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Cuban Panini and Black Bean Soup

By Toni on September 11, 2012 in Complete Family Dinner, Entrees Recipe, Recipes, Reincarnating The Leftover

What To Make With Leftover Pork Tenderloin

Cuban Panini and Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

french bread- 1 loaf, sliced into ½ inch slices
sliced ham- 1 lb, or stored leftover sliced pork tenderloin from Berry-Good Pork Tenderloin
sliced dill sandwich pickles- 1 24oz. jar
tomatoes, roma or vine-ripened- 1-2
black beans- 1 28oz. can, drained
salsa- 1 cup or 7oz. (like Herdez mild 7oz. salsa)
sour cream

STAPLES:

dijon mustard- ½ cup (approximately)
olive oil- ½ cup (approximately)
chicken stock- 1 cup (1 cup water with 1 chicken bouillion cube)
cumin- ½ teaspoon

Instructions

Soup

In blender combine beans (drained), broth, salsa and cumin; blend until smooth but do not overblend
Transfer to a soup pot and heat until bubbly
Serve with sour cream

Panini

Mix together olive oil and Dijon mustard (there’s no need to measure ingredients exactly, just “eyeball” it).
Spread mustard mixture onto the outside of each slice of bread
Place bread, mustard side down, onto Panini press or griddle, then top with pork, tomato and pickle; place second slice of bread on top with mustard-side up
Cook until crunchy brown and both sides

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Reincarnate The Leftover

This recipe is perfect made with leftovers from Berry-Good Pork Tenderloin:

Reincarnate The Leftover

Meal Planning For Busy Families

The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

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What’s For Dinner This Week: Grandma’s Kitchen

By Toni on August 28, 2012 in Making Dinner, Recipes

Recently our family celebrated the 85th birthday of my grandmother (“Grams”). So, this week we’re featuring our Weekly Meal Plan titled “Grandma’s Kitchen” as our menu from The Organized Cook.

Recipes inspired from Grams make up this week’s menu, so if you’re a subscriber to The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System, here’s what’s for dinner this week.

Grandma’s Ghoulash & Bean Salad

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Homemade Chili

Chicken Pot Pie

Pub Style Fish and Chips

Meal Planning for Busy Families

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What’s For Dinner This Week: “Go-To Meals”

By Toni on July 31, 2012 in Making Dinner

The “Go-To” Meal

“Go-To” Meals are those simple recipes that allow us to create family-favorite dinners effortlessly. The Organized Cook is dishing up a week’s worth of our favorite “go-to” meals to save busy families even more time and money this week. As a subscriber to The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System, here’s what’s on our family dinner menu this week.

Day 1: : Slow Cooker Beef Roast &Vegetables with Country Biscuits

Day 2: Sesame Baked Chicken & Thai Coconut Rice with Peppered Green Beans

Day 3: Peppy Spaghetti & Garlic Knots

Day 4: Beef Enchiladas &Toasty Tostadas

Day 5: Chinese Chicken Salad &Vegetable Fried Rice with Spring Rolls

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The Underestimated Mashed Potato

By Toni on July 30, 2012 in Holiday Recipes, Recipes, Saving Money, Side Dish Recipes

Homemade Mashed Potatoes

A Stitch In Time Saves Nine. A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned. Waste Not, Want Not.

Probably one of the most versatile, frugal and efficacious dishes is the mashed potato. Gracing our Thanksgiving dinner table each year, mashed potatoes are wildly overlooked for the remaining 364 days of the year.

At just pennies per serving, Homemade Mashed Potatoes are not only inexpensive, they’re one of the most versatile side dishes. By adding a few cloves of fresh garlic during boiling and then mashing with the potato, the gourmet Garlic Mashed Potatoes are created. By substituting milk with buttermilk, you have Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes. And, Herb Mashed Potatoes can be made by adding some fresh or dried herbs like rosemary, thyme and parsley.

Herb Mashed Potatoes

Five Recipes To Make with Leftover Mashed Potatoes

Homemade mashed potatoes can be cooked in bulk to freeze for future use, or stored for use in other recipes- or, like I call “Reincarnate The Leftover”. Here are some of my favorite recipes using leftover mashed potatoes.

Festive Potato Cakes Recipe

Bangers and Mash with New Castle Gravy

Twice-Baked Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

Cottage Pie Recipe, is allegedly a favorite dish of Prince Williams- a tasty version of the Shepherd’s Pie.

Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

A Stitch In Time

Homemade mashed potatoes freeze and reheat well, so I like making extra and storing for a busy day’s side dish. I recommend using glass storage containers like Rubbermaid’s Glass Food Storage or Ziploc’s Versaglass that go from the freezer and into the oven or microwave to reheat.

Check out our Homemade Mashed Potatoes Recipe here: