Dinner with Epifanio

Tonight we went out to dinner with family, we went to Chili's. It was Epifanio's first time sitting in the high chair at the restaurant, and I just loved it so much, he had a blast and I enjoyed watching him try to be a real human.

 This was taken right before Darth scared him and I can't stop laughing at him.

Dinner and a Show

Tonight was my ward's Senior Dinner. The YW and YM combine and invite the senior citizens aged 65+ to a dinner in which we take care of everything. This year we had soup, and I was asked to do the rolls, so I spent all day baking 144 rolls for the event. The dinner was a success, I think.

 After the dinner, we had karaoke. The seniors didn't seem to dig it, but the youth did, so at least some fun was had.

Overall, good times were had by all!

African Foods

I was invited to a dinner tonight, where African food would be served. A gal that I visit teach is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and she's lived here for about 4 years now. She invited myself and my visiting teaching companion (and our respective families) to dinner where food from her country would be served. I was super nervous, of course, because I am the pickiest person alive, but I went in with a open heart and hopeful. I of course don't know the names of anything we ate, but it was all actually really delicious! I snapped pics of the food, at the risk of being a weirdo.

I do know, the one kind of round white thing is called fufu and it was super yummy. All the food (except for the fish that I wouldn't eat) was super good and I was so glad for the invitation!

Philly Cheeseteak Quesadillas

For dinner tonight, I tried something I saw on Pinterest, of course. It was super delicious and super easy. Let's break down the ingredients.
4 tortillas
1 green pepper, sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
1/2 lb sliced deli roast beef
1/2 lb provolone cheese, shredded

In a saucepan over medium heat, heat up some oil. Saute the onions and peppers until a little tender. Remove from heat and set aside. Then I used a skillet, and put a little more oil there, and place a tortilla on there. Sprinkle a little cheese on there, and then place a few slices of the roast beef. Place some of the onions and peppers on there, and then sprinkle more cheese on there. Put another tortilla on top of that. Let it cook until the bottom is golden brown, and then flip it over, cooking until that one is golden brown as well. Let it chill out for a few minutes, to let the cheese and tortilla set, and then cut into slices and enjoy!

I have these arranged on my plate like this, because I put some ranch dressing on here, and dipped the quesadilla in that. It was good! These are delicious, so I recommend them.

Cowboy Casserole

After scouring the Pinterest boards for a dinner for Sunday night, I landed on this – a Cowboy Casserole. I accidentally forgot to take any pictures of the dinner, but I’ll give you the recipe nonetheless.

¼ cup diced onion
½ Tsp pepper
1 Tsp salt
½ Tsp Mrs. Dash
1 Lbs small red potatoes, sliced (about 4-5 potatoes)
1 can diced tomatoes with liquid
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 LB ground beef browned and drained (or, like me, just put it in raw, whatever)
1 cup canned corn
1 can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Put all ingredients into a crockpot and stir well. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 7-8 hours. Sprinkle cheese on top for the last 30 minutes of cooking.

This was really delicious! I really liked it. It was really easy, too, which is always a plus on Sunday dinners. I wish I had taken a picture, but by the time I was getting my food, I was just so hungry, so I just ate instead of taking pictures. Make it for yourself, see how good it is for yourself.

Stuffed French Bread

In a twist - I didn't get this recipe from Pinterest! Chelle emailed it to me the other day, and finally, I made it yesterday. It is delicious, and oh-so-easy to make. The recipe is thus:

1 loaf French Bread

1 pound hamburger

1- 10 3/4 oz can Fiesta Nacho Cheese soup

1 cup milk

Grated Cheese - I used cheddar
1 Green Pepper, sliced

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice the loaf of French bread down the middle, lengthwise, and pull out all the middle bread, leaving a shell of bread. After removing the bread, break it into bitesize pieces. Brown hamburger, drain fat. Add soup and milk to cooked hamburger, and heat to boiling. Add in the bread pieces, stir until just mixed together. Divide the mixture into 2 shells, sprinkle the top with cheese and put the peppers on top. Note: I didn't have a green pepper, only red, so mine is red.

Bake for 20-30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Cut into slices, serve.

This is delicious, I really recommend it to everyone. The bread gets nice and crispy, and the inside is yummy. Make this, everyone, its easy!

Teriyaki Chicken

Normally, Sunday dinner in our house is something super easy. Weird, right? You’d think that because we have no work, or anything to do, that we’d do a big dinner, something elaborate and delicious. Unfortunately, that’s never what happens. Usually, I come home from church after noon, change out of my church clothes (that’s right, I don’t stay in them.) and then eat a biggish lunch, since usually, I’ve not eaten breakfast, and so far for the day, I’ve only eaten the gummy bears and chocolate covered peanuts in my church bag. So then, I enjoy a big meal at like, one, and then, I just don’t think about food (sometimes I have some snacks during the day) and then it turns like, 7 or 8, and I' think, holy we need to eat something! And quickly throw together something to eat, but today, it changed.

I had a lot of time today, with there being no church yet again. So I found this recipe on Pinterest yesterday, and I wanted to make it. So at about noon, I started getting it ready, and at noon-thirty, I had it in the crockpot, ready to cook. The recipe goes as follows:

Teriyaki Chicken:

4 Frozen Chicken breasts
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup teriyaki sauce
1 can pineapple chunks, drain half of the juice out
Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

Spray the crock pot with nonstick cooking spray and add chicken breasts. Pour soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and pineapple chunks (with the juice) over the chicken. Sprinkle as many red pepper flakes on top as desired. Cook on high for 4-6 hours. Shred chicken in the crock pot with 2 forks, and serve over rice.

Now, that’s how they do it. Let me tell you of my additions and changes. I used an extra chicken. There was 5 in the package I got, so I just threw it in there too, so it wasn’t just going to be by itself later. It didn’t take away from any of the juice, or anything, I didn’t think. Also, I read in the comments of the blog I took it off of that they chicken and sauce was way too salty, so I used low sodium soy sauce and teriyaki sauce. I also added a bell pepper, and half of an onion, because I thought they’d be a nice addition. I didn’t shred the chicken in the pot, I took it out onto a plate, shredded it there, and then let it cook for another 10 minutes or so, so it could be all soaked in the juice again. All in all, it took about 4 hours to cook, because it was all done by 4:10. And now, the taste….

IT WAS DELICIOUS! Honestly, it was so good. I recommend the heck out of this to anyone. I took a picture, of course, of it after I shredded:

 

Yum!