Chicken Enchilada's

Flour tortilla's
cubed or shredded chicken breast.(2-3)
1 can of red enchilda sauce( opt.)

1 can of Crm of Chicken soup
1 cup. of Sour cream
1 cup. of shredded chedder
1 small can of diced green chili's

1-2 cups of shredded cheese.

cook chicken and add enchilda sauce, set aside

in a sauce pan combine:
soup
sour cream
cheese & green chili's

Heat till cheese is melted

spread a thin layer of cheese mix on warmed up tortilla
add a spoonful of chicken straight down the middle of tortilla
roll up ( make sure to tuck ends in!)
And place in a 13x9 pan
Repeat till you have desired amount or till pan is full.( I can usually wrap 8 for a 13x9)

Add remaining sauce over the top of enchilda's
sprinkle cheese over the top
cover with tin foil

Bake 350
for about 20-30 min,

serve up with salsa and sour cream

Swiss steak in the pot

I grew up on this, and deem it one of my comfort foods.

1 large package of top round steak.
quarted and browned
( I dip mine if a flour salt and brown it up in a little oil.)

In a crock pot.
Add: I large can of Crm of Mushroom and 3/4 can of milk.
Mix and add browned meat.
cover and cook on high for at least 5-6 hrs.
( the longer you let it cook, the more tender the meat becomes.)

Serve over Rice.

Hawiian Haystacks

Here is a quick easy and yummy dish.

3 cups cooked rice ( give or take depending on the size of your family)

1 can Crm of chicken soup plus 3/4 milk heated ( if you like LOTs of sauce double this)

Optional Toppings:
(But I at least stongly recommend the first 3 off the list)
Cubed ham or chicken
pineapple chunks.
chowmein noodles
green onions
diced fresh tomatoes ( or you could try dried I guess)
Raisins or craisins
Mandrin Orange's
green peppers
slivered almonds
chopped celery
or whatever else you think would taste good on top

Then serve up in this this order
first rice
sauce
toppings.

Quick N' Easy. And everyone gets to make it there own.

Spinach Wreath

( I apologize that his picture sucks to bad. I will make this this week and take a real picture of what it looks like. This was the closest pic I could find to represent.sorry.)

This was simple and quick. one that looks pretty if done right. It also easy to mix it up and put in what ever you feel like. endless options!

1-2 cans of croissant rolls. ( go for the big and flaky)
1 pkg of crm cheese.
3-4 green onions chopped.
1 1/2 C. of chopped ham ( I think you could do this with chicken cubed too.)
1 pkg of frozen spinach, thawed.. drained well.( I use paper towels to really soak up the extra moisture. and you will have to almost squeeze it.)
Tomato sliced.

steps
On a pizza pan ( or stone plate.)
Roll out all croissant roll triangles- Start arranging them in a circle about 1 in from the edge. The point of the roll will hang off the edge ( I think it looks like a sun.) Over lap them just bit and pat them together well.
Put a spoon of mixture in the middle. and top with a slice of tomato grab the tip of the roll and fold it around the mixture. and tucking it in under

Repeat until all rolls are wrapped up, making it look like circle.
Bake @ 350
For 15-20 min * till golden brown and puffy.



Credit: Pamperd Chef recipe

French Bread Pizza

Okay I love this one! It's fast, yummy.. and a classic( well it was one of my childhood fav's. and my kids love it too.)

-1 loaf of french bread split in half horizontally. Place on a cookie sheet
-Spread some butter over each half ( it helps so the pizza sauce won't soak into the bread)
-Spread evenly on each half 1 can of tomato sauce with sprinkled basil and parsley
Or just use your favorite pizza sauce.
-Lots and lots of Mozzerella cheese shredded.
-Toppings of choice.
( really your combo options are endless. Alfredo sauce with spinach..ooh I think I'm going to try that one next time.)
Sausage. Peperonni. Hamb. Ham, Mushrooms. ( what ever floats your boat.)

Place in oven at 350 degrees. for about 20-25 min ( when the cheese is nice and bubbly.)
cut it up and serve.

Credit: my mom.

Chicken Manicotti

Manicotti -at least one package.
Raw chicken breast cut into small strips ( small enough to fit IN the manicotti roll)
1 Jar of marinara sauce
1 lbs of sausage cooked and drained
1 to 1-1/2 cups of mozzarella shredded
1 can of mushrooms drained ( opt.)

In an uncooked manicotti stuff 1 slice of chicken breast on the inside. Repeat steps to how ever many you want or need.

In a casserole dish
add a 1/2 the jar of marinara sauce to the bottom of pan PLUS 1/2 cup of water.
place stuffed mani's on top of sauce.
Add remaining sauce all over the top
Then sprinkle on Mozzarella
Sausage and mushrooms
Cover with Tinfoil
bake at 350 for about 45 min to an hour

The manicotti will soften with both the sauce and water mix as well as as juices from the chicken. Super easy super yummy.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

okay these are my own pictures! I actually thought to pull out the camera.

4-6 Chicken breast. If they are thick. fillet them. If they are smaller leave them as is.

