What's For Dinner?! 6 Family Friendly Recipes That Will Knock Your Socks Off! Simple, & Convenient!

oh stranger, welcome to a week of

dinner

s. I have lots of

dinner

ideas for you. I think six and then a dessert

will

be delicious too. The first thing I'm doing is something I'm dying to do. For a long time, my kids have just started reintroducing gluten and dairy. Well, dairy has been gluten-free for a little over a month and a half, it hasn't been that long, although most of these foods are gluten-free. The first no, I'm using real gluten. pasta and I'm delighted, it's Alfredo stuffed shells, so let's cook, okay, this is

what

you're going to need, just ignore all this chaos in the back, we live here sometimes, so it seems super

simple

, full of gluten and full of dairy.

I can't wait, if I'm honest with you, giant shells here, I'm making a double batch because you could also have a rotisserie chicken, it was 5.79, all the others were nine bucks, that's why everyone loves it. Proper rotisserie chickens at Costco for about four bucks mozzarella cheese parmesan garlic parsley straight from my garden that joke never gets old oh double the palm cheese I don't think we're going to need that since we have the more expensive stuff here I am trying to make it taste really good because I don't know if this

will

have an encore okay we'll see how our kids react whole milk oh man I meant no it doesn't matter nutmeg a little salt butter not pictured and then cheese ricotta.

I'm Italian, but I always screw it up, so I make it fun, okay, let's cook first, first we have to cook the noodles, oh my god, this water gets hot, I never knew that. I'm going to boil the water because sometimes it takes forever, honestly it's a good thing it's taking forever because it's taken me forever to read

what

I need to do. I need two tablespoons of garlic and this is pretty much the easiest way to get a bulb. of garlic to, you know, loosen its cloves, you just cut off the ends and then you just squeeze it in

your

hands, it's like there's no skill involved, oh my gosh, it's been so long since I used fresh garlic, so this is really exciting.

For me two tablespoons, what's like 16 cloves? Okay, I'm just going to crush it between my knife and then the shell will come off and I'm going to chop it. Honestly, this garlic smells like my lunchbox did when it was. in elementary school it was probably this strange, but like I said, I'm Italian, it's in my blood. Plus, it goes without saying that you can use store-bought Alfredo sauce. Just know that it always tastes better at home and is pretty

simple

to make. Look at it well and chop it so that our sauce comes out well. I ended up chopping up a couple more cloves of garlic than I expected because more is more, a few tablespoons of butter, I guess it would help if I turn this on once the butter starts to melt.

I'm going to add a couple tablespoons of garlic, so let's make equal parts butter, flour, and garlic. It seems fine to me and it doesn't take long until it becomes fragrant, you don't want to burn it so just when it's melted. and it smells good, add three tablespoons of flour or two tablespoons. I'm making some extra sauce. I feel like you can never have too much Alfredo sauce or any other sauce, oh boy, things are getting crazy, okay, quickly start stirring well. slowly not really quickly add a couple cups of this steaming it's hot and i'm spilling milk everywhere i need a bigger whisk this isn't working right here we go there we go hot roux cold milk makes a nice smooth sauce why what is spilling?

It's like he's not a professional. I definitely can't mix with my left hand. What's going on? Why, oh, this measuring cup? The water is boiling, so I'm going to throw the noodles in here and let them cook. oh my gosh, I almost forgot, I'm doubling this so I need more milk, okay, a couple more cups of milk go right here, oh boy, okay, now things are moving forward, now it feels like dinner time , let this come to a bubble and then let it simmer for a couple of minutes until it thickens, okay, once it reaches a little bubble, we're going to add a cup and a half of parmesan cheese, just a couple of handfuls and then a pinch of nutmeg which will just give it a little bit. like oh what is that?

It'll really complement the flavors and then a little bit of salt, heck, you know, let's add a little bit of pepper, I like pepper and then whisk it until the cheese is melted and I turn off the heat. I'm going to gather the stuffing, you'll never be able to open these things. I'm making 32 ounces of ricotta cheese, plop, that's homemade, by the way, a couple of eggs break them right into ah shit, you know what I forgot to do? the chicken is an eggshell, oh my god, someone fire me, why am I going to throw the rest of the parmesan in there and two cups of mozzarella cheese, a little bit of Italian seasoning, a little bit subjective, you know, just a little bit, maybe. a little more and a little more whatever seems good to you a little salt a little pepper the recipe calls for a little parsley I have curly parsley, which I don't know, I feel like it was a mistake, man, parsley to me smells like herb and you know, Italian seasoning has it all, so that's enough, but for now it's okay, I'm just going to give it a good mix.

