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Favorite Recipes

Cornflake Casserole

3-4 Baked Potatoes (Dice and put in pan)

Mix:

1 can of Cream of chicken

3 spoonfuls of Sour cream

1 handful Cheese

2 T Green Onions

Salt and Pepper

Melt T of butter mix a Cup of Cornflakes and sprinkle garlic salt and /or Parmesan Cheese, sprinkle cheese over top of casserole then cornflake mixture, bake on 350 till top is crisp

Chicken Tetrizini

Boil Chicken for 20min

Noodles spagetti

6T butter (melt)

6T flour (stir in)

3 C of chicken broth

1 C milk

1/4-1/3 C Parmesan cheese

Add chicken chunks and pour over noodles

Pizza Crust

2 ¼ t Yeast

1t Salt

1T Italian seasoning

3 1/3 C flour

1T honey

2T Olive Oil
1 ½ C warm water

Combine all dry ingredients (leave out 1 cup of flour), mix and then mix in wet ingredients. Add flour till not sticky. Let rise, shape and let rise again. Cook at about 410 degrees then spread pizza sauce, sprinkle mozzarella cheese and top with pepperoni or other toppings

Chicken Marinate (2-3 chicken Breasts)

1/2C Zesty Italian Dressing

½ of a lemon

1 t Pepper (or 1-2 t of lemon pepper)

1 t minced garlic (1-2 pieces)

Put all ingredients into a zip lock bag and with chicken and put in fridge overnight

Chicken Enchiladas

6-10 Tortillas

1can of Cream of Chicken

¾ c. Cottage cheese

1 Can of chicken

1 can of diced chili

¾ c of cheese

Mix all ingredients in bowl then fill and roll in tortillas. Place filled tortillas in pan, top with any left over filling and cheese. Cook on 350 for 25 min

Roast (Pork or Beef)

Roast

Potatoes

Carrots

¼ C of butter

¼ C water

Seasoning

Generously season Roast with Salt, Pepper, Garlic powder, and Seasoned Salt. Place in Sauce pan, brown all sides. Place Roast, diced Potatoes and sliced carrots in Crock Pot With butter, water and season again. Cook on High for 6-8hours

Mashed Potatoes

5 Potatoes

Milk

Butter

Salt

Optional: Garlic, Cheese

Dice potatoes fill water above potatoes and boil for 20-30min (till forks cuts through potato easily) Drain, mash and add other ingredients

Stew

5 Potatoes

3 Carrots

1 can of shredded Beef

1 can Green Beans

1 can Corn

2 cans of Tomato Sauce

Salt and Pepper

Dice and Boil potatoes and carrots, once carrots are soft add all the other ingredients, season and serve. Top with cheese…yumm.

Shepherds Pie

2 c mashed potatoes (fake or left over)

2cans Green Beans

1 Can Tomato Sauce

½ - 1 can of shredded Beef (or ½-1 c of cooked ground beef)

½ C cheese

Mix tomato sauce, Green beans, and beef in the bottom of pan, season with salt and pepper. Layer mashed potatoes and top with cheese. Cook on 350 for 20-30min

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce Recipe

1 pint of Heavy Cream
1 stick of butter
2 T. Cream Cheese
1/2 - 3/4 C. Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. Garlic powder

in a saucepan melt butter. When butter is melted add cream cheese. When the cream cheese is softened add heavy cream. Simmer this for 15 - 20 minutes on low. You may wish to season with a little salt and pepper.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

2 Chicken Breasts

2 T Butter

4-6 pc of Ham

2 pc Swiss Cheese (I've uses shredded mozarella too)

2 T Parmasean cheese

2T Italian Seasoned Bread Crumbs

Salt & Pepper

Smash chicken breasts till 1/8-1/4 inch thin. Melt Butter. Lay Breasts in oven safe dish, pour butterover breasts, sprinkle salt and pepper. Place 2-3 pieces of ham on half of the breasts, followed by swiss and parmasean cheese. Then fold half of the breast over stuffing and secure with toothpick. Top with butter, salt, pepper and bread crumbs. Cover with foil, remove foil for last 5 min. Cook on 375 for 35 min

Chinese Chicken Salad:

2 or more Chicken Breasts; Cooked and Sliced (I marinade in Teriaki marinade overnight and then cook the chicken sometime earlier in the day

1-2 heads lettuce

1 pkg. Chicken Ramen

Any salad additions of your choice (cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, veggies)

I marinade the chicken breasts in Teriaki marinade overnight and then cook it earlier in the day (375 for 35-45min depending on your oven), whenever is most convenient. Then I can just slice it up put it in a bag and refrigerate it until dinner time. If you need a recipe for Teriaki marinade, I have one, or you can just grab one from the store. Just as good. My mom just uses canned chicken. Even easier!! I also chop up the lettuce and make the dressing earlier. The only thing you don't want to do early, is combine it all because then it will get soggy. When it's time for dinner just crunch up the ramen noodles, assemble your salad and toss with the dressing. Don't pour all the dressing in at once. The recipe makes too much to use all of it.

