For lunch today, I went to Gray Brother's in Mooresville with my Grandma Mary Vatter. It is always a great meal, and great company. We try to do this at least once per a month. She is one of a kind, really. She is always doing great things for others, such as going to Goodwill to buy clothing to take downtown to the homeless. Grandma has always been one of my biggest fans. She makes me feel like I can do anything in the world and today was no different. :-)
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| Grandma and I at my wedding |
Anyways, after deciding to get the roast beef and broccoli with cheese, we decided to get dessert and they have BLUEBERRY COBBLER now! I LOVE blueberry pie, and I have been saying that they need to have a blueberry dessert at Gray's for quite some time. When I sat down to eat it, it tasted great but it was this huge bowl of what looked like blueberry pie filling. I could not find any crust. Soooo, I took it to go, and I decided to stop by Kroger and purchase some pie crust. For dessert tonight, I simply placed the crust into a pie pan, inserted the filling and then covered it with the second crust. Kenny was super impressed, and it was even better with the crust!
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| Pie Crust from Kroger |
You can simply make a pie by buying a can of filling, or creating your own filling and buying those pie crusts at Kroger (or the grocery of your choice). We get the doughs that are pre-made (not pre-baked) and are in the isle with the can of biscuits. Super easy. Just don't forget to melt some butter and use a paper towel or a barbecue brush to dust some melted butter on the top, and sprinkle some sugar (browning trick that Chef Ronald taught me). Thank you Grays for the delicious pie filling today! Mmmm Mmm!
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| Finished Product |
The full menu this evening included...
- Lemon Chicken
- French Style Green Beans
- Long Grain and Wild Rice
- Blueberry Pie
Another new recipe tonight. I cannot believe how easy it is! As I mentioned in a previous post, if you want to EASILY make delicious and healthy meals, dust off your slow cooker! I purchased a slow cooker from Target made by GE. I love this one. It is a GE Digital 6 Quart Slow Cooker. The bottom does not get hot at all (or the sides), you have settings for warm, low and high...AND you can pull out your dish to take with you to a gathering or to set out on the counter without the entire bulky slow cooker. Totally worth the $39.88.
Crock Pot Lemon Chicken
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 lemon sliced
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp Thyme or Italian Seasoning
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| Lemon chicken, green beans, and rice |
Simply throw in all of the ingredients and cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 4 hours. I chose to serve it with rice and green beans...but this would also go very well over pasta (fettuccine would be great). The chicken was juicy and just falls apart at the touch of your fork. YUM!
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| Side dishes |
Kenny has been spoiled this week. I usually do not cook this often...but I am really trying to! We spend so much money eating out, and it is much more difficult to eat healthy while dining out. If you are interested, tomorrow I will post a simple slow cooker Chuck Roast recipe. I already have all of the ingredients chopped and ready to go to place it in the slow cooker tomorrow morning on my way out the door to work. We will see how it turns out!
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| Happy Husband |
Until tomorrow,
Amanda :)
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