Wednesday - What's for Dinner? Tex-Mex Nachos

I'd like to share another one of my old recipes with you today - it was put in a book for me at a wedding shower of the guests' favorite meals to make. It is a low fat meal, and very easy to prepare!

Tex Mex Nachos

3/4 lb. ground round
1/4 cup sliced green onions
3/4 cup taco sauce
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 (8 3/4 oz.) can no salt whole kernel corn
fat free tortilla chips
3 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup chopped tomato
1 cup low fat sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup fat free sour cream

Cook meat and green onions in a large nonstick skillet. Drain, and return meat to pan. Stir in taco sauce, garlic powder, pepper, corn, and cook until thoroughly heated. Spoon 1 cup meat mixture over 1/2 cup chips, and top with lettuce, tomato, cheese, salsa, and sour cream.

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Wednesday - What's for Dinner?

Tonight we're keeping it simple! We are also really trying to watch what we eat around here. This meal is easy and takes just a few minutes to throw in the oven.

1. Hormel Apple Bourbon Pork Tenderloin - if you haven't bought one of these, you should! (I try to buy them when they are on sale and keep a few in the freezer.) I like that they cook in less than an hour, and they are always very tasty. Be careful, a few of the varieties can be a little salty, but my favorite is the Apple Bourbon. You can see all of the nutrition facts on their website I've linked you to above.

2. Baked Sweet Potatoes - I just put mine on a baking sheet and bake for almost an hour around 375 or until done.

3. Brussel Sprouts - I am going to use this Roasted Brussel Sprouts recipe from Allrecipes. Sounds yummy!

Now, I will have three things in the oven at the same time, but I can put the pork tenderloin on the top rack and the Brussel Sprouts and Sweet Potatoes on the bottom rack and they all take basically the same amount of time. (I wish I had a double oven!)

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A New Twist on An Old Favorite

Today at the Homeschool Village, the link up is all about creative lunch times. Hop over to see what other moms like to make for lunch. A couple of weeks ago, I posted about how my kids like to play McDonald's at lunchtime. I'd like to share another lunchtime favorite with you -- it's a new twist on everyone's favorite, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

A little bit of background: I grew up in South Florida in a transplanted family from the midwest. My father did some cooking - mostly breakfasts, grilling out, and one other favorite of mine, the Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly! The best meal was always a grilled pb&j, Fritos, and a chocolate malt. So so good. In fact, a couple of years ago when I had surgery and my parents came to help at my house, the first meal I ate after coming home was my dad's specialty - talk about comfort food!

I've passed this love down to my children and like to make grilled PB&Js for them, mostly when it's cold outside. I'll talk you through it:

Get out your favorite Peanut Butter and Jelly:

Put your bread open face on your griddle:

Layer A LOT of Peanut Butter and Jelly on the bread (you want it to ooze through when you're grilling it!):

Butter each side of the sandwich :

Grill until toasted brown and a little of the peanut butter and jelly is oozing out:

Wait a few minutes to eat them because they get HOT inside, then sit outside on a sunny day and enjoy the meal! Oh.... add some fruit and lemonade to go with it!

Perfect! While we were enjoying this outside a neighbor drove by and asked what we were eating. He said his favorite grilled sandwich is a grilled Pimiento and Cheese! Now, there's something to try as well.

Doesn't this look like a happy lunch customer?

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