Dressing:

3/4 C Sugar

3/4 C Vinegar (Rice vinegar is awesome. Anything will work fine.)

1/2 C Vegetable Oil

2 Tbs. Soy Sauce

4 tsp Salt

3/4 tsp Pepper

2 tsp Lemon juice

1 pkg Chicken Ramen Seasonings

Combine dressing ingredients in blender and blend away!

Shrimp Scampi

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb medium fresh shrimp, shelled

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, diced

1/2 cup white wine (or water)

3 cloves garlic, crushed

3 Tbsp parsley, finely chopped

1 pinch crushed red pepper

4 oz butter

1/2 lb angel hair pasta, cooked according to package directions

Salt and pepper to taste

Procedures

1. HEAT oil in a saute pan. Add onion and sauté for 2 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute; do not brown. Add butter, wine, red pepper, salt and pepper and reduce by half.

2. ADD shrimp and cook 1-2 minutes until fully cooked.

3. TRANSFER pasta to plate and top with shrimp mixture.

Zucchini Bread (from az City neighbors)

3 Eggs

2 C sugar

1 C Oil

2 C Zucchini

2 tsp Vanilla

3 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

3 C Flour

Cook at 325 for 60-70 mins

Crock Pot Chicken (from Nikaela)

6 Chicken Breasts

1 can cream of chicken

1 can Diced Green Chilies

2 C shredded cheddar or Mex Cheese

Cook in crock pot on Medium for 6-7 hours. Mix in cheese just before serving. Chicken will fall apart when stir. Serve in tortilla for stuffed burrito or rice.

Flat Bread

2 C warm water

1 t sugar

1 T Yeast

2t salt

4 C Flour

¼ C butter

Mix ingredients together and let rise till doubles. melt and spread ½ on pan. Spread out dough on pan and then other ½ butter on top and sprinkle garlic salt. Let rise again till doubles. Bake at 400 for 10mins OR 300 for 20mins

Ritz Chicken

8 Chicken Breasts

2 C Ritz Crackers srushed

3 T Parm Cheese

¼ C butter (drizzled on top)

2 t Garlic Salt

1 Cup Milk (or plain yogurt or buttermilk)

Dip Chicken Breasts in Milk and let sit for few mins. Mix the other ingredient and cover chicken . Bake at 375 for 30 mins??

Steak Marinade

1 ½ C Steak Sauce (A1)

1 T Soy Sauce

1/3 C Zesty Italian dressing

½ C Honey

½ t Garlic Powder

Spinach baked Zitti

8 oz cook Penne Noodles ( till tender but still firm)

1 14.5 oz Italian style stewed tomatoe

1/8 t crushed red Pepper flakes

4 oz Spinach, washed and chopped

2 oz cream cheese

½ t ground nutmeg

Warm tomatoes and pepper flakes over med/low. Add spinach, cream cheese and nutmeg till spinach wilts. 1-2 mins. Pour over noodles, stir and toss

Mom’s Stir Fry

Cook meat, I use chicken usually, in oil, soy sauce and/or terriaky sauce

Stir fry veggies in iol with soy sauce and ome oil

Mix ½-1 C water with 1-2 t cornstarch

Pour water in with veggies with lid on

Opt Veggies; carrots, celery, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, peas

Curtis Thanksgiving Salad

Equal parts of;

Sour Cream

Marshmallows

Pineapples

Nuts (pecans)

Strawberries OR Mandarin oranges

Stroganoff

½ lb ground beef (season with garlic, seasoning salt, pepper and salt)

1 C sour cream

1 can of Cream of Chicken

Bag or box noodles (or potatoes)

Brown and season meat. Mix in sour cream and cream of chicken. Serve over noodles or potatoes. Sprinkle cheese on top.

Tuscan Garlic Chicken

If you don't already know this Olive Garden has many of their recipes right on their website. This one is a favorite of our families

Prep Time:	15 minutes
Cook Time:	30 minutes
Serving Size:	4 8 12

Ingredients
4 each (4 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 1/2 cups flour, plus 1 tablespoon
1 Tbsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 lb fettuccine pasta, cooked according to package directions
5 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp garlic, chopped
1 red pepper, julienne cut
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 lb whole leaf spinach, stemmed
2 cups heavy cream
1 cups Parmesan cheese, grated

Procedures
Pre-heat oven to 350ºF.

