Chicken Fajitas

These are so yummy and so easy.

Ingredients:
Yosida's Gourmet Sauce
3-4 Bell Peppers
2-3 Onions
1 lb chicken breasts, cut up into strips
Tortillas
Sour Cream
Put chicken and some Yosida Gourmet Sauce (about 1/2 c.) into a skillet on medium heat. Cook until outsides of chicken turn white. While cooking chicken cut up onions and peppers into long strips. Veggies will be about half of their original size once cooked. After chicken has turned white, add peppers and onions and some more sauce (1/2-1 c. depending on how many veggies you added.) Keep heat on medium and let simmer until veggies are cooked to your desired tenderness.
Place inside a tortilla with sour cream and enjoy!

Slow Cooked Chili

This is the first chili recipe I have used.

Homemade chili seems to intimidate me.

But this is SO easy and so tasty!

INGREDIENTS:

*1 LB Browned Hamburger

*2 Cans Drained Pinto Beans (14.5oz)

*2 Cans Diced Tomatoes (15oz), Undrained

*1 (8oz) Can Tomato Sauce

*2 Med. Onions, Chopped

*1 Green Pepper, Chopped

*2 Cloves Garlic, Minced

*2 T. Chili Powder

*1 T. Cumin

*2 t. Salt

*1 t. pepper

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker.

Cover and Cook.

Low: 8-10 hrs   High: 4 hrs.

Chicken Fried Rice

Delicious, fast, easy, and a big hit with the little kids I've made it for. They ALL loved it.

Ingredients:
2 c. cooked rice
2 eggs
1 lb. chicken breast
1-2 T. oil
1/2 small bag frozen peas & carrots
Soy sauce to taste


First, put your rice on to cook if you haven't. Next put the oil in a frying pan to heat up at medium low-medium heat. Cut up chicken into whatever size desired. Add to oil and let cook until no longer pink (5-10 minutes). Drain off any extra oil. In a separate bowl, scamble the eggs. Push chicken to one side of the pan, and pour eggs in on the other side. Cook eggs until mostly done. Add the cooked rice and frozen peas and carrots and mix together. Mix in soy sauce to taste. I don't like soy sauce very much, so I probably only added 1/2-1 t. Turn stove to low and let warm all the way through.

Enjoy!

Grilled Chicken Pasta In Creamy Tomato Sauce

This is an AMAZING pasta dish.

It's pretty much identical to my cajun chicken pasta (haven't tried it yet? What are you waiting for?? Go here and make it asap! It's delicious!!! You won't be disappointed)

Don't be intimidated by the list of ingredients, it really isn't hard to make at all.

Just takes a bit of multitasking, which I know you all are.. right? :)

Ingredients:

*1 LB Boneless Chicken Breasts

*Montreal Steak Seasoning

*1/2 LB Penne Pasta

*2 Tbs Butter

*2 Tbs Olive Oil

*1 Tbs Fresh Chopped Parsley (I used parsley from my spice rack)

*6-8 Basil leaves, chopped (again I used mine from my spice rack)

*Minced garlic, to taste

*1/2 Cup Chicken Broth

*1 (8oz) Tomato sauce

*1 Cup heave whipping cream

*Salt & pepper to taste

Cook pasta according to package (make sure to add a bit of olive oil or salt to prevent noodles from sticking)

Meanwhile, season both sides of your chicken with steak seasoning.

Heat butter and oil in pan.

When hot, add chicken. Cook both sides for 5 minutes each, or until no longer pink.

In another large pot- heat 2 Tbs of butter and 2 Tbs oil on medium heat.

When butter is melted add garlic (I eye it) and cook until tender.

Do not let the garlic turn brown. Stir frequently.

When garlic is tender add in chicken broth.

Turn heat to medium high. Let broth reduce by half.

Then pour in tomato sauce and heavy whipping cream.

Add salt and pepper to taste and mix together.

Reduce to low.

Add chopped basil and parsley and stir together. Mix well.

Let it warm.

Drain noodles and add to sauce. Top with chicken.

Top with parmesan cheese-optional.

