I'm pretty sure the last time I shared some recipes with you was before AR was born or right afterwards. But I do have 3 recipes that I want to share b/c they have really impressed me. I will just be linking up to where I got the recipes. I also realize pics would help but they have them on the links so you'll have to look at theirs!
First, if you are on Pinterest then you have seen this Green Monster Spinach Smoothie pinned everywhere. I pinned it a while ago but never got around to making it and I finally did last week. Let me just say that I'm a fan! I have since swapped out the peanut butter for strawberries and it's a little better in my opinion. I hope to try more green smoothies in the future. AR loves it too and that makes me happy b/c I get more fruits and veggies, which are harder, in her little body! I have even made some popsicles for her out of them. Oh, and frozen fruits are the KEY to a smooth smoothie... no more ice for me!
Second, I made this Sweet and Sour Chicken last week and it was sooo good. It really does taste like takeout and I even heard my husband telling his family about it! Will be making this again in the future!
Lastly, yesterday I made these Crockpot Chicken Tacos and can we say E-A-S-Y?! Yes, we can. We both really liked them too. I even used frozen chicken breasts for the same time and it came out just fine.
Enjoy!
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Chicken and Dessert Recipes
I have two new recipes to share, which are both chicken. We ate these two different weeks though... I try not to have the same meat more than once except when eating leftovers. Btw... I love leftovers. Why?! Because that's a night I don't have to cook a whole lot... I'm really not a huge fan of cooking or cleaning up the mess that comes with it.
The first recipe was a new one to us. It was very good and says that it will feed 4... know that if your husband likes "man servings" or goes back for 2nds, you'll be tight on having enough for round two!
Ritzy Chicken
Ingredients:
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 sleeve Ritz crackers (crushed in a sandwich bag)
• ½ tsp garlic salt (or more if you like it like we do!)
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp paprika (opt)
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast (cut into bite sized pieces)
• 3 Tbsp butter, cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix chicken with the beaten egg until well coated.
3. Drop coated chicken into bag of crushed crackers. Close and shake until well coated.
4. Grease an 8 inch. Square baking dish.
5. Arrange crumbed chicken evenly into dish and top with butter pieces.
6. Bake for 40 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.
Notes:
• Serves 4
• Great dipped in a salad dressing
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This recipe probably falls under comfort food... it's so good. You can make it healthier by using fat free ingredients too.
Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls
Ingredients:
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 can crescent rolls
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 C shredded cheddar cheese
• ½ C milk
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bake chicken breasts until fully cooked at 350 degrees or boil them in water until cooked.
3. Once cooked, cut each breast into 4 strips.
4. Roll each strip into a crescent roll. You should have 8 total.
5. Mix soup, cheese, and milk in separate bowl.
6. Spread a thin amount of the mixture into the bottom of a greased 9x13 dish.
7. Place each rolled chicken in the dish.
8. Spread mixture on top and around chicken rolls.
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until rolls are golden brown.
Notes:
• Makes 4 servings
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This next recipe is one awesome tasting dessert. My friend Jennie introduced me to this cake and I don't know if I should be mad (b/c I eat too much of it) or happy (b/c it's wonderful)! I'll go with happy! I did however make up my own name for it. :)
Not Your Average Chocolate Cake
Cake:
Ingredients:
• 2 C sugar
• 1 ¾ C all-purpose flour
• ¾ C cocoa or dark cocoa (go with the dark!)
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ C vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 C boiling water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degress.
2. Grease and flour one 9x13 baking pan or two 9in. round pans.
3. Mix together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
4. Stir in boiling water. The batter will be very thin.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
6. Bake 35-40 minutes for 9x13 pan or 30-35 for 9in. pans. Cool 10 minutes and turn onto wire racks and let cool completely. You can leave in 13x9 if you prefer.
7. Frost cooled cake with the frosting recipe that follows.
Frosting:
Ingredients:
• 1/3 C butter or margarine, softened
• 4 C powdered sugar, divided
• 3-4 Tbsp milk
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Large or mini milk chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Beat butter with mixer on med. Speed in larg bowl until creamly.
2. With mixer running, slowly add about 2 cups of powdered sugar. Beat until well blended.
3. Slowly beat in milk and vanilla.
4. Steadily add remaining powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
5. Add more milk if necessary to get frosting to desired consistency.
6. Frost cake and add chocolate chips as garnish if desired.
**You probably want to refridgerate this cake due to the butter and milk in the frosting. I personally like it straight out of the fridge!
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The last dessert is one I'm just going to link up. You've probably had it... at least if you are from the south and love some Paula Deen. Yes, it's horrible for you, but if you want to take a winner to any function this is it. It's also great b/c you don't bring much, if any, home with you and get stuck eating it yourself. You would... every last bit. Your husband will be scared he won't get much and talk you into "trying" it before you take it and then ppl will comment on the fact that some is missing. It's worth it though.
I call this dessert "Baked Butter", better known as "Ooey Gooey Bars". If you notice this recipe has 5 spoons, aka stars, based on 580 reviews. It is that good.
