New recipes

Most everyone who knows me, knows how much I love the Recipezaar.com website. I am constantly finding great recipes to meet whatever occassion or ingredients I have on hand. Additionally, each recipe has nutritional information, which saves me from having to figure it out for Jim's carb count.

The end of 2008 brought the Zaar's best of the year and I found some great recipes that I would like to share with everyone. First came poverty stew, don't let the name fool you, this is great comfort food. It got great ratings from Jim, the kids are still skeptical. Just remember the parmesan cheese when you are serving it, otherwise it lacks some flavor. It is super easy to through together last minute.

Next I tried big thicket chicken and dumplings. I have never had dumplings, but this sounded easy enough. I used chicken breasts instead of a whole chicken and that worked fine. It does in the end take some time to put together, but we got two big meals out of it. Jim was surprised when he figured out I had made the dumplings from scratch. Isaak loved it the most and Jim was a close second.

Finally today I am trying crockpot lasagna. I am a super pasta lover, too bad for my carb counting husband. But I try to make pasta dishes only a few times during the month. This looked so easy, I just had to try it. I took one of the reviewers suggestion and added some extra seasoning (Italian seasoning, chives and garlic salt instead of the regular salt called for). It smells great in our house now. Plus I have a loaf of homemade bread to bake yet to go with it. Yummy-I can't wait to dig in!