Quick Dinners, By Ingredient

Did the chicken come first....or the Egg?

Chicken and Vegetables

If you have left over chicken, and other left over meat, put it together with a previously made rice dish, or one of those noodle, rice packages for a quick dish. Thinking about that...if you didn't have enough of the meat, after pairing it with the rice, you could fold the rice mixture into a few eggs, scrambled to make Egg Foo Yong, paired with a bit of soy sauce, you will have a great meal...low cost, too.

Chicken
Ideas:

*chicken pot pies,(see recipe Dutch girl dinners) cover with left over mashed potatoes, puff pastry, or breadcrumbs mixed with melted butter;
*tortilla wraps, heat the tortillas in dry fry pan, butter with your favourite sauce(mayo, BBQ, mustard, guacamole)add the chicken, veggies, salad, cheese, wrap up, great dinner, everyone love;
*chicken stir fry, with frozen stir fry veggies, add left over rice, or one of those seasoned rice packages, quick and tasty;
*chicken and gravy poutine, use left over chicken, left over gravy, or gravy from package or can, frozen French fries, done extra well, with chunks of your favourite cheese, add a few frozen veggies for a real unique healthy poutine;
*quesedillas made with left over chicken and shredded cheese, served with lettuce, tomatoes and guacamole;
*casseroles made with any leftover chicken, vegetable, a can of cream soup mixed with 1/2 can milk and a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce topped with cheese and a few breadcrumbs mixed together;
*Hot chicken sandwiches, use regular gravy or St Hubert's chicken sauce(like Swiss Chalet)
*Chicken burritos, made with Mexican rice, chicken, cheese, salsa, fresh veggies, guacamole, hot peppers, etc rolled into a large flour tortilla, baked for 10-12 minutes until tortilla is a little crunchy.
*Chicken salad, made with celery, onions, grapes, or olives,mayonaise, herbs, onto toasted French stick;
*Chicken and sautéed mushrooms and chees, on a toasted roll;
*chicken warmed, paired with a jar of masala sauce,or butter chicken sauce, served with rice and Naan bread
*chicken and sun dried tomatoes in creamy pasta sauce served over pasta.

Eggs
Ideas:

*omelets which can include anything, from herbs, leftover vegetables, ham, onion, salsa, cheese, leftover bacon;
*wrap your omelet into a hot tortilla, add some salsa, hot peppers, yum!;
*eggs Italian style, just sauté a bit of onion, add a can of Aurora tomatoes, add the eggs, let them slowly cook in the tomato sauce, add cheese, serve with crusty bread (see recipe Dutch Girl Dinners);
*Eggs Benedict, for a great dinner, very quick and easy, hollandaise sauce from package, poach eggs, use back bacon or ham and toasted English muffins;
*egg Foo Yong, any left over veggie, meat, a few bean sprouts or water chestnuts from a can and fresh mushrooms, makes a great meal;
*egg sandwiches, hot or cold, with fresh tomatoes, bacon, ham, hot toast, can have a bit of soup with that if desired;
*French toast with Carmel apples, bananas foster, fresh fruit, whipped cream or not....You could also use your banana bread instead of regular bread, French bread, brioche, any style;
*French style breakfast for dinner, ham, or bacon, eggs any style, baked beans, hot crusty bread
*eggs and veggie frittata, just mix a few eggs together with vegetables of your choice, heat pan, add egg mixture, pop into 350 degree F oven bake until set;
*to any cream soup, enrich with a couple of beaten eggs, temper eggs with a few spoonfuls of hot soup, add into soup a little at a time to prevent scrambling the egg, makes a satisfying soup.