Trim off all excess fat.

Place chicken breast in between or in a heavy duty ziplock.( you want a heavy duty plastic so the meat mallet won't turn your chicken to mush.

Use a MEAT MALLET to flatten and tenderize ( both sides of chicken)

Add a piece of HAM ( I use what ever kind I have on hand.) Just so long as it fits and you can roll it up.

And a 1/2 Square ( Triangle it.) Of Swiss cheese.

To the middle of your flattend chicken.

Begin to roll from one side to the other.

And tooth pick, the middle and sides.( sides to attempt to keep the cheese IN)

Repeat process until desired amount is done.

Next.

Melt about a 3-4 Tbs of Butter ( or Margarine)brush all over the chicken

Then dip n Roll in Bread crumbs.( I like the italin bread crumbs.)

Place on a baking sheet. about 2 in apart.

Bake at 350 Degree's for about 20-25 min( till chicken is completely cooked.)

Turn off oven... add another Triangle of swiss cheese on top( since you will still lose a bit out the sides. and we like cheese.) Flip your oven to broil. let the cheese melt and bubble. ( watch close. Broil only takes a min. or two.)

Remove ALL THE toothpicks. before serving.

Smells so good. and my ALL my kids will eat this one.

I got the recipe from a guy when I worked at pepperidge.. I can't remember his name real well.. I think it was Adam(line 1 adam?)... but I could be wrong... any way thanks guy at old work!

Bubble Pizza

( note:I use a ton more cheese then this.. it's pizza!)

Bubble pizza is quickly becoming a favorite. for me it is a quick, last minute, very little work dish.

And the whole family likes it so it's a win win.



1 Can of regular Pilsbury biscuts. cut into quarters.

1/2 jar of pizza sauce.
( if I don't have any, I use tomato sauce. with basil& Parsly, little garlic powder. mix it up call it goood)

1 block of Mozzerella shredded ( or american if desired)

Anything you want as a topping. ham, hamburger. olives. whatever



Spread quarters in a 9x9 pan. ( should fit snug but not over lap.)

spread on pizza sauce .( I don't like a lot of sauce so I spread mine pretty light)

sprinkle on Cheese ( I do like a lot of cheese tho)

add desired topping.



Bake in oven @ 350 degrees. For about 30 min,

( I always try to take it out sooner but the middle need the full thirty or it's doughy)



It's like a pull apart pizza !

Double it up if you need a 13x9 pan to fill up your family.( I am going to have to do this real soon)
( I would go up to 400 degrees in this case)


My girl Katie C. gave this recipee to me. She is always good for the quicky but yummy meals!

Brinner . . it's whats for dinner.

'Brinner" is what we have for dinner more then we will have for Breakfast. ( I don't get up early just to make a big breakfast.) So we get our hot breakfast cravings taken care of at dinner time. I love making "Brinner". It's fast, Easy and EVERYONE Loves it.
Here is the recipe for Buttermilk Pancakes and home made syrup.

Buttermilk Pancakes.

2 cups buttermilk

1 cup flour

1 egg, slightly beaten

1Tbsp. sugar

1/2tsp.salt

1 1/4 tsp. Soda in 2 tsp water.

if you have large family you will want to double recipe

Heat skillet or griddle

( make sure to spray pan or they will stick!)

cook until golden Brown.

Syrup

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup water

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 maple.

Boil for about 1-2 min.

I always cook up eggs and bacon or sausage to get a good home cooked breakfast.

* I must give credit to these buttermilk pancakes to my mother- in -law "Queenie." she was sweet and gave me the recipe to the family favorite( Paul loves these!)

and now they are the only pancakes I will eat.

"Brinner"it's whats for DINNER!

LASAGNA

Step One

Brown 1lb of Sausage or Hamburger.

Add

1 Tbs. Basil

1Tbs. Parsley

1/2 tsp. Garlic powder

After meat is all browned. drain grease.

Add 2 1/2 Cups of crushed or diced tomatoes.( if you don't like chunks. find the puree)

1 1/2 Cups. Tomato Paste

( Easier to deal. Use 2 large cans of tomatoes. and 1 small to med can of paste.)

Let mixture simmer for about 30-45 min

Step 2

Mix in bowl

2 Large container of cottage cheese. ( approx 4 cups.)

( I know some people prefer ricotta, go ahead and try it if your not a cottage cheese fan.)

2 eggs

1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese

2 Tbs. parsley

1/2 tsp of pepper

Mix together and set aside

BOIL

8-10 Lasagna noodle

( I don't trust the ones you don't have to boil.)

GRATE

1 very large Block Mozzarella

( go cheesy!)

Use a

13x9 pan ( if you have a little bigger. go for it.)

LAYER :

1- noodles ( over lap just a bit, cover edges)

2-Cottage cheese mixture.

3-cheese

4- Meat sauce

Repeat steps.

Cook in oven at 350' for about 30 min

( it will start to bubble a bit)

Let stand/cool for about 10 min before serving.

Left overs are fantastic and it freezes great!

* This recipe was from my mom who is an excellent cook! It stood the stand of time and six picky children!