Chicken LoMein

Chicken LoMein
adapted from jollymom

Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon cornstarch

* 1 teaspoon ground ginger

* 1/4 cup soy sauce

* 2 tablespoons chicken broth - leave out

* 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced

* 1 teaspoon reduced-sodium chicken bouillon granules

* 1/2 cup hot water

* 6 ounces uncooked Asian noodles or linguine - spaghetti noodles

* 1/2 pound medium fresh mushrooms, sliced - leave out

* 1/4 pound fresh snow peas - frozen

* 1 large sweet red pepper, julienned

* 1/2 cup carrots, julienned

* 3 green onions, cut into 2 inch pieces

* 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided

* 2 teaspoons sesame seed oil - leave out

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine the cornstarch, ginger, soy sauce and broth until smooth. Add chicken and stir to coat; set aside. In a small bowl, dissolve bouillon granules in 1/2 cup hot water; set aside. Cook noodles according to package directions.

2. In a large wok, stir-fry mushrooms, snow peas, red pepper and green onions in 1 tablespoon canola oil for 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender.

3. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. In the same skillet, stir-fry chicken mixture in remaining canola oil for 2-3 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.

4. Stir in dissolved bouillon. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Return vegetables to skillet. Drain linguine; add sesame oil and linguine to skillet. Toss to coat. Cook 1-2 minutes longer or until heated through.

We've had this a couple times, this also makes great leftovers. It is a bit time consuming but very good and better than takeout. 
5/5 from all 3 of us

Menu Plan Monday

Already the end of June?? Where'd time go? I wonder even more where the last 6 years have went? My little fella will be 6 on Friday, how can that be? And my little lady.. 6 weeks! :( I don't know if my poor heart can handle them growing up so fast! Here's this week's menu plan..

Monday- Chinese buffet at home.
Tuesday- MIL's for dinner
Wednesday- Crockpot bbq country ribs, mac salad, and baked beans
Thursday- Calzone and salads
Friday- Anthony's Birthday, if we get a chance to go out we will but Daddy works till 6pm. Perhaps we'll go to the local amusement park with Grandma during the day if its not too hot for the wee girl.
Saturday- Skillet lasagna and if there is salad stuff still here that too, maybe garlic toast. I gotta get making some cup cakes and whatever else I get figured out for his birthday party.
Sunday- Anthony's birthday party in the evening.. hard to tell what we'll have during the day..

Recipe Review: Sweet BBQ Chicken Kabobs

I was blog hopping and came across this recipe for the grill, and with these temps, I love making dinner outside.

Sweet BBQ Chicken Kabobs
found at Hoosier Homemade

Ingredients:

• 1-2 pounds chicken, boneless skinless, cut into chunks
• 1 whole fresh pineapple, cut into chunks
• 1 each red, yellow and green peppers
• 1 cup BBQ sauce
• 6 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, thawed

Directions:

1. Soak wooden skewers in water about 15-20 minutes.
2. Thread chicken, peppers and pineapple onto skewers.
3. Mix barbecue sauce and orange juice concentrate in a small bowl and set aside.
4. Heat the grill to medium-high.
5. Brush half of the sauce onto the skewers.
6. Grill 8-10 minutes or until chicken is done, turning occasionally.
7. Brush on remainder of sauce while skewers are cooking.

Servings:
This recipe makes about 18-20 skewers, with a little sauce left over. You can easily cut the recipe in half.
To grill pineapple, cut a 1/2 inch thick slice of fresh pineapple and place on grill. Turning once until the pineapple is slightly brown and there are grill marks on the pineapple.
Variations:
In place of chicken, you can also use salmon, pork or shrimp. In place of the fresh pineapple, you can use a can of pineapple chunks.

These are delish! They are a bit time consuming to chop, and thread everything but it works nicely when your hubby helps and your sister is in visiting to hold the baby :)

I enjoyed it all, including the pineapple, that we only put a few on in case we didn't like it, hubby, and my sister like it also. The bbq sauce I used was Wegman's brown sugar sauce & I used regular OJ since that is what I had. Next time I'll use some red onions too.

