The Wonderfuly Easy, Ritzy Dinner Menu

Hello all you smart ritzy dames! If any of you ladies are like me, and you love to cook homemade healthy meals for your loved ones, but the rising prices in food, or your busy schedule has you running around so much you have barely enough time to think let alone cook a whole dinner... Well, fret no more my lovelies here are some lovely recipes that you can prepare for your family in no-time flat and best of all, it won't burn a hole in your purse!

This first recipe comes from my wonderful mother, it was given to her by her godmother, and now I'm sharing it with you ritzy ladies. I hope your family enjoys this recipe as much as mine has.

Main Course: Tomato Soup With Cheese Filled Dumplings:

1 carton. organic tomato soup (or 2 cans of not organic, but i think the organic is what makes it taste best)

Sharp cheddar. cut into small cubes

2 cups.  bisquick all-purpose baking mix

1/4 TSP. salt

1/4 TSP.  pepper

1/2 TSP. dries basil

cold buttermilk or plain milk

Heat soup on stove. Meanwhile mix your bisquick, salt, pepper, and dried basil together, then slowly start adding your buttermilk/milk until it just forms a ball (got get it too wet). Now pinch off pieces of your dumpling dough and roll it into a 1/2 inch balls, make a whole in the center of the ball and put in one cube of the cheddar cheese and roll the ball to seal the cheese in, repeat that process until you have filled all your dumplings. Once your soup has just started to boil reduce head and plop in the dumplings one by one and cook on medium heat gently pushing the dumpling down into the soup and be careful not to stir too much it could brake apart. cook the dumpling until they are fully cooked ( about 20 minutes ). once cooked serve in a bowl.


Vegetables : Fresh And Bright Salad:

Fresh salad greens of your choice ( i prefer organic)

2 oranges ( i prefer organic)

2 tomatoes ( i prefer organic)

orange salad dressing ( recipe below)

Place salad greens in a bowl ( should come washed) Segment the tomatoes and oranges, and place of top, cover with as much dressing as you feel needed and toss to coat every piece of salad. serve.

Salad dressing: Orange Salad Dressing:

6 TBSP. orange marmalade

Juice from 1 orange

1/4 cup. olive oil

1/4 cup. red wine vinegar

1/2 TSP. salt

1/2 TSP. pepper

1/2 TSP. dried basil

1/4 TSP. sugar

combine marmalade, orange juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, basil, and sugar and whisk until fully combined. store in fridge

Bread: butter roles

1 pack. dinner roles

salted butter

Cut a slit in the center of all the dinner rolls, then place a pat of butter down into the slit and bake at 350 till butter is melted, and slightly crisp outside.


Now this next recipe to me is pretty ritzy in my opinion and it has been around since the great depression. this is adapted from the recipe off the back of the ritz cracker box, and www.seriouseats.com.

Desert: Mock Apple Pie:

The crust:

2 unbaked pie crusts ( use your fave pie crust recipe)

1 egg

1 TBSP. milk

1 TBSP. sugar


Filling:

2 cups. sugar

1 3/4 cups. water

2 TSP. cream of tartar

zest from one lemon

2 TBSP. lemon juice

2 TSP. vanilla extract

36 ritz crackers, broken coarsely

2 TBSP. unsalted butter, but into small cubes

2/4 TSP. ground cinnamon

1/4 TSP. ground nutmeg

Directions:

preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a medium saucepan mix sugar, water, and cream of tartar, whisk until sugar has dissolved. bring to boil over high heat, whisking occasionally, reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 15 minutes or until mixture has reduced to 1 1/2 cups. stir in zest, juice, and vanilla. set aside to cool for 30 minutes

roll out crust. and place bottom crust in your pie pan, add ritz cracker crumbs. pour lemon syrup over crackers, and dust evenly with cinnamon and nutmeg.

mix together egg and milk. place top crust over pie. seal the edges and brush with egg/milk mixture, then sprinkle with sugar. cut small seam vents into the top crust bake for 30 minutes or until it is just golden brown. remove from oven and cool, serve with vanilla ice cream and enjoy.


I hope you ladies enjoy this yummy and easy dinner menu :) please let me know the results :)