Creamed Chicken and biscuits

1/2 large onion chopped
1 1/4 tsp butter
4 Cups cooked chopped chicken
1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 Cup sour cream
1/2 Cup milk
1/2 Cup chopped pimiento
1 Cup shredded Cheddar cheese
6 frozen biscuits, thawed

Heat butter in a small non-stick skillet over med-high heat. stir till melted, stir in onions, saute till tender, remove from heat.
Combine onion, chicken, soup, sour cream, milk and pimiento in mixing bowl and mix well.
Spoon into baking dish and bake for 15 min remove from oven. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup cheese and top with biscuits, sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake until biscuits are golden brown and sauce is bubbly, about 20 min. Serve immediately.

Thanksgiving leftover casserole

You can use left overs or make it from what you have in the cupboards.

1 to 2 boxes stuffing ( or what ever you have left over)
1to 2 Cups turkey ( or chicken)
1 packet gravy

Put half the stuffing in a casserole dish layer with turkey and half the gravy (& veggies if you want) Top with remaining stuffing and gravy. Put in 350* oven till hot in the middle.
I like to add cheese on top sometimes!

Itilian Sausage soup

1 Lb Sweet Italian sausage
1 Cup rice ( I like to use 1/3c barley instead)
1 Cup chopped tomato in puree ( 1 101/4 oz can)
1/2 Lb chopped frozen spinach thawed and drained (1 10 oz box)
6 Cups beef broth
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Parmesan cheese for garnish

Cook sausage in soup pot, add beef broth, rice, tomato, and pepper. Bring to a simmer, let simmer 12-15 min till rice is tender. Stir in spinach and simmer for a few more min. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.

Apple Pie

1/3 to 2/3 Cups Sugar
1/4 Cup all-purpose flour
1/2 Tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2Tsp Ground Nutmeg
Dash of salt
8 Cups thinly sliced and peeled apples (about 8 medium)
2Tbl Butter

Heat oven to 425* Mix sugar, Flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in apples.
Turn in to pastry-lined pie plate. Cut butter into small pieces and dot over apple mix.
Cover with top pastry.
Bake for 40 to 50 min or till crust is golden brown and juices begins to bubble.

Chicken Cesar Wraps

Chicken Caesar Wraps

Chicken cooked, shredded
Romaine Lettuce
Fresh Parmesan cheese
Girard's Caesar salad dressing
Tortillas

Mix all ingredients and put in a warm tortilla shell. Wrap it up and eat!

Utah Tacos

Utah Tacos

20 frozen rhodes rolls thawed (don't allow to rise)
2 cups shredded cheese
6 cup chili. (3 regular sized cans)
lettuce
green onion
diced tomatos
salsa
sour cream

Heat chili and place in a 9x13 pan. Cut each roll into fourths. Place rolls on top of chili. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 for 25-30 min.

Chicken and Rice Burritos

Chicken and Rice Burritos

2 1/2 cups shredded, cooked chicken
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
3/4 cup long grain rice
1 3/4 cup water
1 8oz can tomato soup
1 tomato chopped
1/3 cup green onion sliced
8-10 tortillas, warmed

Combine chicken, taco seasoning, rice, water, and tomato sauce in a large deep skillet. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat to low and cook 20 min. Stir in tomato and green onion. Spoon into tortillas and top with grated cheese, lettuce, olives, sour cream, ect.

Tater Tot Casserole

Tater Tot Casserole

1 lb. ground beef
1 can cream of mushroom soup. ( I use Cream of Chicken)
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 cup milk
1 cup greated cheddar cheese
1 pkg frozen tater tots.
1/2 cup chopped onion

Brown beef and add salt and pepper to taste. Add onions. Put meet mixture into bottom of 9x13 dish. Layer package of frozen tots over the meat. In small bowl combine cheddar cheese soup, cream of chicken soup and milk. Stir in grated cheese. Pour mixture over top of casserole to cover. Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 60 min.

Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchaladas

4 chicken breasts cooked and cubed
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 16oz sour cream
10 tortillas ( I use the smaller ones)
grated cheese
You could also add sliced black olives, chopped green chilies.
I don't usually use these but you can use more cheese lettuce

Mix chicken, one can of soup, and half of the sour cream. If you use the olives or chilies add them too. Spray bottom of 9x13 pan with pam. I like to mix the soup and sour cream first and put a little of the mixture in the bottom of the pan too. Then take your mixture (chicken and other stuff included) and put it in the flour tortillas. Roll and place in the pan. Take the other can of soup and other half of sour cream and mix. Pour over pan of tortillas. Put cheese on top and cover with tin foil. Place in oven at 400 degrees for 30 min.

Russian Chicken

Russian Chicken
Tips & Tricks
　　　 　　　
Ingredients: 　　　　
4 - 6 Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 (8 - oz) Bottle Russian Dressing 　　　　
1 pkg Dry Onion Soup Mix 　　　　
1 (14.5-oz) can Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce Directions:

　　　 * Preheat oven to 375 F. 　　　 * Place thawed chicken breasts in 9"x13"　(or larger) baking dish.　 　　　 * Mix dressing, soup mix, and cranberry sauce in bowl.　 Pour over chicken in baking dish, and cover with foil. 　　　 * Bake 20 minutes, remove foil and bake another 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked thru/juices run clear. 　　　 * Serve with steamed white rice.
Servings:　4 –　6 Total Time to Complete Recipe: 45+ min 　 Active prep time:　5 min 　 Inactive cooking time:　40+ min

Cafe Rio Pork

Café Rio Pork
6lbs pork
1 16oz bottle of salsa
1 can coke
2 c brown sugar
Place pork in crock pot and fill half way up the pork with water. Cook on High for 5 hours. Drain off water. Cut pork in thirds. Mix together sauce ingredients and put on top of pork. Cook an additional 3 hours on high. Shred pork with forks. I leave on low until ready to serve.
Cilantro Lime Rice
2 cups long grain rice
1 bunch cilantro
juice of 2 limes
4 cloves garlic
Chop garlic and cilantro. Heat 2 Tbs. of oil in a skillet. Add rice and all chopped ingredients and sauté until starts to get golden. Put 4 cups of water and lime juice in a rice cooker. Add rice mixture to the rice cooker and cook according to directions.
Pinto Beans
Rinsed and boiled in water, season to taste
Salad Dressing! (the best part!)
3 fresh tomatillos-cut into quarters
1 pkg ranch dressing-dry
1 cup Mayo
1/3 to ½ cup buttermilk
1 cup fresh cilantro
2 cloves fresh garlic
½ tsp cayenne pepper
Place all ingredients into blender and mix until smooth then chill for several hours or overnight
Putting it all together!
Put out some nice mixed greens, spinach, lettuce, etc. Dice up tomatoes, onions, or any other toppings you like. Shred some cheese.
The salad is layered starting with the lettuce, then rice, then pinto beans, meat, toppings and dressing.

Sunny morning muffins

Sunny Morning Muffins

1 cup strawberries, Chopped
1 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
1 1/2 cups flower
pinch of Cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1 ripe banana, mashed
2 large eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
1 lemon zested
1/2 pint blue berries
1 cup chopped walnuts ( I like almonds)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl mix strawberries and two tablespoons sugar set aside. In a small bowl mix flower, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt.
In a large bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, eggs, oil, 1cup sugar strawberries and lemon zest. add the dry ingredients until combined. do not over mix. fold in blueberries and nuts.
scoop batter into muffin tins, bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 min. yields 12 muffins

Zuchinie Casserol

Zucchini Casserole

2 cups chopped zucchini
1/3 cup chopped celery
1 cup shredded carrot
1/3 cup diced onion
1 can cream o chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1 box stove top stuffing
shredded cheese

Mix vegetables sour cream and soup together in a large bowl and set aside
Prepare stuffing as directed on package, (my mom and I use two boxes) Spread half the stuffing in a casserole dish. layer in the zucchini mixture and top with the rest of the stuffing. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-30 min then top with cheese and let bake for an additional 5 min.
( I like to add cheese to the zucchini mixture also)

Cheese Burger Hogie Sandwiches

Cheese burger hogie sandwiches

1 11oz package refrigerated french bread dough
4 slices of cheese
12 oz ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove pressed or finely diced
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tbl yellow mustard
1 cup thinly sliced lettuce
1 tomato sliced
set oven to 350 place bread dough on cutting board and cut into four equal portions. Cut three slits across top of each portion.Bake seam side down for 20 -22 min or until golden brown.Cut two slices of cheese into small pieces. in a skillet cook beef, onion, and garlic. Drain fat and add ketchup, mustard and the cut up cheese.Slice each bread loaf lenght wise and add fill evenly with beef mixture. place in oven for 6-8 min or until bread is toasted . Cut remaining cheese diagonally in half and place on top with lettuce and tomato slices.

