3 minutes per side in pan. Transfer to over to keep warm and repeat with rest of cutlets.





Pour off excess oil. Deglaze w/ wine, and reduce to 飩?1/3 c (5-7 minutes). Stir in lemon juice. Reduce heat to low and whisk in butter 1 tbls. at a time. Season sauce and serve over chicken.I need a few simple recipes that are very easy to cook?!? Please help!?
My mom makes an awesome meatloaf.


Go by a regular recipe and add some salsa.





Then I have a great recipe for a


Chicken Pot Pie.


Buy 1-lb boneless chicken breasts





2 tblsp of butter, divided


1/2 tsp salt


1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves


1 (16 ounce) package frozen veggies thawed and drained


1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup (undiluted) Buy Campbells


1/3 cup dry white wine


1 refrigerated piecrust (1/2 of 15 ounce package), at room temperature





Remove skin from chicken and discard. Cut chicken into 1 -inch pieces. Preheat oven to 425 F. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in broilerproof skillet (I use and iron skillet, but don't think it matters. Just a skillet of any kind I think) over medium-high heat. Add chicken; sprinkle with salt and thyme. Cook and stir for 1 minute.





Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in veggies, undiluted soup and wine; simmer about 5 minutes.





While soup mixture is simmering, unwrap 1 piecrust. put in bottom of the pie pan.





Remove chicken mixture from heat; pour into pie pan and use 1 piecrust to put over top. seal all the way around and cut an ';X'; in the middle to let it vent. Brush with some melted butter and bake until the top is a beautiful golden color. and the chicken mixtur is bubbly. Serve immediately.





Hope you like this one. Its a family favorite and have one in the oven as I type. Its very addicting.





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A good good sandwich.





Soft taco wraps of any flavor.


Spread ranch dressing down the center


put any meat on it. (we use deli meat from WalMart)


Such as Applewood Honey Ham, Sundried tomato Turkey, Sara Lee honey ham.


Anyways, after putting meat on there, add your favorite cheese, and wrap the bottom up first, then the sides.


You can either heat it in the microwave, or brown it in a skillet for a few minutes and flipping it once.


This is my husbands favorite sandwich.
Meatballs in Onion Gravy


Serve over rice or cooked noodles





1 lb ground beef


1 egg, lightly beaten


1/2 C. bread crumbs


1 T. parsley flakes


1/3 C. cream or Half n Half


salt and pepper to taste





1/2 C. flour





1 package brown gravy


1/2 medium onion, sliced thin





Combine first six ingredients and shape into meatballs. Sprinkle flour over meatballs. Saute meatballs in 2 T olive oil over medium heat until browned.





Drain oil from meatballs.


Mix package gravy according to directions.


Pour gravy over meatballs in skillet. Top with onions. Cover and simmer 40 minutes, stirring every few minutes.





Pour gavy and meatballs over rice or buttered noodles.
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锟糓ini Quiches


Make bite-size quiche that deliver big taste! Serve them for a brunch buffet or a simple appetizer.


Prep Time:30 min


Start to Finish:50 min


Makes:24 appetizers or can be served as main course with salad on side











1 1/4 cups Original Bisquick庐 mix


1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened


2 tablespoons boiling water


6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled


1/2 cup half-and-half


1 egg


2 medium green onions, thinly sliced (2 tablespoons)


1/4 teaspoon salt


1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)


1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese (2 oz)








1. Heat oven to 375掳F. Generously grease 24 mini (1 3/4x1-inch) muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray.


2. In small bowl, stir Bisquick mix and butter until blended. Add boiling water; stir vigorously until soft dough forms. Press rounded teaspoonful of dough on bottom and up side of each muffin cup. Divide bacon evenly among muffin cups.


3. In small bowl, beat half-and-half and egg until well blended. Stir in onions, salt and red pepper. Spoon 1 1/2 teaspoons egg mixture into each muffin cup. Sprinkle cheese over tops.


