Okay, it's been a while. Sorry. I have been keeping busy getting back in the grove with the new school semester. So I have tried a few new things. I made Chicken Noodle Soup and Turkey Chili. We also had a family favorites that I would like to share; Frickadelin. I am not sure if I spelled that correctly, but it is a German food that is similar to meatloaf in the shape of a hamburger patty. The great thing about this is that you can have meatloaf in about a half hour instead of two hours. Everyone loved all three of them, so take one and try it, let me know what you think.


CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP:

4-5 Chicken breast tenderloins
1 stick of celery
1-2 medium carrots
1 small onion
4-5 chicken bouillon cubes (to taste)
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
parsley (just because I like to add green)
3-5 quarts of water
egg noodles (any shape you prefer)

1) Cut chicken into cubes (this is easier if you do it while they are still frozen).
2) Put the chicken in about 3-4 quarts of water, and let it boil.
3) Meanwhile, cut your celery and carrots into small bite size peaces. I like to cut the carrots in
quarters length wise and then slice them thinly, and I slice the celery in half length wise and
then slice it thinly as well.
4)Chop the the onion, and now you can add all the veggies. The longer they cook together the
better it will taste.
5)Add you bouillon cubes, salt, and pepper to taste.
6) The parsley you can just cut up with kitchen scissors and add in.
7) Let all this cook and add water as needed to get the desired ratio.
8)About 10 minutes before you are ready to eat add about 2 hand fulls of noodles ( I used really
thin little German noodles that I picked up in the international section at Meijer's)


TURKEY CHILI

I really cheated on this one. I just got 2 packets of chili powder, and basically followed the direction using ground turkey in place of ground beef. The kids and I did not notice the difference, but Brian said he could tell. The one thing I did do differently is use small cubed tomatoes in combination with tomato sauce. I also added additional tomato sauce because I like my chili a little bit thinner. I also made a couple of boxes of Jiffy corn muffins to go with it.


FRICKADELIN

1 1/2 lbs ground beef
1/2 sweet onion(medium)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 Tbs Paprika
3 eggs
3-4 slices of bread and/or bread crumbs
oil of Pam

This one is simple.
1) Put everything in a bowl, mix well, and then form into patties.
2) Lightly spray you pan with Pam (I use olive oil) or just poor about 2 tsp of oil in the pan and
spread it around.
3) Once the oil gets hot, lay some of the patties in the pan.
4) When the sides begin to brown, turn them over and let them cook until you can not see
anymore pink around the edges. (At this point they should be cooked through, but you can cut
one open to double check if you like)
5) Serve hot with ketchup, mustard, BBQ Sauce, or anything you like, or just eat them plain. James likes to make a sandwich out of them.

Enjoy!