Enchailada or Frito Casserole

Enchilada or Frito casserole

1 can chili
1 18 oz bag of Frito's ( I have to buy two smaller bags cause that is usually all I can find)
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups grated cheese
1 15 oz can of enchilada sauce
2 tlbs grated onion
set sour cream and 1/2 cup cheese and 1/3 of the Frito's aside.Crumble the remaining Frito's (if you do the two bags like me then it is just one whole bag) mix with all remaining ingredients except topping and put in a 8 1/2 x 11 inch casserole dish and bake at 375 for 20 min. remove casserole from oven , spread on sour cream cover with Frito's and sprinkle with cheese bake for 5 more min. and serve. you can add a little more sour cream when you serve it if you want

Tropical Turkey Spinich salad

Tropical turkey spinach salad

8 oz deli roasted turkey breast ( i just used cooled chicken that I cut up)
1/2 cup diced red or yellow bell pepper
1 mango cut in to 1/2 in cubes
2 hard cooked egg whites chopped
1/4 small red onion sliced in thin wedges
1 package 6oz baby spinach leaves (I mix that with regular salad what ever you will eat)
1/4 cup almonds

Dressing
3 tlbs apricot preserves
2 tlbs cider vinegar 2 tsp olive oil or veggie oil
2 tlbs sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper

Spicy Sausage & Pepper Penne

Spicy Sausage and Pepper Penne

8 oz un cooked penne pasta
1lb Hot Italian sausage
1 Each; medium Green, red, and yellow bell peppers cut into thin 1/4 in strips
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves pressed or finely diced
1 can (14 1/2 oz) can of diced tomato's untrained
1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
2 Tsp Italian seasoning
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (freshly grated is best)

Cook pasta set aside, cook sausage till no longer pink in side. Let cool then cut into 1inch pieces. in the same skillet as sausage was cooked in cook the peppers, onion and garlic
6-8 min or till tender. Add sausage, tomato's, and tomato sauce till every thing is heated. Pour pasta in a large bowl and pour sauce over and toss to coat pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese

Taco Soup

Taco Soup

1 lb ground beef
1 can tomato sauce
1 can corn
2 can kidney beans
2 can black beans
2 can diced tomatos
2 can garbanzo beans
1-2 can diced green chilies (I usually just do one so it isn't to spicy for Bostyn)
1 pkg taco seasoning
1pkg ranch dressing mix

Brown ground beef and then mix everything into a big pot and heat until hot. Serve with Fritos or Scoops chips, grated cheese and sour cream. Makes a lot so be prepared to eat for a few days.

Strawberry Salad

Strawberry Salad

Fresh greens (spinach, lettuce whatever. I like to use romaine because it is a little more green.)
Strawberries thinly sliced (I usually use one whole carton but save four out for the dressing.)
dark red grapes cut in half
chicken cooked and diced (I usually use two boneless skinless chicken breasts.)
dried craisins
cashews chopped in small chunks.

Use however much of everything you want. This salad doesn't age very well so make what you think you will eat in a couple of days.

DRESSING
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 fresh strawberries pureed
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar

put the vinegar, oil, salt, and sugar in your blender mix and then add in the strawberries and mix until the strawberries are pureed.

Roasted Parmesan Potato's

Roasted Parmesan Potato's

4 medium russet potato's (it doesn't really matter if they are peeled or not. I usually leave the skin on.)
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese (if I don't have Parmesan cheese I just use cheddar cheese and put it on the last 5 min of cooking time.)
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley or 2 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil and cooking spray. Slice potato's in half, then cut into 1/2 in. cubes Place potato's in a medium bowl and toss with oil. Combine Parmesan, parsley, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl. Add the Parmesan mixture to potato's in bowl; toss to coat potato's evenly. Arrange potato's on prepared baking sheet. Bake, turning once, until potatoes are lightly browned and easily pierced with a knife, about 25 min.