Italian Chicken w/ Green Beans & Carrots

 Italian Chicken w/ Green Beans & Carrots

What you will need:
1 1/2 to 2lbs chicken
3 carrots cut into thirds
2 cups fresh green beans
1 bottle Italian Dressing
2 cups Parmesan Cheese


What you will do:
Squirt a small amount of Italian Dressing in the bottom of your crockpot then place 2 to 3 breasts in the bottom of your crockpot. Squirt some more Italian Dressing on top of the chicken and sprinkle with half of the Parmesan Cheese. Place the rest of your chicken on top and then add your veggies squirt some more Italian Dressing on top and with the remaining Parmesan Cheese. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

ENJOY!! 

Chicken Bacon Alfredo Lasagna

Chicken Bacon Alfredo Lasagna 

What You Need:

9 uncooked lasagna noodles
1 jar or 24 oz Light Alfredo sauce
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
3 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 cup crumbled bacon
3 cups mozzarella cheese
2 cups fresh baby spinach

What You Do:
Preheat oven to 375*. Cook noodles according to directions on package; drain. In a bowl combine the Alfredo sauce, milk and oregano; whisk until blended. Set aside.

Chop the chicken into bite size pieces. Add the mozzarella cheese and bacon to the chicken then mix well.
To assemble the lasagna, spread about 1/4 cup of the Alfredo sauce mixture over the bottom of your 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with noodles, overlapping to fit. Layer half of the spinach over the noodles; top with half the chicken mixture. Repeat layers starting with half of the remaining sauce. After layers are done pour the remaining sauce over the top of the lasagna.

Cover your dish with foil and Bake for 30 minutes.  Carefully remove the foil and continue baking for 10 minutes or until bubbly.

Cut and ENJOY!!

Homemade Bread Machine Wheat Rolls

 Homemade Bread Machine Wheat Rolls

This is a easy recipe for homemade wheat rolls that uses a bread machine to make the dough: 

These wheat rolls are just as good as what you get at some restaurants! They are very easy to make, but do require rising and resting time so they do take some time to make.  I usually put the ingredients in the bread machine at lunch time and then we have fresh from the oven rolls with our dinner.  

Broccoli Sausage Alfredo w/ Goat Cheese

Broccoli Sausage Alfredo w/ Goat Cheese

 What You Need:

1 head of Broccoli4 Spinach & White Cheddar Chicken Sausage links1 jar of Light Alfredo Sauce1 box of your favorite pastacrumbled goat cheese

What You Do:
Cook pasta according to directions on package. While pasta is cooking cut the broccoli into florets and steam them. Cut the sausage links into pieces and add them to the sauce in a pan to warm the sauce once the pasta  is done drain and return to pan. Add the steamed broccoli and warmed sauce to pasta and mix. Once it's all mixed put on plates and top with goat cheese. 
Enjoy!!!

Fried Green Tomatoes

 Fried Green Tomatoes 

What You Need:
4 Large Firm Green Tomatoes
2 eggs
1/2 cup Buttermilk
1 cup flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
2 tsp coarse kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
vegetable oil for frying


What You Do:
Slice the tomatoes into 1/4 in thick slices and discard the ends.

Whisk the eggs and buttermilk together in a medium sized bowl. Place the flour onto a plate. Mix the cornmeal, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper on another plate. Dip the tomato slices into the flour to coat. Then dip them into the egg and milk mixture. Dredge in the breadcrumbs to completely coat.

In a large skillet pour the vegetable oil ( you'll need enough so that there is 1/2 inch of oil in the pan) and heat over medium heat. Place the tomatoes into the frying pan in batches of 4 to 5, depending on the size of your skillet. You do not want to crowd the tomatoes they should not touch each other. When the tomatoes are browned, flip them over and fry on the other side. Drain on a paper towel.

ENJOY!!!

Meatloaf Parmesan

 Meatloaf Parmesan 

What you need to gather up:
Spaghetti
Spaghetti Sauce

Mozzarella Cheese

Left Over Meatloaf

 

What you do:

Preheat oven to 350*. Grease a 9x13 baking dish and set aside. Take your leftover meatloaf and cut it into slices. Place the slices of meatloaf in your greased baking dish cover them with your spaghetti sauce and put in oven for 20 minutes. After the meatloaf has cooked for 20 minutes top with mozzerella cheese and cook for 10 more minutes. While the meatloaf is in the oven prepare your spaghetti as directed on the box.

 

When everything is done you can either serve your meatloaf on the side with the spaghetti or on top. Everyone in our house loved this recipe and it was a great use of leftovers too!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did...

 

 

Candy Cane Punch

 Candy Cane Punch

Ingredients:

2 jars (10 ounces each) strawberry jelly
2 liters lemon-lime soda, divided
2 quarts peppermint stick ice cream
Miniature candy canes, optional

Directions:In a large saucepan, melt jelly with 2 cups soda. Chill the jelly mixture and remaining soda. Just before serving, place 6 cups ice cream in a punch bowl. Gently stir in jelly mixture. Add remaining soda. Add remaining ice cream by scoopfuls. Garnish with candy canes if desired.
Yield: 3-1/2 quarts.

This punch is very yummy and is sure to impress your guests!! I hope you enjoy it I know I sure did...