Good Food, Good Meat...

...Good God, Let's eat!  My Dad used to say that when we were growing up sometimes, instead of saying Grace before dinner.  It has stuck with me :)

I wanted to share a couple dinners we've had lately, that are pretty all around pleasing, at least I'd like to think so since I made them. 

Chicken Spinach Alfredo Pizza

 

I like to make a homemade pizza crust, but this pizza would be a SUPER quick fix if you got pre-cooked crusts (usually in the pasta aisle) or the refrigerated crust you get in a tube by the refrigerated biscuits.  I used:

• 1 jar Light Parmesan Alfredo Sauce

• 1 box chopped frozen spinach

• 1 cup chopped or shredded chicken (leftover rotisserie chicken would be perfect)

• 1 8 oz. bag shredded Mozzarella or Pizza cheese

• 1/2 c. shredded Parmesan cheese (optional- it makes it seem a little more gourmet, to me)

• 3-4 slices of bacon, chopped and cooked crisp

1. Prepare your pizza crust if it's not cooked already, it usually needs to cook a bit before adding toppings
2. Microwave unopened box of spinach in a glass bowl for 5 minutes; remove from packaging into a dish towel; wrap with towel and twist ends to wring water out of spinach; combine spinach and alfredo sauce
3. Spread sauce mixture on pizza crust, top with cheeses, then chicken and bacon; bake until desired doneness!

Pork Lo Mein

Get together:

• Your favorite stir-fry veggies (we like sliced bell peppers, sliced onion, shredded carrots, sugar snap peas, and crushed garlic, or sometimes I even just use a bag of frozen stir-fry veggies)
• 1 lb. Pork loin, steak, chops, or you could do chicken breast, too- this needs to be cut into thin strips
• Lo Mein noodles or spaghetti if you can't find lo mein (I have gotten mine from HyVee, they were called Wu-Mu noodles there, and I also have gotten them from an Asian food store and they were called Shang Dong noodles, I think....)
• Canola oil 
• 1/4 to 1/2 c. Soy Sauce

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook noodles- lo mein noodles only take 3-5 minutes to cook, spaghetti would, of course, take a little longer; drain in collander, set aside.
2. Heat a couple tablespoons of oil in a large skillet or wok and stir-fry meat until cook through and no longer pink; remove from pan and reserve
3. Add another couple tablespoons of oil in skillet or wok and stir-fry veggies until desired doneness (we like ours a little softer so the baby gal can eat them with us, so I cook them a wee bit more); add meat and noodles and soy sauce.  Start with 1/4 cup and add more to taste- we LOVE us some lo mein with our soy sauce ;)
4. Enjoy!




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