Sunday Supper {chicken parmesan and breadsticks}

Yesterday we were all snowed in so we spent the afternoon playing in the snow and then we came in and had a delicious dinner. We all love chicken parmesan so I decided to try to make it at home.

Chicken parmesan is a heavy dish and to make it a little lighter I used a skinny taste recipe.  I really liked this recipe and my family loved it too.   Since we were snowed in I had time to make homemade bread to go with our meal  It was a real treat!



I used my own homemade marina for the sauce.

Angie's marina
1/4 onion finely chopped
garlic ( to taste I used 4 cloves)
1/4 cup sugar
2- 28 ounce cans diced tomatoes (tuttorosso is best)
basil to taste ( I used the squeeze tube from the grocery store since there was no fresh basil to be had)
1 t oregano
1 t onion powder
1 T salt

Cook onion in olive oil for 3 minutes, add garlic and cook for one minute stirring often, then add tomatoes and seasonings and simmer on stove for 2-3 hours stirring often.

I made the bread dough this morning in my mixer.

The bread-sticks were SO amazing and tasted very similar to Olive Garden's bread sticks!  I will make these again for sure!

 

It was a perfect snow day meal!
xoxo

Sunday Supper {Penne alla Vodka}

Penne alla vodka is one dish I always get when we go out to dinner.  I absolutely love it!  Last year I tried making it at home and it's turned in to a family favorite.  I make it when we have friends over, when friends have new babies and when we just crave it!

 

{Penne alla Vodka}

Kosher salt

12 oz. penne pasta

1 28 ounce can of plum tomatoes

1 T unsalted butter

2 shallots minced

1 clove garlic minced

1/2 cup vodka

2/3 cups heavy creme 

1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Handful of torn basil leaves

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the penne and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta. Empty the tomatoes into a bowl and crush with your hands.

 

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic  and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and stir in the vodka, tomatoes and salt to taste. Return the skillet to medium heat and simmer, stirring often, until the alcohol cooks off, about 7 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream  and cook until the sauce thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parmesan and basil

Add the pasta to the sauce and toss to combine, adding some of the reserved cooking water to loosen, if needed. Season with salt. Serve topped with more parmesan and basil.

Xoxo

Sunday Supper

It's been freezing cold all weekend so I wanted to make us something cozy, easy  and delicious for supper tonight.

I had all the ingredients for Brock's favorite meal (too bad he left for college yesterday)  so I decided to make us Beef Goulash.

It's so simple!  Here is the recipe:

1lb hamburger

1/2 onion chopped (I leave this out)

16 ounces macaroni noodles cooked and drained

1 family size can tomato soup

2 cans corn (drained)

2 packets Italian good seasons dressing 

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Cook hamburger and boil noodles.  

Add beef to noodles and mix in all other ingredients.  Bake at 375 for 30-40 min.

It is so simple and not our healthies dinner but it's absolutely yummy and we all love it!  It's also delicious as left overs the next day.

Today we did a few things around the house and this afternoon I picked up my bestie Sabrina and she helped me with a sorority recruitment event.  She's good like that :-)

Our groups don't have houses so all events are on campus.  Today our sororities had a craft day.  They made monogrammed Lilly canvases.  I think they turned out so cute!

I hope you had a great weekend! 

Xoxo