Friday, October 29, 2010

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Chicken Zucchini Casserole

So the other night I was STARVING! I had just gotten back from out of town and hadn't gone grocery shopping. I had the following ingredients in my fridge and I threw them together and it turned out AMAZING!!! Everyone scraped the pan clean.

Preheat oven to 375

Ingredients:
Zucchini (enough to cover the pan with thin slices.)
Bread Crumbs or Toasted Bread
Onion
Garlic
Cheese

Chicken
Italian seasoning or basil, oregano, garlic salt, and pepper
Olive Oil



Put olive oil or veggie oil coating the bottom of the pan.

Layer bread crumbs or toasted bread at the bottom of the pan.
Add Freshly chopped onions and garlic on top
Layer zucchini on top of that.
Sprinkle some more onions on top

Marinate chicken in olive oil and italian seasoning
grill it ( I used a george forman)
Cut it into strips

Put chicken on top of zucchini
Spread the rest of the bread crumbs on top
Cover in cheese (optional)

Bake for about 7-10 minutes.
Broil for 3-5 minutes

Eat!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Zucchini Bread! Seriously some of the best!


Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 1/4 cups white sugar
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups grated zucchini
  • 1 cup chopped Walnuts, Chocolate Chips

Directions

  1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
  3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Chicken Chalupas

This recipe is easy and delicious, very filling and it makes quite a bit.


2 large chicken breasts cooked and shredded or 2 cans of chicken
3 cups monterey jack cheese
1 pint sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
10 flour tortillas

Grease a glass/baking dish and preheat oven to 350.
In a bowl, combine 2 cups cheese, sour cream, and cream of chicken. mix well and then split the mixture putting one half in a seperate dish and setting it aside. Add chicken to the mixture and mix well. Fill tortillas, roll them up and lay them side by side in the baking pan. Pour other half of mixture that you set aside on the top of the tortillas to evenly coat them and sprinkle with 1 cup of monterey jack cheese. Cover will foil and bake for 35-40 minutes.

*Green chille sauce would be great with this too but I leave it out because my husband doesn't like it :)
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Enjoy!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Oreo Cookie Cake-Jessa's Way!

This is such a yummy recipe! I got it off of Allrecipes a while back and I love it muchas!



Ingredients

* 1 (20 ounce) package chocolate sandwich cookies
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1 (16 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
* 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 2 cups milk
* 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix

Directions

1. Crush cookies into bite size pieces. Reserve 1 cup for top. Melt butter and mix with rest of cookies. Press into 9x13 pan. Put in freezer for 5 minutes.
2. Blend 1/2 of the whipped topping, all of the cream cheese and confectioners' sugar. Spread over crust and place cake back in freezer.
3. Prepare instant pudding with the milk according to package directions then spread over top of cake. Spread the remaining whipped topping on top of the pudding then sprinkle with the remaining cookies. Keep cake refrigerated.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 313 | Total Fat: 20.3g | Cholesterol: 33mg

Monday, August 23, 2010

Orange Chicken for Dummies (or the smart people who like easy recipes)

SO I love this dish and have made it successfully so many times it makes me feel like I can cook some mean Orange Chicken.
You need:
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup catalina salad dressing
1 cup apricot preserves
6 chicken breasts

Mix the catalina dressing, apricot preserves, and dry onion soup all together. (I mix mine right in the glass container that I will be cooking it.) Place your chicken in a oven dish and place mixture over the top. Place in oven and cook at 350 for 45-60 minutes. The time will depend upon the chicken. Just let it go until it is properly cooked. (I have mine cook for about fifty minutes and then cut it up and let it cook for five to ten minutes longer.) Once it is done you have some delicious orange chicken.
I like mine cut up and over some rice with a veggie on the side.

This is a quick easy meal and tastes really good as leftovers too!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Chicken and Biscuits

This is a tasty casserole style dish that is quick and easy . . . my favorite

Chicken and Biscuits

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1 can cream of chicken soup
3/4 cup sour cream
3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
2 chicken breasts in chunks
Salt and pepper

Mix this all together and pour into the bottom of a 9 by 9 baking dish

Place biscuits on top (I use bisquick to make them but refrigerated biscuits work also)
Sprinkle with additional cheddar cheese and bake for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

TIPS: I like to add broccoli to the creamy mixture to trick my family into eating vegetables. I have also used mixed vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and onion, etc to create more of a chicken pot pie style dish. Experiment with it . . .