You can certainly add whatever you want to this filling if you want to add spinach to

your

shells and it ruins the dish, go ahead and do that, it doesn't really add much flavor it just adds nutrients. I used to do that all the time, but I quite enjoy it like a white lasagna over red sauce, especially when I'm pregnant because I like the heartburn. You know, okay, now I'm going to work on breaking this chicken down and I'm probably going to add it right into this bowl. Well, it looks like my pasta is ready, very hot, maybe I'll give them a little rinse.

I don't know, let them cool a little while I make the chicken. You can use any chicken you like if you have leftover cooked chicken in your refrigerator or whatever you use. Trying to make this

convenient

, the rotisserie seemed like a good option. Oh my gosh, plus I can eat the skin, you know, you know what I should have added to the Alfredo sauce, the fat from the chicken, okay, now I'm just going to mix all that chicken together. Am I supposed to give this a flavor? Taste well, I'll like salmonella, I dare you, yes, I'm really hungry, I'm ready for dinner, but we still have to put it together.

I'm going to pour about a cup of sauce into the bottom of the pan, this is great. by the way, okay, once they are full, this is just a tray that we made, I'm going to drizzle it with a little more sauce and then cover it, oh my goodness, this looks divine and it smells so good, oh, he been dreaming about these for probably a year the sauce is so good by the way i've just been nibbling on it like the broken noodles you know that's the perk of being the chef plus i'm pregnant leave me alone that's not sweet sounds of kids getting along oh my god, where are my scissors?

And every time I need them, I eat half a cup of cheese, well, just sprinkle it on, you don't have to measure. This part goes on top and then, oh, I'm drooling, I'm drooling. drilling and it's not even cooked Wetworth ran out with one hanging from his mouth and said, "I'm having this, but cover it with aluminum foil if you want, you can grease the top so the cheese doesn't stick, but I'm not going to cook at 375 for 20 minutes and then I'll remove the foil and cook for 10 more minutes. Look at all this, I have leftover.

It's crazy. I could have just made one box or quadrupled the filling. I always know I'll run out. filling up , oh my god, I can't believe I just ate that salmonella, I dare you, I wanted to dip it in here oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is what I've been waiting for and I'm actually going to throw this in the freezer. It's a frozen meal if you're feeding a crowd that would be great. I'm always feeding a crowd. I also made a salad. It's just romaine lettuce, red onion, cucumber, feta cheese and I love to top it with Italian olive dressing. our favorite, okay, here I'm going to sprinkle it and ruin it, as my kids would say, with a little greenery, a little parsley and that's dinner, I'll let you know how it tastes, obviously, I've already tried everything, it tastes delicious and besides , I was able to prepare all the dishes.

I think I prepared most of the dishes. We had a lot of dishes tonight for dinner. I haven't completely decided what's on the menu, but I know the protein is chicken. I'm one step ahead of the game. It's actually called Baked Chicken with Pesto and Mozzarella and Basil. It's a terrible name, but I hope it tastes good. Simple ingredients. I don't know what I'm going to prepare for the garnish, but I have time to decide in the meantime. my chicken is cooking in the oven so let's put this puppy together this is what you'll need for the main dish just some chicken with basil or italian seasoning if you prefer to make it some fresh mozzarella spend the Savings of your life on that!

I want to or just use it as grated material, you know what I mean, I'm trying to be fancy for you, tomatoes, um, I hate tomatoes, so this is going to be an experiment, garlic pesto, olive oil and then whatever Let's do the side I have. I have some Brussels sprouts that might be good. I have some green beans, who knows the possibilities are endless. Maybe some pasta. Actually, I'm going to cut my pasta in half and Jimmy. Now you have me thinking about pasta. I'm going to cut my chicken breast in half because these guys are honking and chopping, I also feel like if you wanted you can punch them, eh, but I don't think they have to be that thin, I'll just cut them in half, okay.

I'm going to squeeze that last one in here, you might be thinking wow, that's a lot of chicken. Uh, yeah, you'd be right, that's a lot of chicken. We always have extra people and leftovers never hurt anyone. Whats Next? I think not really. I don't know, I'm getting out of the picture. It seems simple enough. I don't think I need to read anything. Just a little oil. Drizzle it with a little oil. Now I'm just going to chop up some garlic. Wow, a whole head. of garlic like this, I'll just peel the skin off and then chop it.