4. Bake about 20 minutes or until edges are golden brown and centers are set. Cover; refrigerate any remaining appetizers.





ALSO:





White Fish w/Caper Sauce





Tilapia is a mild-flavored, firm-fleshed whitefish. It can be rather bland. Perk up tilapia fish with spices and a tangy wine reduction lime caper sauce. If you cannot find tilapia, most other whitefish fillets will work as well such as catfish, trout, and snapper.


INGREDIENTS:


1/4 tsp garlic powder


1/2 tsp onion powder


1/2 tsp dill weed


1 tsp lemon pepper


1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese


2 tsp mayonnaise


6 boneless tilapia fillets (Makes 6 servings)


Salt to taste


paprika


1 Tbsp olive oil


2 Tbsp butter, divided use


1 cup white wine or chicken broth


Juice of half a lime


1 Tbsp small capers


Chopped parsley and lime slices for garnish


PREPARATION:


Combine garlic powder, onion powder, dill weed, lemon pepper, and Parmesan cheese.





Using half of the mayonnaise, brush one side of each tilapia fillet.





Sprinkle with half of the spice mixture, then sprinkle lightly with paprika. Turn fillets over and repeat using the remainder of the mayonnaise and spice mixture.





Heat a large heavy skillet over medium heat until very hot, but not smoking. Add the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter. Swirl to coat the bottom of the pan. Quickly fry tilapia on both sides until golden, turning only once. Remove fish to a platter and keep warm.





Carefully pour the wine into the hot pan. Boil for one minute, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add lime juice and continue cooking over medium heat until sauce becomes syrupy and reduced to about 1/4 cup. Whisk in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter and capers.





Spoon sauce over warm tilapia and garnish with chopped parsley and lime slices.





OR:





SAVORY CHICKEN BACON BITES (Paula Deen) serve with slaw or salad





RUB: 戮 c. brown sugar


2 T. chile powder


Mix well.





Raw chicken cubes


Bacon cut to lentgh to cover chicken, hold with toothpick.





Preheat oven to 350鈥?br>




Wrap chicken cubes in bacon, coat with rub.





Cook 15-?? min. (depending on size) until done.
chicken tenders! okay....go to the store and buy chicken breast tenders....the night before you cook them let them marinate in liquid smoke (you can find this in the ketchup isle i believe) and also brown sugar.


about 4 tbsp of the liquid smoke and maybe 2 of the brown sugar


when its almost time to start cooking your dinner...beat two eggs....and then take a chicken tender and dip it in so its fully cover in the egg yoke...then roll it in all purpose floor (do this with each one you're planning on cooking)


if you have a deep fryer perfect if not....in a pot pour about half way with vegetable oil and wait for it to be heated (it'll bubble only a little) then cook the chicken until golden brown...mmmm its so good. my bf ate like 12 chicken tenders. use dipping sauce like ranch or bbq or mustard for more flavor if you like





good side dishes...just get a plain simple box of velveta mac n cheese
something i make a lot is, ';chicken parmesean'; (sp) i just take boneless chicken pieces and put into a dish and pour a whole jar of spaghetti sauce (any kind) over the chicken and i bake it for 1 hour at 450 degrees ferenheit. before it is done i boil noodles to go with. and put parmesaen cheese over the top. its like spaghetti with chicken. and salad is really good with it,
Learn how to make soup.


Once you do you can make many different varieties.


Or check one of the on line sources like America's test kitchen


They always have easy and fun recipes.
Try making a fancy version of grilled cheese.


- bread


- american cheese


- maybe another type of cheese?


- cut up jalepenos


- add taco bell or mexican food sauce


- tomatoes, or anything else!





Also, try plain pasta. Go to the store and buy all different types of sauces. Just boil the pasta, and add a sauce. They have baked ziti sauce, penne vodka, meat sauce, anything!
Here are a couple of things that are extremely good but with very simple, few ingredients and short prep times.





