These Chicken Noodle Bowl and Better Than Brownies are two delicious recipes from Gooseberry Patch’s Rush Hour Recipes cookbook. They are both simple to make and full of flavor.
Rush-Hour Recipes is filled with more than 230 dinner recipes that are sure to please your family and friends. With categories like 5-Ingredient Favorites, One-Dish Dinners, Slow Cookers to the Rescue, Soup’s On!, Make-a-Meal Sides, and Speedy Potluck & Party Foods you will never have to look much further than your pantry for the ingredients. Many of the dishes can be prepared in 30 minutes or less! That’s a winner in my kitchen. You could also use it for lunch. I rarely cook lunch. We usually have leftovers or a sandwich or something quick like that. Today, however, I made Chicken Noodle Bowl and let me say, it came together in a snap.
Chicken Noodle Bowl
8 oz. pkg. linguine pasta
3 c. frozen broccoli cuts or florets
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 tsp. oil
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips or chunks
1/2 c. zesty Italian salad dressing
1/3 c. teriyaki sauce
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 can water chestnuts (I added these)
Cook pasta according to package directions. Add broccoli and carrots to the cooking water the last 2 minutes of cooking time. Drain pasta mixture. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; cook until golden on all sides, stirring occasionally. Stir in remaining ingredients; cook until sauce thickens. Add pasta mixture to skillet. Stir until coated with sauce. Serve in individual bowls. Makes 4 servings.
In the very back of the book there are a few dessert recipes. You just know I had to try one. I chose the Better Than Brownies. They are pretty scrumptious. They remind me of Betty Crocker’s Warm Delights. Very light and airy and melt-in-your-mouth good!
Better Than Brownies
3.4 oz. pkg. cook & serve chocolate pudding mix
2 c. milk
18.5 oz. box chocolate cake mix
1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. chopped nuts (I left these out)
Prepare dry pudding mix with milk according to package directions. Cook until slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in dry cake mix. Spread batter into a greased 9×13 baking pan; sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into squares. Makes about 2 dozen.
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My go-to meal is probably tomato soup and grilled cheese. It's a treat every time we have it and so easy!<br /><br />Everyday Mom's Meals
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My favorite quick and easy go-to meal is hamburgers. We have some preformed patties we got from the butcher, so it's super easy to thaw a few at a time and cook them up.<br /><br />lesa@edesiasnotebook.com
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My quick and easy meal is pancakes.<br />christinaburrell@hotmail.com
Allison Del Plato says
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My quick go to meal is spaghetti!
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My quick go to has to be eggs and toast or an English muffin. <br />I would love to win this book.<br />Sheryl
Tammy says
My favorite go to meal is spagetti I have sauce ready to go in the freezer and all I have to do is cook the pasta and microwave the sauce and in a few minutes dinner is ready. This helps alot because some day I work 3rd shif and then turn around and work 2nd shift. <br /><br />tsdalton@yahoo.com
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Alisa says
my go to meal is burritos! i always have tortillas on hand, and i make large quantities of filling (ground beef, black beans, corn, tomatoes, and rice all cooked together with taco seasoning) ahead of time and freeze into containers that would make 4 burritos (enough for my family for one meal). add some cheese and sour cream (staples in my house) and bam! 🙂
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My go to recipe is Baked Ham and Scalloped Potatoes, yummy :)<br /><br />My email is colleegn@hotmail.com
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Anonymous says
My go-to meal is actually chicken quesadillas: I use pre-cooked Southwestern-flavored grilled strips, pre-shredded cheese, and tortillas. Brown in a little olive oil, serve with sour cream and guacamole. YUM!<br /><br />Melissa Moore<br />mmoore@uu.edu
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Just "liked" your facebook page. Can't wait to see your posts – if they are anything like Warm Lemon Pudding Cake – I will love them!!! Thanks for sharing such great and easy recipes.
Tammy says
My favorite go to meal is grilled cheese sanwiches.
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ooops I did follow you on both but forget to mention my easy go to meal- Tacos or Tuna casserole. Need an easy one tonight.