You might also be thinking, wow, that's a lot of garlic, which is also true, but I think when you roast it in the oven it becomes very sweet and delicious and then you just take the garlic and sprinkle it over the chicken. I'm sure if you don't have garlic cloves you can use garlic powder or whatever you have on hand. The next thing to cut is this tremendously elegant, oh my goodness. hands are wet it's never going to happen mozzarella I don't know I'm going to make like two circles for each piece of chicken oh wait, the pesto comes first? let me reference pinterest yeah okay I'm going to give this shake take a spoon and then just put this on top it can't go wrong here also calm down I'm going to double dip the spoon or I'm going to use it all or I'm going to pour it out on some pasta, now a little mozzarella cheese on each piece, why? should we do this maybe this way yeah it looks good I mean how could it be bad?

I guess it could be bad. I bought the small roma tomatoes because I wanted them to fit perfectly into the picture on top of the mozzarella cheese slices and that's the amount. I think too much in the supermarket, oh perfection, look, it's amazing, is this, hang in there, I mean, is it the injection of money or what motivates me in terms of what's for dinner, videos, photos on pinterest. and that would help me change the pace, I realized I forgot to add salt and pepper so I'm just doing that on top, oh god, mmm, it's pretty good, Alex wants to watch Box Trolls and he's cutting up some cheese, He thinks it's the most amazing cheese he's ever tasted.

You've eaten mozzarella balls before making something special for Alex. Remember this is like the first thing that went viral on Pinterest. I feel like you would. What is cheese with roma tomato like? Don't know. I think I don't like basil in general, but with that, oh, okay, we've decided on a garnish. Alex wants mushrooms, so we get mushrooms. I'm also cooking on the stove, I'm boiling some water to make some pasta and then I'll just throw the rest of the pesto in there that's how I clean my mushrooms. I just take a damp cloth and rub it around the mushroom.

They are quite dirty. I had more vegetables in my refrigerator. I cut an onion. the other day for a barbecue we were having, so there were leftovers and then I had a green onion that looked pretty sad, so I threw it all in here along with some salt, pepper and olive oil and it smells. delicious everything is bubbling and looks very pretty it's been in the oven for quite a while you bake it at 400 for about 20 25 to 30 minutes I don't know depending on how thick it is I also have some pasta here that I put pesto on and then I just I have some simple pasta.

I chopped up some basil, so I'll just sprinkle it on top for a little freshness. Everything tastes better with fresh herbs and here it is all finished. I can't wait to dive in. I have to call the cavalry to set the table and then we will be ready to eat. Here is the final dish. It looks delicious. I can not wait to eat. I'm going to add more vegetables to my plate, but yes, on the menu tonight. make something like a kfc bowl um no i don't know what it's called that's not surprising it's like a mashed potato casserole i feel likeBrussels.

It's like a one size serving, but you know what I have. I also have some broccoli that I will probably buy. cut them too, I'm just cutting them in half although it's not really necessary and if you're not a fan of brussels sprouts you're not cooking them right and maybe not serving them with the right thing if you try them with hollandaise sauce it's the first time I've had them oh my god it'll rock your world just give it a good try steam them grill the shish kebabs I don't care okay so I've got these brussels sprouts and I'm just going to cover them instead of covering them with a little oil, salt and pepper like I normally do, I'm just going to cover them with this delicious sauce to fuse the flavors, you know and you know what First of all, I forgot, I have a lot of extra sauce left, let's eat with my damn fingers, but I also forgot how we're going to do this, okay, cut the lemons into half moons, oh my gosh, I'm sorry, Food Network is you.

I'm going to take a photo for the 'gram, okay, now we can get back to reality and just top the salmon with some lemon slices, apparently in no particular order, apparently because I apparently ran out of lemons. Should I make lines? Oh, that would ruin everything. but I also have more, so I might as well go get it, okay, okay, okay, okay, here it is ready to throw in the oven. Oh my god, should I preheat my damn oven? That's just me living at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes. It doesn't take long, okay, if you can believe it, I think I have everything I need to make mango salsa, except for a red onion.

I have a regular onion, so I'm going to cut this all up and it's going to be mango salsa. I always forget how much I love mango salsa. I just chop up some mango, chop up some red pepper. I like red pepper. Some people make tomatoes. A jalapeno. I removed the seeds completely and it is still quite spicy. I add a little onion. cilantro, lime from a juice, yes, set it up that way and that's all it takes to make something so delicious, this made the dish, oh my goodness, I could have eaten it all with a spoon.

I probably did. 10 out of 10 would recommend, just took a bite of this Alex too, it's so simple, it's so refreshing, it's so delicious, the flavor burst, for sure, I mean come on, the fish is out of the oven, it smells really good, really delicious, really fishy, ​​it doesn't actually smell too fishy, ​​it just smells the perfect amount of fish uh, let's dive in and give it a whirl, especially with mango, I cooked some rice, I have some brussels sprouts, some broccoli, okay, I'll start with dessert, it's like a healthier version. better than all cake but let's face it it's still cake this is from elise ellis you know I love her she shares really simple

family

recipes

that are quick, easy and delicious that cover everything you want from a meal on a healthier side and that she doesn't exclude desserts, so that's what we're doing now sounds great.