1. MIX 1½ cups flour, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken in the mixture, shaking off any excess.
2. HEAT 3 Tbsp oil in a large skillet. Cook chicken breasts 2 at a time over medium-high heat until golden brown and crisp (2-3 min). Add more oil for each batch as necessary.
3. PLACE cooked chicken breasts on a baking sheet and transfer to preheated oven. Cook for 10-15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
4. HEAT 2 Tbsp oil in a sauce pan. Add garlic and red pepper and cook for approximately 1 minute. Stir in 1 Tbsp flour, wine, spinach and cream and bring to a boil. Sauce is done when spinach becomes wilted. Complete by stirring in parmesan cheese.
5. COAT cooked, drained pasta with sauce, then top with chicken and remaining sauce. Garnish with extra Parmesan cheese.

Try them, try them and you may I say :)

Ok I know all of you know this trick...Fun for st Patricks day, April fools day or if you want to do a lesson in preschool centered around trying new things and reading Green eggs and Ham.

Simply add green food coloring to whatever you are making, In my case; Scrambled eggs

HA! Enjoy

PS The kids weren't to keen on the idea of eating green eggs but did it and realized they tasted just as good as our normal ones. We often refer to that book and that lesson when I make something new for the family to try. I tell them You don't have to like it but you must TRY it.

Spagetti Casserole Recipe

My sister Michelle made this for a few family events and everyone loved it! When I made it I made it with quite a bit less meat, added some cubed squash, more spagetti sauce and more crescent rolls (because my family loves those carbs! ). Feel free to adjust to your families taste buds or keep it the way it is, either way its DELICIOUS!!

Spaghetti Casserole Recipe

Items needed:

1 lbs Breakfast sausage regular

1 lbs Ground Beef

1 (or 1/2) onion

1 box of Linguine pasta

2 8oz cans of Tomato sauce

1 season packet of Thick & Zesty Spaghetti Sauce

1 8 oz sour cream

Mozzarella Cheese (I like cheese so I would get the 16oz t but the 8oz might work as well)

1 Crescent Roll (for one pan)

How to cook:

Cook

1 lbs Pork sausage regular

1lbs Ground Beef

1 (or 1/2) onion (depending on how much onion you like)

If you want you can add seasoning, it is up to you because you will be adding a season packet

Strain once cooked

Cook

1 box of Linguine pasta

Strain once cooked

Add to meat after it has been strained

Keep burner on low to medium when adding; want the following to be warm before layering

2 8oz cans of Tomato sauce

1 packet of Thick & Zesty Spaghetti Sauce

1 (or 3/4) of sour cream (depending how much you want)

Layer in pan

Sauce/meet

Mozzarella Shredded cheese

Noodles

Sauce/meat

Mozzarella cheese

Continue with layers until pan you want to stop… end with mozzarella cheese on top.

Cover the top (cheese) with the Crescent Roll

If want lightly butter the top of the Crescent Roll

BBQ Pork

My sister, Camille, made this one Sunday and it was DELICIOUS!! She gave me the recipe. Although I made it really spicy the first time (make sure not to cut the meat up before rubbing on the paste, creates too much surface area for this and makes it really spicy) Toast some buns and add a little BBQ sauce and YUMM!!

2Tbs Salt

2T dark brown sugar

2T Black pepper

2T Paprika

1/2T Garlic Powder

½ T Ceyanne Pepper

Mix in a bown. 4lb pork shoulder roast, place in 9x13in glass baking dish. Take mixture sprinkle and rub all over meat (don’t have to use it all). Cover with plastic and let marinate for 2 hours. Pray oven safe pot with pam.

2 C apple juice or cider

1 C apple cider viniger

2 T Worchester shire sauce

1 T liquid smoke

Wisk together, pour into pot and place pork in. Cover with foil AND a lid. Bake at 325 in oven for 4hours. Remove let cool slightly and shred. Use favorite bbq sauce.

Creamy White Chili

My sister, Jenelle, gave me a taste of this the other day and I had to have the recipe. I made it and it was delicious. Thanks!

7 Servings

• Prep: 10 min. Cook: 40 min.

Ingredients

• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 cans (15-1/2 ounces each) great northern beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
• 2 cans (4 ounces each) chopped green chilies
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions

• In a large saucepan, saute the chicken, onion and garlic powder in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Add the beans, broth, chilies and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream and cream. Yield: 7 servings.