Me- 5/5 rating
Hubby-5/5
Kiddo- he ate it so he must have liked it, but left some peppers behind

Menu Plan not on Monday..

I'm late, I had the plan on the fridge but just not here. Wee girl and her brother have been keeping me busy. Suppose I didn't say much about having the baby.. yup.. May 12th, 2011. I will elaborate more later.

Monday- Picnic at my Dad's just some burgers and hot dogs
Tuesday- Cowboy burgers potato salad & corn on the cob.. corn on the cob has become an expensive treat.
Wednesday- BBQ chicken wraps with pasta salad I think.
Thursday- Hot dogs with baked beans and leftover salad
Friday- Slowcooker lasagna with texas toast
Saturday- Chicken bbq that our grandmother got us tickets for, its a fundrasier.
Sunday- ?? Not sure quite yet.. we'll see :)

Kiddo gets out of school on Friday so its the unoffical start to summer for us! :)

Tear Pad Coupons.

You probably see them all over the stores, little tear pad coupon booklets. Often when I see them, the product isn't on sale nor a good price including the coupon. However, you can take a couple and use them when you see fit. I did this a couple weeks ago at the Family Dollar. I saw Ragu coupons, for .50 cents off a jar of sauce they had priced at 2.99 each. The coupon and their prices wasn't good to me but I knew if I used that coupon at the grocery store they'd double it to a dollar. I took a couple for later. This week a local store has Ragu 10 for 15, if you buy all 10 at once they were 10 for 10.. I had a couple coupons so I went back for more, and they were still there. I was able to double all 10 coupons and get free Ragu sauce. Since there is no limit I might go get 10 more. We will use it all up. I know there is a hording issue lately for couponing but I can promise I have no desire to clear the shelves. I think if I got 20 its a reasonable amount for my spaghetti and pasta loving boys to finish within the year.

So the next time you see a tear pad of coupons, grab a couple, ya never know.

CVS Trip & Chatter

For those of you who think clipping coupons and watching the ads is a waste of time, you are in for a surprise. A little time and effort goes a long way. Now that I'm a stay at home mom again, I'm getting back into the swing of things. Part of my job now is to make sure the money my Husband makes stretches as far as it can, allowing me to stay home. We by no means have a lot to spend any ways. Its such a good feeling when I can make the money he works hard for go further.

Today at CVS I got:

8 pack of bounty paper towels- sale price- 7.99 - original price 9.99
3 pack of Ivory soap on sale for .99 cents - ?

Use a .25 cent coupon for bounty and a 1.00 coupon for the Ivory.
-4 ECB (had to be used today it expires)
Total- 3.96 and got back 2 ECB.

Awesome deal. I use the Ivory to make homemade laundry soap..even more frugal :)

Menu Plan Monday

Still no baby. Her official due date is Thursday & I have an appointment tomorrow so we'll see how things are going then. As anxious as I am, I want to enjoy these last few days of being pregnant with her. This is the only time in her life that I will be able to completely protect her from everything else. I have a ton of emotions running threw me. I've had a stressful week too.. lost my purse, car broke down and too much to fix, need new car, hubby works 12 hour shifts over night.. ahh! Just a few crazy things but if I keep praying God will help me threw.

Sunday- Pork chops seasoned and fried, baked potatoes, and peas.
Monday- Meatloaf using this recipe but not in the microwave or with that sauce. I will use ketchup and brown sugar on it. Mashed potatoes, Gravy, Corn & Salads.
Tuesday- Taco Pizza here eventually I can get the recipe up. I am just going to use crunched up tortilla chips instead of shells. That is what I have.
Wednesday- Buffet, whatever you can find in the fridge you can eat. I just planned this far so we can see what the doctors say... I didn't wanna get too much then have it go bad or whatever.

Happy May ya'll. Hope all the April showers bring you May flowers.
You can find loads more menu plans if you visit Organizing Junkie