Anonymous says
My favorite go to meal is cheese quesadilla.<br />thefourepps@windstream.net
Sarah E. says
My go-to meals are cheddar broccoli soup, tacos, or spaghetti, if I have the ingredients on hand. If it's a situation where a recipe failed, then I do turn to breakfast for dinner {brinner} – like pancakes or French toast.
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My quick go-to is egg omelet with rice! I always have rice cooked in my household.
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My go to meal is Tortilla Soup. I always have Chicken broth on hand, crumble up a few tortilla chips, throw in a little cheese on top , a tablespoon of salsa – mmm, yummy goodness.
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Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches is my quick go to meal. Wonderful everytime. Your recipes look fantastic!
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I like you already on face book and i will share this. my quick meal is sandwitch spread on a bagel.<br />Tkasiewicz@zoominternet.net
Laura says
My favorite go to meal would be breakfast for dinner. French toast and scrambled eggs. I can almost taste that maple syrup now!Yummy!
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Anonymous says
My go to meal is spaghetti and turkey meatballs with garlic toast. Super easy since I buy the pre made meatballs and I just toast up some bread in my toaster and spread warm garlic butter on it. Yummy! Something the whole family enjoys and it's very quick and easy.<br /><br />Andrea M<br />amyers1139@yahoo.com
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Living the life in Western Illinois says
My go to meal is baked chicken fingers 🙂
Fliss says
My go-to easy recipe is Chicken Chili. All you do is chop the meat of a rotisserie chicken, from the grocery store, into bit sized pieces (mix of white and dark meat). Put half in a freezer bag for future use, and put the other half into a medium-sized pot. Add <br />- 1 jar roasted red pepper (or your favourite) pasta sauce<br />- 1 small jar salsa (as mild or spicy as you like)<br />- 1 can
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Follow you on facebook… My favorite go to meal I have a couple… fritatta (meat, veggies & cheese with eggs) and pasta with meat sauce ( I always make extra sauce and freeze it in individual containers…while the pasta is boiling, I take the frozen container out of the freezer heat it until it releases from the container, put it in a saucepan and heat on medium high heat and when the
Jocelyn says
Two of our quick and easy "fast" meals are quesadillas or grilled cheese. My kids love their cheese!!! What a fun giveaway…I could use more quick and easy recipes:-)
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Virginia says
My go to dinner is breakfast. I always have eggs, butter, milk and cheese on hand. Any type of eggs, pancakes or french toast works in a pinch!
Anonymous says
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My favorite to go to meal is south of the border casserole.<br />christine_sandmann@sbcglobal.net
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My quick go-to is spaghetti! We love it, and its so easy!
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Grandmamo says
Eggs, can be done so many ways, use up all leftover veggies to make a quick and easy supper. liked you on FB for a while now, keep those recipes coming love them…
Tracey says
My quick and easy go to meal is one we call J&S casserole it is a ground beef dinner that my son and late DIL made up, it is so good!!!
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Earlene says
Go-to quick meal – Taco Soup! Start to finish in less than 30 minutes. The whole family loves it.
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4Sisters says
My quick and easy go to meal is Thai Peanut Noodles – so delicious!<br /><br />Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
Cathy Sorenson says
Hi Mandy!<br />One of my fav quick dishes is my Hamburger/potato Goolash. I cook hamburger in one pan, scrambled eggs in another pan, then once hamburger is done, I brown potatoes in that pan. When all done, I combine all three in one pan and add corn. Just make as much as wanted of them all. It's yummy.
Anonymous says
My quick and easy recipe: shrimp <br />I bag of shrimp (I use frozen kind medium size)<br />1 stick of butter(i use less)<br />1 chopped onion<br />1 can of cream of mushroom soup<br />2 TBSP sour cream<br />1/2 cup of ketchup<br />Rice <br />Saute onion in butter, Add soup and ketchup and heat. Add shrimp.only takes a few minutes to be done. Serve over cooked rice<br /><br />Sherry Baird
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