Meatless Friday Night.....

It’s Lent at my house – which means meatless Fridays. Some of my vegetarian Vegan friends would laugh, but my husband and kids are real meat and potatoes types. I could take it or leave it. My husband is also picky (not my children, my husband).

That being said, my dear friend Kaysha, asked if I had any Lenten recipes up my sleeve. I do! So, here go – ENJOY!

Overnight Crab Casserole

( if you are tired of the ole Tuna Casserole). My Father-in-law loves this recipe. He gobbles it up. I usually serve it with a really nice salad.

I can crab (6 oz)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/3 cup milk
½ cup miracle whip/ mayo (I only make it with mayo – not a miracle whip girl)
2 cups extra fine noodles, uncooked
1 ½ tsp. onion flakes
2 hard boiled eggs – blech I don’t add the eggs
1 cup grated cheddar – divided

Drain the crab. Discard the juice. Empty the crab meat into a mixing bow and break up slightly with a fork.

Stir in undiluted soup, milk, mayo, and onion flakes. Stir in noodles and yes, they will break.

(If adding eggs – chop them up and add them now). Add ½ cup cheese. Empty into a buttered casserole dish. Top with Cheese. Refrigerate overnight.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes – serves 4.


Now this recipe is amazing! It comes from hubbie’s aunt. So yummy!

Baked Shrimp

oh but eat this one if you are on a diet (see 1st ingredient!). Excellent if you have company

1 cup (2 sticks) butter melted
¼ cup dry white wine
¼ cup minced parsley
2 tblsp fresh lemon juice
3 lrge cloves garlic, minced
2 tblsp Basil
1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
¾ - 1 tsp hot pepper sauce
½ tsp salt
2 lbs. large shrimp – shelled and deveined tails on
½ cup dry unseasoned breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 450. Combine first 9 ingredients in a shallow 2 qt. baking dish and mix well. Remove ¼ of the mixture and set aside.

Add the shrimp to the baking dish and mix thoroughly. Combine the breadcrumbs with reserved sauce and sprinkle over shrimp. Bake 10-15 minutes. Serve immediately.


Enjoy! I’ll have to look and find the other Lenten Standbys…

Kielbasa with Noodles

This one was yummy - I need to start remembering to take pictures...anyways, my husband called this a variation of scalloped ham and potatoes. I didn't think so - but whatever. The kiddos gobbled this up!

8 oz egg noodles, uncooked
1 lb Kielbasa cut up
1 onion sliced
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 soup can of milk
1 cup frozen peas or green beans
1/8 tsp. pepper

Cook Noodles according to package directions. In a large skillet, cook kielbasa and onion. If it gets fatty - spoon off the fat. Add the soup, stir. When incorporated, add the milk. Add pepper and peas. Heat to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain noodles and add to skillet. Heat for another 2 minutes and BAM! Dinner. I think it took about 20 minutes and it was really tasty! Enjoy friends!

Recipe - Crockpot Pork Tenderloin

Hello my little blog! I've missed you!

I don't know about you, but Hormel Pork Tenderloins were on sale last week at my Target. In addition, I had the Hormel $1 off coupon. So, I got two - we heart pork.
I've been wanting to post this recipe since dinner on Sunday night. I went to work, so I never had a chance to post this. This is what I made for dinner.

Pork Tenderloin
1 can cream of mushroom soup
3 Tblsp Cooking Sherry
Herbs de Province
Ground Mustard
Salt and Pepper

I only had a few hours to make dinner - so I hauled out the 'ole crockpot - flipped it on high. In a separate bowl - I mixed the can of soup and the cooking sherry. In the crockpot I seasoned the pork. I just sprinkled with a little of each of the spices ( I added a little too much salt). I let it cook for 4 1/2 hours - it was falling apart the seasoning was amazing!

Husband called this one a keeper.