French Bread Pizza

This one the kids will love no doubt... I used pasta sauce, mozzarella cheese, capsicum and pepperoni toppings, you can use any thing you like , mushrooms, chicken whatever. Its so tasty and its an easy 4 pm snack for the kids when they get back from school.

Take the bread, slice it in thin pieces or medium sized pieces, spread some pasta sauce , some cheese, bell peppers of your choice , and meat of your choice , put some sliced butter squares on the baking tray and bake it in a toaster oven at 350 degrees till the cheese melts. Enjoy one- just one along with your kids ;)

Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce

This recipe is a winner ! Kids will love it no doubt. I wish I could record all the praises what my kiddos showered on me while eating this. This is a recipe from the Pioneer Woman. I followed the recipe word to word.  I discuss about the recipe, its source and the ingredients to my kiddos while they eat, when I told them that this is Pioneer Woman's recipe, my 8 year old told something which makes me smile every time I think of it. She said, "Amma, this recipe is awesome , the Pioneer woman is the second best cook in the world. First is always you "... :-)  :-0 :-) .... How sweet my darling K <3

Will go to the recipe

Pasta 12 ounces ( fettuccine or linguine)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion finely diced
4 garlic cloves minced
1 bottle of Pasta sauce
salt and Pepper to taste
Dash of sugar to taste
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
Chopped Fresh Basil


1. Cook the Pasta
2. Meanwhile heat olive oil and butter in a skillet. Add the onions and garlic till onion is translucent.
Pour in the Pasta sauce, salt, pepper sugar.
3. Then add the heavy cream and stir.
4. Add the grated Parmesan into the sauce.
5. Drain the Pasta and add the Pasta on top of the sauce.
6.Toss the Pasta and the sauce , if it is too thick add some of the Pasta water.
7.Before serving add the chopped fresh Basic.
8. Serve it Hot ! After that go exercise ! <3

BEHIND THE SCENES :-)

Another day for school lunch

That was the leftover from previous day ( angel hair noodles with chicken)
Apple slices
Jello
Orange Juice
Banana and Apple sauce or whatever you call it. K loves it... So I pack it. End of story !

Lunch Box

And one of the days it was ...

Bagel and cream cheese

Scrambled eggs

Apple Slices

Jelly

Orange Juice

Pitta Pizza

Pitta Pizza.... its a Saturday Nights thingy !!! Specially when you are sitting with kiddos and enjoying  a family movie time

Just throwing some ingredients together in the oven... will get you this perfecto disho for a Saturday Nighto !!!


Pita Bread
Pizza Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Olives
Assorted Peppers

Basically any other topping you want : Mushrooms Hard Salami, Bacon, Meat balls, sausages ... whatever comes you way, put it on top of the Pitta and enjoy your Pitta Pizza Saturday Movie night !!!

PS. Bake in a Preheated oven at 425 Degrees F, will cheese melts . Add only pre-cooked meat !!!

Parmesan Sesame Chicken Strips

These are so easy and so yummy ! The recipe calls for Ritz Crackers as the outer coating and I thought that was a joke until I tried them ! Its truly out of the world ! And I think I am going to buy some more Ritz crackers just to use them for more recipes !

This whole thing takes just 30 minutes to make...

Here's what you need...

25-30 Ritz crackers
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Pepper - 1 teaspoon
Salt - go easy on the salt, as the Ritz crackers already have salt in them.

Preheat oven to 425 degree F.
Keep the baking tray ready by spraying some nonstick cooking spray
Cut the chicken breast into long strips.
Marinate them with a little salt and needed pepper.
Place the crackers in a ziplock bag or any plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin until they are fine crumbs ( I love doing this part ;) )
In one bowl have the mayonnaise, and in another bowl, mix the crackers, parmesan cheese and sesame seeds.
Dip the chicken strips into the mayonnaise and then the crumb mixture.
Spread them on the baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Enjoy it hot with some ketchup or some honey mustard !

Get some Tips from pics below:

Grilled Cheese and Chicken Sandwich

Lunch for School

Grilled Chicken and Cheese sandwich
Apple Slices
Strawberry Jelly
Orange Juice

Hmmm... that's my big K's lunch box, she likes to have a little bit of everything, a little meat, some fruit, some dessert and a fruit drink. I don't even want to post my J's lunch box pic here ;)

Meatball Pasta

If you have some pre-made meatballs, then this is not going to take more than 10 minutes.

Boil Pasta with a little olive oil and salt

Once its cooked drain and keep aside. Save some of the liquid.

In a pan, heat some olive oil, add some chopped garlic and a medium sized onion and sauté

Add marinara Sauce, add the meat balls.

Switch off, when the sauce boils.

Check salt.

Mix the meatball sauce with the Pasta and the saved liquid , add some parmesan shavings !

Meal ready in 5-10 minutes!!! Serve Hot

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Cheat Pizza

So what do you when your kids crave for some pizza ? I tried this once at home and I am so glad I did , coz most of the time, when the kiddos are in a pizza mode, I don't have to order one or go and pick one. Here is an easy peasy Cheat pizza recipe...

Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Any bread ( French bread or Italian bread ).
Slice it to 3/4" thickness
Spread them on your baking tray.
Put some butter for extra taste.
Top it bread slices with some marinara, mozzarella ( i added some sharp cheddar too, if you don't have forget it ), pepperoni or any topping of your choice.
Bake it in the oven till cheese melts.

Give it to kiddos and see the smile on their faces... ;-)

Steps :-)