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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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Chicken Enchiladas
3-4 large chicken breasts, cooked and chopped or shredded
8-12 flour tortillas (depending on the size)
12 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 large onion, diced
2 cans green chiles (or can use jalepenos if you like it spicier)
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
salt & pepper to taste
in a skillet cook onions until tender. in a bowl, mix together softened cream cheese, chicken, onion, salt, pepper & 1 can of chiles undrained. when mixed together, spoon part of mixture down the middle of each tortilla. wrap up and place seam side down in a 13x9x2 glass dish that has been sprayed. in a saucepan, heat soup, milk, 1 cup of cheese and the other can of chiles together until all melted together. pour over the top of tortillas. place in a 350 degree oven covered for 45 minutes. uncover and put the last cup of cheese on top and bake 5 more minutes.
*this makes quite a bit. i can usually get 6 in one pyrex and i use the last 4 in a smaller 8x8 dish and freeze them. i do everything but cook them when i freeze them. i put them in the refrigerator to defrost the night before i want to cook them and then just cook as above. this is also a good dish to take to new moms b/c it's not spicy.
Fiesta Dish (one of the mexican casseroles)
1 lb hamburger meat, turkey or chicken
1 pkg taco seasoning (optional if you don't like things too spicy)
1 pkg yellow rice
1 can cream of chicken (or mushroom if you prefer)
1 can rotel
8 oz velveeta
doritos
brown hb meat (or turkey) and drain (if using chicken, i use 2 cups cooked chopped). add in taco seasoning and a little bit of water. in a seperate bowl, make the rice according to the microwave directions. heat the velveeta, soup, and rotel in a bowl until melted. mix all of the previous mixes together. pour into a baking dish and put crushed doritos over the top. heat just until warmed (don't burn the doritos!! everything is already hot.)
Chicken Roll-ups
1 can refrigerated crescent rolls (you can use the grands if you like)
3/4 lb chicken breasts
1.5 cups cheddar cheese
1 can cream of chicken (or you can use mushroom if you prefer it)
1 cup milk
salt & pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 350 or 375 (whatever it says on the crescent tube). Boil chicken (and i add in a chicken bullion cube to make it have a little extra flavor) and shred. unroll crescents. (you can make 8 individual or for micah and i, i pinch 2 crescents together at the seam to make a rectangle.) add salt and pepper to shredded chicken to taste. add chicken to middle of crescent and roll up, placing seam side down. in a seperate pot, heat soup, milk and cheese until cheese has melted. pour mixture over crescents. bake until crescents start to brown on top
another thing i like to do in the summer is make shish kabobs and use chicken, bell peppers and pineapple. i baste the chicken with a sesame teriaki merinade in the last part of grilling them (and to be honest, i do the bell peppers and pineapple seperately and serve it all over yellow rice. it's real light tasting!
i got another one...this one i have never had, but will in about an hour.
4 chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 pkg dry italian dressing mix
1 cup chicken broth
(the recipe originally calls for white wine instead of chicken stock, but we don't drink. soo...also, i made it with the low fat (not fat free) cream cheese and low fat cream of chicken and it's still rich (yes, i tasted the sauce).
this originally calls for putting it in the crockpot on low for 6 hours. (i'm trying it in the oven and i'll let you know how it goes)
mix everything (except the chicken) together until smooth. place chicken in bottom of crockpot and pour sauce over it. cook 6 hours on low. serve over rice or egg noodles.
the sauce was finger lickin good, girl.
Fun! I love recipes and love to cook. Hmm...I'll be thinking of a good one for you. Wait, yesterday we had ham and cheese crescent rolls (similar to Becky's chicken crescent rolls)
1 cup chopped ham
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 1/2 tsp mustard
2 green onions, chopped
1 can crescent rolls
Mix 1st 4 ingredients together. Separate rolls and flatten out. Put 2 tbsp of ham mixture in center of roll and and roll up pressing the edges together. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Mix 1 beaten egg with 1 tbsp water and brush over the rolls. Sprinkle w/poppy seeds. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Easy breezy and so good!
Another good and easy one:
Easy Chicken Parmesan
1 jar spaghetti sauce
4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
grated parmesan cheese
spaghetti noodles
Pour spaghetti sauce into 9 x 13 dish and stir in about 4-5 tbsp of parmesan cheese. Add chicken and turn over to evenly coat both sides with sauce. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Uncover and top with mozzarella cheese and extra parmesan. Continue baking for 5 more minutes until cheese is melted. Serve over spaghetti noodles.
So yummy!
Hash brown casserole
Small package of Hash browns
1/2 a small onion finely chopped
1 Link of a two link package of smoked sausage. Sliced and chopped in half.
i can of Nacho cheese found in the Mexican section
1 can of Rotel Tomatoes
Shredded Cheddar cheese
Mix all chopped ingredients together. Top with more shredded cheese
Bake on 425 for approximately 45 minutes. Taste to see if hash browns are done.
Cabbage Casserole
If you like cabbage then you will LOVE this casserole. It has to cook a while but the prep time is easy. You can play with the ingredients. I have made it tons of times and use different things based on what I have in the pantry.
