Sunday, March 29, 2009

No Bake Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups quick oats

Melt butter in medium saucepan. Add sugar and cocoa, mix well. Add milk and cook and stir over medium heat until boiling. Add peanut butter and stir until it melts. Remove from heat and add the oats and vanilla. Drop spoonfulls onto wax paper. These are really good warm or cold.


Liz H.

Salsa Chicken

about 4 breasts of chicken
1 cup salsa
1 packet of taco seasoning

put chicken, then taco seasoning, then salsa in crockpot. cook on low for about 6 hours or high for 3. when finished cooking, shred chicken (pull chicken apart) with two forks. when shredded in crockpot, add some grated cheddar cheese and sour cream. stir together, serve on corn tortillas or flour tortillas. suggested side is black beans and avocado, corn.

*for frozen chicken, simply add more time on crockpot. for more or less, add more or less salsa and taco seasoning. great for a sunday dinner. almost ready when you come home.

Staci V.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Chicken Parmesan

3 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
seasoned bread crumbs
4 slices mozzerella cheese
1 jar spaghetti sauce
parmesan cheese

Whisk together egg and milk in bowl. Pour italian seasoned bread crumbs onto wax paper in a mound. Dip the chicken into egg mixture. Dip the egg dipped chicken into the crumbs. Coat evenly on both sides. Put a small amnt of olive oil into a pan, turn heat on med. Place chicken in pan and cook both sides until coating is golden. Spread half a jar of spaghetti sauce onto bottom of 9 by 13 pan. After chicken is cooked in olive oil place in pan. Pour rest of spaghetti sauce over chicken. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Put the slices of mozzerella on and cook another 10 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Serve with noodles. You can use the sauce from inside the pan for the noodles.

Liz

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Cowboy Delight

½ lb browned hamburger w/ your favorite seasonings and onion

¼ bag of corn or 1 can of corn

½-3/4 jar of your favorite spaghetti tomato sauce (I like the one with added veggies)

¼ bag elbow macaroni

Grated cheese

While browning the hamburger; cook macaroni according to directions on package. Drain macaroni and add cooked hamburger, corn and spaghetti sauce. Add sauce to your desired thickness. Let simmer for a couple minutes until everything is warmed through. Sprinkle grated cheese on top of individual helpings. Enjoy!


Katie W.