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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Poppy Seed Chicken

2 lb chicken, cooked and cubed
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 sleeve of Ritz Crackers, crushed
2 T poppy seeds
1 stick melted butter

Layer chicken in bottom of 8 X 12 casserole dish. Mix soup and sour cream. Put on top of chicken. Stir cracker crumbs into melted butter and poppy seeds. Pour of soup mixture and spread evenly. Bake 30 minutes until hot and golden brown at 350.

Banana Bread

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 milk
1 tsp baking soda
3 mashed bananas (a fork works great)
2 1/2 cups flour

Mix together sugar and butter. Add eggs and beat. Then add salt, baking soda, and flour. Add milk and beat together. Add smashed bananas. Bake in greased loaf pan at 325 for 45-60 minutes. Poke with toothpick in different several places to make sure it is done.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Calzones

1 bag frozen Rhodes White Bread dough (3 loaves)
1 jar traditional spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce
Any toppings you would like inside the calzone: olives, onions, green peppers, pepperoni, any meat, mozarella cheese

1. Thaw Rhodes dough and let rise
2. Cut loaves in half (1 loaf= 2 big calzones)
3. Roll out dough into circle
4. Fill half of dough with cheese, spaghetti sauce and toppings of your choice
5. Fold over dough to cover toppings and pinch together to close
6. Spread a little olive oil on top of calzone and sprinkle parmesean cheese over oil.
7. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray and place calzones on sheet.
8. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for approx 15 minutes, OR until the dough is done and top of calzone is golden brown or just follow baking instructions on back of rhodes dough bag.

We had these the other night, and they were DELICIOUS!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Oriental Cashew Asparagus

1 lbs. asparagus spears, bias-sliced into 1-inch spears
1-1/2 cup fresh button mushrooms
1 med. red onion, cut into thin wedges
1/4 cup red sweet pepper
1 TBS butter or margarine
1 tsp. cornstarch
2 TBS teriyaki sauce
1 TBS water
2 TBS cashew halves
1/2 tsp. black pepper

Place steamer basket in sauce pan. Add water til just below the bottom of basket. Bring water to a boil.
Add asparagus to basket. Cover and reduce heat; steam for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, onion and sweet red pepper. Cover and steam for 2-5 minutes more or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove basket; discard liquid.
In same saucepan, melt butter; stir in cornstarch and black pepper. Add the teriyaki sauce and water. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Return vegetables to pan; toss gently to coat. Top with cashews.

This is a great and easy recipe. The best part is that you can add whatever vegetables you want. It really doesn't matter. I also thought about adding shredded chicken to it as well. Depending on your taste, I would recommend adding only 1/8 tsp. of black pepper the 1/4 tsp. was a bit much for me.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Tiffany's Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mix together in small bowl
21/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Then in seperate bowl

1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs

white and milk chocolate chips to your desired amounts

Cream white and brown sugar, margarine, and shortening until creamy. Add vanilla and eggs beat well. Stir in flour mixture then add chocolate chips.

Bake 10ish minutes at 350 on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

No Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
3 T cocoa
Mix together in pan over stove
Stir 1/2 cup milk
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
Boil 1 minute or until butter has melted
Add 1/2 cup peanut butter
After peanut butter has melted, add 3 cups oatmeal.
Remove from heat and drop spoonfuls onto wax paper.
If you like them more firm add extra oatmeal (about 1/2-3/4).

These are one of my favorite treats and they are so quick and easy to make!

Granola

8 cups quick Oatmeal
3/4 cup Wheat Germ
3/4 cup Wheat Bran
Mix in 8 1/2 X 11 pan and bake 325 for 10 minutes
1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup honey
1 cup vegetable oil
Raisins if you want
Mix and bake for another 10 minutes

This is very yummy! I like it in my cereal, either Cheerios or Rice Krispies. You could also put it on ice cream or in yogurt.