The first recipe was a new one to us. It was very good and says that it will feed 4... know that if your husband likes "man servings" or goes back for 2nds, you'll be tight on having enough for round two!
Ritzy Chicken
Ingredients:
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 sleeve Ritz crackers (crushed in a sandwich bag)
• ½ tsp garlic salt (or more if you like it like we do!)
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp paprika (opt)
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast (cut into bite sized pieces)
• 3 Tbsp butter, cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix chicken with the beaten egg until well coated.
3. Drop coated chicken into bag of crushed crackers. Close and shake until well coated.
4. Grease an 8 inch. Square baking dish.
5. Arrange crumbed chicken evenly into dish and top with butter pieces.
6. Bake for 40 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.
Notes:
• Serves 4
• Great dipped in a salad dressing
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This recipe probably falls under comfort food... it's so good. You can make it healthier by using fat free ingredients too.
Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls
Ingredients:
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 can crescent rolls
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 C shredded cheddar cheese
• ½ C milk
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bake chicken breasts until fully cooked at 350 degrees or boil them in water until cooked.
3. Once cooked, cut each breast into 4 strips.
4. Roll each strip into a crescent roll. You should have 8 total.
5. Mix soup, cheese, and milk in separate bowl.
6. Spread a thin amount of the mixture into the bottom of a greased 9x13 dish.
7. Place each rolled chicken in the dish.
8. Spread mixture on top and around chicken rolls.
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until rolls are golden brown.
Notes:
• Makes 4 servings
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This next recipe is one awesome tasting dessert. My friend Jennie introduced me to this cake and I don't know if I should be mad (b/c I eat too much of it) or happy (b/c it's wonderful)! I'll go with happy! I did however make up my own name for it. :)
Not Your Average Chocolate Cake
Cake:
Ingredients:
• 2 C sugar
• 1 ¾ C all-purpose flour
• ¾ C cocoa or dark cocoa (go with the dark!)
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ C vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 C boiling water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degress.
2. Grease and flour one 9x13 baking pan or two 9in. round pans.
3. Mix together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
4. Stir in boiling water. The batter will be very thin.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
6. Bake 35-40 minutes for 9x13 pan or 30-35 for 9in. pans. Cool 10 minutes and turn onto wire racks and let cool completely. You can leave in 13x9 if you prefer.
7. Frost cooled cake with the frosting recipe that follows.
Frosting:
Ingredients:
• 1/3 C butter or margarine, softened
• 4 C powdered sugar, divided
• 3-4 Tbsp milk
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Large or mini milk chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Beat butter with mixer on med. Speed in larg bowl until creamly.
2. With mixer running, slowly add about 2 cups of powdered sugar. Beat until well blended.
3. Slowly beat in milk and vanilla.
4. Steadily add remaining powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
5. Add more milk if necessary to get frosting to desired consistency.
6. Frost cake and add chocolate chips as garnish if desired.
**You probably want to refridgerate this cake due to the butter and milk in the frosting. I personally like it straight out of the fridge!
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The last dessert is one I'm just going to link up. You've probably had it... at least if you are from the south and love some Paula Deen. Yes, it's horrible for you, but if you want to take a winner to any function this is it. It's also great b/c you don't bring much, if any, home with you and get stuck eating it yourself. You would... every last bit. Your husband will be scared he won't get much and talk you into "trying" it before you take it and then ppl will comment on the fact that some is missing. It's worth it though.
I call this dessert "Baked Butter", better known as "Ooey Gooey Bars". If you notice this recipe has 5 spoons, aka stars, based on 580 reviews. It is that good.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
A Few New Recipes
I have three new recipes to share... a few from last week and this were total flops and I won't be making them again. The ones I am sharing though, we will be eating again and will go into my recipe portfolio. Enjoy!
This first recipe I found in a magazine and have seen it several times since then. It was very good and my sis helped me make it. She even went and bought the ingredients the next day to make it again soon. I only used 3 chicken breasts and it was plenty. The Cannellini beans were the hardest to come by but we finally found them at Walmart.
Southwest White Chicken Chili
Ingredients:
1. Heat oil in 4-qt saucepan over med-high heat. Add the chicken, chili powder, cumin, onion, and pepper and then cook until chicken is cooked completely through. Vegetables should be tender. Be sure to stir often.
2. Stir soup, water, corn, and beans in saucepan and heat to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and cover and cook for 5 min. Be sure to stir occasionally.
3. Top with cheese.
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Taco Squares
Ingredients:
1 – 1 ½ C Bisquick
1 lb ground bf
1 C sour cream
½ C mayo
1 C (or a little more) of shredded Mexi cheese (or cheddar)
Ketchup
Garlic and onion powder to taste
Directions:
1. Preheat over to 350 degrees
2. Mix Bisquick with water until you have it the consistency of chewed bubble gum.
3. Spread (with wet hands) over bottom and sides of casserole dish. I used a 2 qt. round, but will probably use a 2 qt. rectangle next time.