*Side note: I doubled the sauce recipe because when you make a single recipe it seemed a bit dry to me and I love my pasta saucyer (a word? it is now!) especially for left overs. And this dish makes LOTS of left overs!

ENJOY!!!

Frog Eye Salad

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

2 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 3/4 cups pineapple juice

2 eggs, beaten

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 quarts of water

1 tablespoon cooking oil

3 (11 oz) cans of Mandarin oranges, drained

2 (20 oz) cans of pineapple chunks, drained

1 (20 oz) can of crushed pineapple, drained

1 (9 oz) tub of cool whip

1 cup of mini marshmallows

1 cup of shredded coconut

1 (16 oz) package of acini de pepe

Combine sugar, flour, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Gradually stir in pineapple juice and eggs. Cook over moderate heat, stirring until thick. Add lemon juice. Cool to room temperature. Bring water, remaining 2 teaspoons of salt, and oil to boil. Add acini de pepe. Cook at a rolling boil until done. Drain; rinse with water. Cool to room temperature. Combine egg mixture and acini de pepe. Mix lightly, but thoroughly. Refrigerate overnight in an air tight container.

Add remaining ingredients. (Make sure to drain the fruit before adding it). Mix lightly. Refrigerate until chilled in an airtight container.

***This makes a ton- 25 servings!

Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Cake

Ingredients:

One pack of oreos (do not use double stuffed)

1/2 cube of butter

1/2 gallon of ice cream (any flavor)

1 jar of Mrs. Riches chocolate sauce

1 9oz tub of Cool Whip

Crush your entire package of oreos. Mix the crushed oreos with the 1/2 cube of butter together. Save 1/4 of your oreos for the topping. Press the other 3/4 of oreo crumbs to the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan.

Thaw out your ice cream a little bit, cut it into squares, and layer on top of the oreo crumbs. Push down, smooth out, and freeze for 10 to 15 minutes.

Then, pour Mrs. Riches chocolate topping on the top. Freeze for another 15 minutes.

Add the cool whip and then sprinkle the left over oreo crumbs.

Cheesy Potatoes

These are yummy and can be a great sidedish do any meal!

We love to have them with yummy porkchops!

Ingredients:

*1 (2lb) Bag Frozen Shredded Diced Potatoes

*1 Can Cream Of Chicken Soup

*1 Stick Of Butter (melted)

*1 (16oz) Carton Sour Cream

*16oz Cheddar Cheese, Shredded

*Salt And Pepper To Taste

Mix all ingredients together, adding potatoes last.

Put in a 9x13inch baking dish.

Bake at 375 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occassionally.

(I usually stir about every 15-20 minutes)

ENJOY :)

Sticky Chicken

Sorry for the lack of recipes on my end!! :(

I have a few to post tonight-hooray!

STICKY CHICKEN

This is one recipe that I can make in a matter of minutes when I lack the motivation or time to make dinner.

I'm pretty sure its one of my husbands favorite dinners too.

INGREDIENTS:

*1 1/2 LB Chicken, Raw & Cubed

*1 Cup Apricot Jam

*1 Cup Catalina Dressing

*1 Envelope of Dry Onion Soup Mix

Cook chicken in skillet untill no longer pink.

In a small bowl combine jam, dressing and soup mix. Mix together.

Pour over chicken.

Bring to boil then simmer for 15-20 minutes.

Serve over rice

Best part about this meal... you will have enough jam, dressing and dry onion soup mix (comes with 2 envelopes in the box) left over to make it again the following week :)

Not too shabby if you ask me!

ENJOY!

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef (optional)
2 cans canned tomatoes
1 can (small) tomato juice
1 can (small) tomato paste
1 small onion diced
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
1 t. basil
1 t. parsley
1 t. oregano
1/2 t. marjoram
1/4 c. brown sugar

*This makes a lot. Will serve 8-10 people.

First, brown ground beef. Drain meat and discard extra fat from pan. After drained, put meat back in pan.

Add all other ingredients and mix together. At this point, spaghetti sauce will be extremely runny and look kind of weird. This is normal. Turn heat up to medium and let come to a boil.

Reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30-60 minutes. The longer you let it simmer the thicker it will be.

Serve over cooked spaghetti noodles and enjoy!