1. Roasted Rosemary Potatoes





cut up 5 big potatoes after you wash them (big chunks like the size of a tea light. cut up one onion in big chunks as well.pour on some olive oil, enough to coat the potatoes without having a lot of oil left in the bottom, some oil in the bottom is okay. sprinkle 1 tsp salt over the potatoes and 1 tsp of pepper. tear the leaves off 3 sprigs of rosemary and put that in there.





mix it all up and put it in the oven on 425, covered, for 45 mins. if you can poke them with a fork and it feels tender like a baked potato from wendy's, they're ready, if not, to another 10 mins.





2. Mexican Cheese Dip





Crumble up and brown one 'log' of breakfast sausage. Cook that on Medium High. Drain the grease off. Add one large block of Velveeta cheese that you cut into chunks. Let all of that melt while stirring... Cook that on Medium until the cheese is melted. Add one can of Rotel, be sure to drain it first! Mix it all up and let him dip tostitos in it. Men love this!





3. Perfect Sunday Roast.





Buy one big roast. put it in a large roasting pan. Add 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, 2 celery stalks cut up, 2 carrots cut up, 3 potatoes cut up, one onion cut up, one pack of lipton onion soup mix and 2 cans of water. cover this and put it in the over on 350 for 5 hours. it will be SO tender it falls apart. Everything is in one pot. you can put it on at lunchtime and it will be finished by dinner. He'll love this if he's a roast fan.





4. Grilled or Baked Chicken





Take boneless, skinless chicken breasts (3-4 of them) and pour in 1/2 cup olive oil, 1 tsp garlic salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 2 TBSP cumin and let that sit, all mixed up in a bowl in the fridge, while you're getting the roasted potatoes ready. Put the chicken in the oven in a pan for about 20-30 mins. that will depend on how thick the chicken is. it's not going to hurt anything to cut into the chicken at the thickest part after 20 mins to see if it is cooked or not. Instead of the oven, you can put them on the grill. I'd do about 10 mins on each side.





These are all easy, hard to screw up recipes.
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Pay attention there are a lot of steps so be patient.


1.) get to sliced of brea


2.) on one slice put peanut butter


3.) on the other put jelly


4.) slap the two together


5.) Booya! you got your sammie!!
Try making spaghetti and meat sauce. There are so many variations that you can't screw it up, you can make it to taste. I use a pound of ground beef, cut an onion and cook it with the beef, then mix in a jar of tomato based pasta sauce. You can add mushrooms, green peppers, celery, and spices, just whatever you have that you think would be good in it. Sometimes I make it with a pizza theme, adding cubed pepperoni. YUM!
Brownies


Ingredients


1/2 cup butter, melted


1 cup white sugar


2 eggs


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder


1/2 cup all-purpose flour


1/4 teaspoon salt


1/4 teaspoon baking powder


3 tablespoons butter


3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder


1 tablespoon honey


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1 cup confectioners' sugar





Directions


1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


2 Melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar, eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well.


3 Add in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, baking powder. Mix well. Spread batter into one 8x8 square baking pan.


4 Bake for 25 - 33 minutes.


5 To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost brownies while they are still warm.























Chocolate Chip Cookies


Ingredients


1 cup butter flavored shortening


3/4 cup white sugar


3/4 cup brown sugar


2 eggs


2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract


2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon baking soda


1 teaspoon salt


2 cups milk chocolate chips








Directions


1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.


2 In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.


3 Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.





Pancakes


Ingredients


1 cup all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon baking powder


1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg


1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon


1 tablespoon white sugar


1 egg


1/2 cup plain yogurt


1/2 cup milk


2 tablespoons vegetable oil


3/4 cup chocolate chips





Directions


1 Preheat griddle over medium heat. Stir together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar, set aside.


2 In a medium bowl, stir together the egg, yogurt, milk and oil. Gradually stir in the flour mixture, then fold in the choclate chips.


3 Pour batter onto hot greased griddle, two tablespoons at a time. Cook over medium heat until bubbles pop and stay open, then turn over and cook on the other side until golden.