4. Season the meat with the garlic and onion powders and then brown and drain.
5. Spread the meat over the Bisquick mix
6. Drizzle ketchup over the meat… can use chopped tomatoes instead
7. Mix sour cream, mayo, and a little shredded cheese together in a bowl
8. Spread sour cream mixture over the meat.
9. Cover the top of the dish with the rest of the cheese.
10. Bake for 30-45 minutes… until crust is brown.
11. Allow it to sit for 5 minutes to cool before serving.
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This next recipe was really good, esp. over mashed potatoes and I'm sure over rice as well. I only used 4 pork chops and we ate it twice since there it's just two of us. I had to stack my pork chops in my smallest crock pot, which doesn't have a Low setting and it took about 3 - 3 1/2 hrs to cook.
Creamy Pork Chops
Ingredients:
o 10 ¾ oz can of cream of chicken soup
o 1 chopped onion
o 3 T ketchup
o 2 t Worcestershire sauce
o 6 whole pork chops, divided (can be boneless or bone-in)
Directions:
1. Mix soup and onions together in a bowl. Stir in ketchup and Worcestershire sauce and pour ½ of the mixture into the slow cooker.
2. Place pork chops in slow cooker. If you have to stack them, spoon a proportionate amt of the remaining sauce over the 1st layer of meat.
3. Add the rest of the meat and top with sauce mixture.
4. Cover and cook on Low 4-5 hours… until meat is tender. You don’t want it to dry out!
Stats:
o Makes 6 servings
o Takes 5-7 minutes to prepare
o 4-5 hrs to cook
o 3 qt. crock pot is ideal, but not necessary
Hope you enjoy these... I have a couple desserts that I would like to share eventually too!
This first recipe I found in a magazine and have seen it several times since then. It was very good and my sis helped me make it. She even went and bought the ingredients the next day to make it again soon. I only used 3 chicken breasts and it was plenty. The Cannellini beans were the hardest to come by but we finally found them at Walmart.
Southwest White Chicken Chili
Ingredients:
- 1 T Veg. oil
- 3-4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into cubes
- 4 t. chili powder
- 2 t ground cumin
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 med. Chopped green pepper (I didn’t use)
- 1 can (10 ¾ oz) cream of chicken soup
- ¾ C of water
- 1 ½ C of frozen whole kernel corn
- 2 cans (about 15 oz. ea) white kidney beans (Cannellini), rinsed and drained
- 2 T shredded cheddar cheese
1. Heat oil in 4-qt saucepan over med-high heat. Add the chicken, chili powder, cumin, onion, and pepper and then cook until chicken is cooked completely through. Vegetables should be tender. Be sure to stir often.
2. Stir soup, water, corn, and beans in saucepan and heat to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to low and cover and cook for 5 min. Be sure to stir occasionally.
3. Top with cheese.
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Taco Squares
Ingredients:
1 – 1 ½ C Bisquick
1 lb ground bf
1 C sour cream
½ C mayo
1 C (or a little more) of shredded Mexi cheese (or cheddar)
Ketchup
Garlic and onion powder to taste
Directions:
1. Preheat over to 350 degrees
2. Mix Bisquick with water until you have it the consistency of chewed bubble gum.
3. Spread (with wet hands) over bottom and sides of casserole dish. I used a 2 qt. round, but will probably use a 2 qt. rectangle next time.
4. Season the meat with the garlic and onion powders and then brown and drain.
5. Spread the meat over the Bisquick mix
6. Drizzle ketchup over the meat… can use chopped tomatoes instead
7. Mix sour cream, mayo, and a little shredded cheese together in a bowl
8. Spread sour cream mixture over the meat.
9. Cover the top of the dish with the rest of the cheese.
10. Bake for 30-45 minutes… until crust is brown.
11. Allow it to sit for 5 minutes to cool before serving.
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This next recipe was really good, esp. over mashed potatoes and I'm sure over rice as well. I only used 4 pork chops and we ate it twice since there it's just two of us. I had to stack my pork chops in my smallest crock pot, which doesn't have a Low setting and it took about 3 - 3 1/2 hrs to cook.
Creamy Pork Chops
Ingredients:
o 10 ¾ oz can of cream of chicken soup
o 1 chopped onion
o 3 T ketchup
o 2 t Worcestershire sauce
o 6 whole pork chops, divided (can be boneless or bone-in)
Directions:
1. Mix soup and onions together in a bowl. Stir in ketchup and Worcestershire sauce and pour ½ of the mixture into the slow cooker.
2. Place pork chops in slow cooker. If you have to stack them, spoon a proportionate amt of the remaining sauce over the 1st layer of meat.
3. Add the rest of the meat and top with sauce mixture.
4. Cover and cook on Low 4-5 hours… until meat is tender. You don’t want it to dry out!
Stats:
o Makes 6 servings
o Takes 5-7 minutes to prepare
o 4-5 hrs to cook
o 3 qt. crock pot is ideal, but not necessary
Hope you enjoy these... I have a couple desserts that I would like to share eventually too!
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