1 head of cabbage- depending on the size you may or may not use all of the head. I usually have some leftover
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 cups sour cream
1/2 large onion
1 lb ground beef
salt and pepper
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
stick of butter
one sleeve of Ritz crackers
Brown ground beef with onions in a pan. Drain when done. In big bowl combine soup, sour cream, and cheese. Add ground beef to mixture. Salt and pepper to taste. At this point I add a little Lousiana hot sauce...just enough to bring out the flavors but not enough to make it hot. It usually takes about 4 shakes. Chop cabbage up into about one inch squares. Place a layer of chopped cabbage in the bottom of a greased (I use about a tablespoon of olive oil) 9x13 casserole dish. I kind of press the cabbage down so you get as much in the dish as you can. Top cabbage with half of meat and cheese mixture. Add another layer of cabbage and top with another layer of meat and cheese. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The cook time will vary based on how crunchy you like your cabbage. Just check it after about an hour cooking. After the cabbage reaches your desired crunchiness or non-chrunchiness then take the foil off and top with the Ritz crackers that have been crushed and mixed with melted butter. Cook for about 15 minutes longer uncovered.
Variations: You can use any creamy soup you have in the pantry in lieu of the cream of mushroom. Sometimes I use cream of chicken, cream of celery, cream of asparagus, or cheddar soup. Instead of the Ritz crackers you can use Durkee onions as a topping. Sometimes I add a can of mushrooms to the meat and cheese mixture.
This makes alot so you will probably have leftovers.
All in one Meal
Take a large package of Green Giant vegetables with green beans, potatoes, and peppers. Chop one link of a two link package of turkey smoked sausage. Brown the sausage. Mix the package of vegetable and mix with the browned smoked sausage. Cook the recommended time. Put in a bowl and each.
Shepherds Pie
Ingredients:
1 cup quick cooking oats
3/4 cup milk
1 tbsp. crushed beef bouillon
1 egg
2 tsp. parsley
1 tbsp. onion flakes
1/4 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 pound lean ground beef;
1 cup diced, cooked carrots
4 cups hot mashed potatoes
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. onion powder
8 oz. shredded cheese
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the oats, milk, egg and soup mix. Add the parsley, onion flakes, pepper, thyme, beef and carrots. Mix well.
3. Place this mixture into a pie plate and bake for 45 minutes.
4. While the beef mixture is baking, mix the onion powder and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper with the mashed potatoes.
5. Remove the meat pie from the oven and drain the fat. Sprinkle the meat crust with 6 oz. of the cheese.
6. Spread the mashed potatoes on top, sprinkle remaining cheese on top of them.
7. Broil until the potatoes are lightly browned and the cheese is melted.
Cabbage Rolls
Ingredients:
1 lb. hamburger
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. salt
1 onion
3/4 cup cooked rice
12 large cabbage leaves
2 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 lb. ground pork (optional)
Directions:
1. Combine meats, salt, pepper, rice, onion, and 1 can tomato sauce.
2. Cover cabbage leaves in boiling water for 4 minutes. Drain.
3. Place portions of meat mixture in center of each cabbage leaf; roll up.
4. Place seam side down in skillet. Mix remaining tomato sauce with brown sugar and lemon juice. Pour over rolls. Simmer, covered, for about 1 hour.
Pig n a blanket
Take 4 wieners. Cut a slit in the wiener.
Unroll a package of crescent rolls.
Take a slice of american cheese cut into quarters. Place two quarters of cheese in the slit. Wrap the wiener with the crescent roll. Top with Shredded cheese. Repeat for each wiener.
Bake at the recommended time and temp on the crescent roll package.
Enjoy.
coca cola chicken
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 cup ketchup
1 cup coke or dr. pepper
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Place the chicken pieces into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. In a medium bowl, mix together the Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and cola. Pour over the chicken. Cover with a lid or aluminum foil.
Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until the chicken is no longer pink. also easy to do in the crockpot. serve over rice.
Impossible Cheeseburger Pie
1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
1/2 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1 cup milk
2 eggs
Total Time: 10 min
1. Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray.
2. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in salt. Spread in pie plate. Sprinkle with cheese.
3. In small bowl, stir remaining ingredients with fork or wire whisk until blended. Pour into pie plate.
4. Bake about 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
GREEN PEPPER STEAK
1 1/2 lbs. round steak, 1/4 inch thick
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1/4 c. flour
3 tbsp. Wesson oil
1 c. diced green pepper
1 c. water
Cut steak into strips about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide. Pound the strips to help make them tender. Brush soy sauce on each side of meat strips, then sprinkle with flour. Brown steak strips in Wesson oil over medium heat. Add green pepper and saute a few minutes, then add water. Cover and simmer 35 to 45 minutes until tender. 6 servings. Hot fluffy rice belongs with this dish.
BOILED NO-BAKE COOKIES
1 stick (1/4 lb) butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk or coconut milk
3 cups quick cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla or coconut rum
These novelty cookies don't require any baking.
In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, cocoa and milk or coconut milk. Heat until boiling, then boil for 1 minute.
Remove pan from heat and stir in remaining ingredients.
Drop by teaspoonful onto wax or parchment paper and let stand in a cool, dry place until se
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