I asked Alex what he wanted. I showed him a photo of this. He said he wanted this, so let's get it ready. Here is everything you are going to do. I just need some devil's food cake mix. I never understood that name. Let's move this here. I don't know if it's hot chocolate or cocoa powder. It will be OK. You need some chocolate protein powder which I don't have, but I'm going to use what I have, which is vanilla close enough, uh, water, but I'm going to use milk because why not some syrup? And by syrup I mean caramel, some health bars, a couple of eggs, sweetened condensed milk, a cold shake for the top.

You, if you're counting macros, you can do it. She makes sugar-free syrup, but Alex couldn't find it at the store and then Greek yogurt for the cake, so we're going to whip it up, so in a bowl I'm going to combine the chocolate. cake mix a couple of eggs two tablespoons protein powder I feel like I'm almost done with this one, it's taken me about 17 years it's expired but it doesn't really matter since it's not chocolate protein powder I'm going to add it a little cocoa powder a cup of plain greek yogurt and this increases the protein and will also keep the cake nice and moist how about another small spoonful and then a cup of water or milk whatever you want? you know, I like to make all my Make your own mix and that's the cake mix instead of using oil and stuff, if you remember the beginning of summer, I made their coconut cake, oh my gosh, that was the best cake ever.

Have tried in years, this is a really good cake. Mix it up, I'm just going to pour it into a 9 by 13 dish. Mine is greased, but do whatever you want. Know? I'm not a big fan of cake batter, but I dare you salmonella, it tastes delicious, it tastes like pudding. it's okay in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes it's okay in a bowl while our cake cooks but it's almost done you're so hungry omg what do you want to eat brownie once the cake comes out let's spray this? on top and then let it cool in the refrigerator so that this makes the cake very moist.

If you've ever had a tres leches cake, then this is what I mean, or maybe excuse me, maybe like a cupcake or something. topping and then eight ounces of caramel sauce and I have a 10 ounce jar that we used for an ice cream party and I'm just going to use the rest of that old one, you can mix it up a little more, there we go cake. I just came out of the oven. What did I do with my toothpick? Here we go. You can use a skewer. You can use a fork. Did you see how it deflated?

Just poke a bunch of holes in it. You can use whatever you want. Like, uh, little holes, this is turning out to be tricky and time-consuming, so I think so, I'm going to use a fork out here, it's a stirring night tonight, okay, cool it well enough and then just take the caramel and the delicious drizzle. ooh, wait oh oh oh, wait, drizzle it over the top oh my gosh, okay, just throw it in and then this will soak into the cake while it cools in the refrigerator, okay, look how soaked I'm already going to throw this in.

In the refrigerator, let it cool and then we'll top it with even more deliciousness. I'm going to finish this cake here. I have a couple of Heath king size bars, their English toffee milk chocolate bar and I'm just going to tell you. Cut them into pieces so you can sprinkle them on top of the cake, perfect, perfect, and here she is the masterpiece. I mean, I understand why a health bar was chosen because it ties into the candy flavors and stuff, but I feel like Reese's would be a really great option, I'm just saying, spread what these eight ounces are, I don't know. , one container of this is not the big container, it's just the normal container, just spread this on, okay, it doesn't really matter what it looks like and then just take the health bar bites and sprinkle them on top oh yeah, yeah, yeah , yeah, yeah, that's working, let me eat this work, okay, there's perfection, I don't actually know, I've never eaten it before, but Alex is going to like it.

I'll take a slice out of it, actually I think I'll put it in the refrigerator for a while and then take out a slice so it can harden for a lot longer. Alex took everything. the big kids in the movie so when I get home it'll be fine, um, wow, are you sinking? Just kidding, are you looking at this masterpiece? The cake is very moist because of all those things we put in it. I haven't taken a bite yet, I can feel it, I can't wait to dig deeper, so let me do it, I mean, could you look at that?

It's amazing, God, I love sugar. I took a little bite and I have to tell you. I'm not even a big fan of the healthy stuff, but this is it, it hits the spot, it's chocolatey, it's delicious, it's got the texture, it's got the creaminess, man, it's good, but that's it. Thank you all so much for watching and hanging out. I hope you have some good dinner ideas. If you want to subscribe, put a little joy in your day and see you next time, bye.