The 14 Day Dump Dinner Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dump Dinner Recipes (2016)
Day 7-9
Day 7
We all love to eat delicious dinners each day. Unfortunately, most of us are so pre-occupied with our jobs and other chores that we do not get enough time to spend in the kitchen and prepare a delicious meal for the family. In days of tough schedules, it is impossible to spend even an hour in the kitchen to cook something tasty. But, wouldn’t you love if a mouthwatering dinner is ready for you with least effort and minimal time? We all would love to have such dinners every day, especially on days when there is no time for us to cook. The next recipe that we have is famous for the ease of its cooking and its taste. You will love the fact that the dish will be ready within minutes without you having to spend hours in the kitchen. The dish is Tortellini Bake.
Tortellini Bake
Tortellini bake is basically a delicious pasta casserole which is loved by most of the busy people. It is filled with lots of rich flavors which will push you to make and eat it again and again. The dish which will serve around 6 people will hardly take 10 minutes of cooking time and 10 minutes of preparation time. Hence within 20 minutes you will be served with a tasty dinner to enjoy. Let us see the ingredients you need to make the dish at home:
Tortellini: 9 oz. or 1 packet in any flavor of your choice
Parmesan cheese: 3 tablespoons, grated
Mozzarella cheese: around 1 and a half cup, shredded
Spaghetti sauce: around 2 cups
Parsley
Method:
The first step is to prepare the tortellini according to the directions mentioned on the packet. It will hardly take 10 minutes to prepare. Once the tortellini is ready, all you have to do is add spaghetti sauce in it and then add the tortellini covered with sauce in a baking dish. Add both mozzarella and parmesan cheese on top of tortellini to cover it well. Preheat your oven to 350 degree Celsius and then allow the tortellini to get baked in the oven until the cheese gets slightly brownish in color. Once the dish is out, you may sprinkle some parsley on the top. Hence within hardly 20 minutes, a delicious dish will be ready for you to eat.
Day 8
For the 8th day, let’s try something different. You would have been bored by now by the similarity in the cuisines presented so far. Hence this chapter focuses on a cuisine which is loved by most of us and is still easy to make. The chapter will present a Hawaiian dish which has a lot of rich and different flavors for all you foodies out there. The dish, like all the previous dishes, is very simple and easy to make and will hardly take 15 minutes of your time. We are sure you will love the ease with which the dish is created and the number of flavors which the dish offers. The dish is Hawaiian Chicken.
Hawaiian Chicken
Hawaiian chicken is basically a slow cooker recipe which means that it will take around 5 hours to get ready. Thus in the mean time you can either take a nap, go out for shopping or simply complete all your tasks. The famous part about the dish is that it has a wide variety of ingredients in it from pineapple to oranges to ginger and soy sauce. The variety of flavors not only adds richness to the flavor of the dish but also makes the dish very appealing to eat. The dish which will serve around 7 people requires the following ingredients:
Chicken breasts: approximately 6
Mandarin oranges: 1 can or 15 oz.
Pineapple slices: 1 can or 16 oz.
Brown sugar: half cup
Corn starch: 1/4th cup
Soy sauce: half cup
Lemon juice: 1/4th cup
Ground ginger: around 1 teaspoon
Method:
To prepare the sauce, you have to mix all the ingredients mentioned above, except chicken, pineapples and oranges. Whisk the sauce well so that the ingredients are properly mixed. Once the sauce is ready, place chicken in the pot and pour the sauce over it. Next step is to add pineapples and oranges from the top and let the pot prepare the dish for around 5 hours on low. After 5 hours the pot will come up with a delicious dinner for you. You may also enjoy the chicken with rice to make the dinner more fulfilling. Hence you will no longer have to go to an expensive restaurant to enjoy a dish as tasty as Hawaiian chicken; it will be easily available at your home with just 15 minutes of preparation time.
Day 9
The next recipe is again a very simple yet delicious dish. This is the dish which you normally enjoy at home but we are presenting it to you with a little change in the ingredients. The best part about the dish is that you will not have to put in a lot of effort to make it. The dish will hardly take 30 minutes to get prepared in which you will not have to do any hard work. The dish is also full of flavors and deliciousness and will be loved by all the family members, especially the teens. The dish is Mexican Chicken Lasagna.
Mexican Chicken Lasagna
Mexican chicken lasagna is basically another form of chicken enchiladas. This version of enchiladas, however, is fairly easy and far tastier than the original one. The recipe involves just four simple steps. You will have to dump all the ingredients, mix them well, make a layer and then bake it. Although the ingredients below may look like a lot, these ingredients will give a very delicious taste to the entire dish. Let us see what the ingredients are:
Chicken: 3 or 4 cups, chopped and cooked
Fiesta nacho cheese: 1 can
Cream of chicken soup: 1 can
Ro-Tel tomatoes: 1 can
Cumin: 1 teaspoon
Cilantro: around 1/4th cup, chopped
Corn niblets: 1 cup
Black beans: 1 can
Mexican cheese blend: 2 cups. Shredded
Pickled jalapeno slices: for garnishing
Sour cream: for garnishing
Lime wedges: for garnishing
Method:
The first step is to prepare a filling by mixing together the chicken, the soup, nacho cheese, cilantro and tomatoes. The next step is simply to layer the mixture and the remaining ingredients in a baking dish. You can be totally creative here and add different ingredients if you like. Layer the ingredients creatively so that the dish in the end looks very appealing. Cover the dish with an aluminum foil and then put the tray in a pre-heated oven (350 degree Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, remove the foil and let the dish be baked for another 10 minutes. Thus within 30 minutes of no hard work, you will get a delicious dinner to eat.